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Questionable Questing

Plotvitalnpc
Plotvitalnpc
or at least canon-aware but consciously dodging certain elements. I can't read something that isn't at least informed by knowledge of the series canon through to whatever ending there is.
pepperjack
pepperjack
It'd be better to just do a complete AU at the point, right?
Plotvitalnpc
Plotvitalnpc
Yeah. I can't stand when things diverge from canon due to ignorance rather than 'proposing an alternative chain of events'.
magic9mushroom
magic9mushroom
What separates "dodging an element" from a divergence point? I mean, if I were to write a B5 fic wherein Sinclair doesn't get reassigned to Minbar, somebody else ends up being Valen, and triluminaries don't detect whether someone is related to Valen, is that a divergence fic or "not canon-compliant"?
Plotvitalnpc
Plotvitalnpc
Dodging an element and writing a divergence are the same thing...as long as you're aware of where canon goes.
fredthebadger
fredthebadger
So, basically as long as you can go 'I see how it could have turned out this way'?
Plotvitalnpc
Plotvitalnpc
Yeah.
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