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Date Posted: Monday, April 25, 09:57:34pm
Author: JayBee
Subject: Good point...(r)
In reply to: Swatkat 's message, "Also...(r)" on Monday, April 25, 09:01:52pm

I mean AU in the sense of a completely different universe rather than a Section universe where events turned out differently. The latter would be much more enticing (and easier) for me to write, I think because the essential "Section-ness" is still there.

I think one could argue that some of my stories are AU in the latter sense, although I strove to make them consistent with all of canon. I've also been *strongly* tempted to write Section-based stories where one or more key events turn out differently -- one of these days, I may even finish such a story.

But AU in the non-Section universe sense? Someone once told me I should try writing AU TR stuff, but I've found it almost impossible to do -- perhaps because Section as an entity is *so* central to the identities of my preferred characters. When I consider AU scenarios for them, I generally wind up concluding that they might as well be original characters, and where's the fun in that?

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It's the same with me...(r) -- Swatkat, Tuesday, April 26, 03:27:28am
- Yep...(r) -- JayBee, Tuesday, April 26, 06:50:21am
  - Not to mention...(r) -- Swatkat, Tuesday, April 26, 07:16:10am
    - Hmmm...(r) -- JayBee, Tuesday, April 26, 08:33:10am
      - Re: Hmmm...(r) -- Nell, Tuesday, April 26, 10:26:41am
        Yep, I think you're right (r) -- JayBee, Tuesday, April 26, 11:31:18am
        Re: Yep, I think you're right (r) -- Nell, Tuesday, April 26, 11:49:25am
        gender roles -- sk, Tuesday, April 26, 07:01:13pm
Re: Good point...(r) -- sk, Tuesday, April 26, 08:23:18am
- Yes, exactly (r) -- Nell, Tuesday, April 26, 10:30:59am
I've written a fair amount of AU (r) -- Nell, Tuesday, April 26, 10:14:10am
- And...(r) -- Swatkat, Tuesday, April 26, 08:58:56pm