The Weird and Wonderful
I like the weird and wonderful (duh).
There is a very simple test I have when encountering new materials: Will it elicit a possible response that part of the story seems too ludicrous even for a fantabulist introvert like myself? If it will I know I simply need to use it.
Hence the introduction of a character called ‘Walking Tree’ in the 1940s Sussex countryside. Walking Tree is a Lakota warrior, related by blood to Sitting Bull and by spirit to Crazy Horse. His appearance is brief but he has an important role to play as ally of the children’s gang preparing to defend their place of play from a German invasion in 1940.
Realistic or not?
Thousands of men and women from the First Nations, the Native Americans, served in both the Canadian and the US armed forces during both World War One and World War Two. After Dunkirk the Canadians were the only organised army of size on the British Isles and they would have had to bear the initial brunt of a German invasion. Sussex was crawling with Canadians. French-speaking ones too (Shock! Horror!)
If more fusion is required the Native Americans who served in Canadian regiments with Caledonian roots wore Scottish kilts.
Will Walking Tree wear a kilt? I am still considering it. What do you think?
There is a very simple test I have when encountering new materials: Will it elicit a possible response that part of the story seems too ludicrous even for a fantabulist introvert like myself? If it will I know I simply need to use it.
Hence the introduction of a character called ‘Walking Tree’ in the 1940s Sussex countryside. Walking Tree is a Lakota warrior, related by blood to Sitting Bull and by spirit to Crazy Horse. His appearance is brief but he has an important role to play as ally of the children’s gang preparing to defend their place of play from a German invasion in 1940.
Realistic or not?
Thousands of men and women from the First Nations, the Native Americans, served in both the Canadian and the US armed forces during both World War One and World War Two. After Dunkirk the Canadians were the only organised army of size on the British Isles and they would have had to bear the initial brunt of a German invasion. Sussex was crawling with Canadians. French-speaking ones too (Shock! Horror!)
If more fusion is required the Native Americans who served in Canadian regiments with Caledonian roots wore Scottish kilts.
Will Walking Tree wear a kilt? I am still considering it. What do you think?
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