So, I was thinking on the idea of having FCs in our setting, the historicals and literarys, and I still think the current iteration we were working with will be an entertaining one--but one problem does come to mind. Fictional characters of this time period will often be co-existing with their creators. How shall we handle this? Are the famous creators simply not FCs, given that most of them were considerably less well-suited by nature to the adventuresome life we have chosen for our PCs? Are they intrepid journalists and biographers of their age rather than imaginative visionaries of fiction?
I am truly unsure what answer to give to that question at present. It may just have to be decided on a case-by-case basis depending on the author and creation involved, since we are muddling time a bit to our own purposes anyway.
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Good question.
The traditional answer to this question, and the one which I see no reason not to go with, is that yes, authors of Victorian fiction are biographers and raconteurs rather than creative novelists. So, for example, Jules Verne wrote a book on Captain Nemo, with the aid of Professor Arronax, the French scientist who spend a couple of weeks on board. The Holmes stories are written by Arthur Conan Doyle and Watson, working together.
JT
I'm thinking this is the most elegant solution.
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