History FanFic / ThePrivateDiaryOfElizabethQuatermain

* ShoutOut: To everything from ''TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' to ''MuchAdoAboutNothing'' to ''[[HRiderHaggard King Solomon's Mines]]''.

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* XanatosGambit: Arguably, the entire first volume.

* DistressedDamsel: Elizabeth fills this role at times, though it's generally not her fault and she attempts to be plucky about it.

* {{Masquerade}}: They attend one in a DreamSequence Elizabeth records in one diary entry.

* MostFanficWritersAreGirls: She is.

''[[http://solomonmanor.pbworks.com/TPDoEQ The Private Diary of Elizabeth Quatermain]]'' is a five-part FanFic series based on ''Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' (the film, not the graphic novel). It follows the adventures of the non-canonical title character, daughter to SeanConnery's character Allan Quatermain, and [[CaptainObvious is told entirely through entries in her diary]].

The first volume (originally intended to be the ''only'' volume) carries the series title as its own. The subsequent volumes were given titles of their own prefaced with the series acronym; these are ''[=TPDoEQ=]: The Egypt Chronicle, [=TPDoEQ=]: The Wintering, [=TPDoEQ=]: Only in America,'' and ''[=TPDoEQ=]: Tartan Holiday''. The final installment was completed in early 2008. The series was slightly notorious among its fans because of the length of time it took to complete; there was a gap of almost two years where it stagnated, eventually revealed to be the result of a CreatorBreakdown caused by the deaths of the author's grandparents.

Following the events of the film, Elizabeth is introduced to the surviving members of the League. Through a series of somewhat bizarre circumstances, she's not only about to lose her home in London but has also been sent a letter directing her to solve an incomprehensible mystery. The League takes her under their collective wings and as the series progresses, helps her to break out of her shell. It's BetterThanItSounds, really, and during its heyday was rather popular; if the author can be called a BigNameFan, this series is the reason why. There are a few mysteries, some romance, and a lot of historical detail. The author, Tropers/LadyNorbert, devotes the last chapter of each installment to a pseudo-FAQ in which she attempts to explain certain facts (or BlatantLies) and give credit to other people.

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: The League's response to [[spoiler: Elizabeth and Skinner's engagement]] in the fifth volume.
** "Allan Observes" was written specifically with this trope in mind.
** There's also the scene in the version of volume IV from Skinner's point of view, in which [[spoiler:he has a mental conversation with the deceased Allan to ask his permission to marry Elizabeth.]]
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: A few here and there; the last chapter of the last volume ends on one.

* DesignatedProtagonistSyndrome: An argument could be made that Elizabeth is the least interesting thing in the stories, and serves strictly as the window through which the reader views the plot. YourMileageMayVary.

* DieForOurShip: A meta example, as it wasn't another character the fans wanted out of the way. Some of the more vehement Skinner/Elizabeth shippers threatened bodily harm ''on the author'' if the AnchoredShip didn't set sail.

* FixerSue: Elizabeth, arguably; the thing she was created to "fix" was the fact that [[spoiler: Allan Quatermain died and left no children behind him, something the author found incredibly depressing]].

* ParanoiaFuel: Elizabeth spends most of the first volume with an invisible man (not that one) stalking her around the ship, including in her bedroom. After she knows about it, it takes her a while to get over it.

* TheBooRadley: Skinner, who at first makes Elizabeth so uneasy that she thinks she needs to count the silver when he leaves.

* BodyguardCrush: Possibly the SugarWiki/MostTriumphantExample for this fandom.

* AuthorAvatar: Elizabeth started out as one of these.

* BodyguardCrush: Possibly the MostTriumphantExample for this fandom.

* CliffHanger: The wedding in the fourth volume was deliberately split into two chapters for this purpose. The readership reacted badly when Fanfiction.net proceeded to crash in such a way that the second half could not be posted for an entire week.

* ShipperOnDeck: Tom more than anyone, especially in the fourth volume.

''[[http://solomonmanor.pbworks.com/TPDoEQ The Private Diary of Elizabeth Quatermain]]'' is a five-part FanFic series based on ''TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' (the film, not the graphic novel). It follows the adventures of the non-canonical title character, daughter to SeanConnery's character Allan Quatermain, and [[CaptainObvious is told entirely through entries in her diary]].

* FanVerse: In addition to its own length, [=TPDoEQ=] takes place in the same continuity as the author's unreleased SherlockHolmes fanfic, with the characters meeting in the final volume.

* TalkingToHimself: A literary version. The fifth volume has a chapter in which Elizabeth interacts with another of the author's original characters, from an as-yet unfinished SherlockHolmes pastiche novel.

* YouMustBeCold: When Elizabeth follows a troubled Skinner out into the rain in the third volume, he immediately throws his coat around her. Later in the same volume, he covers her with it while she sleeps.

* PapaWolf: Skinner starts out as one of these; Nemo also has shades of it.

* DeadGuyJunior: Elizabeth's middle name is Grace, after her late mother. WordOfGod adds that [[AfterActionReport after the series ends]], [[spoiler:Elizabeth and Skinner name their first child after Allan. However, the child is a girl, so she's called Allanna.]]

* DrowningMySorrows: Skinner, in the version of the fourth volume from his point of view, goes out to get drunk after his heart is broken.

* [[LastOfHisKind Last Of Her Kind]]: Elizabeth being [[spoiler:the last Quatermain]] is a plot point in the first volume.

* AudienceSurrogate: Elizabeth, of course -- being the TeamNormal in the group, she lets the reader experience what it would be like to be a completely ordinary person in such a company.

* OfCorsetsSexy: Averted, largely; although the women wear them, it gets mentioned only once.

* MistakenIdentity: When the League finds SherlockHolmes in the fifth volume, he's been extremely ill and, on first glance, believes Elizabeth to be someone named Lucy.

* BodyguardCrush: Possibly the UrExample for this fandom.

* DieForOurShip: Even the author was startled by the vehemence of some of the Skinner/Elizabeth shippers, a few of whom threatened ''bodily harm'' if the AnchoredShip didn't set sail. Yes, really.

* MementoMacGuffin: Skinner's mother's locket.

* {{Nakama}}: The League

* QueenVicky: She appears in a chapter of the final volume.

* ShoutOut: To everything from ''{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame}}'' to ''{{Much Ado About Nothing}}'' to ''[[HRiderHaggard King Solomon's Mines]]''.

* SpeakNowOrForeverHoldYourPeace: [[spoiler: Skinner, at Elizabeth's forced marriage]] in the fourth volume.