(And it made me realize that it's partially coherency of worldbuilding that sells me on a fandom. If there's nothing to hold on to when you write a fic, what's the point?)
YES!!!! Brilliant worldbuilding extension is my favorite thing about skillful fanfic (I'm including internal character consistency as part of this). Harry Potter fic has some amazing examples of this ("Soci-ally - where all the bars & restaurants are," still makes me squee :D). So does Dresden (at least, the way Light writes it....). I've been dredging the internet trying to find Stargate fanfic that even begins to live up to the same kind of worldbuilding extension (I've got a Tok'ra fetish - where's the goddamned good Tok'ra fic, I ask you??). It seems to be a fanfic world devoid of really good world-extension, and that makes me so sad! I just can't get into even really good fic if there's no inventiveness to it.
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YES!!!! Brilliant worldbuilding extension is my favorite thing about skillful fanfic (I'm including internal character consistency as part of this). Harry Potter fic has some amazing examples of this ("Soci-ally - where all the bars & restaurants are," still makes me squee :D). So does Dresden (at least, the way Light writes it....). I've been dredging the internet trying to find Stargate fanfic that even begins to live up to the same kind of worldbuilding extension (I've got a Tok'ra fetish - where's the goddamned good Tok'ra fic, I ask you??). It seems to be a fanfic world devoid of really good world-extension, and that makes me so sad! I just can't get into even really good fic if there's no inventiveness to it.