Same thing as with Cloud Atlas -- some shifts are from explicit fiction to implied reality. I wonder why it jars in print but not film?
(In general I am very curious about what we accept as viable fiction and what we don't: the yellow taxi question, I call it. Interesting discussion the other night in which I said that crossover fanfic, say Harry and Buffy feels wrong to me, because they are different worlds. But to fyrie that's fine, but changing the date of Harry's birth is totally wrong. Whereas to me, meh.)
There are established facts (Harry's birthdate) and then there are reader assumptions (Dumbledore is straight, Harry and Buffy live in different worlds). Unless there's a canon reason why the two of them must not be in the same world, I can't see a problem with it.
Oh it's totally subjective -- it's why some people just can't get on with science fiction or fantasy because it can't exist in our world. By the same token, crossover just doesn't make sense to me.
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