Sure, that makes sense, and I didn't at all mean to imply that fanfic reading like original fic is necessarily a bad thing, because it can be done effectively. I think it is a matter of taste -- m_d's brand of different-feeling-ness (behold my awesome diction) just doesn't happen to work for me, some of the time.

Also, if you ever do write that "realistic" McKay/Sheppard, you will have one reader for sure. :)