Hehe, Archie's skilful questioning combined with Ewen once again being betrayed by his sleep-talking habit :D
I think it's part of the same skillset that makes the prophecy work so well in this story
Yes! I suppose an in-story prophecy and the historical novelist's knowledge of future events are really the same sort of thing as far as the characters are concerned, and you're quite right that Broster uses both very well.
And another thing she does well in relation to the prophecy is combining a pervasive and powerful sense of the supernatural with believable scepticism from the characters—which would indeed present some very interesting opportunities for that fic idea, hmm, I'll think about it...
Ooh, I'll look forward to your thoughts on Gleam in the North! I don't really like it, but I think it is a good book in its own right—interested to hear what you think.
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I think it's part of the same skillset that makes the prophecy work so well in this story
Yes! I suppose an in-story prophecy and the historical novelist's knowledge of future events are really the same sort of thing as far as the characters are concerned, and you're quite right that Broster uses both very well.
And another thing she does well in relation to the prophecy is combining a pervasive and powerful sense of the supernatural with believable scepticism from the characters—which would indeed present some very interesting opportunities for that fic idea, hmm, I'll think about it...
Ooh, I'll look forward to your thoughts on Gleam in the North! I don't really like it, but I think it is a good book in its own right—interested to hear what you think.