The tricky wording here is the post-canon bit. Part of me wants to say yes, I'd consider it AU, but because it's set after the show it's harder to define it as AU because so long as everything that happened in canon still happened and things diverged after the show ended I'd say it'd probably not count as AU.
I have no idea if that makes sense...sorry if it doesn't.
No it definitely does. Under their definition, John Sheppard would always stay at the same rank, he would always live on Atlantis with Rodney who would be in a relationship with, but never married to, Jennifer Keller, and they'd be living on Atlantis in San Francisco Harbor. Because that's how the show ended.
Short answer: Fuck them and the horse they rode in on.
It's only an AU if it explicably contradicts canon. If you write a season five fic where Rodney never gets together with Keller, it's an AU. If you write a post-season five where he breaks up with her, it's not.
As far as I can tell from my experience in fandom, not all non-canon slash pairings are considered AU any more than any non-canon het pairings are. To be AU something has to be majorly different. At the very least it has to be something like a character holding a different job, or meeting the other characters at an earlier/later time or even not at all.
Also, future-fics are not considered AU unless something in canon is changed. Generally, fandom doesn't consider people's sexual orientation hard enough canon to rate an AU tag.
Basically, the comm's rules don't line up with general-fandom's views and they should know that and warn for it.
TDLR; Comm sucks and should have been explicit and I'm feeling bitchy today. Also, no spell-check for you!
Also, future-fics are not considered AU unless something in canon is changed. Generally, fandom doesn't consider people's sexual orientation hard enough canon to rate an AU tag.
As usual, you state what I wanted to say but couldn't find the words for--eloquently, too. *hugs*
Smallville and internal consistency aren't even close enough to wave at each other from opposite sides of a football field *G*.
I think whoever is doing this community is kind of off-base, to be kind. I was going to say something not as nice *G*. What would be the point in writing fanfic where nothing ever changed? John is always a Lt. Col. and 40 something years old, Rodney is endlessly dating but never marries Jennifer and they never get any older, that's like some freaky version of Peter Pan.
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I have no idea if that makes sense...sorry if it doesn't.
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It's only an AU if it explicably contradicts canon. If you write a season five fic where Rodney never gets together with Keller, it's an AU. If you write a post-season five where he breaks up with her, it's not.
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(also, who is that in your icon?)
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Also, future-fics are not considered AU unless something in canon is changed. Generally, fandom doesn't consider people's sexual orientation hard enough canon to rate an AU tag.
Basically, the comm's rules don't line up with general-fandom's views and they should know that and warn for it.
TDLR; Comm sucks and should have been explicit and I'm feeling bitchy today. Also, no spell-check for you!
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As usual, you state what I wanted to say but couldn't find the words for--eloquently, too. *hugs*
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I think whoever is doing this community is kind of off-base, to be kind. I was going to say something not as nice *G*. What would be the point in writing fanfic where nothing ever changed? John is always a Lt. Col. and 40 something years old, Rodney is endlessly dating but never marries Jennifer and they never get any older, that's like some freaky version of Peter Pan.
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