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flemmings ([personal profile] flemmings) wrote2012-10-19 10:26 pm
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I would happily follow Pratchett's advice and write 400 words a day of, well, verbiage, which could be edited next day into something respectable. But I keep getting side-tracked by unanswerable questions. Such as-- do the invading Tartars (or Mongols or troops of A/U Tamurlaine) ride *up* the grand avenue to attack the palace? in which case we're in A/U Kyoto. Or do they ride round and round the castle, looking for a way to ford the moat? in which case we're in A/U Edo.

(And if they ride round and round, do they keep passing the same group of sardonic old men sitting out front of a cafe and applauding the horsemen on each of their successive appearances? In which case we're in Carcassonne where some wag has turned all the road signs saying 'A la haute-ville' and pointing up, sideways so one kept cycling around the base of the Cité. And yes, that did happen to me.)

So tell me, Internets, which is it?

[identity profile] i-am-zan.livejournal.com 2012-10-20 09:05 am (UTC)(link)
Hmm I guess the invading Tartars would have swept up horde like and never mind the grand avenue up to the palace.

As for Carcassonne? It was fortress like on a hill, and I'm guessing the road wasn't wide. So yeah they'd have kept circling. ^_^ By the way the Tartars didn't get that far did they? They turned back at Hungary or Poland if I recall correctly?

Sadly I couldn't tell you about Japan.

[identity profile] flemmings.livejournal.com 2012-10-20 02:33 pm (UTC)(link)
This is A/U Japan in China so they may be Mongols. Or just The Invaders. But the thing is, if an unwalled city has a nice straight avenue practically screaming 'This way to the gold' then of course the Tartars will take it. Saves time. I just thought it would be fun if they took the nice straight avenue that then starts going in a circle, as the road around the Imperial Palace does.
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[personal profile] incandescens 2012-10-20 11:55 am (UTC)(link)
The image of the sardonic old men reminds me of an Asterix book, but I can't remember which one.

[identity profile] flemmings.livejournal.com 2012-10-20 02:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I think there are a lot of sardonic old men in Asterix, but alas I only remember the centurions asking if their weeping officer was in love.
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[personal profile] incandescens 2012-10-20 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, that's the one I'm thinking of! Thank you.