But EY has specifically said that there’s no single point of departure, so I’m not sure why people are searching for one. If nothing else, the Interdict of Merlin is a departure from canon(even if it took me a while to notice—it’s so natural that it seemed to fit right in), and that’s 1400 years into the past.
I seem to remember that someone else quoted him as saying there is a single point of departure, and that’s why we’re searching for one. Can someone please find the quote if it exists? I’m lazy.
Good point about Interdict of Merlin. But if that’s the one point of departure, I find it difficult to believe that Eliezer has a good explanation of why it generated so few changes after 1400 years of history that we still have a Potter vs Voldemort scenario at all.
Edit: Eliezer has written (at least) this description:
This is not a strict single-point-of-departure fic—there exists a primary point of departure, at some point in the past, but also other alterations. The best term I’ve heard for this fic is “parallel universe”.
I presume the Interdict counts as “other alterations”.
But EY has specifically said that there’s no single point of departure, so I’m not sure why people are searching for one. If nothing else, the Interdict of Merlin is a departure from canon(even if it took me a while to notice—it’s so natural that it seemed to fit right in), and that’s 1400 years into the past.
I seem to remember that someone else quoted him as saying there is a single point of departure, and that’s why we’re searching for one. Can someone please find the quote if it exists? I’m lazy.
Good point about Interdict of Merlin. But if that’s the one point of departure, I find it difficult to believe that Eliezer has a good explanation of why it generated so few changes after 1400 years of history that we still have a Potter vs Voldemort scenario at all.
Edit: Eliezer has written (at least) this description:
I presume the Interdict counts as “other alterations”.