For me it's a lot like you - bad grammar, punctuation, and spelling, with no effort to have a beta. I understand were some rules can be bent or ignored at times, but they should be known and followed. I've stopped reading stories because of too many spelling mistakes, etc.
People definitely should have a working knowledge of canon, but unless it's a glaring error, it's not necessarily a bad thing.
Pairings - I'm flexible ... my favourite pair for Criminal Minds would be Hotch/Morgan or Morgan/Prentiss, but I'm not adverse to reading others - that would depend on the story.
Just reading some of the other comments, which made me realize another peeve: inflicting weaknesses on characters - having the males become the damsels in distress (like Reid, or Blair Sandburg in The Sentinel) - everyone has a breaking point and good fiction will work with that to 'heal' the character (ie Hotch with Foyet now)... but making the character seem overall weak as person, no. Ever character in CM is strong, and don't need to seen as a baby in need of babysitting and saving.
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People definitely should have a working knowledge of canon, but unless it's a glaring error, it's not necessarily a bad thing.
Pairings - I'm flexible ... my favourite pair for Criminal Minds would be Hotch/Morgan or Morgan/Prentiss, but I'm not adverse to reading others - that would depend on the story.
Just reading some of the other comments, which made me realize another peeve: inflicting weaknesses on characters - having the males become the damsels in distress (like Reid, or Blair Sandburg in The Sentinel) - everyone has a breaking point and good fiction will work with that to 'heal' the character (ie Hotch with Foyet now)... but making the character seem overall weak as person, no. Ever character in CM is strong, and don't need to seen as a baby in need of babysitting and saving.