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"Lizzie B, Pop Star" by Diaphenia (T)
Fandom: THE LIZZIE BENNET DIARIES
Pairing: Lizzie Bennet/William Darcy, Jane Bennet/Bing Lee, Lydia Bennet/George Wickham
Length: ~13K words
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
saucydiva
Author Website: Tumblr
Why this must be read: Diaphenia made a name for herself in the Parks and Recreation fandom with clever stories that perfectly marry humor and sweetness and just the right about of shippiness. "Lizzie B, Pop Star" should give her the same reputation in the LBD fandom. It's a fun and not-that-long re-imagining of the story in which everyone's in pop bands and Darcy might actually be a dubstep DJ. Featuring a clever take on the series' trademark "costume theater," a fresh look at Caroline, and numerous tongue-in-cheek comments about "making music" together, this is easily the most fun LBD AU I've seen yet.
Lizzie was on the sidewalk when she heard it. Some hipster—scourge of the earth, all of them—was listening to a boom box that was older than he was.
It was her single, the Bennet Sisters’ “Bottles and Cans.” But rather than Lydia’s drums or Jane’s piano, Lizzie’s lyrics were playing over Defective Tuxedo’s “Get Off (and Get Out).”
“That asshole,” she said, punching in her sister’s number.
Jane hadn’t heard the song yet, but she pulled it up immediately.
“It’s really good, Lizzie,” she said. “Your voice sounds really lovely with Darcy’s.”
“I will kill him with chicken wire.”
“You don’t even know he did it.”
“I’d recognize his style anywhere.” Darcy was talented, even Lizzie realized that, and he’d crossed her heartbreaking song about her mother’s alcoholism with his band’s single-entendre eye-roller, and added in some brass and some new percussion. The result was a sleazy, sexy ode to summer drinking and dancing.
And it was catchy as hell.
Asshole.
Jane was using her soothing voice now. “You’ll see. This mashup will bring us good things.”
***
Jane turned out to be half-right. “Get Out (the Bottle)” exploded that summer and brought Lizzie a lot of attention. Unfortunately, that meant that Gardiner, her agent, hauled her into her office and told her she’d be asked to join the final leg of Defective Tuxedo’s tour to fill in for the opening act, a pop princess who was suffering “exhaustion.”
As if the idea of being stuck with Darcy in a tour bus for a month wasn’t awful enough, she couldn’t bring her sisters. The Bennet Sisters were becoming a solo act, because only Lizzie had been on the mashup, and only Lizzie was going to get to capitalize on Defective Tuxedo’s fame.
Lizzie protested, vehemently. Gardiner told her that this was her only opportunity, and to think long and hard about giving it up.
Lizzie B, Pop Star
Pairing: Lizzie Bennet/William Darcy, Jane Bennet/Bing Lee, Lydia Bennet/George Wickham
Length: ~13K words
Author on LJ:
saucydivaAuthor Website: Tumblr
Why this must be read: Diaphenia made a name for herself in the Parks and Recreation fandom with clever stories that perfectly marry humor and sweetness and just the right about of shippiness. "Lizzie B, Pop Star" should give her the same reputation in the LBD fandom. It's a fun and not-that-long re-imagining of the story in which everyone's in pop bands and Darcy might actually be a dubstep DJ. Featuring a clever take on the series' trademark "costume theater," a fresh look at Caroline, and numerous tongue-in-cheek comments about "making music" together, this is easily the most fun LBD AU I've seen yet.
Lizzie was on the sidewalk when she heard it. Some hipster—scourge of the earth, all of them—was listening to a boom box that was older than he was.
It was her single, the Bennet Sisters’ “Bottles and Cans.” But rather than Lydia’s drums or Jane’s piano, Lizzie’s lyrics were playing over Defective Tuxedo’s “Get Off (and Get Out).”
“That asshole,” she said, punching in her sister’s number.
Jane hadn’t heard the song yet, but she pulled it up immediately.
“It’s really good, Lizzie,” she said. “Your voice sounds really lovely with Darcy’s.”
“I will kill him with chicken wire.”
“You don’t even know he did it.”
“I’d recognize his style anywhere.” Darcy was talented, even Lizzie realized that, and he’d crossed her heartbreaking song about her mother’s alcoholism with his band’s single-entendre eye-roller, and added in some brass and some new percussion. The result was a sleazy, sexy ode to summer drinking and dancing.
And it was catchy as hell.
Asshole.
Jane was using her soothing voice now. “You’ll see. This mashup will bring us good things.”
***
Jane turned out to be half-right. “Get Out (the Bottle)” exploded that summer and brought Lizzie a lot of attention. Unfortunately, that meant that Gardiner, her agent, hauled her into her office and told her she’d be asked to join the final leg of Defective Tuxedo’s tour to fill in for the opening act, a pop princess who was suffering “exhaustion.”
As if the idea of being stuck with Darcy in a tour bus for a month wasn’t awful enough, she couldn’t bring her sisters. The Bennet Sisters were becoming a solo act, because only Lizzie had been on the mashup, and only Lizzie was going to get to capitalize on Defective Tuxedo’s fame.
Lizzie protested, vehemently. Gardiner told her that this was her only opportunity, and to think long and hard about giving it up.
Lizzie B, Pop Star