That's a completely different question...We were talking about canon, which is not situational. LOL. My thought process has seldom been refered to as linear...or on task.
I like your rule which may explain in part why I love your fic. I'm sure the rule reads much, much simpler than it is to follow. The research must be fun, though! *grin*
I read a lot of different types of fic, even laugh myself through a lot of the crack. But the fic I love and return to again and again is the well written, in character future fics. While I see the series ending differently than others, I love that it left us with so many possibilities.
Don't kill yourself looking, but I would like to see the meta on how real they are if you find it! *mumbles under breath a last time, "perfect"*