#rather than how does temeraire canon change the world politics that led to the expedtion

[theweirderofthetwo]

Anyone wanna see the chaotic notes i made while thinking of a temeraire & the terror crossover? As in what would the terror characters lives be like if they lived in post canon temeraire world?

Well here they are:

- Sipho publishes his book about the tswana in 1838, the jcr expedition starts in 1839 i think??? -> sipho could go to Antarctica (its like the only continent he hasnt been to, good chance he has gone to north america at some point between 1813-39)

- I think demane is the same age as frmc, emily a year older and sipho 3 years younger - i get weirdly emotional about this

- The opium wars probably dont happen - china is stronger, britain already has a pretty good trade deal (?), temeraire would work against it, they are friendlier with each other in general and i dont want it to happen

- So what about jfjs scars? I see 3 possibilities: A - all is well, he just doesnt get shot. B - boring, he gets shot in some other war elsewhere. C - china anyway, he somehow gets shot in china during peacetime, because.

- Dont think its feasable to do long polar expeditions with dragons, cant bring enough food for it to be safe, needs big structure to stay warm in winter

- Long distance fliers like shen lung might do survey flights tho, get a sense of where there is water etc

- Possibly could also look for missing expeditions - not able to rescue (or? How big are they? Guess they can carry a few humans but not an entire ships crew, could maybe deliver some supplies?), but could point rescuers in the right direction

- This would be if china wants to (or other nation with similarly specialized dragons)

- Sea serpents?!?!

- Like i kinda doubt the usefulness of nwp when dragons can fly across the us and serpents can swim with goods

- Maybe route for serpents, but probably too cold?? Or not? At least for a special kind?

- Could there be some local creatures in a bunyip kind of way?

- Easiest story set up would likely be that everyone goes south instead?

- The expedition library definitely includes all volumes of A true account of my travels with temeraire and laurence in 1809-1813 by henry(?) o’dea

- If they go south and sipho is with them the question arises: is rankin still in australia? And will he show up to be an asshole?

- Sipho thinks l&t worry more than nessecary - he is an adult, he is older than laurence was when went and did the treason or when he got lost in japan etc

- The navigation aspect of magnetic research is one of the science things laurence finds genuinely intresting, because navigation

- How would society in europe have changed after 3 decades of dragon integration? I think it would make sense for womens rights movement to have accelerated (f dragons can vote etc). But what other discussions would the changes result in?

- Some things would probably be different but not better, because while dragons cut through nonsense they also have priorites that dont nessecarily fit with humans. Also temeraire and likely other early political dragons have an officers perspective on society

- Does jfj have any memories of Rio?? Probably not, but it would be awesome if he did because that must have been a very interesting place in the mid 1810s