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Re: Yuletide dilemmas

[(Anonymous)]

Honestly this kind of canon change would probably bug me more than an outright "they are now both mermaids who run a coffee shop" total setting-change AU, just because it feels more half-assed and less purposeful, like the author was trying to write something that should have been canon compliant but either goofed on canon or just went, "Eh, who even cares about canon?" (Which, to be clear, is a perfectly legit approach to writing fic! But possibly a high-risk strategy in a gift to someone who has not indicated they share it.) But to be fair I'm not big on AUs other than canon-divergence anyway, and many people are much less fussed about canon compliance than I am. I certainly wouldn't go so far as to call it a dick move, just a potentially risky one. Like other coalies say, indicating it was a deliberate choice rather than a sloppy mistake would probably go a long way.

Re: Yuletide dilemmas

[(Anonymous)]

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I'm someone who really likes canon divergence, but I want it to be purposeful, not something that just looks like laziness.

Like if the story is framed as "What if the Titanic hadn't hit that iceberg" or "What if Cersei and Jaime hadn't pushed that kid out of the window?", that's the kind of story I really like.

Meanwhile, "Yes I know that Starbucks didn't exist in 1940 but I love Starbucks and no on is going to notice if my WWII era characters are drinking low-fat pumpkin spice frappuccinos" would be very annoying.