Hmm, I think my tolerance towards AUs does extend a little further, but I'm right with you on the displacement of the characters.
Certainly reading in the Pros fandom has made me think quite a lot about AUs. I've come to accept quite a lot of the "playing with canon" AUs (Heat Trace by Helen Raven, where Ray never joins CI5, but still interacts with Bodie is an example, as is Waiting to Fall by Rob), which I never thought I would manage to accept. Plus cracky concepts are always good - that's why I'm a sucker for both Professional Dreamer by Pamela Rose and Twist of Fate by Dee.
But I am worried it's a slippery slope. Now I've started to accept a bit of flexibility of my canon, am I going to suddenly going to hanker after "Spaceman Doyle and Caveman Bodie have a fight - who wins?" stylee of fic?
Re: Not quite on topic but...
Certainly reading in the Pros fandom has made me think quite a lot about AUs. I've come to accept quite a lot of the "playing with canon" AUs (Heat Trace by Helen Raven, where Ray never joins CI5, but still interacts with Bodie is an example, as is Waiting to Fall by Rob), which I never thought I would manage to accept. Plus cracky concepts are always good - that's why I'm a sucker for both Professional Dreamer by Pamela Rose and Twist of Fate by Dee.
But I am worried it's a slippery slope. Now I've started to accept a bit of flexibility of my canon, am I going to suddenly going to hanker after "Spaceman Doyle and Caveman Bodie have a fight - who wins?" stylee of fic?
*is afraid*