oh, god, history. *headdesk*

Post-LWW fic: Peter is sullen, Susan is still in that state of, "This can't possibly be happening," Edmund is playing his mother and creeping her the hell out, and Lucy is traumatized. Helen Pevensie is also kind of a wreck, because dude, talk about having many things do a number on your psyche all at once.

My state of mind: Wait, so, okay, the Pevensies were evacuated from London somewhere around September of 1940. (The Blitz started on September 7, movie canon shows us that, uh, the Blitz is going on.) And they probably would have returned in 1941? But canon (PC, this time) also tells us they were at school during the course of that year. Book canon (PC, again) tells us that this is supposed to be Lucy's first year at boarding school. So -- Peter, Susan, and Edmund left the professor's house to go to school, and Lucy was left at the professor's house? Or would they have already been back in Finchley at that point in time?

Meanwhile, if I have Peter going running, what would he be wearing and would it be regarded as normal or not? (This is in Finchley.)

...this is why I try and stick to writing about Narnia, not England. I can make stuff up.

ETA: And Helen Pevensie would probably be working, yes? Must check if Papa Pevensie would have returned from his deployment or not.

i'm sure it's extremely bad form to be commentating the comments i get, but REALLY PEOPLE

...who the hell responds to a fic that is clearly labelled "Peter/Susan" with "No Edmund/Lucy?"

I...don't write Edmund/Lucy.

ETA: Situation/Reaction explained, carry on. I'm just thin-skinned and high-strung after the latest batch of comment debacle.

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...Peter is about to do something very, very stupid in the post-LWW fic. Very, very stupid. Man, this is going to end badly, you know, what with Helen Pevensie yelling at him and then Susan and Edmund yelling at him. I'm not even sure about the geographical OR historical probability of this.

So, uh, if Peter were to leave the house in Finchley at around dinner time, would he be able to get somewhere where the following would occur: drinking, gambling, fighting, and possible back-alley...shenanigans? In 1941 sometime.

In other news: Matter of Britain scholarship. Damn, why isn't the BBC Merlin on that list (aside from it...not being a book)? Man, that's an essay I might actually like to write!