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mare:
I always considered my story Separate Ways as an AU because of the fictional family I created for him. Even though he's a BSB that's the only thing that was real in that one & since that's the crux of the plot to me it's what made it an AU. But I think I didn't label it that because I knew it was only AU in my head lol

As for reviews, my AUs get far less reviews then my other stuff.

I have written two AU series and they were fun but I think overall I enjoy reading and writing the non AU stuff more. Since what draws me to read fanfics about the boys is their brotherly bond so I tend to only be interested in reading AUs where the boys are brothers or related etc... On the Rails is the one exception for me. I LOVED that story! And wish it would be updated one day lol

RokofAges75:
I would say anytime you're making major changes to the canon, or the way things are in real life, besides the fictional plot of the story, it could qualify as an AU.  In any fanfic, there are going to be things that aren't really true or haven't really happened to them - Nick didn't die and come back as a ghost, neither did he get kidnapped by a psycho fan, neither did Brian carve MINE into his flesh, neither did they all get into a plane crash and pick bot flies out of Jordan Knight's brain - but that's what makes it fiction.  In all of those stories, they were still The Backstreet Boys, and the rest of their universe was pretty much as it is in real life.  Even when you're writing about real events, like Steph with Running Up That Hill or Hannah with Borrowed Time, you're still taking creative liberties on some things, fictionalizing conversations and scenes that probably didn't really happen because there's no way to know how it all went down exactly.  But the guys are still clearly themselves, the Backstreet Boys, in those stories too.  I don't consider any of those AU.

Obviously, if they're not famous singers, that's AU, but I agree with Mare that even if you keep that aspect, but make huge changes in other aspects of their lives (like making them all brothers), that could be considered AU.  With Tracy's example of replacing their real families with fictional ones, I think that could be considered AU too, but it's definitely walking a fine line.  In Steph's story Rewind, Nick had a fictional wife and kids (but he was also older, so that was Future Nick's family), but his past fit the canon, so I never thought of that one as an AU.

RokofAges75:
Also, I use the word "canon" for lack of a better term, but I think "canon" is really a term that better applies to non-real-person fanfics.  Real people's lives are always changing, so the "canon" changes constantly too.  I think it's easier to know what's considered canon and what's not when there's only a set amount of material to base it on, like with a book series, TV show, movie, etc.  It either happened, or it didn't, so I think it's easier to decide whether something qualifies as AU or not.

For those stories in our fandom where it's hard to decide, it's just down to however the author sees it and chooses to label it.  There's really no right or wrong answer; it's a matter of interpretation .

FrickingKaos:
Thanks for the explanation Julie :) I was wondering because in Weird World I gave Brian a fictional girlfriend and Nick one. But I think that should be ok cause Brian wasn't married yet.

mare:
Yeah, I think AU is really in the eye of the beholder. There are some stories that aren't labeled as AUs that in my head I see as an AU like Hawk and a Handsaw, Julilly. I do see that one as an AU for some reason lol I also kind of see Ritz's Other Side one as an AU too. Ones that the plot outweighs the realism of the BSB just being five guys in a group that have random things happen to them.

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