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foolish_m0rtalWould…you people kill me if I just told you I found out that Questing-Beasts (now officially Arc of the Zodiac, but I’m sticking to its original title so as to confuse others as little as possible) is an Alternate Reality of C.F? (People that read QB but not CF and vice versa, it’s all cool. This whole discussion just lends another interesting aspect to the stories, but you can still enjoy your story without it)
Like, it sounds really cheesy, but it makes a whole lot of sense, and the way later chapters are turning out reinforces my hypothesis.
Starting off: Have any of you read Witch Week, by Diana Wynne Jones? It’s part of the Chrestomaci Quartet.
Like, it sounds really cheesy, but it makes a whole lot of sense, and the way later chapters are turning out reinforces my hypothesis.
Starting off: Have any of you read Witch Week, by Diana Wynne Jones? It’s part of the Chrestomaci Quartet.
Anyway, it follows the belief that at every major turning point, the world could go one way or the other. Let’s take the example of a war between two sides. At such a crossroads, two worlds would break off: one with Side A winning and the other with Side B winning. This continues with a myriad of worlds of potentiality breaking off and becoming their own entities.
With Witch Week, the book is set in a world that isn’t supposed to exist; it is created by the duality of the Guy Fawkes affair. In our world, Guy Fawkes failed in blowing up Parliament. In this other world, his plan succeeded. This makes many things in both our world and the book world the same, but it also makes some crucial aspects amazingly different.
Note: This is an extremely simplified version of the background behind Witch Week. If you really want to know more about it, I recommend the entire Chrestomanci Quartet, but I don’t really want to go about explaining that 650+ pg. collection here.
(If you’re interested, you can buy the Chrestomanci Quartet in its entirety, or buy its four books: Charmed Life, The Lives of Christopher Chant, The Magicians of Caprona, and Witch Week)
So, following this same concept, the QB world is similar to the C.F world, except with major turning point differences. I was going to explain them, but I’ve decided I’ll leave you to figure them out. *grin*
People who don’t read both stories and therefore can’t figure out the differences, yell at me, and I’ll message you or something.
People who don’t want to bother figuring out the differences, (because, really: who the heck has that kind of time? Not me. I’ve got exams to study for) do the same.
With Witch Week, the book is set in a world that isn’t supposed to exist; it is created by the duality of the Guy Fawkes affair. In our world, Guy Fawkes failed in blowing up Parliament. In this other world, his plan succeeded. This makes many things in both our world and the book world the same, but it also makes some crucial aspects amazingly different.
Note: This is an extremely simplified version of the background behind Witch Week. If you really want to know more about it, I recommend the entire Chrestomanci Quartet, but I don’t really want to go about explaining that 650+ pg. collection here.
(If you’re interested, you can buy the Chrestomanci Quartet in its entirety, or buy its four books: Charmed Life, The Lives of Christopher Chant, The Magicians of Caprona, and Witch Week)
So, following this same concept, the QB world is similar to the C.F world, except with major turning point differences. I was going to explain them, but I’ve decided I’ll leave you to figure them out. *grin*
People who don’t read both stories and therefore can’t figure out the differences, yell at me, and I’ll message you or something.
People who don’t want to bother figuring out the differences, (because, really: who the heck has that kind of time? Not me. I’ve got exams to study for) do the same.
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Date: 2008-01-10 03:41 pm (UTC)...*whistles long and low* Well...um...that's...um...probably not been done before?
I'd perhaps like a little cheat-sheet of the turning point at least. I could figure it out from there. (Unless it's like: FM:"oh, Katsu didn't get elected, Hilary Clinton did instead." Skunky: "WJSTLL! HOW? WHYYYY? AAAAAUGH!")