Welcome to the Jane Austen heist draft, in which each of us will build a six-member crew of Jane Austen characters to perpetrate a heist, Oceans 11 style.
Coming back to say that I DID end up doing this with my students and epics (my juniors just finished Aeneid and have also read Dante, The Iliad, and the Odyssey with me over the years). We were pretending to be recovering our father's "storied sword from the clutches of Geryon in the Inferno." They were allowed to draft one god only. I have 8 students, so they were all allowed to use any name--I didn't make it so that they couldn't pick an already named person. We had a lot of fun and had our Headmaster come make a master list out of their lists! Thanks for this idea!
This is so much fun. Sure beats the basketball brackets. I choose Heidi's team, and my vote is not a sympathy vote. I especially like Heidi's reasoning for picking Lady Catherine, although Lucy Steele and Mr. Wickham are brilliant picks, too.
Sean won this one 👍🏻 although each had picks I would use, Lady Susan and Colonel Brandon sold it for me. It was so fun to listen to, I was laughing throughout.
David, having planned the draft in the first place, clearly understood the assignment best. 👏🏼 However, I give Heidi mad props for taking the whole thing so seriously and thinking like a criminal. Sean gets honorable mention for his readiness to recruit and sing the praises of Austen's more obscure characters.
Coming back to say that I DID end up doing this with my students and epics (my juniors just finished Aeneid and have also read Dante, The Iliad, and the Odyssey with me over the years). We were pretending to be recovering our father's "storied sword from the clutches of Geryon in the Inferno." They were allowed to draft one god only. I have 8 students, so they were all allowed to use any name--I didn't make it so that they couldn't pick an already named person. We had a lot of fun and had our Headmaster come make a master list out of their lists! Thanks for this idea!
Where do we vote? I so enjoyed this listen and I'm mulling over the options
I am going to do this with epics with my students now!
This is so much fun. Sure beats the basketball brackets. I choose Heidi's team, and my vote is not a sympathy vote. I especially like Heidi's reasoning for picking Lady Catherine, although Lucy Steele and Mr. Wickham are brilliant picks, too.
Lucy Steele is a genius mastermind. Heidi's right - she plotted and pivoted and ultimately got everything she wanted!
Sean is totally right about Admiral Croft as driver!
I didn’t see that one coming as the first pick, but thought it was hilariously brilliant!
I just finished a reread of Persuasion and he's a wild driver- perfect choice!
BRB, going to go reread all of Austen. Again.
Which isn’t a bad idea for her 250th birthday.
May I suggest a draft for "space mission crew to save the world" based on Shakespeare characters? (Think Interstellar, Armageddon, etc.)
I will add this to my list of similar ideas. That’s a fun one.
I love the interplay of very modern story arc with very classical lot characters.
Captain, Scientist, Cross-Species Liaison, Weapons Expert, AI intelligence/Robot, Red Shirt, and Guy Who Goes Insane in Space
Love this so much! Gotta go with Heidi on this one. But also, where is Fanny Dashwood, the great conniver of all? Or William Elliott? :)
Sean won this one 👍🏻 although each had picks I would use, Lady Susan and Colonel Brandon sold it for me. It was so fun to listen to, I was laughing throughout.
“Your street name involves an ampersand?”
Incredible start 😂
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Is this where we vote? I vote David. His heist crew would work best together. Every one of his picks was pretty much perfect.
David, having planned the draft in the first place, clearly understood the assignment best. 👏🏼 However, I give Heidi mad props for taking the whole thing so seriously and thinking like a criminal. Sean gets honorable mention for his readiness to recruit and sing the praises of Austen's more obscure characters.
Obscure = least likely to be recognized = most likely to succeed!
Every draft, Graeme texts me to see how . . . specific your picks you were lol .
We had a pretty fun meeting back in January planning this one out. It’s funny to see where it goes.
My loyalty is with Heidi, but her picks are unpredictable! Let’s be honest: David did it again.
He has merely conditioned you to think this way! David is the real con-man here.
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Mastermind: Mrs. Norris
Conman: Mr. Elliot (Persuasion)
Wheels: John Thorpe
Muscle: Mr. Martin (Emma)
Safecracker: Anne Elliot
Demolition: Col. Fitzwilliam
I am ridiculously happy to see both Mrs. Norris and Mr. Martin making an appearance on your list.
Mr Martin the farmer! Brilliant
Anne was on my list for safecracker too, right after Elinor. Mr. Martin is a genius pick for muscle. Col. Fitzwilliam would be good for that too.
Love this! John Thorpe would be my pick for wheels too 😂
Harry Potter could be good for future ones. Or Chronicles of Narnia. No way Heidi’s not wanting Uncle Andrew somewhere on her roster.
My first thought was Narnia characters!