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snitchnipped) wrote2012-06-23 10:00 pm
snitchnipped) wrote2012-06-23 10:00 pm
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Ages.
Well, NFE season is upon us, and of course, I'm up to my neck in unnecessary research.
I may or may not have spent 3 hours working on family trees. Or virtual location scouting around England.
However, going through all my past notes and stories, I came across something confusing (and something that I obviously did NOT document well in my notes on how I came to these conclusions).
ANYWAY. For those fanfic writers (or readers who are stickler to details)... what do you have for your Pevensies' birthdays?
Lewis, apparently, dictated a timeline events that someone else published, which makes it both official and non-official. And we know how trustworthy Lewis is at consistency.
Timeline.
Being still somewhat new to the fandom as of a year ago when I started writing, I used this as a guideline and tweaked from there.
In last year's NFE submission, I wrote Edmund having a birthday in March... and I know I went against canon, for in PC, Edmund had received the torch for his birthday right before they head off for the new school term. But, sorry, my Edmund just isn't a Virgo!
In my NBB (which is still looking to be tweaked, so I don't mind changing) I have Susan stating that her birthday is October 12, 1927. And now I'm just arbitrarily choosing birthdays for Peter and Lucy. So, this is what I have:
Peter — July 27, 1926
Susan — October 12, 1927
Edmund — March 12ish (can't decide), 1930
Lucy — February 3, 1932
So, I'm asking you all... how far off base are these?
I may or may not have spent 3 hours working on family trees. Or virtual location scouting around England.
However, going through all my past notes and stories, I came across something confusing (and something that I obviously did NOT document well in my notes on how I came to these conclusions).
ANYWAY. For those fanfic writers (or readers who are stickler to details)... what do you have for your Pevensies' birthdays?
Lewis, apparently, dictated a timeline events that someone else published, which makes it both official and non-official. And we know how trustworthy Lewis is at consistency.
Timeline.
Being still somewhat new to the fandom as of a year ago when I started writing, I used this as a guideline and tweaked from there.
In last year's NFE submission, I wrote Edmund having a birthday in March... and I know I went against canon, for in PC, Edmund had received the torch for his birthday right before they head off for the new school term. But, sorry, my Edmund just isn't a Virgo!
In my NBB (which is still looking to be tweaked, so I don't mind changing) I have Susan stating that her birthday is October 12, 1927. And now I'm just arbitrarily choosing birthdays for Peter and Lucy. So, this is what I have:
Peter — July 27, 1926
Susan — October 12, 1927
Edmund — March 12ish (can't decide), 1930
Lucy — February 3, 1932
So, I'm asking you all... how far off base are these?
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In short, I made the ages I wanted them to be and stopped worrying about it. The only complaints I get about it are when Peter is off to war in Maenad of the Maquis -- and yep, I know he's too young to be a flier in the summer of 1943.