Holy Crap! I’ve taken a quantum jump to a new level of geekdom! I’ve progressed from merey reading comics to discovering continuity errors in them. Specifically, in Fables.
In Fables #12, it’s revealed that the Fables have been in New York since it was called New Amsterdam- which means that they’ve been refugees for at least the past four hundred years.
But in Fables #4 (Remembrance Day), King Cole says that Narnia was the second Fable dominion to be conquered by the adversary.
Okay, what gives? If they’ve been refugees for four hundred years, then the first invasion was would have been at least four hundred and fifty years ago. But Narnia wasn’t imagined until the beginning of the twentieth century- maybe even the later half.
Of course, you could postulate that Fable time isn’t in step with Mundy time, but that would reallly be the easy way out.
Incidentally, immediately after I realised this, the following SMS exchange took place with davenchit, who I’d introduced to Fables.
Me: I just realised that there is a major continuity goof in Fables
davenchit: Hmm i am still in office and not in the mental frame but – something to do with bigby after he leaves fable town?
Me: No. Don’t remember exact issues but Fabletown has supposedly been existence for over two centuries. but one of the first conquered lands was Narnia, which wasn’t imagined until eighty years ago.
davenchit: You know i think you’re right remarkable. Of course if you postulate a platonic world of eternally existing fables with resonances picked up by human minds then you would have no inconsistency
Me: True but that’s the easy way out. Also if that were the case then a fable’s present popularity should not determine her indomitability.
davenchit: I imagine this is how the religious argue ;o)
Heh. A schism has begun. There shall now be a great holy war between the once united Fables fans.
And on an aside, isn’t it wonderful that the T9 dictionary includes ‘indomitability’?