i *am* talking in general - like i said, my historical button got pushed. and i suspect a lot of the things i complain about are going to be a 'ymmv' sort of thing.

and i never did get around to reading alpha and omega - i'll have to go look it. thing is, so many historical AUs tend to be soldier/slave fic, and i get irritated enough at the wide-spread presence of my pet peeves that i'm almost in a knee-jerk rejection mode of roman-era AUs these days.

thanks for telling me more about it - makes me *more* interested in reading it. i'll be sure to check it out.

wrt to liking/ not liking a particular story - i don't believe every story needs to cater to me. i also know my particular likes are not a fandom wide thing. i'm happy to be picky, but you don't need to feel like you've failed in some way if i really don't like something. i've never been one to equate 'it's not my thing' to 'yuck, bad writing! (or bad research)'

-bs