Pros fic - A Stranger on the Path by Slantedlight (Pros Bingo Challenge!)
I'm a bit excited about this - inspired by a rather fab picture that was posted to my lj in a comment this morning, I actually sat down and began writing, and I actually carried on doing so all day, until I'd finished a wee fic! And then I realised that it also fit one of the prompts on my Pros Bingo Card, which I've neglected shamefully so far
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I like your picture :0)
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Surnames are a fairly recent invention, like most of our diet - I do tend to think of myself by surname, but I could probably live without it - But no chips, no jacket potatoes, no roasties, no mash - I couldn't live without that - frumenty or no frumenty - very much a potato person!
I'm not sure of the historical accuracy of your AU fantasy either, but it certainly has charm. And goes wonderfully with the tree pics you've been posting on and off lately. And lets face it the 1000s were not above a bit of romance/fantasy themselves - so I figure it's all good :0)
I could certainly picture the lads in this setting, and Cowley back home as Lord of the Manor.
I reckon this has 'series' written all over it...
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Yes, and luckily they were rooted in roughly the period my story was set! There's a good article about Anglo-Norman names here at Geni, and lists of various Anglo-Normal families here in this wiki. I did think about making him "de Oyle" or the like, which would have been closer to the sort of thing around that time, and some play on "Beau" for Bodie too, but to be honest the lads having different names in AUs bugs me, so I made a conscious decision not to go that far, cos when it's me I only go and do a search-and-find and change them all anyway (and I'm not the only one *g ( ... )
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Oh, I knew you'd know all about surnames, if only 'cos of your interest in genealogy - but I thought the link was interesting anyway - it mentions the start of surnames from 'about the 11th century' - then I got distracted because elsewhere on wiki - Family & Surnames - they give the impression that English women have to take their husband's surname upon marriage - they shouldn't conflate all English speaking peoples like that ( ... )
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Actually that's one thing I wouldn't say - 99% of the time, I'd say don't explain in a story! *g* But that said, I tend not to massage things (except for using the lads real names!) and I also tend to assume that people will check anything they think seems to go against what they know, and/or ask (which of course they don't, but hey-ho!) But generally, the less explanation in a story the better - let people know by showing them that something's true, not explaining! But your more likely to show them something's true and be believed if you actually do know what you're talking about, even if it's just the backstory in your head... and now I'm just doing sleepy-rambling really, so I'm going to stop replying to comments any minute now!
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BTW, mella68 did a great picture for me for my BB story with a similar Doyle. I happen to like Doyle with a bow and arrow!
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I can't for the life of me remember if I've caught up with your (last year's, I guess) BB story - they all come out at once, and I've never yet managed to read them all... *sighs*, but I do seem to remember seeing a pic of Doyle with a bow before. I think there are pics in various zines too, which I always like seeing. As you say, there's something about Doyle with a bow and arrow... *vbg*
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Well said! That's what makes AUs so wonderful. Anything's possible *g*. Disbelief has already been suspended so the story can be set in the AU in the first place, so if it's a good story, told well, and the lads are recognisable, I for one am as happy as a wild pig in a wallow. :-)
Ooooh and mella68's artwork for your BB was stunningly beautiful!
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