I think I'd go towards

• Straightforward flashbacks in the third-person limited p.o.v. I've been using throughout.

But amore than one of them for each character, each one slightly different.

Do the characters know their version of history has been corrupted?

I love dialogue, as well - but I think, in his instance, I'd go for a character POV flashback perspective, in a way that's minimal dialogue and visually slightly disorienting to the character. You know that first moment when you get hit with deja vu and you think, holy crap, what was that, and then immediately you question the reality/validity of it - "did that actually happen?"

Would this work? The sort of acid flashback feeling you get when a memory bleeds through and makes you question it?

Do the characters know their version of history has been corrupted?

Not yet, but they're starting to figure it out.

The sort of acid flashback feeling you get when a memory bleeds through and makes you question it?

That's the effect I'm hoping to go for--that sort of uncertainty that makes you wonder if things really happened that way. There are several things I think I "remember" from my childhood only because I've heard the story so many times from an older relative.

Anne, a question, then - is there another character present for this, in any or all of the scenes? A touchstone off of whom the character undergoing the memory-bleed can bounce the reaction?

Because I'd personally go for the almost saturated visual, with some very sharp, fast "holy shit" dialogue, to punch up the effect and power of the experience. But that's me. YMM very definitely V.

Anne, a question, then - is there another character present for this, in any or all of the scenes? A touchstone off of whom the character undergoing the memory-bleed can bounce the reaction?

Yes, but not every single time. In some instances, the character has to mull over things on his or her own.

Are there then external things that suggest the view of history the character has is wrong, or do they have arrive at that conclusion purely from internal things?

Are there then external things that suggest the view of history the character has is wrong, or do they have arrive at that conclusion purely from internal things?

It's a combination of the two. Something happens to one of the characters that compels the others to start searching their memories. Pretty soon, it's obvious to a couple of them that what they remember doesn't quite jibe with received history.

At the same time, one of the smarter characters realizes that there are certain things in their history that don't make a whole lot of sense once they look at them closely. It's similar to the feeling we get here on the board when we watch an episode and start to ask, "but how did Xander know where to go to find Buffy?" or "why is it that vampires can stand in indirect sunlight one minute and be fried by looking at a picture of the sun the next?" or even, "but William was wearing the wrong clothes for that kind of party at that point in history."

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It's a combination of the two. Something happens to one of the characters that compels the others to start searching their memories. Pretty soon, it's obvious to a couple of them that what they remember doesn't quite jibe with received history.

I see. I'd be inclinded to go for a selection of the things you mentioned, then. If there's going to be more than one episode of flashback, doing it one way for one character and subtly differently for another could be very effective.

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I see. I'd be inclinded to go for a selection of the things you mentioned, then. If there's going to be more than one episode of flashback, doing it one way for one character and subtly differently for another could be very effective.

What Am said.