Quote Originally Posted by Aliquid View Post
I am able to put aside many geographical errors when looking at maps, and just say to myself that the fantasy world has different rules... but there are things I can't let slide, like "Hey... you know that map of your world? Look at that river. It would have to run uphill at some point to get to that destination."
If a setting apparently has different rules, then I start looking at where those other rules would apply, and if it's not consistent and coherent, then I figure that it's not a matter of different rules, it's a matter of bad worldbuilding or an author who simply didn't give a... dang.