OH, I get it now! Okay. No, I've never done that. I've always watched/read the canon first, then got into the fandom. Unless it's a multi-media fandom. Then I may only know part of it's entire canon. For example, LotR is one of my fandoms, but only the movie side of it. Or in Who I only know recent canon (2005 and on). Though I have read fics here and there in fandoms I didn't know. Like if I'm reading an X-Files fic by an author I like and, like you said, then read another fic by her that's set in a universe I don't know, like Due South. But that's not really getting *into* the fandom, you know? Just dabbling. lol

And i haven't read the ST fic either. Sounds rather interesting though. And how familiar are you with Stargate canon? I might have a challenge. lol