kate | (Reply)

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Ah, see, I'd label that under poor writing. A story should hang together on its own (with the exception of episode caps or 'fixes'). I firmly believe that if something is written well enough, anyone from anywhere could read it and not be missing anything major. And personally, I hate the nods to canon - I don't know why they're necessary (and here I mean things like Sheppard saying 'I love football, ferris wheels and anything that goes over 200mph' not noting that Rodney has a citrus allergy).

I read widely too (thought not nearly as widely as you do!), but when it comes to things I choose out of that lot to reread, I have a particular itch (usually) and it involves having a meaty story with enough conflict that the happy ending is satisfying. Sometimes I'm looking for something else, but that seems to be the thing that I'll read and reread. Maybe I'll do a rec set of my rereads by mood.