Random thought

[openidwouldwork]

You know, I'd LOVE to read some werewof fic, published or not, where the moon rises at 'real' times.

For example,

moonrise today 08:22h
moonset 22:45h

*grumps*

Comments

[silvan_lady]

I don't write werewolf fic so I can't oblige - but I will say that if I ever reference sunrise or sunset in a fic with a specific date where it would be possible to check the time - I do!

Most recently, when I was writing Living Dangerously, I checked the time of twilight and sunset for the part based in Yellowstone. It's easy to do.

[openidwouldwork]

Yes! So easy! And even if you don't have a specific date, you could have a look at the general area your characters are at, the time of year and note when it's actually dark out - or not!

[silvan_lady]

So true. Another thing I check if I don't have personal experience of the area is the typical weather conditions at the time of year.

I've been totally thrown out of a good story (or film or TV programme) by references to London that are completely inaccurate. For example: buying a coffee in Tower Hill, and then taking the first mouthful outside Big Ben... which is an hour's walk away.

The best (worst?) one is probably a Fast & Furious film (no idea which one) that my husband was watching that was showing a car chase which drove past the highly distinctive Cheesegrater and Lloyd's buildings in London, then sped around a corner and raced across George Square in the centre of Glasgow! A hell of a car chase that lasted for over six hours and 400 miles obviously! 🤣🤣 I get that the streets of London might not be the best place to film the chase, but then don't film it going past two well-known landmarks that are basically in different countries.