Crossovers.

[rogueslayer452]

Sometimes I wished fandom fucked with crossovers more like it used to. *

Maybe I'm not looking in the right places since I know it stills happens, it's just that I remember when fandom crossovers were a massive thing especially during my early days in fandom. Yeah, fanfic fusion AUs exist, but it's not the same. There would be fanworks of various kinds where alternate universes featuring different fictional worlds would visit each other, either already existed in or created a kind of wormhole or portal to go into each other's world. It didn't need to make sense, it just needed to be like "how would these characters from this story interact with these others from this other story?" and that's that. But I rarely see those kinds of fanworks anymore, at least not in the way that it used to thrive in fandom spaces. I only see aspects of it now among the cdrama fandom. Of course, this is mere speculation on my part, I kinda theorize that the rise and fall of SuperWhoLock sort of got people to shy away from doing crossovers in such a way, because it was viewed as "cringe" since it was everywhere and dominated a lot of the fandomsphere especially on Tumblr. Which would be a shame if that were true. There is something amazing and uniquely fannish about crossovers, whether it be fanfiction, fanart, fanvids, or classic image manips, it's always been interesting to see the kinds of creativity fandom can come up with. You might not always know the fandoms in question, but it's nice to see people having fun.

(* I'm including myself in this as well, since I had once created some crossover fanworks in the past but have also unfortunately fallen off that wagon and need to get back on.)

Comments

[elizalavelle]

Oh man, I remember reading some random Buffy fics where they were dropped in with other shows, some were terrible and some were fantastic but it almost always was fun.

I liked seeing people having more fun in fannish spaces and just being happier there. It's always nice when I find a fandom where the vibe feels nostalgic.

[rogueslayer452]

Same here, whether I was reading or just seeing people doing manip graphics back in the day, it was something absolutely amazing to see people having fun exploring the different ways and possibilities two separate canon universes could interact, no matter whether it was something serious or just indulging in some silly shenanigans.

I liked seeing people having more fun in fannish spaces and just being happier there. It's always nice when I find a fandom where the vibe feels nostalgic.

Yeah, it's always a blessing whenever you come across that feeling. :)

[author_by_night]

The thing with Buffyverse is, parallel universes are canon, so proper crossovers actually make sense. I'm actually hemming and hawing on one myself.

[elizalavelle]

Write it :) What crossover are you thinking of?

[author_by_night]

This is the silliest combo pack of a crossover ever, but Schitt's Creek. Not sure if you ever finished watching, but one of the characters makes a reference to "farm witches" and I can't help but Go There. So the farm witches are Tara and Willow. There aren't any vampires in the 'verse, but there may be demons.

Also, that same character reminds me a bit of Cordelia in Angelverse, in terms of a formerly spoiled character who has to learn how to actually be a good person.

[elizalavelle]

Haven't watched all of it but I'm delighted by Willow and Tara as farm witches.

I guess it's Alexis?