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Lunar madness
Apr. 28th, 2019 04:56 pmI knew when I wrote the first draft of the Great Wimsey/Potterverse Crossover Fic (with werewolves) that I was storing up trouble for myself by not bothering to put in specific dates even though as a story in which elements of the plot hinge on werewolves, I needed the various full moons to be 28 days apart. I told myself that I could always shove in a few "Several days later" as required to make things add up when I got round to revising those parts.
And so I can. It's just that I also forgot about Easter, which is quite significant when part of the story in which said full moons are taking place is in March and April, and while Peter Wimsey's Christianity is largely of the cultural variety, he is extremely observant in the noticing things sort of way and could scarcely miss that he was in a church for an Easter service or a Good Friday vigil, and life being what it is someone in fandom would be sure to spot an error. It is really quite tempting to invent something like the 1928 Easter Act actually coming into being in the Wizarding World in 1842. I have at least managed to name my villages after saints who have their saints days at times of year outwith this element of the plot.
The moral of the story: it is quicker and easier to do the hard work the first time round.
ETA: In other fic research news, Napolean's family have some amazing names. I've got to fit a Zénaïde in somewhere.
And so I can. It's just that I also forgot about Easter, which is quite significant when part of the story in which said full moons are taking place is in March and April, and while Peter Wimsey's Christianity is largely of the cultural variety, he is extremely observant in the noticing things sort of way and could scarcely miss that he was in a church for an Easter service or a Good Friday vigil, and life being what it is someone in fandom would be sure to spot an error. It is really quite tempting to invent something like the 1928 Easter Act actually coming into being in the Wizarding World in 1842. I have at least managed to name my villages after saints who have their saints days at times of year outwith this element of the plot.
The moral of the story: it is quicker and easier to do the hard work the first time round.
ETA: In other fic research news, Napolean's family have some amazing names. I've got to fit a Zénaïde in somewhere.