Sandbox / Regency England Wick Check

Hypothesis: Regency England should be a useful note.

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Establish time period or setting

1. Characters.Honor Harrington Manticore: Fantasy Counterpart Culture: Regency England, and more specifically the Age of Sail. Gryphon and Sphinx, the other planets in the Manticorian system, are Scotland and Wales.
2. Creator.Nicola Coughlan: Period Piece: All of her big roles to date have been in period-set historical dramas, Regency England in Bridgerton and The House of Hanover in Harlots, but also The '90s and The Troubles in Derry Girls.
3. Film.The Amazing Mr Blunden: Sara and Georgie are from this period.
4. Literature.Cotillion: The book is set in 1816.
5. Literature.Julian Kestrel: featuring crime-solving Regency-era dandy Julian Kestre
6. Literature.Mairelon The Magician:
   • Description: set in a version of Regency England with wizards.
   • Historical Fantasy: Set in an alternate version of Regency England.
   • ZCE trope listing
7. Literature.The Reluctant Widow: The book is set in 1813.
8. Literature.Uncle Cornelius His Story: The Nested Story takes place in 1820, when old Uncle Cornelius was a young man.
9. Main.Reincarnation Romance: Implied in the video for Taylor Swift's "Love Story," with the two lovers meeting in Regency England, and then seemingly recognizing each other in the present.
10. Recap.Doctor Who S 38 E 8 The Haunting Of Villa Diodati: Although the episode is set in Switzerland, the costumes fit this era of history.
11. Series.Belgravia: The first chapter takes place in 1815, just before the Battle of Waterloo.
12. VideoGame.Matches And Matrimony: The time period during which the original novel took place, though it is implied that the visual novel itself may actually take place during Victorian Britain.
13. Main.The Butler Did It: In Arthur Conan Doyle's Regency-era novel Rodney Stone, the butler was going to do it when the victim cut his own throat first.
14. Main.The Music Meister: Legends of Tomorrow has Kamadeva, the Hindu god of love. Well, it's actually a guy named Sanjay, who gathered the real Kamadeva's ashes after he was immolated by Vishnu. Sanjay can use Kamadeva's ashes to remove people's impulse control. He uses it to start a Bollywood dance number in Regency England. People around him can't help but start singing.
15. Series.Ghosts UK:
    • The period drama being filmed at Button House in “Free Pass” is set in this era.
    • The flashbacks in "The Thomas Thorne Affair" are set in this period.
16. Series.The Frankenstein Chronicles: It is 1827
17. Series.Wives And Daughters: * Costume Drama: Being set in late Regency England/early Victorian Britain means ladies wear gorgeous dresses.
18. Theatre.Arcadia: Half the play is set in 1809-1812; the other half is contemporary.
19. UsefulNotes.Georgian Era: Overlaps with Regency England.

Describes the setting a bit

1. Characters.Pokemon Sword And Shield (Gorgeous Period Dress): His Battle Tower outfit is an extravagant affair that's ripped straight out of Regency England, from the frock coat down to the riding boots.
2. Characters.Ru Pauls Drag Race UK Series 4: The theme for this series' promo looks is Queen of Your Hometown, and as Brighton is famed for its Regency architecture, particularly its Royal Pavilion, (which Joe Black infamously failed to embody in Series 2), as well as its seafront promenade, she goes with an early 1800s bodice and panniers look, coloured white and turquoise green, which is an additional nod to Brighton's bold take on the classic London black cab.
3. Creator.Georgette Heyer: Her books were famous for her intelligent comedy, the genuine sweetness of her romances and her meticulous research on the Regency period - which in turn leads to An Infamous Army rather incongruously being on the recommended reading list at, of all things, Sandhurst,the UK equivalent of West Point, for its superb description of the Battle of Waterloo.
4. Film.The Man In Grey: Meanwhile, the story of the Rohan family is told in a flashback to the Regency period: Clarissa (also played by Calvert), a minor heiress, is put into an arranged marriage with Lord Rohan (Mason), a brutish misanthrope who begins an affair with Clarissa's friend Hesther (Lockwood), who plots to take her place, while Clarissa finds comfort in Rokeby (also played by Granger).
5. Magazine.The New Yorker (Mascot): Eustace Tilley, the top-hatted Regency-era dandy first depicted in the aforementioned inaugural cover examining a butterfly through his monocle.
6. Main.Brits Love Tea: In the Regency England-inspired The Wolf at Weston Court:
   • The police officer who is supposed to be guarding Loup leaves to make him a cup of tea, since he's Trying Not to Cry.
   • At the end of Chapter 2, Bernard makes Neville a cup of tea without even asking.
7. Main.Our Fairies Are Different: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell takes The Fair Folk and adjusts them to fit the Georgian-era setting. The basic concept, as one of the many easy-to-miss footnotes explains, is that logic and magical ability are diametrically opposed; humans have great powers of logic and very little magical skill, while Faeries have tremendous magical power but most of them would be considered severely mentally ill by human standards. Accordingly, they don't even need wings since they can travel wherever on Earth they want via the King's Roads, and they wear clothes that are made of broken dreams or are "the color of heartbreak" or that sing or scream. They also have tremendous powers that no human can fight while simultaneously having a wide variety of Weaksauce Weaknesses, and are shown to stay out of human affairs less for the standard reasons than because they just don't care — they'd rather be at their all-night balls. In other words, they're a Shadow Archetype of what human British society was like at the time.
8. Main.Politically Correct History: * Zig-zagged in Legends of Tomorrow, depending on how serious a given episode wants to be. For example, when traveling to the mid-20th century, the only one who finds himself at home is Martin Stein. The others quickly point out that it only happens because he's a straight white male. Similarly, when they end up in the South during the Civil War, Jax and Amaya have to deal with being treated as someone's property. Played straight in season four, when Mona (Asian), Charlie (black), and Zari (Middle-Eastern) have no trouble walking around in Regency England.
9. Recap.Bob Chipman Film Reviews P To R: (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies_: Using the same concept of 'How can we stretch one joke into a whole movie?' as the same author's Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, this film comes up short in comparison. Despite a few moments of genuine inspiration and big laughs, there's not a lot of connective tissue between them. In particular, it ignores a lot of the satirical potential present in having a Zombie Apocalypse take place in the world of a Jane Austen novel, especially given that Pride and Prejudice itself commented quite heavily on the rigid social mores and classism of Regency England. It's not a bad movie (Austen fans especially will probably enjoy it for all the references to the original book), but there's not enough to it to make a full watch worthwhile.
10. Series.Gentleman Jack: Based on the coded diaries of the Regency-era landowner and coal proprietor Anne Lister, nicknamed "Gentleman Jack", who is considered the first modern lesbian. Her private communion with Ann Walker is considered the first lesbian marriage in England.

Other

1. UsefulNotes.Common Historical Settings: Listed alongside other UN like All the Little Germanies
2. Image Source
3. Main.Form Fitting Wardrobe: All clothing will fit tightly around an animated woman's 15 inch waist, even if it's dropped or empire-line.

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