Yes, the history! Particularly painful when it comes to Mary. I mean, the books end beautifully, but you keep thinking, 'oh, but you don't know what's coming . . .'
And she managed to make him pivotal in many key historical moments without making it weird that he's, you know, fictional. He is one of those characters that I sort of secretly have decided was real, though, if you know what I mean.
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Date: 2008-05-25 10:00 pm (UTC)And she managed to make him pivotal in many key historical moments without making it weird that he's, you know, fictional. He is one of those characters that I sort of secretly have decided was real, though, if you know what I mean.