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thefourthvine) wrote2008-04-25 08:14 pm
thefourthvine) wrote2008-04-25 08:14 pm
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Poll: Crossovers, Oh My
Recently, I was moderately flabbergasted to come upon a Highlander x Yami no Matsuei crossover. I had one of those moments of staring blankly at the computer screen, trying to figure out if I had experienced a sudden linguistic disconnect, and maybe in this language "Highlander x Yami no Matsuei crossover" actually meant "now we all get cake" or something, because surely such a thing, defined as I understood it, was totally impossible.
And then I read it, and realized that, no, it isn't impossible, and I was forced once again to reflect on the fact that Highlander seems to be a fandom that is just very open to crossovers. I know that's partly because, hey, you've got 5,000 years of mostly unfilled Methos backstory, and who is to say he didn't pick up a young Christopher Keller in a gay bar? He could have! He could also have spent fifteen years traveling around with Doctor Who. I mean, it's not like he'd necessarily bring either of those things up in conversation. But also, just, the Highlander universe seems to be unusually smooshy - it is totally willing to cozy up to, maybe even move in with, other canons, as I'm reminded every time the HL newsletter comes out and most of the new stories are crossovers.
Naturally, I got to wondering: what other fandoms are particularly crossover-friendly? And that led, inevitably, to thoughts of those fandoms that are much, much harder to work into crossovers. Which led to thoughts of AUs, which in turn took me to a terrifying meta place, and Best Beloved had to come talk me down. "How about a poll?" she said. "Polls are fun! And, also, you can probably finish one before you fall asleep." (Whereas with actual meta - at the rate I'm currently finishing stuff, I'd have it ready for posting in, um, 2012 or thereabouts, assuming no delays for rain.)
So perhaps you would like to write my meta for me? I offer ticky boxes as incentive!
[Poll #1177790]
And then I read it, and realized that, no, it isn't impossible, and I was forced once again to reflect on the fact that Highlander seems to be a fandom that is just very open to crossovers. I know that's partly because, hey, you've got 5,000 years of mostly unfilled Methos backstory, and who is to say he didn't pick up a young Christopher Keller in a gay bar? He could have! He could also have spent fifteen years traveling around with Doctor Who. I mean, it's not like he'd necessarily bring either of those things up in conversation. But also, just, the Highlander universe seems to be unusually smooshy - it is totally willing to cozy up to, maybe even move in with, other canons, as I'm reminded every time the HL newsletter comes out and most of the new stories are crossovers.
Naturally, I got to wondering: what other fandoms are particularly crossover-friendly? And that led, inevitably, to thoughts of those fandoms that are much, much harder to work into crossovers. Which led to thoughts of AUs, which in turn took me to a terrifying meta place, and Best Beloved had to come talk me down. "How about a poll?" she said. "Polls are fun! And, also, you can probably finish one before you fall asleep." (Whereas with actual meta - at the rate I'm currently finishing stuff, I'd have it ready for posting in, um, 2012 or thereabouts, assuming no delays for rain.)
So perhaps you would like to write my meta for me? I offer ticky boxes as incentive!
[Poll #1177790]
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I realize that I should recognize the fandom crossed over with HP in that example, but I totally don't. Um. Help? I want to appreciate the awesomeness, but it's hard without knowing both fandoms!
*slinks away shame-facedly*
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MY shame is that is was the worlds BIGGEST fangirl for this show, back in the mid 60s when it originally ran. I believe that would be just before I went mad for all the SPY shows that came along soon after.
In the interest of further disclosure, you should know you are talking to someone who once wrote an implied slash story about Andy and Barney from The Andy Griffith Show. Heh.
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In the interest of further disclosure, you should know you are talking to someone who once wrote an implied slash story about Andy and Barney from The Andy Griffith Show. Heh.
Some are born to slash fandom. *nods wisely* I myself was slashing Powell and Donovan from I, Robot before I turned ten.
(Is The Andy Griffith Show the one that had Opie in it?)
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That story was my humorous entry to a zine (yes, the old paper kind!) my clone did in...the 90s or so. The premise was that some people had gotten together and bought a small town in the Northwest to, basically, re-engineer it as a gay friendly community. They had placed an ad seeking a police chief and staff, and she had gotten friend to write stories about assorted slashy cops considering the pros and cons of applying for the job. Off the top of my head we had Dirty Harry, Starsky and Hutch, my story with Andy and Barney, the security guy from the anime Patalirro...I forget who all else.
Now that she is almost officially retired and doesn't have to worry about the school board anymore, we can begin to think about our idea of finding the old zines and RETYPING them (some of them pre-date even 5 1/4 floppies) into HTML and posting them online. That zine is one that I think people would really like to be able to read again.