For me it depends on how dependant the story is on that erronious premise.
If it's a passing mention of something that's wrong, I can let it go. If the whole story is built on a faulty premise, then I can't read the story.
For example, in the Stargate episode "1969", they show the Sears Tower as they supposedly pass through Chicago. The Sears Tower wasn't built in 1969. But it's a minor thing and doesn't detract from the absolute cracktasticness of that episode. If the whole episode had been based on something about the Sears Tower in 1969, I might have had a bigger issue with it.
As for "having" to finish something once I've started it... I used to be that way in all fandoms. I kept hoping that *maybe* it would get better. Then I got into heavily fic'ed fandoms like Stargate and I realized 'life's too short to read bad fic.'
Now I'm trying to find stuff in an almost non-existant fandom, so just to have *something* to read, I'm slogging through some truly horrific stuff.
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carisma_sensei
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Date: 2005-07-09 03:36 pm (UTC)If it's a passing mention of something that's wrong, I can let it go. If the whole story is built on a faulty premise, then I can't read the story.
For example, in the Stargate episode "1969", they show the Sears Tower as they supposedly pass through Chicago. The Sears Tower wasn't built in 1969. But it's a minor thing and doesn't detract from the absolute cracktasticness of that episode. If the whole episode had been based on something about the Sears Tower in 1969, I might have had a bigger issue with it.
As for "having" to finish something once I've started it... I used to be that way in all fandoms. I kept hoping that *maybe* it would get better. Then I got into heavily fic'ed fandoms like Stargate and I realized 'life's too short to read bad fic.'
Now I'm trying to find stuff in an almost non-existant fandom, so just to have *something* to read, I'm slogging through some truly horrific stuff.