Effects and Duration of Dr. Jurgen's Treatments in ILCK

[brightknightie]

[Poll #1251783]

A month or so ago, pj1228 and I had a delightful little debate on this subject on forkni.  After much canonical examination, we were unable to sway each other, and determined that canon cannot disprove either interpretation (cool, huh?).  Before I import my side of that here, and reveal which angle I championed, I want to learn what you think!  What is the mainstream perception on this?

Comments

[greerwatson.livejournal.com]

"...a scenario in which that's the case and she was Miss Calgary Stampede is less likely. But not impossible. :-)"

No, not impossible, I shouldn't think. She could have been Miss Calgary Stampede (if there actually is/was such a thing) in her teens, maybe; and then moved to the States and become an American citizen. You even have the possibility of an American girl's family emigrating to Canada, so that she spends her teens here; and then having her return to the States as an adult. She'd be an American citizen by birth, so she'd have no trouble moving there. Either way, it's not likely that she'd have been interested in Dr. Jurgen's treatment before her late twenties.

As for coming Norma's back to Canada more recently: well, I'm sure that Dr. Jurgen and all three of her patients would have had to move a lot. Like Nick, they could well have moved back and forth across the border. (Nick's fake background puts him last in Chicago.)

My family came to Canada when I was almost six and my sister was a baby. We both have dual citizenship. I still live here; but she moved back to England years ago. People cross borders all the time.

I can imagine them moving, with the documentation they use currently always referring back only to their last place of residence, cutting off the earlier domiciles. As long as people don't check too carefully, particularly into their apparent age in the last place they lived, they'd be able to get away with it indefinitely. That wouldn't stop them carrying "mementoes" which they keep private. (Nick does that too, after all. His apartment is full of mementoes.)