Isn’t morrigan’s birthday december 31st?
Okay, someone else brought this up as well so let me share how I arrived at my “Mog’s birthday is end of February” belief
Short answer: The Nevermoorian seasons in a year work like this:
[start of new year]
Spring: March, April, May
Summer: June, July, August
Fall: September, October, November
Winter: December, January, February
[end of the year]
The seasons follow Northern Hemisphere categorization, with months like July in Summer and December in Winter. However, they also follow the way Australian seasons start right at the beginning of months instead of at equinoxes. This is something I was totally unaware about but once I learned it it made the Nevermoorian seasons make way more sense!
Long Answer: I came to the conclusion just by scouring the books for any rare mention of months (they exist still!) and stretches of time, like weeks or days.
In ch13 of Nevermoor it mentions “the last weeks of August”, so it’s definitely winding down. After the Chase Trial ends in ch14, ch15 starts with a time jump to Hallowmas and is listed as Autumn of One. So we already know that August is in Summer of One, but the with when it shows up, it seems to be located at the end of the season (similar to how it is irl.) Same sort of deal with December being mentioned right away in ch17, the first instance of Winter of One, so it’s likely the first month of the season.
Both Nevermoor and Hollowpox feature both Christmas and Mog’s birthday and seems to put a decent amount of time, as in several weeks, between the two, so it makes more sense that her birthday would be farther away than just a few days after Christmas. The beginning of Wundersmith also mentions that it’s been a few weeks since she’s known what she was.
Morrigan’s birthday is unequivocally Spring’s Eve, the last day of Winter. Winter seems to start with December, and all the time between Christmas and the Show Trial / Wunsoc initiation / her birthdays means that her birthday is definitely farther away than December 31st. Also, the end of December just isn’t the last day of the year in Nevermoor. Based on how the seasons seem to be structured, Winter ends with February
Also, while it’s not an extra day in the year, Eventide definitely has the same vibe as Leap Day in that it only comes around every once in awhile, so I think it’s fun that Morrigan’s birthday is aligned with that.
I’ll end by saying that I don’t think Jess ever intends for folks to try and nail down the timeline or anything in Nevermoor based on how little information she gives about specific dates. As far as I can remember we aren’t given days of the months, like March 1st, we’re just given days of the weeks in a season, so like today for me would be something like First Wednesday, Spring of Three. You get the idea. I think perhaps it’s a way for Jess to get readers to set Nevermoor solely in its own world and time without thinking too hard about the months/specific dates (sorry that I’m an overthinker).
The one thing left to know for me is whether the months have the same number of days as we do here, meaning all different and one year’s First Wednesday of Spring was last year’s First Sunday of Spring bc of the difference, or if they have a standardized number of days in each month that makes every First Wednesday a Wednesday each year, or what….. idk. Lots to think about ever since we learned about the Ghostly Hours.
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Hi! I wanted to thank you for your fics. Obviously, you are a great writer, but more specifically I appreciate how you write inner conflict. I recently got diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and part of that is constantly checking and seeking reassurance that things are how I perceive them, and that I'm not going crazy from this thing in my head that doesn't feel like me. So, a lot of your stories like "green-eyed monster", "a hope in hell", and "minotaur" have been getting rereads from me, because they help me put words to what I'm feeling. Thanks for that
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So the good news is I learned some new notes. Bad news is I'm not convinced they're right. They sound right tho?
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