#sibling age gaps

[bethanydelleman]

Have you done a chart on the age differences between siblings in Austen novels?

No I haven't! Welcome to...

Jane Austen Charted #21: Age Gaps Between Austen Siblings

So firstly, Jane Austen doesn't usually supply birthdates, we only know the Elliot family, Robert Martin, and Harriet Smith if I remember correctly, so all of these are estimates. It's possible that Kitty Bennet was born in November 1802 and Lydia January 1804 and that is still technically two years, though not 24 months.

However, still interesting how nicely spaced the children are in most families. I imagine people understood that having babies immediately after the other was bad for women's health. Also, breastfeeding was going through a renaissance among the upper class.

Some ages just aren't given, these are the families with enough data.

Northanger Abbey:

Sense & Sensibility:

Pride & Prejudice:

I find the age gap between the Darcys interesting. It's possible Lady Anne suffered a string of miscarriages.

Mansfield Park:

Math tells us Mrs. Price also had a stillborn or infant death, so she had 11 full term pregnancies in 14 years. 😬

Emma:

John's freaking age isn't given! Ga!

Persuasion:

Ahhhhhh, exact dates. Delightful.

Edit: A lovely human reminded me we know Eleanor Tilney's age, so that family is now added to the charts.

[ivory--raven]

Mhm I am in fact a bit young to have a son this old, that's right. That's because this child is in fact my sibling.

[littlelosthings]

random au concocted by me + a friend where chilchuck involuntarily adopts baby falin

[queenlucythevaliant]

clean your sword

i. Peter had thought many times about dying for his brother, killing for his sisters, as all oldest children do.

ii. He'd imagined it a hundred times: how if his mother and father were ever killed, he'd get some low-skill job and make sure Lucy's clothes still fit her as she grew. How he'd make fists and fight dirty if Susan was ever threatened. What he'd do if Edmund ever had to flee the country on a dark, windswept night.

iii. Yet when he heard Susan's horn that day, he still froze. Only for an instant, he thought, "this can't be my job, right?"

iv. The blood on his sword shone red when it was all over. When he wiped it on the grass, the stain it left was almost black.

v. They'd put Susan in his arms when he was two years old. Peter didn't remember it, but he knew he'd been waiting for her till then. He wasn't a real person until he was a brother.

vi. And when they walked back to the pavilion, Rhindon bumping Peter's hip, all he could say to his sisters was, "I'm sorry I didn't come faster."

vii. The High King was almost obsessive in the way he cared for Rhindon. When he grew older and required weapons larger than those made for a child, he obsessed over them too.

viii. He told the others, in no uncertain terms, that if it ever came to it in battle, they were to leave him and live. As their brother and high king, he commanded it.

ix. The first time Edmund risked himself for Peter's sake, Peter didn't speak to him for a week.

x. He was oiling his sword when Edmund found him. "See, the thing is, Peter, being brothers goes both ways. If you can love me enough to die for me, than I get to love you just the same."

xi. Peter agreed with him then, to avoid the argument. He was sick of not talking to his brother. Yet privately, he knew that Edmund was wrong. That sacrifice was Peter's special prerogative, as the first-born.

xii. Back in England, his mother noticed that Peter had become more fastidious. She didn't notice that his protective streak has grown - and maybe it hadn't, really.

xiii. It was uncanny, how Peter would always show up just when his siblings needed him. He'd round a corner, and there was Lucy stamping her feet and scowling at a bully. There was Susan, crying, and now his knuckles were bloody.

xiv. He cleaned the blood off in the sink so carefully. The water ran red for a second, and it almost seemed black.

xv. When Caspian asked for the High King's advice, looking so very young, Peter jerked his chin towards the sword a Caspian's hip. "Be ready to use that," he said. "Keep it clean, and close."

xvi. Susan forgot Narnia and she forgot Aslan. Yet selfishly, Peter still hoped that she would never forget how quickly he came when she called.

[girlatrocity]

villain kids!!

[oldbutchdaniel]

interview with the vampire, "and that's the end of it. there's nothing else." // succession, "all the bells say"

[brekitten]

The Family Plan, dpxdc edition

Danyal Al Ghul walked away from the assassin life when he was 13, just a year after Damian was sent to their father at age 9. Well, “walked away” probably wasn't the best way to describe it. He had escaped, because the Heir to the Demon's Head would never be allowed to simply leave the League of Assassins.

It wasn't too long after he escaped into the United States that he met Jasmine “Jazz” Fenton. She and her parents were attending a scientist convention of some sort, and she had bumped into Danyal at the entrance. Soon enough, she was introducing him to her parents. Danyal Al Ghul soon became Daniel “Danny” Fenton.

He had only planned on using them to craft a fake identity, so the League had less of a chance of finding him. He didn't plan to get attached, but he did. He didn't regret it.

Danny was fourteen when he died in the portal and became Phantom. He was fifteen when the League finally found him. Grandfather and Mother were not pleased.

[hazeofhearts]

BIG SISTER POWERS ACTIVATE

[sonknuxadow]

see i do think there have been actual instances of fandom people just deciding two characters are siblings with no real basis and acting like its canon and forcing that interpretation on others and getting mad at people who disagree . but a lot of the characters i see people list as examples of this happening with are just actually stated to or heavily implied to see eachother as siblings by the source material and at that point i think you just dont see adopted siblings as real siblings idk what else to tell you

[bleue-flora]

Wait... Dream was born on August 12, 1999 and Dream was arrested in the Disc Finale on January 20, 2021 soo... wait, wait, wait, that means he was only 21 when he was imprisoned for life in a small lava covered box!... Did I do that math right? 21?! Man was barely able to drink legally in the United States and they gave him a life sentence in a boiling cell with nothing but lava, raw potatoes, a clock, and some books?!... oh my god...

[kindaasrikal]

Au where Morro is forced to look after a bunch of dead children in the departed realm, becomes good at it, and becomes a designated babysitter for everyone who has dead children. My guy went from commanding an army and taking over all realms, to ruling a mini army and taking over the play area as he runs a daycare/orphanage.

[jamethinks]

Everytime Loid mentions Yor, Nightfall tells him to get a divorce. At this point he just vents to her then moves on knowing she will give him nothing of substance in response.

T: Yor's mad at me and I don't know why

N: get a divorce

T: Yor said she's gonna be late home from work

N: get a divorce

T: what should I get Yor for her birthday

N: divorce papers

T: Yuri's coming over today. the things I do for Yor

N: wouldn't be an issue if you divorced her

T: my pen is out of ink can you get me another one

N: get a divorce

T: can you bring me the file on the Johnson family

T: these are divorce papers- did you forge my signature?

T: Anya's been getting on my nerves a lot lately

N: get a divorce

T: are telling me to divorce my 6 year old?

N: yes.

T: Fi-

N: get a divorce

T: helpful as always

[latenightsundayblues]

Angel's Delight

Wow, lookadat. Finally managed to slip some subtle brazilian propaganda into my art; the colors we wear during New Years celebrations and what they'll bring for our future matter a lot to us. For example:

White: Peace

Blue: Restfulness

Lilac: Metamorphosis

Black: Discovery of self. Brings misfortune, in the eyes of some.

[quartergremlin]

E4 Jess and Mikey

( if you're still doing the drawing prompts, if not that's ok)

yeah! sorry i was sitting on this one for a bit.

the kids absolutely adore their uncle jess

[citrenecult]

Um, Bishop cuddle pile??