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Originally Posted by Huinesoron
I've tried for three days now to get my thoughts coherent on this one, and I think I've finally pinned it down to two Principles of Fanfic:
- You can make anything work, but
- you have to be clear what you're changing - and know the rest well enough to know what you're not.
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Interestingly, those would also be the rules for good science fiction (at least of the harder variety, as opposed to space fantasy). Change the rules of physics as needed to permit FTL travel or kinetic shields, but know what you're changing and how your fictional physics plug into real physics.