Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 14 (click to see context) from:
* AdultFear: This is ultimately why [[spoiler:Beezie became the way that she was. Her father died, and her mother married a man for financial reasons, who ended up becoming abusive. When Dustin tried beating up her mother, her little brother Chuck leaped and took a blow, which resulted in him receiving brain damage, and seeing other bits of time. Chuck hid it because he knew that to cover up the crime, Dustin would commit him. Beezie reluctantly decided to help him hide it. Despite his best efforts, Dustin did eventually commit Chuck, where he died in an asylum. No wonder Beezie grew up to be a bitter person after losing the person closest to her and being unable to do a damn thing about it]].
to:
* AdultFear: This is ultimately why [[spoiler:Beezie became the way that she was. Her father died, and her mother married a man for financial reasons, who ended up becoming abusive. When Dustin Duthbert tried beating up her mother, her little brother Chuck leaped and took a blow, which resulted in him receiving brain damage, and seeing other bits of time. Chuck hid it because he knew that to cover up the crime, Dustin Duthbert would commit him. Beezie reluctantly decided to help him hide it. Despite his best efforts, Dustin Duthbert did eventually commit Chuck, where he died in an asylum. No wonder Beezie grew up to be a bitter person after losing the person closest to her and being unable to do a damn thing about it]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* AluminumChristmasTrees: Many readers believe that St. Patrick's Rune was the author's own invention or (if they are familiar with St. Patrick's Lorica/breastplate) that it was her own variation of the original. The truth is that the exact wording of the rune was taken from the longer "St. Patrick's Hymn Before Tara", written by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Clarence_Mangan James Clarence Mangan]], a nineteenth-century Irish poet.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 48 (click to see context) from:
* BlackAndWhiteMorality: Mostly simple. If you're descended from Madoc you're probably a good guy, if you're descended from Gwydyr you're probably bad. [[spoiler: The major exception is Zillie, who is being manipulated by her cruel, ambitious brother and would rather be with someone else -- but letting Gedder bully her into marrying Bran would still spell disaster, though this is more due to the undue influence it would allow him to exert rather than "just" being her tainted blood. The plot of the novel basically hinges on making sure that Madog Branzillo is born from Madoc's lineage rather than Gwydyr's, and that the fledgling nation of Vespugia is cleansed of Gwydyr's influence.]]
to:
* BlackAndWhiteMorality: Mostly simple.simple, but not without a few nuances. If you're descended from Madoc you're probably a good guy, if you're descended from Gwydyr you're probably bad. [[spoiler: The major exception is exceptions are good old Calvin, descended from a man who used to kill puppies for fun and a domestic abuser, and Zillie, who is being manipulated by her cruel, ambitious brother and would rather be with someone else -- but letting Gedder bully her into marrying Bran would still spell disaster, though this is more due to the undue influence it would allow him to exert rather than "just" being her tainted blood. The plot of the novel basically hinges on making sure that Madog Branzillo is born from Madoc's lineage rather than Gwydyr's, and that the fledgling nation of Vespugia is cleansed of Gwydyr's influence.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 15 (click to see context) from:
* AnAesop: About being careful whom you marry, as it will have a significant impact, for good or ill, on your family for the foreseeable future. Note that [[spoiler: the central point of decision in the story -- whether Branzillo is an OmnicidalManiac who starts a nuclear war or a benevolent pacifist -- hinges on whether Bran marries Zillie or Zilah, and whether Gwen marries Rich or Gedder.]]. More realistically, in Brandon's time the Higgins -- formerly friends of the Llawcaes -- are corrupted by intermarriage with the Mortmains and infected with the latter's bigoted worldview; and Beezie's mother's marriage to Duthbert Mortmain ruins her family (and results in a son who grows up to be a criminal).
to:
* AnAesop: AnAesop:
** About being careful whom you marry, as it will have a significant impact, for good or ill, on your family for the foreseeable future. Note that [[spoiler: the central point of decision in the story -- whether Branzillo is an OmnicidalManiac who starts a nuclear war or a benevolent pacifist -- hinges on whether Bran marries Zillie or Zilah, and whether Gwen marries Rich or Gedder.]]. More realistically, in Brandon's time the Higgins -- formerly friends of the Llawcaes -- are corrupted by intermarriage with the Mortmains and infected with the latter's bigoted worldview; and Beezie's mother's marriage to Duthbert Mortmain ruins her family (and results in a son who grows up to be a criminal).
