Fans of Peter's Room

[lilliburlero.livejournal.com]

I'm just about to write a post-canon Merricks' Twelfth Night party (2 years on from that in Peter's Room.), and I'm making some POV decisions. From whose viewpoint would you like to see the party, and why? Peter's been packed off to Selby's for the Christmas hols, sorry, I had to limit the cast a bit. The only definite decision so far is a staff POV (probably Mrs Bertie 'helping out', as she's much better characterised than Nellie). I can't promise everything will make it into the finished fic, but I'll try and write a ficbit for everything suggested.

Comments

[thekumquat.livejournal.com]

Mrs Marlow, Ann, Patrick.
Struggling to come up with better reasons than "just because" - I think because Nicola, Lawrie and Ginty's motivations and thoughts are more obvious and explored in the series. Ditto Kay and to a lesser extent Rowan. And suspect there might have been a big rift or at least awkwardness between Ann and others after the Run Away Home finale hoo-ha.

[hooloovoo_42]

How about Rose and Charles? Are they old enough to be invited yet? Even if they had to go early, it would be interesting to see their take on things.

[katlinel.livejournal.com]

Miranda. (She's staying with the Marlows for part of the hols. I doubt if Nicola still fits The Disaster, but it might be amusing if she did.)

[mrs-redboots.livejournal.com]

Are you going with the semi-canon of Ginty' s having run away to Ireland and Ann's having run away, too, to check on her, which is what we know AF had planned for them both? Is Patrick at uni, or has he decided not to go? If not, what I'd he doing with himself?

I think Rowan' s take on this would be interesting.

[nnozomi.livejournal.com]

If you have a staff viewpoint in mind, maybe Doris helping out as well as/instead of Mrs. Bertie? Closer in age to the Marlows junior, she might have interesting observations to make also...
Looking forward to the fic, anyway.

[charverz.livejournal.com]

Library. Mightn't the Merrick house have a priest-hole? Just the place for a young lady to find accidentally and get stuck in.

The Merricks don't even give it a thought anymore

[charverz.livejournal.com]

There probably aren't many priest-holes in literature. Anthony Price's The Labyrinth Makers is one.

Michael