Fwiw, there was not enough room in my curriculum for any elective courses, thanks to some questionable practices by Clemson (calling 5 year programs 4-year so as to not intimidate parents).  What electives I did have room for I got because I had AP credits that got me out of a few of the General requirements.  Some of the more intensive majors just dont really give you much freedom in terms of actual classtime to invest.  Ive known since I was knee high that Engineering was the Path for me, so transferring majors wasnt much of a concern, but thats far from normal Im sure.  regardless, even with that sort of situation you will never have more free time than College, until well after Retirement.  So in addition to electives, dont get so focused on the classes that you cant take advantage of the extra-curricular things around.  There were several clubs and activities (including a Skydiving Club!) that I could have been a part of but convinced myself I didnt have time for.  Had plenty of time for anime and DnD apparently

Even non-STEM majors have this problem.  Most schools, music is a 4 year track, period.  No way around it.

That's actually really interesting, I'd totally read that thesis provided it's able to be absorbed by a layman.

I think from what we have seen of Thomas feeding, it doesn't need to involve intercourse specifically.

Considering he can nibble while washing hair, I'd say not.

Not a lack of forethought, maybe they just weren't playing attention. Both of them have a lot of balls to juggle. Michael was 'off the clock', while Harry was a personal interest of Lea, and Lea might be withholding details from Mab.

If Heaven has a vested interest in Harry and his behavior, and seeks to influence it(yes), Michael might be on the clock with his every interaction with Harry.   Just not getting hazard pay, for a nice change. 

Shiro's sacrifice fits in neatly too.

Mind you, I'm WAG'ing here.

We have the swords being on the job for non-denarian reasons though.

I think there's a WoJ somewhere that says the sword equalize conflicts, taking away supernatural advantages.

My trophy girlfriend comment is based on Butters being 42 years old and Andi being 28-29 years old.

It's only odd if you look at it in years, not stages of life.  Medical school(4 years), residency(1-3), a bit more school(medical examiner is a specialist), maybe some time as a fellowship.  So in terms of being out of school, a working adult, etc...the difference is a lot smaller, and more manageable.

Figure that as a doctor, butter's probably isn't that far along in life(by the home ownership metric), seeing as how he still lives in an apartment...

Aurora was killed at a special conjunction, wasn't she? That's why she was vulnerable.

Yeah, I'd like some clarification on this sort of thing.  Wamps can be killed, but do they die of old age?  If so, what is their natural lifespan?  Same questions for the Reds and the Blacks.  What about demons(are they just Fae, or something different?)?

When a changeling chooses Fae, does that create a mantle?  Do all Fae have a mantle, or do mantles generally only exist for specific roles?  Do all Fae eventually reform(if not killed in auspicious days and places) when killed, or just the ones with mantles?  Does the location of the death matter, for being reformed(NN vs Earth).

If a Fae without a mantle exists, and it dies, does that power just disappear, or can nearby Fae gobble it up?  Does it stick around, like buried treasure?

I don't find that a particularly interesting subset of alternate history because there is really an enormous volume of it already out there, people have already explored options there in great depth and detail. (I've been on panels where everyone concerned just referred to it as the Civil War, and if people push me for my opinion on the Civil War, it's "Get over it, Cromwell won.")

Assuming the conferences were in the US, I don't think it's that unusual to have a USA-centric view of history.

And you're right, there's already so much out there for the Union vs Confederacy.  Not much to say.

I do enjoy some of S.M. Stirling's stuff.  I'd like to read more people dropped into societies of another time, that I enjoy.  Along with the Destroyermen series, whoever writes that.

I'm not sure how I would write it though.  I don't feel I'm educated enough to do a credible job.

(And I don't think very many people would be interested in a music pedagogy/history theme, either)

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  There's quite a lot of alternate WWII stuff out there; insofar as i am interested in working in AH, I am really more interested in other divergence points that have not been used anything like as much (Qeng Ho colonising California, or the timing of the French envoys to the Mongol court working out differently such that the Mongols end up joining the later Crusades.)
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Finding a Chinese Colony in California could be a fun western.  I'd read the Mongol idea, definitely.  The Mongols successfully conquering and holding territory for more than a couple generations could be good too.

Oh!  Oh!  The Chinese don't complete The Great Wall, the Mongols take over, and keep rolling East.  Three sided war on the Great Plains from the American East vs the Mongols with the First Nations tribes being caught between a rock and a hard place.  Or maybe earlier, Mongols vs Conquistadores, Incan/Mayan conscripts led North by Conquistadores fighting an Eastern(Japanese, Chinese, Mongol, whatever) aligned empire in the Southwest.

Or perhaps Russia has expanded south from Alaska and is now working East, post American Civil War.

...yeah, even USA centric AH has plenty of room besides The Confederacy winning 'The War of Northern Aggression'.

Probably an IP lawyer.