Suspension of disbelief, or things that make you go huh?

[ECSNorway]

Matrix Dragon wrote:

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Ha, that fic's a funny idea alright.

When it comes to technology, or the lack thereof at times, I think the real difficult part isn't just adjusting it to fit the setting, but doing it in a way that doesn't turn into a pointless infodump. I mean, I'm a fan of the Honor Harrington books, but several pages of explanation on a minor side topic is going too far in the other direction You have to find the middle ground.

This. I got into a huge argument with some people on SV over the last episode of my own fanfic on this. They wanted more detail about the worldbuilding and why Nanoha wasn't just going "Maximum blastage" on the bad guys. And I felt that what they were asking for would be little more than an infodump.
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