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}}'''''Fragment: Guinevere and Mordred''''' was a short story by [[Scott Sanford]] in 2022. It was the seventh of Sanford's “Fragments” shorts. | }}'''''Fragment: Guinevere and Mordred''''' was a short story by [[Scott Sanford]] in 2022. It was the seventh of Sanford's “Fragments” shorts. | ||
Despite the title, it made no use of actual Arthurian mythos; it was an extended reference to the nicknaming of the [[John F. Kennedy]] administration as “[[Camelot]]”, with [[Mordred]], King Arthur's killer, here being [[Lee Harvey Oswald]], while “[[Gwenhwyfar|Guinevere]]” is of course simply [[Jenny Everywhere | Despite the title, it made no use of actual Arthurian mythos; it was an extended reference to the nicknaming of the [[John F. Kennedy]] administration as “[[Camelot]]”, with [[Mordred]], King Arthur's killer, here being [[Lee Harvey Oswald]], while “[[Gwenhwyfar|Guinevere]]” is of course simply [[Jenny Everywhere (Fragment: Guinevere and Mordred)|Jenny herself]]. | ||
== Contents == | == Contents == | ||
===Plot === | ===Plot === | ||
On a {{w|Assassination of John F. Kennedy|very fateful day}} at half past noon, [[Jenny Everywhere | On a {{w|Assassination of John F. Kennedy|very fateful day}} at half past noon, [[Jenny Everywhere (Fragment: Guinevere and Mordred)|Jenny Everywhere]] is standing with a rifle on the rooftop of a building on the other side of [[Dealy Plaza]] from where [[Lee Harvey Oswald|another man with a gun]] is standing. Only knowing where he is thanks to her interdimensional foreknowledge, she shoots him before he can take a shot at [[John F. Kennedy|the President]]'s car below. Not bothering to watch what happens next, she walks away from her vantage point, preparing to [[shift]] before authorities can come looking. | ||
===Worldbuilding=== | ===Worldbuilding=== | ||
====Jenny Everywhere==== | ====Jenny Everywhere==== | ||
* This story features [[Jenny Everywhere | * This story features [[Jenny Everywhere (Fragment: Guinevere and Mordred)|a Jenny]] confirmed by the [https://scott-sanford.dreamwidth.org/47281.html Table of Contents] to be distinct from [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|the usual Jenny]] used in [[Scott Sanford's Jenny Everywhere stories]]. | ||
====Universes==== | ====Universes==== | ||
* This story takes place in [[Universe (Fragment: Guinevere and Mordred)|a universe]] which seems to match real-world history up until [[Jenny Everywhere | * This story takes place in [[Universe (Fragment: Guinevere and Mordred)|a universe]] which seems to match real-world history up until [[Jenny Everywhere (Fragment: Guinevere and Mordred)|Jenny]] uses her knowledge of other possible histories to stop the {{w|Assassination of John F. Kennedy|Kennedy assassination}}. | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
