paying attention to canon = weird

[beccaelizabeth]

I'm finding myself in the unusual situation of not believing fic on the grounds that "he wouldn't because he didn't".

I mean usually you have to ignore 'didn't' because 'didn't kiss' would be top of the list.

Suddenly I'm reading a pairing with actual canon - two if you count the Doctor - and I keep on winding up out of sorts because wouldn't-didn't.

This is deeply, deeply strange.

... do het writers have to deal with this all the time???

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[executrix.livejournal.com]

Het writers don't have to go through, "Oh noes, he couldn't like another man because canon didn't give him a 'we're lesbian, gay-type lovers' coming out moment" so the discussion gets to me more on the level of "He wouldn't like that woman/She wouldn't like that guy."