Canadian Napoleon?

Aug 21, 2022 13:28

Hello, Cousins! When I joined the Canteen I thought I would be posting more regularly, but my RL -- which has included things like my getting COVID and like my husband's impending surgery -- have kept getting in the way of my fannish interactions. Hope I can be more active here soon, but in the meantime I have this wonderment: I saw a Wikipedia ( Read more... )

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tinturtle August 21 2022, 19:13:56 UTC
I've encountered a few fics in which his mother was Quebecois, but I don't know where that comes from.

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ride_4ever August 21 2022, 20:32:21 UTC
Oh, this is relevant to my interests!

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dancingpony August 21 2022, 19:59:42 UTC
In the original MFU production notes, Napoleon’s military service was listed was “the Royal Canadian Navy” - which would lead to the assumption that he was Canadian. But take that with a grain of salt. The production notes also say he was on the swim team in college … and it’s pretty clear from the series that swimming wasn’t really one of his best skills.

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ride_4ever August 21 2022, 20:30:30 UTC
Thank you kindly, dancingpony!

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dancingpony August 21 2022, 20:54:24 UTC
It took me a while to track it down, but you can find information on the original series production notes in this excellent article:

https://muncle.livejournal.com/1089798.html

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ride_4ever August 21 2022, 21:03:23 UTC
Wow! Lots of details in that post! I'm going to print it out for closer and repeat reading! Thank you kindly for the link!

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