I read the story and had a similar problem. I actually hadn't intended to read the story, since the warnings I'd seen had put me off. However, everyone was talking about it so much I ended up reading it anyway. It's very well-written, but I just didn't like it. Part of it is that, unlike you, I generally don't enjoy stories in which things didn't work out or someone died, but I have enjoyed others (frequently against my will) in the past. (I also never finished The End of the Road.)
But you know, I have to believe that if that sort of thing were going on with regards to Atlantis, that SG-1 wouldn't stand for it to happen. I actually have read more SGA fanfic than SG-1 and am more in the fandom for SGA than SG-1. However, I've been watching SG-1 since the beginning, and for all the SGA fanfic I've read, I still feel like I "know" the SG-1 people better. I spent the whole story kind of sitting back, not fully engaged, trying to figure out how all that had happened, and of course there was never any full - or even oblique - explanation. It just didn't seem consistent with what we know of SG-1. Of course, part of the problem with SGA fanfic writers referencing SG-1 is that sometimes means they haven't got the background in SG-1 to really know the characters, although I don't know that's the case here.
I think it's because when I read fanfiction, I like the vibe of the story to match the vibe of the show.
Yes, exactly. Even with AUs, the stories I prefer are the ones that still feel the same, even if they're set in some completely different place and time. If it doesn't feel right, the story usually doesn't draw me in and I'm left sitting there thinking, "Huh. That didn't work."
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But you know, I have to believe that if that sort of thing were going on with regards to Atlantis, that SG-1 wouldn't stand for it to happen. I actually have read more SGA fanfic than SG-1 and am more in the fandom for SGA than SG-1. However, I've been watching SG-1 since the beginning, and for all the SGA fanfic I've read, I still feel like I "know" the SG-1 people better. I spent the whole story kind of sitting back, not fully engaged, trying to figure out how all that had happened, and of course there was never any full - or even oblique - explanation. It just didn't seem consistent with what we know of SG-1. Of course, part of the problem with SGA fanfic writers referencing SG-1 is that sometimes means they haven't got the background in SG-1 to really know the characters, although I don't know that's the case here.
I think it's because when I read fanfiction, I like the vibe of the story to match the vibe of the show.
Yes, exactly. Even with AUs, the stories I prefer are the ones that still feel the same, even if they're set in some completely different place and time. If it doesn't feel right, the story usually doesn't draw me in and I'm left sitting there thinking, "Huh. That didn't work."