Tried to respond to this last night, but my connection refused to let me post anything longer than a sentence. Grrr.
So. I chose 'AU' because to me, non-[insert book here]-compliant implies that the fic was written before that book came out. And as someone else said, it's very difficult to ignore new canon - the basic facts of who lives and who dies, perhaps, but less so new information about relationships and wizarding socieity and spells. It's interesting so go back to stories written before OotP, because it reminds me of what the fandom felt like at that point - the sort of plotlines that were still open, the questions we were pondering. I can't help feeling that a fic written in a later period would feel different, and I'd want that differentiation in the labelling.
I'd also like something in the author's note explaining why it was done - whether it's an old idea that you hadn't got round to writing before the new canon appeared, or a new 'what if...?' Doing that would reassure those who don't know you that you're not doing it through laziness, as well as answering the curiosity of those of us who know you better!
For the last question, I chose 9 - generally I prefer to read up-to-date canon (because it's less disorienting - I don't have to adjust my picture of the Potterverse and I can concentrate on the story), but I don't have any objection so long, as many others have said, it's not coming from a fic writer's rejection of canon (though I don't think that was what you were talking about anyway).
For shipfic, though, it probably wouldn't make any difference, as extrapolating from old canon would probably give more possibilities, and widening the possibilities is always good in shipfic, especially for rarepairs that weren't being thought of a few years ago.
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Date: 2006-08-04 11:08 am (UTC)So. I chose 'AU' because to me, non-[insert book here]-compliant implies that the fic was written before that book came out. And as someone else said, it's very difficult to ignore new canon - the basic facts of who lives and who dies, perhaps, but less so new information about relationships and wizarding socieity and spells. It's interesting so go back to stories written before OotP, because it reminds me of what the fandom felt like at that point - the sort of plotlines that were still open, the questions we were pondering. I can't help feeling that a fic written in a later period would feel different, and I'd want that differentiation in the labelling.
I'd also like something in the author's note explaining why it was done - whether it's an old idea that you hadn't got round to writing before the new canon appeared, or a new 'what if...?' Doing that would reassure those who don't know you that you're not doing it through laziness, as well as answering the curiosity of those of us who know you better!
For the last question, I chose 9 - generally I prefer to read up-to-date canon (because it's less disorienting - I don't have to adjust my picture of the Potterverse and I can concentrate on the story), but I don't have any objection so long, as many others have said, it's not coming from a fic writer's rejection of canon (though I don't think that was what you were talking about anyway).
For shipfic, though, it probably wouldn't make any difference, as extrapolating from old canon would probably give more possibilities, and widening the possibilities is always good in shipfic, especially for rarepairs that weren't being thought of a few years ago.