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::::Your second paragraph is the point I was trying to make, but put much more clearly. But I think what Saghan was arguing is that Amy _didn't_ get a typescript from River, because she was the one doing the typing. But even if it was Amy doing the typing (I'm still not sure), she could have retyped River's typescript, or retyped a few pages. Or maybe River gave her a longhand manuscript and said "Mom, type my homework for me." (I'll bet anyone born after the 70s doesn't believe people used to say that… but they did.) The only significance I can see if the typing hands are clearly Amy's is that it's an extra clue to the same conclusion that you and we all already came to (Amy could have edited River's book), but that many viewers might not have. --[[Special:Contributions/70.36.140.233|70.36.140.233]]<sup>[[User talk:70.36.140.233#top|talk to me]]</sup> 05:54, October 1, 2012 (UTC) | ::::Your second paragraph is the point I was trying to make, but put much more clearly. But I think what Saghan was arguing is that Amy _didn't_ get a typescript from River, because she was the one doing the typing. But even if it was Amy doing the typing (I'm still not sure), she could have retyped River's typescript, or retyped a few pages. Or maybe River gave her a longhand manuscript and said "Mom, type my homework for me." (I'll bet anyone born after the 70s doesn't believe people used to say that… but they did.) The only significance I can see if the typing hands are clearly Amy's is that it's an extra clue to the same conclusion that you and we all already came to (Amy could have edited River's book), but that many viewers might not have. --[[Special:Contributions/70.36.140.233|70.36.140.233]]<sup>[[User talk:70.36.140.233#top|talk to me]]</sup> 05:54, October 1, 2012 (UTC) | ||
::::A longhand manuscript seems unlikely. If River didn't send a typescript to Amy, she'd be much more likely to send an audio recording of some kind. The technology to play a recording did exist at the relevant time, as long as River was careful about the format. That's just a detail, though. The main point is unaffected by it: River conveyed the "novel" to Amy somehow, in some form, & Amy could revise it in whatever way was needed. | |||
::::"Mom, type my homework for me.": I was born (long) before the 1970s but I'd never have got away with that. Mind you, my mother was a teacher (so was my father) & I'd just have got the response, "The typewriter's over there. Type it yourself!" --[[Special:Contributions/2.96.17.13|2.96.17.13]]<sup>[[User talk:2.96.17.13#top|talk to me]]</sup> 08:20, October 1, 2012 (UTC) | |||
