Where it gets sticky, of course, is where there is disagreement over what happened on screen.
But this is true in regards to characterization as well. I'm picky about a couple of things when it comes to canon.
AU - as atpolittlebit put it - I have no problems as long as the characters make sense - such as The Wish. I see it as a "what-if" scenario and that fascinates me. That said, I'm picky - for example, I can't read fic where Buffy and Spike hook up after Becoming, or for that matter fic where Spike is sired by Angel - from my perspective they were *brothers* not father/son. More protegee and teacher if anything. Which is different. That's a personal thing.
In regards to Connor? I could probably read fic that ignored S4 or what happened in Home - see it as a What-If scenario. But, the character would have to fit what I saw on the screen in S4.
If you are veering from the storyline on screen, I need to know why, and how this changes the characters. It needs to make logical sense to me, or you have lost me.
Can't tell you how many fanfics I've started and dropped in midstream because they screwed up one of the characters or something just felt off to me. ex: Buffy being great at school and caring about school.
Yeah, I know. Scrollgirl already more or less convinced me with her post above.
It's not unlike well any story really - if you don't buy something the writer is telling you, you will jump ship. That's why writers have to fact check - readers can be so annoying...;-)
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Date: 2007-05-02 02:30 pm (UTC)But this is true in regards to characterization as well. I'm picky about a couple of things when it comes to canon.
AU - as
In regards to Connor? I could probably read fic that ignored S4 or what happened in Home - see it as a What-If scenario. But, the character would have to fit what I saw on the screen in S4.
If you are veering from the storyline on screen, I need to know why, and how this changes the characters. It needs to make logical sense to me, or you have lost me.
Can't tell you how many fanfics I've started and dropped in midstream because they screwed up one of the characters or something just felt off to me. ex: Buffy being great at school and caring about school.
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Date: 2007-05-02 02:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-02 05:34 pm (UTC)It's not unlike well any story really - if you don't buy something the writer is telling you, you will jump ship. That's why writers have to fact check - readers can be so annoying...;-)