And there are a massive number of fic writers who don't seem to have grasp the fact that Jack owns/owned (2) separate properties in two (2) separate states, a domicile in The Colorado Springs area, which he was saying he was selling along with his truck and his motorcycle as he takes on Landry in chess at the start of Season Nine, and a cabin in Northern Minnesota. This confusion may be in part because both structures appear on camera only briefly, and both have a log sided (as opposed to clapboard) structure. For people who are not visually minded, it might be easy to conflate the two.
And some writers are from England or other Commonwealth countries. With the exception of Canada, most of them are probably not too aware of the relative position of and distance between U.S. states, with the probable exceptions of New York (That's on the Atlantic Coast, right?), California (On the Pacific Coast!), Florida (That's the dangle-y bit on the bottom!), Alaska (That big thing next to Canada and Russia), and Hawaii (In the middle of the Pacific Ocean). Many, many Americans have read Pride and Prejudice. How many can accurately place Hampshire and Derbyshire in relationship to London and each other, let alone keep Devonshire out of the confusion?
Yeah, writer should research the issue, but I am inclined to cut more slack for that kind of error than for writers who offer dialogue like this:
"Hold on, Daniel! We're at the gate. We'll be home in a sec, and Doc'll soon get you sorted!"
or
"Crap! The batteries are out in my torch! Carter, gimme yours!"
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Date: 6 Sep 2014 07:29 pm (UTC)And some writers are from England or other Commonwealth countries. With the exception of Canada, most of them are probably not too aware of the relative position of and distance between U.S. states, with the probable exceptions of New York (That's on the Atlantic Coast, right?), California (On the Pacific Coast!), Florida (That's the dangle-y bit on the bottom!), Alaska (That big thing next to Canada and Russia), and Hawaii (In the middle of the Pacific Ocean). Many, many Americans have read Pride and Prejudice. How many can accurately place Hampshire and Derbyshire in relationship to London and each other, let alone keep Devonshire out of the confusion?
Yeah, writer should research the issue, but I am inclined to cut more slack for that kind of error than for writers who offer dialogue like this:
"Hold on, Daniel! We're at the gate. We'll be home in a sec, and Doc'll soon get you sorted!"
or
"Crap! The batteries are out in my torch! Carter, gimme yours!"