Oh, thank you for doing this so I didn't have to! : P Very interesting.
I'm having a bit of difficulty with names in narration vs names used in dialogue, but I think this is because I'm used to tight third person POV. I mean, if Keith addresses Ewen as Ardroy, but the narrative uses Ewen while we are seeing things from Keith's POV (though of course really it's omniscient), that feels a bit strange to me, because in my head, those two should match. Otherwise it feels to me like Keith thinks of him as Ewen, but addresses him as Ardroy. How do you reconcile this in your head?
This whole post is very relevant to my current longfic. It wasn't an issue in my first one, because they progressed to a first name basis in the very first scene, but I do want to pay attention to name progression in my current one, since it starts so early in canon. I should probably go back and edit name use a bit to be more like canon, especially to increase the use of 'Keith' in Ewen's narration, and 'Ewen' in Keith's narration, as the fic progresses. It did actually feel strange to me to consistently use 'Windham' in the sex scene!
Also, it's very interesting that the Keith narration also uses more formal terms for Keith himself in the beginning of the book! I had missed that entirely. Must edit fic...
I actually use 'Captain Cameron' as a form of address from Keith to Ewen very deliberately in my fic to signal Keith's respect for Ewen, as opposed to the disrespect of some of the other Hanoverian officers, who don't take him seriously as an officer. Although of course later he progresses to 'Ardroy'.
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I'm having a bit of difficulty with names in narration vs names used in dialogue, but I think this is because I'm used to tight third person POV. I mean, if Keith addresses Ewen as Ardroy, but the narrative uses Ewen while we are seeing things from Keith's POV (though of course really it's omniscient), that feels a bit strange to me, because in my head, those two should match. Otherwise it feels to me like Keith thinks of him as Ewen, but addresses him as Ardroy. How do you reconcile this in your head?
This whole post is very relevant to my current longfic. It wasn't an issue in my first one, because they progressed to a first name basis in the very first scene, but I do want to pay attention to name progression in my current one, since it starts so early in canon. I should probably go back and edit name use a bit to be more like canon, especially to increase the use of 'Keith' in Ewen's narration, and 'Ewen' in Keith's narration, as the fic progresses. It did actually feel strange to me to consistently use 'Windham' in the sex scene!
Also, it's very interesting that the Keith narration also uses more formal terms for Keith himself in the beginning of the book! I had missed that entirely. Must edit fic...
I actually use 'Captain Cameron' as a form of address from Keith to Ewen very deliberately in my fic to signal Keith's respect for Ewen, as opposed to the disrespect of some of the other Hanoverian officers, who don't take him seriously as an officer. Although of course later he progresses to 'Ardroy'.