First, I hope you don't think I was slighting your fic.
Oh, not in the least. I was feeling interested in the questions you were raising, because I've had similar thoughts about AUs in general despite actually writing some. And I figured I'd weigh in on the discussion as an actual AU writer, heh.
I just had trouble getting out of "but it didn't" mode.
Me too -- but in the end it made it an intriguing challenge, because I reconciled myself to the "it didn't really happen" qualms by keeping my AU scenario technically compatible with all canon details (though obviously not with JKR's interviews). That was fun to do.
Also, it's not childish. Really. Sorry if that's how I made it sound...
No, no, what I meant was me, heh: the fact that I was too saddened by what are in the end fictional character deaths to keep writing fanfic unless I wrote those characters out of their fates. But if that's how my brain works, there it is!
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Oh, not in the least. I was feeling interested in the questions you were raising, because I've had similar thoughts about AUs in general despite actually writing some. And I figured I'd weigh in on the discussion as an actual AU writer, heh.
I just had trouble getting out of "but it didn't" mode.
Me too -- but in the end it made it an intriguing challenge, because I reconciled myself to the "it didn't really happen" qualms by keeping my AU scenario technically compatible with all canon details (though obviously not with JKR's interviews). That was fun to do.
Also, it's not childish. Really. Sorry if that's how I made it sound...
No, no, what I meant was me, heh: the fact that I was too saddened by what are in the end fictional character deaths to keep writing fanfic unless I wrote those characters out of their fates. But if that's how my brain works, there it is!