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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Um, I think you need to google fiction. As defined above, historical fiction tells a story set in a certain period using some historical figures and/or events and embellishes by making up dramatic storylines that aren't based on historical fact or evidence. That's Reign. And your examples underscore precisely why it's historical FICTION.[/quote]

My examples are quotes from the cast and reviewers saying it's [b]not[/b] [b]historical[/b] fiction.  I'm not quibbling whether or not it's fiction.  Of course it is, but it's not considered historical fiction, e.g.,:

"Historical" fiction should present believable and plausible representations of the past...Egregious anachronisms are unacceptable violations of genre expectations for Historical Fiction...Historical fiction should be good fiction and good history...
http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/eng339/seminar1.htm[/quote]

It is historical fiction.

[b] Literally every period piece that uses a historical figure or time period is historical fiction...by definition. Google it. 
[/b][b]****I did this is from a course endorsed by the historical writing association.  It doesn't qualify as historic fiction.[/b]

The young (uneducated/didn't go to college/never took a 400 level lit class) actors from the show are merely acknowledging that the show employs dramatic license when it comes to storytelling...and that everything isn't based in fact...rather, it is historical fiction.

FYSA: an [b]egregious anachronism[/b] would be if Mary became queen of England instead of being beheaded---because that flies in the face of actual historical fact. Changing the names of her ladies to more current names isn't an egregious anachronism. Adding characters to move sublplots along isn't egregious either: that's the purpose of historical fiction. [/quote]

There are plenty of egregious anachronisms already--for example, the clothes...
[img]http://blog.cnbeyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/reign-mary-get-married-consummation.jpg[/img]
And where are the ladies in waiting going--Coachella?

Anna Popplewell went to North London Collegiate School and Oxford, Regbo attended Latymer Upper School, and Kane St Hilda’s Anglican School for Girls.  Who knows where Megan Follows went, but she's certainly not young.  The cast is saying over and over that it's not historical fiction.

US Today: "describing the show as anachronistic and "dumbing down" history for the sake of entertainment"
EW, "16th century-based castle drama..."

How the show producers describe the show, "The CBS TV Studios-produced drama tells the previously unknown story of Mary Queen of Scots’ rise to power when she arrives in France as a 15-year-old, betrothed to Prince Francis, and with her three best friends as ladies-in-waiting. The secret history of survival at French Court amidst fierce foes, dark forces, and a world of sexual intrigue..."

If anything it's more historical fantasy.
http://h-france.net/fffh/maybe-missed/myth-history-and-teen-age-romance-a-sixteenth-century-historian-watches-reign/
http://io9.gizmodo.com/is-the-cws-reign-secretly-a-fantasy-show-1577439434

Google the fantasy genre.  :)[/quote]

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