And now for the other two, which comes with a rambling admission. I had given no thought at all to orders and banners and titles. I wrote BRD and included that long riff on titles and such because I wanted to set up Edmund's line: "Ass and Brute tend to be popular with my former lovers; any current one, well, that's no one's business but our own, and I don't much care, so long as it isn't 'brother,' 'father,' or 'Peter.'" I introduced Morgan just so he could say that line. To set up the line, I needed Jalur to mention his titles and why calling Edmund "Sir" wasn't sufficient -- which I just realized is something that could be interesting when Jill does that to Edmund the first time.... Anyways, I very arbitrarily put Jalur in Edmund's order not even realizing there were two separate orders. Min pointed out, well gosh, h ow did Jalur end up in Edmund's order? What's the story there? And why does Peter have such young guards? And, The Palace Guard was the result. So, the ideas of knightings and orders was completely accidental and I've been making it up as a go along ever since. (This is where reader input has been SO invaluable).
There was some fic that had Lucy as Knight and I liked it and so did it with no thought at all to what her title would be. I did ask someone at one point, what would a female title be? Would it be Sir? Or something else? I've not resolved it. She may just be Queen. What has since become important was that Susan was not knighted. Which again is something that just sort of happened during TQSiT and a reader said, wait, what about Susan? I decided that this would be a dividing line -- which begins to show up in AW in her conversations with Peter.
As for Lucy's banners, I'd originally thought to leave a quadrant blank on Susan's to denote that she was not a Knight, but since moved away from t hat. I had no problem filling up things for Edmund, Susan, and Lucy -- they all have STUFF. (The black bird for Edmund actually originates with the black bird of Thomas Becket.) Peter. errrr. I have no idea. The Sword and the Lion, possibly just divided in 2. Or in thirds with a crown signifying his status as High King.
As for that Vorkosigan xover, don't you know the rules? You suggest it, you write it! MWHAAAA!
Re: All your Narnia fiction
Anyways, I very arbitrarily put Jalur in Edmund's order not even realizing there were two separate orders. Min pointed out, well gosh, h ow did Jalur end up in Edmund's order? What's the story there? And why does Peter have such young guards? And, The Palace Guard was the result. So, the ideas of knightings and orders was completely accidental and I've been making it up as a go along ever since. (This is where reader input has been SO invaluable).
There was some fic that had Lucy as Knight and I liked it and so did it with no thought at all to what her title would be. I did ask someone at one point, what would a female title be? Would it be Sir? Or something else? I've not resolved it. She may just be Queen. What has since become important was that Susan was not knighted. Which again is something that just sort of happened during TQSiT and a reader said, wait, what about Susan? I decided that this would be a dividing line -- which begins to show up in AW in her conversations with Peter.
As for Lucy's banners, I'd originally thought to leave a quadrant blank on Susan's to denote that she was not a Knight, but since moved away from t hat. I had no problem filling up things for Edmund, Susan, and Lucy -- they all have STUFF. (The black bird for Edmund actually originates with the black bird of Thomas Becket.) Peter. errrr. I have no idea. The Sword and the Lion, possibly just divided in 2. Or in thirds with a crown signifying his status as High King.
As for that Vorkosigan xover, don't you know the rules? You suggest it, you write it! MWHAAAA!