** More subtly, the novel criticizes nuclear proliferation at a time when a decent chunk of the world, including pariah states like South Africa and Israel had acquired nuclear weapons and a decent chunk of Latin America and the Middle East were trying to start programs to get them too. One of the Murrays even grouses about how Vespugia even got nukes in the first place, and is told that it has "powerful friends." Many theorists at the time suggested that the cold logic of political realism would ensure that proliferation would lead to peace, since war would be too costly for any rational actor to contemplate. The entire novel asks the important counter-question: when have human beings, ''especially'' despotic totalitarians, ''ever'' behaved like "rational actors?"
** About being careful whom you marry, as it will have a significant impact, for good or ill, on your family for the foreseeable future. Note that [[spoiler: the central point of decision in the story -- whether Branzillo is an OmnicidalManiac who starts a nuclear war or a benevolent pacifist -- hinges on whether Bran marries Zillie or Zilah, and whether Gwen marries Rich or Gedder.]]. More realistically, in Brandon's time the Higgins -- formerly friends of the Llawcaes -- are corrupted by intermarriage with the Mortmains and infected with the latter's bigoted worldview; and Beezie's mother's marriage to Duthbert Mortmain ruins her family (and results in a son who grows up to be a criminal).
** More subtly, the novel criticizes nuclear proliferation at a time when a decent chunk of the world, including pariah states like South Africa and Israel had acquired nuclear weapons and a decent chunk of Latin America and the Middle East were trying to start programs to get them too. One of the Murrays even grouses about how Vespugia even got nukes in the first place, and is told that it has "powerful friends." Many theorists at the time suggested that the cold logic of political realism would ensure that proliferation would lead to peace, since war would be too costly for any rational actor to contemplate. The entire novel asks the important counter-question: when have human beings, ''especially'' despotic totalitarians, ''ever'' behaved like "rational actors?"
Changed line(s) 69 (click to see context) from:
* TheGeneralissimo: "Mad Dog" Branzillo rules the fictional South American country of Vespugia. The plot revolves around going back in time and changing events so that Branzillo [[spoiler: becomes a benevolent ruler instead.]]
to:
* TheGeneralissimo: "Mad Dog" Branzillo rules the fictional South American country of Vespugia. The plot revolves around going back in time and changing events so that to prevent his sparking a nuclear war by causing Branzillo [[spoiler: becomes to become a benevolent ruler instead.]]
Changed line(s) 75 (click to see context) from:
* HeroicLineage: A big theme, mostly involving the line of Madoc.
to:
* HeroicLineage: A big theme, mostly involving the line of Madoc.Madoc [[spoiler: and his brother Gwydyr]].
Changed line(s) 85 (click to see context) from:
* InTheBlood: See "BlackAndWhiteMorality" above. This is all but stated in as many words in the text; Charles Wallace's ultimate goal is to adjust history so that the leader of a certain nation [[spoiler: is descended from Madoc instead of from Gwydyr, changing him from a tyrant nicknamed "Mad Dog" to a benevolent ruler nicknamed "The Blue-Eyed."]]
to:
* InTheBlood: See "BlackAndWhiteMorality" above. This is all but stated in as many words in the text; Charles Wallace's ultimate goal is to adjust history so that the leader of a certain nation [[spoiler: is descended from Madoc instead of from Gwydyr, changing him from a tyrant nicknamed "Mad Dog" to a benevolent ruler nicknamed "The "Zarco," "the Blue-Eyed."]]
