I Would Greatly Prefer ANY Alternative Universe To The One I'm In Now

 I am sick.

I have been sick since Monday, and every subsequent day has only seen me as more miserable and ill. Seriously, today, I got up (at around 10:20 am) stumbled into the shower, had some breakfast, and collapsed onto the couch (11 am). Where I was unconscious for the next four hours. Seriously, my mom was getting ready to take me to see the doctor. There are also a host of other ailments and annoyances that are making live not worth living, but I'm so tired it's too much work to type them up.

So let's avoid reality and talk about AUs, for a bit, shall we?

(Another old-school fannish5 ):

1. AUs: yes please or what's the point?

I favor the latter position more, largely because a lot of the AU's I've seen (band AUs, HS AUs) do not do the work to keep the character relationships consistent, which makes me go 'just call original fiction original fiction, because these are NOT the characters you're claiming they are).

2. What's the best AU you've read?

Tempest in a Teacup. It was so good I was late to a French test because I couldn't stop reading.

3. What's the worst AU you've read?

I have a pretty fast hand with with back button, so nothing sticks out in my mind.

4. How would you like to see your fandom altered that you haven't seen yet?

? Do you really want the list of every authorial choice in every fandom I'm in that I have a problem with?

5. What AU worked that you never would have expected?

I honestly haven't read enough AUs to have found one that took a universe I never expected and put a new cast of characters in it in a way that made me go 'this is AWESOME.'

For further meta on AUs, cofax7  categorizes them here (I admit my preference for coin-toss AUs and it's sister, 5 Things/Times fics) and hradzka talks through his dislike of them with thefourthvine (this was a very interesting read, and I disagree with some of what he says and completely agree with other parts).