I think it's partly that, but I tend to assume that people *do* know them - for me, I think it's more that I go "ooh, plot" because otherwise I can't envisage why the characters would meet. Apparently when it comes to these things, I suddenly start worrying about realism ;)
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Date: 2009-02-19 11:43 am (UTC)I think it's partly that, but I tend to assume that people *do* know them - for me, I think it's more that I go "ooh, plot" because otherwise I can't envisage why the characters would meet. Apparently when it comes to these things, I suddenly start worrying about realism ;)