Changed line(s) 90 (click to see context) from:
* LoveMakesYouEvil: If the visions of various prescient characters are to be believed, "Mad Dog" Branzillo's love for his mother drives his belief that the world is too cruel to be allowed to exist.
to:
* LoveMakesYouEvil: If the visions of various prescient characters are to be believed, "Mad Dog" Branzillo's love for his mother mother, and her teaching that he must be strong and impose his will upon it due to her own unhappy life in an unhappy family, drives his belief that the world is too cruel to be allowed to exist.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 23 (click to see context) from:
* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Even a full-scale nuclear war would not even blow up a planet. It would "merely" turn a good portion of the world (perhaps all of it) into an uninhabitable, or barely habitable, wasteland. That said, in the universe of the books there's more going on than simple physics.
to:
* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Even a full-scale nuclear war would not even blow up a planet. It would "merely" turn a good portion of the world (perhaps all of it) into an uninhabitable, or barely habitable, wasteland. While this is only one of many possibilities the characters entertain over the course of the novel, even ''that much'' should be too much for such a scientifically-literate family. That said, in the universe of the books there's more going on than simple physics.
Added DiffLines:
* PutOnABus: Calvin spends the whole novel off-page and trying to get home to his pregnant wife before nuclear war ends the human race. [[spoiler: His mother ends up playing a critical role instead.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ActOfTrueLove: Matthew Maddox [[spoiler: gives the woman he and his brother Bran both love the means to travel to South America to be with Bran, then spends much of his strength through kything to help ensure Rich defeats Gedder and his negative influence on Vespugia will be permanently curtailed. These acts of perfect and selfless love end up saving humanity's future.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Examples shouldn't refer to other examples.
Changed line(s) 22 (click to see context) from:
* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Even a full-scale nuclear war would not even blow up a planet. It would "merely" turn a good portion of the world (perhaps all of it) into an uninhabitable, or barely habitable, wasteland. The quote in the ArtisticLicenseAstronomy entry is especially curious, as the conversations with Sandy and Dennys, as well as the Projections, depict a more realistic result. That said, in the universe of the books there's more going on than simple physics.
to:
* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Even a full-scale nuclear war would not even blow up a planet. It would "merely" turn a good portion of the world (perhaps all of it) into an uninhabitable, or barely habitable, wasteland. The quote in the ArtisticLicenseAstronomy entry is especially curious, as the conversations with Sandy and Dennys, as well as the Projections, depict a more realistic result. That said, in the universe of the books there's more going on than simple physics.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Merged per TRS
Deleted line(s) 21,24 (click to see context) :
* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: The following exchange takes place when talking about ''nuclear war''.
-->'''Gaudior:''' "You know some of the possibilities if your planet is blown up."
-->'''Charles Wallace:''' "It just might throw off the balance of things, so that the sun would burst into a supernova."
** Ah, but in this highly fantastical reality, stars are ''literally'' living, feeling, thinking entities that ''sing for joy''. Where everything, from the tiniest smaller-than-cells organism to the greatest galaxy is a vitally important, interconnected part of creation! The loss of one of its planets might well cause the Time-verse Sun to go dark... or even sacrifice itself.
-->'''Gaudior:''' "You know some of the possibilities if your planet is blown up."
-->'''Charles Wallace:''' "It just might throw off the balance of things, so that the sun would burst into a supernova."
** Ah, but in this highly fantastical reality, stars are ''literally'' living, feeling, thinking entities that ''sing for joy''. Where everything, from the tiniest smaller-than-cells organism to the greatest galaxy is a vitally important, interconnected part of creation! The loss of one of its planets might well cause the Time-verse Sun to go dark... or even sacrifice itself.
