Day 231 - Going off the Reservation
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mag7wrimoDail is still off having Adventures in Real Life, and I'm going to do something different from my usual links to writing stuff. I'm going to pose a question, a question about - crossovers.
In our AUs, we crossover into other universes a lot, if not with the characters themselves (Sentinel, NCIS, Stargates, Star Treks, et cetera) then with the universes (Firefly, Startgates, Treks, et cetera). What qualities in another show do we find attractive enough to want to put our boys into it or mix them up in it?
For me, it's either the characters themselves or some quality to the universe - usually a threat (the Wraith, the Alliance) - that I'd like to see our boys have to deal with. I was reading a Lone Ranger comic this morning (the joys of being the comic buyer for a local bookstore) and I was pleasantly surprised at how very well done it was, both in setting, history, and characterization. I'm having very serious thoughts about how TLR and Tonto - a Kiowa - would interact with the seven, especially in a situation that put them on 'the same side' if not working together.
I've also had thoughts and discussions with others about a crossover with The Wild Wild West (Artemus Gorden, meet Ezra Standish. Jim West, give Chris Larabee your tailer's name. Or maybe just your pants. Ella Gaines and Dr. Lovelace?). That's both character and universe (um, Steampunk Seven????)
What draws you to a crossover, either as a writer or a reader? What do you want to see in our seven?
In our AUs, we crossover into other universes a lot, if not with the characters themselves (Sentinel, NCIS, Stargates, Star Treks, et cetera) then with the universes (Firefly, Startgates, Treks, et cetera). What qualities in another show do we find attractive enough to want to put our boys into it or mix them up in it?
For me, it's either the characters themselves or some quality to the universe - usually a threat (the Wraith, the Alliance) - that I'd like to see our boys have to deal with. I was reading a Lone Ranger comic this morning (the joys of being the comic buyer for a local bookstore) and I was pleasantly surprised at how very well done it was, both in setting, history, and characterization. I'm having very serious thoughts about how TLR and Tonto - a Kiowa - would interact with the seven, especially in a situation that put them on 'the same side' if not working together.
I've also had thoughts and discussions with others about a crossover with The Wild Wild West (Artemus Gorden, meet Ezra Standish. Jim West, give Chris Larabee your tailer's name. Or maybe just your pants. Ella Gaines and Dr. Lovelace?). That's both character and universe (um, Steampunk Seven????)
What draws you to a crossover, either as a writer or a reader? What do you want to see in our seven?
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Date: 2012-08-19 02:52 pm (UTC)Poor JD would be so antsy if Rafael, Mano, and Chris were all hanging out together in the saloon. *g* But seriously hot, yeah? It makes me wish I were a fan artist and could draw those three together. Barring that, I'd love a fic that went there!
My Carny story! I really want to finish that one, but I don't think I have a muse. It's just me, and I'm hard to motivate sometimes, even for me. I must put this fic on my To Do list: add to Scrivener, which might help provide the impetus to get back to it.
Jeremiah is a great universe for post-apocalyptic fans, which I am a card-carrying member of. It'd require juggling the Mag7 guys' ages to slide them into Jeremiah, but I have actually put some thought into that; basically, they'd have to be all closer in age than in canon (because in Jeremiah, everyone "over the age of puberty" died, so the guys would have to be within ~13 years of each other).
Excellent points about the Pegasus dystopia resembling the worlds of FS, Jeremiah, and Firefly. I can see from there how the Wraith would spark ideas that could be translated to the Mag7 world. If you ever wrote it, it goes without saying I'd read it. :)
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Date: 2012-08-19 06:29 pm (UTC)And I do actively encourage you to think on the Carny story (I've got to get Scrivener, don't I; Van likes it too). let me know if I can help in the motivation department . . . *g*