Well, there is a faction of fandom that says Rodney's allergies are psychosomatic or even consciously an attention-getting device.
Though I'd have hit the back button on that fic as well.
Angel: Just admit it: you think you're gonna ride in, save the day, and sweep Buffy off her--Spike: Like you're not thinking the same thing. Angel: I'm already seeing somebody. Spike: What, dog girl?
'The Girl in Question'
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Connie Neil - Jun 03, 2012 12:24:09 pm PDT #7772 of 10434
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askye - Jun 03, 2012 12:46:49 pm PDT #7773 of 10434
Thrive to spite them
Even if they were psychosomatic he wouldn't be drinking Mountain Dew.
Typo Boy - Jun 03, 2012 12:49:11 pm PDT #7774 of 10434
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Unless "Mountain Dew" referred to bootleg liquor fermented from on board fruit juice and vacuum distilled. (Maybe from fruit he was not allergic to..)
§ ita § - Jun 03, 2012 1:00:38 pm PDT #7775 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't back button anywhere near enough. I think I've just given up, once I've started. Oh, what? Pre-series fic in which Dean stakes vampires?
Sure, why not. I mean, nothing important happened before season 4, right? It is totally optional.
askye - Jun 03, 2012 1:01:02 pm PDT #7776 of 10434
Thrive to spite them
I'm pretty sure it was Mountain Dew the soda, in one it was set when Rodney was in college and talked about him guzzling 2 liters of Mt Dew. The other was...I'm not sure, but again it seemed pretty clear it was the soda.
Typo Boy - Jun 03, 2012 1:04:30 pm PDT #7777 of 10434
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I was being smart ass (towards the people who wrote the fics). Fic is already "reading" canon. I was "reading" the fics.
§ ita § - Jun 03, 2012 1:20:21 pm PDT #7778 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Fic is already "reading" canon
I don't understand what that means. Is it a lit crit term, or something?
Typo Boy - Jun 03, 2012 2:24:38 pm PDT #7779 of 10434
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Yeah. Just means the reader has their own movie in their head when experiencing a work, and fic often takes that to a more extreme level. As do certain types of criticism that insist that stuff is going that the author probably did not intend. And this sort of thing has been part of popular culture for a long time. Like Sherlock Holmes fans who picked bits and pieces out of canon to make an argument that Watson was a woman. I'm pretty sure that was done pre start trek and pre post structuralism just for fun.
§ ita § - Jun 03, 2012 2:41:10 pm PDT #7780 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Like Sherlock Holmes fans who picked bits and pieces out of canon to make an argument that Watson was a woman
Whuhuh? Point me in that direction. I'm curious.
Anne W. - Jun 03, 2012 2:42:21 pm PDT #7781 of 10434
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I've also read some convincing arguments for Holmes being a woman. (thank goodness for interlibrary loan)