In S2 episode 10 (?) when we get the massive flashback to Matt sitting in the car outside Jackson's house, Matt's phone says that it's April 28th. There is NO POSSIBLE WAY that early S2 is occurring at the end of April, especially since there's lots of intratextual support that it's still late Februrary/early March.
deciding "to hell with it" and hooking what I want to write on the bits of canon that fit it is probably a valid strategy.
I think that, unless it's important to the story, it's best not to even deal with the calendar. To the extent that the reader needs to know what knowledge people have, the calendar can be used as a backdrop, e.g. "Story occurs after 'Lunatic'" or "Story occurs before Lydia's birthday." Really, though, canon-based AUs pretty much have to be the main thing. The only story I've seen where the calendar mattered is the one that spurred its creation to begin with: Proud of You. Everything else merely transplants the characters to, what a previous poster called, Calenderless Town.
And, hey, I'm all about talking fic, so have no fear about pushing your homework on me :)
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Date: 2012-09-07 10:08 pm (UTC)In S2 episode 10 (?) when we get the massive flashback to Matt sitting in the car outside Jackson's house, Matt's phone says that it's April 28th. There is NO POSSIBLE WAY that early S2 is occurring at the end of April, especially since there's lots of intratextual support that it's still late Februrary/early March.
deciding "to hell with it" and hooking what I want to write on the bits of canon that fit it is probably a valid strategy.
I think that, unless it's important to the story, it's best not to even deal with the calendar. To the extent that the reader needs to know what knowledge people have, the calendar can be used as a backdrop, e.g. "Story occurs after 'Lunatic'" or "Story occurs before Lydia's birthday." Really, though, canon-based AUs pretty much have to be the main thing. The only story I've seen where the calendar mattered is the one that spurred its creation to begin with: Proud of You. Everything else merely transplants the characters to, what a previous poster called, Calenderless Town.
And, hey, I'm all about talking fic, so have no fear about pushing your homework on me :)