Added DiffLines:
* ArtisticLicenseSpace:
** The following exchange takes place when talking about ''nuclear war''.
-->'''Gaudior:''' "You know some of the possibilities if your planet is blown up."
-->'''Charles Wallace:''' "It just might throw off the balance of things, so that the sun would burst into a supernova."
** In this highly fantastical reality, stars are ''literally'' living, feeling, thinking entities that ''sing for joy''. Where everything, from the tiniest smaller-than-cells organism to the greatest galaxy is a vitally important, interconnected part of creation! The loss of one of its planets might well cause the Time-verse Sun to go dark... or even sacrifice itself.
** The following exchange takes place when talking about ''nuclear war''.
-->'''Gaudior:''' "You know some of the possibilities if your planet is blown up."
-->'''Charles Wallace:''' "It just might throw off the balance of things, so that the sun would burst into a supernova."
** In this highly fantastical reality, stars are ''literally'' living, feeling, thinking entities that ''sing for joy''. Where everything, from the tiniest smaller-than-cells organism to the greatest galaxy is a vitally important, interconnected part of creation! The loss of one of its planets might well cause the Time-verse Sun to go dark... or even sacrifice itself.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 116 (click to see context) from:
* TraumaCongaLine: Chuck's life is one tragedy after another [[spoiler: ending with him dying in an institution]]. His sister was ForcedToWatchItHappen.
to:
* TraumaCongaLine: Chuck's life is one tragedy after another [[spoiler: ending with him dying in an institution]]. His sister was ForcedToWatchItHappen.ForcedToWatchIt happen, and the experience taught her that you can't keep anything you love.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
* AdultFear: This is ultimately why [[spoiler:Beezie became the way that she was. Her father died, and her mother married a man for financial reasons, who ended up becoming abusive. When Dustin tried beating up her mother, her little brother Chuck leaped and took a blow, which resulted in him receiving brain damage, and seeing other bits of time. Chuck hid it because he knew that to cover up the crime, Dustin would commit him. Beezie reluctantly decided to help him hide it. Despite his best efforts, Dustin did eventually commit Chuck, where he died in an asylum. No wonder Beezie grew up to be a bitter person after losing the person closest to her and being unable to do a damn thing about it]].
Changed line(s) 48 (click to see context) from:
* CainAndAbel: Madoc and Gwydyr, two exiled Welsh princes who came to the new world. It eventually turns into one of many recurring motifs.
to:
* CainAndAbel: Madoc and Gwydyr, two exiled Welsh princes who came to the new world. One ends up GoingNative, and seeking to spread teachings of peace. The other conquered a tribe and wants to conquer the one that rescued his brother, just because. Madoc tries reasoning with him, but [[spoiler:is forced to drown his brother in TrialByCombat]]. It eventually turns into one of many recurring motifs.
* PregnantBadass: Meg has to sit out on most of the physical activity because she's pregnant. With that said, she pulls a BigDamnHeroes moment several times due to her link with Charles Wallace.
Changed line(s) 114 (click to see context) from:
* TraumaCongaLine: Chuck's life is one tragedy after another [[spoiler: ending with him dying in an institution]]
to:
* TraumaCongaLine: Chuck's life is one tragedy after another [[spoiler: ending with him dying in an institution]]institution]]. His sister was ForcedToWatchItHappen.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 93 (click to see context) from:
* NobleSavage: The People of the Wind, who live in harmony with nature and with one another. However, as Gaudior bitterly notes, [[RealityEnsues our world is not kind to lovers of peace]].
