I've got nothing against the quality of the writing, a great number of AUs being really well written, but my personal tolerance level for AUs pretty much ends at what someone on a friend's LJ called "a simple divergence from canon." As you know, I don't really consider the Hookerverse to be full-on AU but it is a good example of where my tolerance level in the slide toward AU ends.
When they lift the characters and do the 18thC gentlemen type of thing for me, at least, it's no longer Bodie and Doyle and I'm just not interested. If I want to read "original" fiction then I'll read original fiction. I read the ff I read because I *want* to read about those particular characters. I guess that's why I find crossovers more palatable as the characters are still in character... Erm, yes, English *is* my first language, thanks for asking.
Re: Not quite on topic but...
I've got nothing against the quality of the writing, a great number of AUs being really well written, but my personal tolerance level for AUs pretty much ends at what someone on a friend's LJ called "a simple divergence from canon." As you know, I don't really consider the Hookerverse to be full-on AU but it is a good example of where my tolerance level in the slide toward AU ends.
When they lift the characters and do the 18thC gentlemen type of thing for me, at least, it's no longer Bodie and Doyle and I'm just not interested. If I want to read "original" fiction then I'll read original fiction. I read the ff I read because I *want* to read about those particular characters. I guess that's why I find crossovers more palatable as the characters are still in character... Erm, yes, English *is* my first language, thanks for asking.