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rthstewart

I think I left my brain in an ancient port city of Rome

Apr 10, 2012 10:17

So happy Tuesday after Happy Cat Sacrifice Day! By whose authority am I back and work?

Easter dinner for 20 was fabulous though I'll assume my jet lagged state was responsible for the gross over-estimation of food (coupled with my epic failure at math). I also had to prepare for 2 readings at the church’s Easter Vigil mass (Moses parting the Red ( Read more... )

tsg, rat and sword go to war, real life, holidays, research notes

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varnafinde April 12 2012, 21:14:49 UTC

"I know, they are too young and I've just done a magical paw wave to get the three of them into these insane situations. If you're with me this far, you're OK with it, but I know that I've stretched the boundaries of credulity. At some point I will get a reviewer who says, "aren't they really too young for this?" To which I can only say, yep, they are."

Couldn't the same have been said regarding to C.S. Lewis? ;-)

As I don't mind spoilers, I'm reading all these comments before I have even started on the stories (I think the week-end is when I'll have time to enjoy the stories ...)

rthstewart April 14 2012, 03:22:19 UTC

I hope you enjoy it when you do read! you and the other readers make excellent points about the ages. I'm certainly fretting too much and being preemptive of something no one has raised yet. Thank you!

Peter and Susan anonymous April 13 2012, 02:33:38 UTC

I have been thinking about your comments about Peter and women. Things aren't helped by the fact that he has cut himself off from all the young women who are serving as WRENS and WAAFS and in the other services. They would have been considered officers and wouldn't be associating with lowly privates. And Peter spends his time with Parr and the boys, and they would be associating with shop girls and factory workers. This sounds snobbish and class-ridden, but I think it holds true that the field is narrowed for Peter, at least until he leaves the army ( ... )

Re: Peter and Susan rthstewart April 14 2012, 05:06:16 UTC

Thank you Clairel for coming by and reading. I've had another reader comment in a PM about what I've suggested here with Peter and his cynical view of women. I've been playing with this at least since BRD and early chapters of Part 1. While at first Peter was always trying to find a spouse and heirs for the greater good of Narnia and never quite fully gave into cynicism, in Spare Oom with the war, I think Peter has come pretty close to outright cynicism. He's got an ideal in his head and his always disappointed that no woman (except Dalia) ever met it. He's mostly come in contact with women aren't very interested in him, alone, as a person ( ... )

anonymous April 13 2012, 03:50:46 UTC

I just finished your story. Sorry, I do not have livejornal and Big Bang would not accept my comment. Great as usual. I like very much careful recreation of the details of the historical context. I caught myself on a thought at one point that I want to read fan fiction based on your stories, so solid is your writing and there many small details I want to know more about ( ... )

adaese April 13 2012, 11:09:48 UTC

The Navy took them even younger - as young as 14. In theory this was only for jobs in port or in offices. In practice over a hundred of the sailors killed when the Royal Oak was lost (in the supposedly completely safe haven of Scapa Flow) were boys between 14 and 18. They changed the rules afterwards so that boys under 18 needed either parental or special permission to be on active service (!)

rthstewart April 14 2012, 05:13:04 UTC

Thank you, Hellen. I'm looking forward to putting this up a chapter at a time so that those who are so inclined can share thoughts on particular things more easily. Clio and Adaese have both echoed your points about age and that I'm obviously over thinking it ( ... )

Queston about boats anonymous April 16 2012, 02:47:50 UTC

I forgot to ask this: why does Peter hate boats? Did I miss something in the previous stories?

Thanks
ClaireI

Re: Queston about boats rthstewart April 16 2012, 02:55:28 UTC

A lot of authors write Peter as allergic to boats and that he should not get in the water if he can help it. I mentioned that in I love not man the less. I'm not sure where it comes from -- it's very fanon, maybe based on the fact that the boat mentions we do have, Peter isn't there -- the flight from Tashbaan and Dawn Treader. It's not something I've held with much one way or another, but it's a recognizable fandom trope for some readers.

Re: Queston about boats anonymous April 17 2012, 03:35:52 UTC

Got it. Thanks. I guess I will have to read more Narnia fandom--not that this is a chore!

ClaireI