I have to agree with those who say that how much canon issues bother me depend on what mood I'm in when I'm reading. Some days I'll run up against something that makes me go, "bwah?" and will just keep reading. Other days it's an instant back button.
Generally, though, if the problem could have been solved by watching the show and paying a moderate amount of attention, I will stop reading. Either the author is very sloppy, or she doesn't know the source material. Either way, I don't want to waste my time on it. If it's a small point, easily caused by a faulty memory, I can usually roll with the punches ... up to a point.
One thing that drives me nuts is the X-302 v.s. the F-302. It's pretty clear that they're X-302s in SG-1's "Redemption". This makes sense, since they aren't regular fighter planes and are based off of eXtraterrestrial tech. I've noticed that this gets shortened to just 302s in SGA (like in "Allies"). However, given that some of the (unofficial) trascripts call them F-302s and the similarity of the "f" and "x" sounds, making the mistake somewhat understandable, I'm usually willing to ignore the error after my initial pause and flinch. Still, <a href="http://www.gateworld.net/omnipedia/ships/links/x-302.shtml>a little research in more reliable sources</a> would fix that.
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Date: 2006-07-11 05:40 pm (UTC)Generally, though, if the problem could have been solved by watching the show and paying a moderate amount of attention, I will stop reading. Either the author is very sloppy, or she doesn't know the source material. Either way, I don't want to waste my time on it. If it's a small point, easily caused by a faulty memory, I can usually roll with the punches ... up to a point.
One thing that drives me nuts is the X-302 v.s. the F-302. It's pretty clear that they're X-302s in SG-1's "Redemption". This makes sense, since they aren't regular fighter planes and are based off of eXtraterrestrial tech. I've noticed that this gets shortened to just 302s in SGA (like in "Allies"). However, given that some of the (unofficial) trascripts call them F-302s and the similarity of the "f" and "x" sounds, making the mistake somewhat understandable, I'm usually willing to ignore the error after my initial pause and flinch. Still, <a href="http://www.gateworld.net/omnipedia/ships/links/x-302.shtml>a little research in more reliable sources</a> would fix that.