Sorry to change subjects a bit, but this thread got me reading the Guide (again), and a few wires crossed in an interesting way.
At one point in the middle, there was a discussion of the unicorn in the backyard- the one change that makes events diverge from canon. Towards the end, there was a discussion of Ranma and HP as period pieces, the effects of cellphones on plots, and how you shouldn't just treat your stories as happening in the now unless they're supposed to.
So has anybody done a good HP fic where the one divergence was that things happened now, instead of 1991-1999? I'd be interested to see a study of how that could affect things.
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At one point in the middle, there was a discussion of the unicorn in the backyard- the one change that makes events diverge from canon. Towards the end, there was a discussion of Ranma and HP as period pieces, the effects of cellphones on plots, and how you shouldn't just treat your stories as happening in the now unless they're supposed to.
So has anybody done a good HP fic where the one divergence was that things happened now, instead of 1991-1999? I'd be interested to see a study of how that could affect things.
My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Atom Bomb of Courteous Debate. Get yours.
I've been writing a bit.