what the hey?

[branchandroot]

Okay, so I'm a detail oriented kind of person when it comes to fic research, as many of us are. Research something for two weeks, for one throw-away line? Yeah, right here.

So, when I got to Sunshot in the "Meng Yao winds up in Lan instead of Jin" story, I immediately went and looked up the actual locations of all those districts they keep throwing around the names of (Yunmeng, Gusu, Lanling, Qinghe, Qishan). And then I carefully marked them on a map, and glowed with the feeling of a mind well-oriented in space, satisfied that I could describe the campaign and make some kind of sense.

And then, while rewatching for details, I got to the line about how Gusu /and/ Qinghe were both closer to ANY GEOGRAPHIC POINT, LET ALONE ONE IMPLIED TO BE PROXIMAL TO QISHAN than /either/ Jin or Yunmeng is, Yunmeng implied to be furthest away.

*looks at her map for a long moment*

*balls up map and throws it over her shoulder*

FANTASY GEOGRAPHY IT IS.

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[tinny]

I'm so sorry! Maps are cool.

I am currently reading a cnovel where the translator has added footnotes every time a character name changes, like: "oh, the name of the manager used to be different when he last turned up ten chapters ago, apparently the author changed her mind, probably not important."

-> that kind of author is apparently also allowed to write tv shows. *headdesk*

[branchandroot]

*rueful* Yeah, there's a placename in MDZS that changes around the second character kind of freely, leaving everyone scratching their heads.