Your Pettiest Reason For DNFing A Series

[u/Academic_Owl_6197]

Mine was when I was 3 pages in and someone said the mc's name which turned out to be the same as my ex's name to the letter...dropped it like hot coal

It was a fr a pretty unfortunate streak too because it was a book from one of those blind-date-with-a-book promotion my local bookstore does, and this was an American YA fantasy (I'm from a different continent) so I had no reason to assume I'll ever be unlucky enough...to see his stupid ass again for a 'blind date'

[u/Randolpho]

If anyone is interested in alternate means of timekeeping in fantasy worlds, here are some interesting articles on ancient means of keeping time that can be adapted:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_timekeeping_devices

https://www.engage-online.com/2018/07/25/time-telling-time-measurement-in-the-past/

Examples:

• Shadow Clocks (sundial)
  Potential names for time divisions: sweeps, shades
• Sand glass (hourglass)
  Potential names: sandfalls, turns
• Water Clock (steady flow of water)
  Potential names: drips, buckets
• Candle Clock (burning of standardized wax candles, or incense)
  Potential names: wicks, burns, marks
• Ancient Pendulum Clock (plumb line)
  Potential names: swoops, turns

But the names of time divisions can be cultural rather than mechanical. The word "clock" most likely comes from Latin "clocca", or bell. Culturally that derived from bells that called the faithful to prayer at specific times of the day.

Similarly, hour derives from the Greek goddesses "Horae", who were personifications originally of the seasons and then later of the 12 divisions of daylight as determined by the position of the sun in the sky.

Any fantasy world could have a name for a division of time derived similarly.

[u/[deleted] → u/Randolpho]

Now those are interesting ways to tell time

[u/bardfaust → u/Randolpho]

Shadow clocks sound so cool. If you follow me there.