: Re: Is sending your characters back to a different century a good way to disguise them? In one of my novels, I took two "contemporary" real life people, and sent them back to the 18th century
Only as much as bringing a past character forward can disguise him or her.
If you have a brilliant, borderline sociopathic crime-solver who uses recreational pharmaceuticals to stave off boredom and has a physician friend/living-space-mate who helps with cases, setting the story in 25th century Starfleet, 21st century New York, or Camelot isn't going to let you off the hook from readers recognizing Holmes and Watson.
Just changing setting/time isn't sufficient. You have to change enough of the details that the character is no longer the real person.
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