little things like cultural context

Hey, so you know what's awesome about A:TLA? THE UNIVERSE!! I have little use for out-of-universe AUs because omg, why would you AU a premise like that?! This is no Star Trek or SGA or Merlin, okay; hybrid animals or no, A:TLA is not that kind of crackfest. The cultural context is there. Divorcing that from fanworks isn't creating an AU so much as it is dissecting away the skeleton, the skin, the beating heart of the show.

( and I am so preaching to the choir here, but. )