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The Disambiguation Thread
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with_apostrophe, who pointed out (very aptly) that American fic writers don't tend to consider people from other countries when they throw cultural references into their stories. I was trying to figure out how to annotate mine in a way that wouldn't be obtrusive or annoying, and also trying to figure out just what needed to be annotated. What's obscure and what's well-known? Eventually I came up with this instead.
Here is where you post questions about my stories. It can be a reference that you didn't get, or something plotwise that didn't make sense, or why I made a particular story decision, or, heck, somewhere that I screwed up on technology or medicine or grammar. Remember:
- There are no stupid questions (no matter what Rodney McKay might claim).
- Questions that are critical of my stories are fine. I wouldn't have posted this thread if I minded being asked about something.
Ready ... set ... ask!
(Note: The word disambiguation is snurched from Wikipedia.)
with_apostrophe, who pointed out (very aptly) that American fic writers don't tend to consider people from other countries when they throw cultural references into their stories. I was trying to figure out how to annotate mine in a way that wouldn't be obtrusive or annoying, and also trying to figure out just what needed to be annotated. What's obscure and what's well-known? Eventually I came up with this instead.Here is where you post questions about my stories. It can be a reference that you didn't get, or something plotwise that didn't make sense, or why I made a particular story decision, or, heck, somewhere that I screwed up on technology or medicine or grammar. Remember:
- There are no stupid questions (no matter what Rodney McKay might claim).
- Questions that are critical of my stories are fine. I wouldn't have posted this thread if I minded being asked about something.
Ready ... set ... ask!
(Note: The word disambiguation is snurched from Wikipedia.)
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YES. yes yes yes. I've seen them too, and it just makes me cringe! David Hewlett, I could see it, maybe, but Rodney? Good God no. The show we know he enjoys the most is Outer Limits, for goodness sakes. He missed it so much, he imagined watching it in "Home". Plus, the other shows he's referenced are Jeopardy and the original Batman. I'm thinking there's a trend that one could spot there...