The problem with castles. . .

[icemink]

So I've been really trying to get some fanfic written this weekend, and it just wasn't working. At least not until I set my current WIPs aside and started on this Buffy Season 8 plot bunny that's been hopping around my head. So I started writing and I came to a rather amusing technical problem. In the comics the slayers are living in this castle in Scotland and once or twice Buffy makes a reference to a moat as part of the castle's defenses. So here's the problem. I need one of the slayers to leave the castle in the middle of the night. Not a huge deal, I figure she's a slayer she can repel down the the side of the wall, so she doesn't have to lower the drawbridge and wake everyone up. Except then there's that damn moat. Not much point in having a moat if every supernatural creature (including slayers) can just jump over it. I think I'm ignoring the moat, but it does brining up the sorts of problems one runs into when you don't have to actually build the set. I mean a castle really? It's not all cool and defensive unless it's hard to get in and out of cause the drawbridge is up. And thus ends my architectural rant for the day.

Comments

[stormwreath.livejournal.com]

You know, the moat doesn't have to completely surround the castle on all four sides... If the front gives onto flat ground while the back overlooks a sheer rock face, they'd only dig the moat at the front.

[icemink.livejournal.com]

Good point. I'll keep that in mind for future. To be honest I'm just going to ignore the whole issue of how the slayer gets out of the castle. I tend to get to detail obsessed when I write anyway. Still after all those years of Buffy sneaking in and out of her house, it seems strange having her live somewhere that can't be snuck out of easily.