(that sounds vaguely bad, but I think it's a compliment, as by doing that, you can't really get a lot wrong and get major flames)
No, no this is a great compliment for me, especially considering how it is your specialty. I love historical AUs though haven't seen many in this fandom. And I knew this would be a bit of a daunting task but only when I started writing, I noticed how much. All: Can I use this phrase? Does this figure of speech make sense for the timeframe? What utensils would they have? Clothes. Food. Social life. So I tried not to "name names" on top of that.
Also since I'm a history nut I just can't bring myself to "Hollywoodize" my stuff and go for gimmicks like "oh lookie, Stavus served in the Trojan war under General Marc Anthony before Alexander the Great took over" or "one time Jen met a guy called Gilgamesh in the desert who was looking for his friend Enkidu". *g*
So I'm thrilled you gave the story a go regardless and of course that you liked it. Thank you so much.
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Date: 2007-12-16 05:24 pm (UTC)No, no this is a great compliment for me, especially considering how it is your specialty. I love historical AUs though haven't seen many in this fandom. And I knew this would be a bit of a daunting task but only when I started writing, I noticed how much. All: Can I use this phrase? Does this figure of speech make sense for the timeframe? What utensils would they have? Clothes. Food. Social life. So I tried not to "name names" on top of that.
Also since I'm a history nut I just can't bring myself to "Hollywoodize" my stuff and go for gimmicks like "oh lookie, Stavus served in the Trojan war under General Marc Anthony before Alexander the Great took over" or "one time Jen met a guy called Gilgamesh in the desert who was looking for his friend Enkidu". *g*
So I'm thrilled you gave the story a go regardless and of course that you liked it. Thank you so much.