Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
hms victory
Changed line(s) 16 (click to see context) from:
* At first glance, Temeraire worrying more about Laurence losing ten thousand pounds over a lawsuit over him losing the lawsuit itself along with his honor seems like just a case of dragon morality kicking in at first. However, note that this is the ''early 1800s''. When adjusted for inflation in 2020, Laurence lost a whooping ''£853,250.17'' or ''$1,133,662.31'' dollars. Suddenly, his worries are a lot more justified.
to:
* At first glance, Temeraire worrying more about Laurence losing ten thousand pounds over a lawsuit over him losing the lawsuit itself along with his honor seems like just a case of dragon morality kicking in at first. However, note that this is the ''early 1800s''. When adjusted for inflation in 2020, Laurence lost a whooping ''£853,250.17'' or ''$1,133,662.31'' dollars. Suddenly, his worries are a lot more justified.justified.
* The first military action Temeraire saw was the rescue of the injured Victoriatus, escorting him back safely to the covert. His name sake, HMS Temeraire, was famous for the feats achieved during the Battle of Trafalgar, coming to aid of Lord Nelson's flagship in the nick of time and capturing two French ships. The name of the flagship? HMS Victory.
* The first military action Temeraire saw was the rescue of the injured Victoriatus, escorting him back safely to the covert. His name sake, HMS Temeraire, was famous for the feats achieved during the Battle of Trafalgar, coming to aid of Lord Nelson's flagship in the nick of time and capturing two French ships. The name of the flagship? HMS Victory.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 6,7 (click to see context) from:
* The period after Napoleon's fall in real life resulted in a massive conservative backlash that led to two World Wars and colonial empire's continued survival for over 150 years.
to:
* The period after Napoleon's fall in real life resulted in a massive conservative backlash that led to two World Wars and colonial empire's continued survival for over 150 years.
years. Imagine dragons wielding giant machine guns...
Changed line(s) 14,15 (click to see context) from:
* Hammond frequently takes ill at high altitudes. To alleviate this, he is given bundles of coca leaves as treatment; a common remedy in South America, even today. Over the next few books he continues to use them in comic excess. It seems rediculous, until you remember the more infamous application of coca leaf...
* The apparent natural predilection of dragons for mathematics is probably a take on the old conceit of dragons being able to sense even the smallest bit of their hoards being stolen from them.
* The apparent natural predilection of dragons for mathematics is probably a take on the old conceit of dragons being able to sense even the smallest bit of their hoards being stolen from them.
to:
* Hammond frequently takes ill at high altitudes. To alleviate this, he is given bundles of coca leaves as treatment; a common remedy in South America, even today. Over the next few books he continues to use them in comic excess. It seems rediculous, ridiculous, until you remember the more infamous application of coca leaf...
* The apparent natural predilection of dragons for mathematics is probably a take on the old conceit of dragons being able to sense even the smallest bit of their hoards being stolen fromthem.them.
* At first glance, Temeraire worrying more about Laurence losing ten thousand pounds over a lawsuit over him losing the lawsuit itself along with his honor seems like just a case of dragon morality kicking in at first. However, note that this is the ''early 1800s''. When adjusted for inflation in 2020, Laurence lost a whooping ''£853,250.17'' or ''$1,133,662.31'' dollars. Suddenly, his worries are a lot more justified.
* The apparent natural predilection of dragons for mathematics is probably a take on the old conceit of dragons being able to sense even the smallest bit of their hoards being stolen from
* At first glance, Temeraire worrying more about Laurence losing ten thousand pounds over a lawsuit over him losing the lawsuit itself along with his honor seems like just a case of dragon morality kicking in at first. However, note that this is the ''early 1800s''. When adjusted for inflation in 2020, Laurence lost a whooping ''£853,250.17'' or ''$1,133,662.31'' dollars. Suddenly, his worries are a lot more justified.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** [[spoiler: Made all the worse that, once they have the cure, the British immediately and ruthlessly seek to ''weaponize'' the disease against the French, fully aware that it will likely spread past France and across Europe, possibly even into Asia, not giving a damn about the thousands, if not millions, of dragons that will die as a consequence.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Not actually a spoiler: no mention of foot binding ever appears in Temeraire, it's something that happened in real life.