to:
* NobleSavage: The People of the Wind, who live in harmony with nature and with one another. However, as Gaudior bitterly notes, [[RealityEnsues [[HumansAreWarriors our world is not kind to lovers of peace]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Eliminate confusion about a similarly-named character
Changed line(s) 44 (click to see context) from:
* BodySurf: Charles Wallace surfing from person to person in various time periods makes up most of the narrative, in an unusual example of the hero employing this trope. Notably, however, he is not taking direct control of his hosts so much as submerging into their consciousnesses, observing events from their perspective and providing subconscious nudges toward certain actions. Meg, in turn, is basically doing the same with with Charles. [[spoiler: Chuck, after his brain injury permanently changes his perspective, does it too, with Matthew in the past, while Matthew does it with his twin brother and, eventually, with the combined strength of the various other actors, they manage to prevent Gedder from taking over Vespugia.]]
to:
* BodySurf: Charles Wallace surfing from person to person in various time periods makes up most of the narrative, in an unusual example of the hero employing this trope. Notably, however, he is not taking direct control of his hosts so much as submerging into their consciousnesses, observing events from their perspective and providing subconscious nudges toward certain actions. Meg, in turn, is basically doing the same with with Charles.Charles Wallace. [[spoiler: Chuck, after his brain injury permanently changes his perspective, does it too, with Matthew in the past, while Matthew does it with his twin brother and, eventually, with the combined strength of the various other actors, they manage to prevent Gedder from taking over Vespugia.]]
Changed line(s) 80,81 (click to see context) from:
* InnocenceLost: A major theme is how evil corrupts joy and light. Charles manages to prevent this for Harcels.
* InSpiteOfANail: Charles and Gaudior play around with numerous events in history, and the only one that seems to affect the present (or at least, THEIR present) is the one they want. Of course, since what they're doing is so subtle that even the characters involved don't usually realize what they've changed, they probably didn't adjust much.
* InSpiteOfANail: Charles and Gaudior play around with numerous events in history, and the only one that seems to affect the present (or at least, THEIR present) is the one they want. Of course, since what they're doing is so subtle that even the characters involved don't usually realize what they've changed, they probably didn't adjust much.
to:
* InnocenceLost: A major theme is how evil corrupts joy and light. Charles Wallace manages to prevent this for Harcels.
* InSpiteOfANail: Charles Wallace and Gaudior play around with numerous events in history, and the only one that seems to affect the present (or at least, THEIR present) is the one they want. Of course, since what they're doing is so subtle that even the characters involved don't usually realize what they've changed, they probably didn't adjust much.
* InSpiteOfANail: Charles Wallace and Gaudior play around with numerous events in history, and the only one that seems to affect the present (or at least, THEIR present) is the one they want. Of course, since what they're doing is so subtle that even the characters involved don't usually realize what they've changed, they probably didn't adjust much.
Changed line(s) 92 (click to see context) from:
* NightmareFace: The hideous mutant Charles and Gaudior briefly encounter in a Projection.
to:
* NightmareFace: The hideous mutant Charles Wallace and Gaudior briefly encounter in a Projection.
Changed line(s) 102 (click to see context) from:
* {{Seers}}: The people Charles merges with tend to have some sort of clairvoyance. Possibly justified due to Charles' presence in their psyches, the fact that they tend to be descendants of the same line, or perhaps that's why he can target them at all.
to:
* {{Seers}}: The people Charles Wallace merges with tend to have some sort of clairvoyance. Possibly justified due to Charles' Charles Wallace's presence in their psyches, the fact that they tend to be descendants of the same line, or perhaps that's why he can target them at all.
Changed line(s) 116 (click to see context) from:
* TwoLinesNoWaiting: Meg's back at the house, Charles is hopping around time.
to:
* TwoLinesNoWaiting: Meg's back at the house, Charles Wallace is hopping around time.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 65 (click to see context) from:
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: It's heavily implied that Mortmain is making sexual advances at Beezie [[spoiler: before permanently damaging Chuck's brain. It's also implied to be why she ends up with the equally-abusive Paddy O'Keefe for "protection."]]
