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Snark incoming.
Possibly one of the most useful features of a sci-fi/fantasy fandom: it's really easy to weed out fics you don't want to read, just by checking to see which ones can't spell the fandom-specific made-up words correctly. Kismesitude? Paidi Aiji? Valdemarian? NOPE, sorry, no +1 hit count for you!
(Also useful in these fandoms: excluding "human AU" from your search results; but that's another rant for a different day.)
(Also useful in these fandoms: excluding "human AU" from your search results; but that's another rant for a different day.)
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AUs that take people in a mundane setting, like a cop show, and put them in a magical fantasy or on a spaceship, can be pretty amazing. I don't get the impulse to make things LESS interesting.
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take people in a mundane setting, like a cop show, and put them in a magical fantasy or spaceship
Yes, I like Fantasy!AUs (especially Temeraire fusions; they're a major weak spot) and InSpace!AUs of non-magical fandoms. I even enjoy AUs where a mundane setting has been replaced with another mundane setting (What if Clark Kent had been adopted by a Kansas farm couple in 1805 instead of the modern day? That might make a really cool AU!) It's strictly the magical-to-nonmagical switch that I find unappealing!