Changed line(s) 3 (click to see context) from:
* In [[spoiler:China]], Laurence notices many of the women walk with a "queer, mincing gait". [[spoiler:He wouldn't know about foot binding, of course.]]
to:
* In [[spoiler:China]], Laurence notices many of the women walk with a "queer, mincing gait". [[spoiler:He He wouldn't know about foot binding, of course.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 13 (click to see context) from:
* Hammond frequently takes ill at high altitudes. To alleviate this, he is given bundles of coca leaves as treatment; a common remedy in South America, even today. Over the next few books he continues to use them in comic excess. It seems rediculous, until you remember the more infamous application of coca leaf...
to:
* Hammond frequently takes ill at high altitudes. To alleviate this, he is given bundles of coca leaves as treatment; a common remedy in South America, even today. Over the next few books he continues to use them in comic excess. It seems rediculous, until you remember the more infamous application of coca leaf...leaf...
* The apparent natural predilection of dragons for mathematics is probably a take on the old conceit of dragons being able to sense even the smallest bit of their hoards being stolen from them.
* The apparent natural predilection of dragons for mathematics is probably a take on the old conceit of dragons being able to sense even the smallest bit of their hoards being stolen from them.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 9 (click to see context) from:
* There's a good reason why it makes sense that [[spoiler:Napoleonic France]] would be in a position to extend equal rights to dragons, and it's not simply getting an advantage over England. One of the founding tenets of the Republic (and legacies of the FrenchRevolution) is the motto "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity." What [[spoiler:Napoleon]] did was in effect extend the same rights enshrined in that ideal to dragons, effectively making them just like any other citizen of [[spoiler:France]]. Also, since dragons were considered demonic in at least some traditionalist lore, their vindicated place can be considered an ideological and systemic TakeThat against the old order.
to:
* There's a good reason why it makes sense that [[spoiler:Napoleonic France]] would be in a position to extend equal rights to dragons, and it's not simply getting an advantage over England. One of the founding tenets of the Republic (and legacies of the FrenchRevolution) UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution) is the motto "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity." What [[spoiler:Napoleon]] did was in effect extend the same rights enshrined in that ideal to dragons, effectively making them just like any other citizen of [[spoiler:France]]. Also, since dragons were considered demonic in at least some traditionalist lore, their vindicated place can be considered an ideological and systemic TakeThat against the old order.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 13 (click to see context) from:
* Hammond takes frequently takes ill at high altitudes. To alleviate this, he is given bundles of coca leaves as treatment; a common remedy in South America, even today. Over the next few books he continues to use them in comic excess. It seems rediculous, until you remember the more infamous application of coca leaf...
to:
* Hammond takes frequently takes ill at high altitudes. To alleviate this, he is given bundles of coca leaves as treatment; a common remedy in South America, even today. Over the next few books he continues to use them in comic excess. It seems rediculous, until you remember the more infamous application of coca leaf...
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 12 (click to see context) from:
* Temeraire and Laurence are symbolized by wind and water, respectively. These are the titular elements of ''Chinese'' feng shui- it's no wonder they work so well together!
to:
* Temeraire and Laurence are symbolized by wind and water, respectively. These are the titular elements of ''Chinese'' feng shui- it's no wonder they work so well together!together!
* Hammond takes frequently takes ill at high altitudes. To alleviate this, he is given bundles of coca leaves as treatment; a common remedy in South America, even today. Over the next few books he continues to use them in comic excess. It seems rediculous, until you remember the more infamous application of coca leaf...
* Hammond takes frequently takes ill at high altitudes. To alleviate this, he is given bundles of coca leaves as treatment; a common remedy in South America, even today. Over the next few books he continues to use them in comic excess. It seems rediculous, until you remember the more infamous application of coca leaf...
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 11 (click to see context) from:
* The design of the dragon transport, specifically in its being strangely narrow for such a long ship (except for the wide dragondeck), is more or less a WoodenShipsAndIronMen take on an aircraft carrier.
to:
* The design of the dragon transport, specifically in its being strangely narrow for such a long ship (except for the wide dragondeck), is more or less a WoodenShipsAndIronMen take on an aircraft carrier.carrier.
* Temeraire and Laurence are symbolized by wind and water, respectively. These are the titular elements of ''Chinese'' feng shui- it's no wonder they work so well together!
* Temeraire and Laurence are symbolized by wind and water, respectively. These are the titular elements of ''Chinese'' feng shui- it's no wonder they work so well together!
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 9 (click to see context) from:
* There's a good reason why it makes sense that [[spoiler:Napoleonic France]] would be in a position to extend equal rights to dragons, and it's not simply getting an advantage over England. One of the founding tenets of the Republic (and legacies of the FrenchRevolution) is the motto "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity." What [[spoiler:Napoleon]] did was in effect extend the same rights enshrined in that ideal to dragons, effectively making them just like any other citizen of [[spoiler:France]]. Also, since dragons were considered demonic in at least some traditionalist lore, their vindicated place can be considered an ideological and systemic TakeThat against the old order.
to:
* There's a good reason why it makes sense that [[spoiler:Napoleonic France]] would be in a position to extend equal rights to dragons, and it's not simply getting an advantage over England. One of the founding tenets of the Republic (and legacies of the FrenchRevolution) is the motto "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity." What [[spoiler:Napoleon]] did was in effect extend the same rights enshrined in that ideal to dragons, effectively making them just like any other citizen of [[spoiler:France]]. Also, since dragons were considered demonic in at least some traditionalist lore, their vindicated place can be considered an ideological and systemic TakeThat against the old order.order.