to:
%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: It's heavily implied that Mortmain GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is making sexual advances at Beezie [[spoiler: before permanently damaging Chuck's brain. It's also implied to be why she ends up with on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the equally-abusive Paddy O'Keefe for "protection."]]future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 1,3 (click to see context) from:
[[quoteright:315:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/s_l500_65.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:315:]]
[[caption-width-right:315:]]
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 8,9 (click to see context) from:
Preceded by ''Literature/AWindInTheDoor'' Folowed by ''Literature/ManyWaters''
to:
Preceded by ''Literature/AWindInTheDoor'' Folowed Followed by ''Literature/ManyWaters''
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 4,5 (click to see context) from:
The third book in Creator/MadeleineLEngle's Time Quartet series to be published, but chronologically the fourth. The Murry family, with Meg now married to Calvin and the twins in college, has reunited for Thanksgiving when Mr. Murry is informed by the President himself that they now have twenty-four hours to avert nuclear war.
to:
The third book in Creator/MadeleineLEngle's Time Quartet Quintet series to be published, but chronologically the fourth. The Murry family, with Meg now married to Calvin and the twins in college, has reunited for Thanksgiving when Mr. Murry is informed by the President himself that they now have twenty-four hours to avert nuclear war.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
Preceded by ''Literature/AWindInTheDoor'' Folowed by ''Literature/ManyWaters''
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
after some discussion, removed an example that...wasn't an example
Deleted line(s) 112 (click to see context) :
* ThunderEqualsDownpour: Inverted, in that there was a segment where there was a great deal of audible thunder over the course of several weeks, but no rain at all, which was causing a problematic drought. Finally, after lightning struck a church in town, it finally ''did'' rain...and it rained ''gently''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 1,3 (click to see context) from:
[[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Image670760703_7581.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:220:"At Tara in this fateful hour..."]]
[[caption-width-right:220:"At Tara in this fateful hour..."]]
to:
[[caption-width-right:220:"At Tara in this fateful hour..."]]
[[caption-width-right:315:]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
factual inaccuracy
Changed line(s) 58 (click to see context) from:
* ElementalPowers: PlayedWith: The Rune of Saint Peter that calls on a surprising number of classic elemental powers, but generally only one or two powers actually get used at a time, e.g. lightning burning a church down and ending a WitchHunt.
to:
* ElementalPowers: PlayedWith: The Rune of Saint Peter Patrick that calls on a surprising number of classic elemental powers, but generally only one or two powers actually get used at a time, e.g. lightning burning a church down and ending a WitchHunt.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
added crosswick
Added DiffLines:
* ElementalPowers: PlayedWith: The Rune of Saint Peter that calls on a surprising number of classic elemental powers, but generally only one or two powers actually get used at a time, e.g. lightning burning a church down and ending a WitchHunt.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
added crosswick
Added DiffLines:
* ThunderEqualsDownpour: Inverted, in that there was a segment where there was a great deal of audible thunder over the course of several weeks, but no rain at all, which was causing a problematic drought. Finally, after lightning struck a church in town, it finally ''did'' rain...and it rained ''gently''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* InnocenceLost: A major theme is how evil corrupts joy and light. Charles manages to prevent this for Harcels.
Added DiffLines:
* TraumaCongaLine: Chuck's life is one tragedy after another [[spoiler: ending with him dying in an institution]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* TheyDo: As hinted at in the previous books, Calvin and Meg end up together--by this time, they are married and expecting their first child.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 64 (click to see context) from:
* TheGeneralissimo: "Mad Dog" Branzillo rules the fictional South American country pf Vespugia. The plot revolves around going back in time and changing events so that Branzillo [[spoiler: becomes a benevolent ruler instead.]]
to:
* TheGeneralissimo: "Mad Dog" Branzillo rules the fictional South American country pf of Vespugia. The plot revolves around going back in time and changing events so that Branzillo [[spoiler: becomes a benevolent ruler instead.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 115 (click to see context) from:
* YearInsideHourOutside: Charles Wallace spends days and weeks within his hosts, but it all takes place in real life within a few hours. Of note is that Meg, who is experiencing is everything via [[''Telepathy'' kything]], but is seemingly not affected by the amount of time she experiences within Charles Wallace versus the real time for her. She can even talk with her family and go back to Charles Walllace at the same time she left him.
