This isn't out of line at all; it's totally true. But that's the exact problem. I don't want to read about getting Keller out of the way - relationship breakups just aren't my thing, and even though I don't like Keller, I don't particularly like character-bashing - but I don't want to read McKeller either. And I like canon-based fic. So now - I have zero options. The only way to write Keller-free McShep is to ignore canon. And I like sticking to canon as best I can; denial is a hard road.
I'm working on a fic now that I started mid s4 - Keller's not in it and not really mentioned (it's not set on Atlantis). But since it's a Rodney-centric story, this has been causing me conniptions - I don't know if I should casually reference a break-up, or not mention her at all...and any way I do it, I'm probably gonna annoy some fans. The rest of the story I can update to accommodate s5, but that aspect is stymieing me.
This is why I said that, as a ficcer, I don't want canon shipping. UST's fine - if the canon had hinted at McKeller but never actually shown them together (a la Sam/Jack), then I'd be okay with it. Some people could write McKeller and others could write McShep and some could write both depending on their mood. Now, if you're a canon-follower, you have to decide. (For that matter, I'd think the canon shipping is stifling to McKeller shippers - they can't write their own getting-together/first time stories (without denying canon), and that's the most popular kind of pairing fic...I honestly would never want McShep slash to have happened in canon, because I doubt I'd like the way these writers wrote it!)
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Date: 2009-02-27 02:40 am (UTC)I'm working on a fic now that I started mid s4 - Keller's not in it and not really mentioned (it's not set on Atlantis). But since it's a Rodney-centric story, this has been causing me conniptions - I don't know if I should casually reference a break-up, or not mention her at all...and any way I do it, I'm probably gonna annoy some fans. The rest of the story I can update to accommodate s5, but that aspect is stymieing me.
This is why I said that, as a ficcer, I don't want canon shipping. UST's fine - if the canon had hinted at McKeller but never actually shown them together (a la Sam/Jack), then I'd be okay with it. Some people could write McKeller and others could write McShep and some could write both depending on their mood. Now, if you're a canon-follower, you have to decide. (For that matter, I'd think the canon shipping is stifling to McKeller shippers - they can't write their own getting-together/first time stories (without denying canon), and that's the most popular kind of pairing fic...I honestly would never want McShep slash to have happened in canon, because I doubt I'd like the way these writers wrote it!)