* In ''Empire of Ivory'', we learn that there is [[spoiler:a thriving, very complex society in sub-Saharan Africa. While there were certainly smaller, less centralized empires in "real world" sub-Saharan Africa, they could never reach the level of complexity that similar societies did in Asia, Europe and the Americas. Why? Well, according to Jared Diamond in ''Gun, Germs and Steel'', the scourge of malaria forced sub-Saharan Africans to live further from sources of water and in smaller, less densely-populated communities.]] In ''Throne of Jade'', however, it's very casually mentioned that dragons [[spoiler:naturally repel mosquitoes.]] FridgeBrilliance, indeed!
* The design of the dragon transport, specifically in its being strangely narrow for such a long ship (except for the wide dragondeck), is more or less a WoodenShipsAndIronMen take on an aircraft carrier.
* In ''Empire of Ivory'', we learn that there is [[spoiler:a thriving, very complex society in sub-Saharan Africa. While there were certainly smaller, less centralized empires in "real world" sub-Saharan Africa, they could never reach the level of complexity that similar societies did in Asia, Europe and the Americas. Why? Well, according to Jared Diamond in ''Gun, Germs and Steel'', the scourge of malaria forced sub-Saharan Africans to live further from sources of water and in smaller, less densely-populated communities.]] In ''Throne of Jade'', however, it's very casually mentioned that dragons [[spoiler:naturally repel mosquitoes.]] FridgeBrilliance, indeed!
* The design of the dragon transport, specifically in its being strangely narrow for such a long ship (except for the wide dragondeck), is more or less a WoodenShipsAndIronMen take on an aircraft carrier.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 5,6 (click to see context) from:
* The period after Napoleon's fall in real life is known to have given birth to Romanticism but Napoleon's fall also resulted in a massive conservative backlash that led to two World Wars and colonial empire's continued survival for a while longer.
to:
* The period after Napoleon's fall in real life is known to have given birth to Romanticism but Napoleon's fall also resulted in a massive conservative backlash that led to two World Wars and colonial empire's continued survival for a while longer.
over 150 years.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 5,6 (click to see context) from:
* The period after Napoleon's fall in real life is known to have given birth to Romanticism but Napoleon's fall also resulted in a massive conservative backlash that led to two World Wars and the colonial empire's continued survival for a while longer.
to:
* The period after Napoleon's fall in real life is known to have given birth to Romanticism but Napoleon's fall also resulted in a massive conservative backlash that led to two World Wars and the colonial empire's continued survival for a while longer.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 5,6 (click to see context) from:
* The period after Napoleon's fall in real life is known to have given birth to Romanticism but Napoleon's fall also resulted in a massive conservative backlash that lead to two World Wars and the colonial empire's continued survival for a while longer.
to:
* The period after Napoleon's fall in real life is known to have given birth to Romanticism but Napoleon's fall also resulted in a massive conservative backlash that lead led to two World Wars and the colonial empire's continued survival for a while longer.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 5,6 (click to see context) from:
* The period after Napoleon's fall in real life is known to have given birth to Romanticism but Napoleon's fall also resulted in a massive conservative backlash that lead to two World Wars and the colonial empires continued survival for a while longer.
to:
* The period after Napoleon's fall in real life is known to have given birth to Romanticism but Napoleon's fall also resulted in a massive conservative backlash that lead to two World Wars and the colonial empires empire's continued survival for a while longer.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 5 (click to see context) from:
to:
* The period after Napoleon's fall in real life is known to have given birth to Romanticism but Napoleon's fall also resulted in a massive conservative backlash that lead to two World Wars and the colonial empires continued survival for a while longer.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
!!FridgeBrilliance
* There's a good reason why it makes sense that [[spoiler:Napoleonic France]] would be in a position to extend equal rights to dragons, and it's not simply getting an advantage over England. One of the founding tenets of the Republic (and legacies of the FrenchRevolution) is the motto "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity." What [[spoiler:Napoleon]] did was in effect extend the same rights enshrined in that ideal to dragons, effectively making them just like any other citizen of [[spoiler:France]]. Also, since dragons were considered demonic in at least some traditionalist lore, their vindicated place can be considered an ideological and systemic TakeThat against the old order.