to:
* YearInsideHourOutside: Charles Wallace spends days and weeks within his hosts, but it all takes place in real life within a few hours. Of note is that Meg, who is experiencing is everything via [[''Telepathy'' [[{{Telepathy}} kything]], but is seemingly not affected by the amount of time she experiences within Charles Wallace versus the real time for her. She can even talk with her family and go back to Charles Walllace at the same time she left him.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 23 (click to see context) from:
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The author has Madoc sailing to America "before Lief Ericson", and refers to him as being polytheistic. However, according to TheOtherWiki, the civil war following the death of Owain of Gwynedd, and the legend of Prince Madoc, took place ca. 1170, nearly two centuries after Leif Ericson. Moreover, at that time, Wales had been Christian for about half a millenium.
to:
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The author has Madoc sailing to America "before Lief Ericson", and refers to him as being polytheistic. However, according to TheOtherWiki, Wiki/TheOtherWiki, the civil war following the death of Owain of Gwynedd, and the legend of Prince Madoc, took place ca. 1170, nearly two centuries after Leif Ericson. Moreover, at that time, Wales had been Christian for about half a millenium.
Changed line(s) 96 (click to see context) from:
* PublicDomainCharacter: Madoc, whose legendary trip to America is discussed on TheOtherWiki. See [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madoc here]]
to:
* PublicDomainCharacter: Madoc, whose legendary trip to America is discussed on TheOtherWiki.Wiki/TheOtherWiki. See [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madoc here]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 12 (click to see context) from:
* AnAesop: About being careful whom you marry, as it will have a significant impact, for good or ill, on your family for the foreseeable future. Note that, in Brandon's time the Higgins -- formerly friends of the Llawcaes -- are corrupted by intermarriage with the Mortmains, Beezie's mother's marriage to Duthbert Mortmain ruins her family (and results in a son who grows up to be a criminal), and [[spoiler: the central point of decision in the story, whether Branzillo is an OmnicidalManiac who starts a nuclear war or a benevolent pacifist, hinges on whether Bran marries Zillie or Zilah, and whether Gwen marries Rich or Gedder.]]
to:
* AnAesop: About being careful whom you marry, as it will have a significant impact, for good or ill, on your family for the foreseeable future. Note that, that [[spoiler: the central point of decision in the story -- whether Branzillo is an OmnicidalManiac who starts a nuclear war or a benevolent pacifist -- hinges on whether Bran marries Zillie or Zilah, and whether Gwen marries Rich or Gedder.]]. More realistically, in Brandon's time the Higgins -- formerly friends of the Llawcaes -- are corrupted by intermarriage with the Mortmains, Mortmains and infected with the latter's bigoted worldview; and Beezie's mother's marriage to Duthbert Mortmain ruins her family (and results in a son who grows up to be a criminal), and [[spoiler: the central point of decision in the story, whether Branzillo is an OmnicidalManiac who starts a nuclear war or a benevolent pacifist, hinges on whether Bran marries Zillie or Zilah, and whether Gwen marries Rich or Gedder.]]criminal).
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* AnAesop: About being careful whom you marry, as it will have a significant impact, for good or ill, on your family for the foreseeable future. Note that, in Brandon's time the Higgins -- formerly friends of the Llawcaes -- are corrupted by intermarriage with the Mortmains, Beezie's mother's marriage to Duthbert Mortmain ruins her family (and results in a son who grows up to be a criminal), and [[spoiler: the central point of decision in the story, whether Branzillo is an OmnicidalManiac who starts a nuclear war or a benevolent pacifist, hinges on whether Bran marries Zillie or Zilah, and whether Gwen marries Rich or Gedder.]]
