It may be related to my problem of canonically straight characters suddenly becoming gay.
See, that I don't have a problem with... if I think the canonical character is straight, I treat the fic as something of an AU and everything's fine.
In a lot of science fiction, 'science' is just another word for magic. Most science fiction is not plausible; the plot comes first and the reason is secondary. The point is to tell the story about 'what would happen if'.
The stories I have a problem with are the ones where the writer is clearly doing it just to see Snape or Mulder or whoever get cuddly and weepy, and where there's not enough substance otherwise to keep other readers interested.
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Date: 2004-07-19 11:38 pm (UTC)See, that I don't have a problem with... if I think the canonical character is straight, I treat the fic as something of an AU and everything's fine.
In a lot of science fiction, 'science' is just another word for magic. Most science fiction is not plausible; the plot comes first and the reason is secondary. The point is to tell the story about 'what would happen if'.
The stories I have a problem with are the ones where the writer is clearly doing it just to see Snape or Mulder or whoever get cuddly and weepy, and where there's not enough substance otherwise to keep other readers interested.