Get yer crossovers here!

[kerravonsen]

Well, I have taken the plunge, and signed up for Multiverse 2005.
I kept on changing my mind about my requests -- except for the first one, which is very appealing in an insane way... I know that I couldn't do it justice, but it could be quite fun if done right... But of course, true to the eclecticness of my tastes, my three requests covered six fandoms between them. No, I didn't request any triple-crossovers, that would be too much to ask for, I think -- though, oddly enough, I ended up with a triple crossover being written for me last year, as the writer actually fulfilled two out of my three requests (except now I can't remember why my original third request was now...)

I am not going to even wonder about what I might get assigned. I shall find out in due course -- and in the meantime, I need to do, yes, I need to do research for my Multi-Fandom Lyric Wheel story.

Actually, I need to go to bed and sleep first. And then work all day, and then get home too tired to do research, but...
Well, at least I typed up the scribble I have so far. Fortunately the original 150 words I wrote probably only need a little tweaking to fit the new story, which means I've got almost 300 words! Only 450 more to go... (sigh) Yes, I really need to do that research.

Comments

[mistraltoes.livejournal.com]

I should be truly evil and request John (TP) & Stargate. :-)

[kerravonsen]

You can't -- Tomorrow People isn't on the list. Presumably not popular enough, or also doesn't qualify as space-based.

[kerravonsen]

If you're curious, here are some of the things that I did NOT request:
- Avon & Samantha Carter
- Leela & Cally
- Avon & The Doctor
- Spock & Jack O'Neill
- Soolin / Mal
- Roj Blake & Miles Vorkosigan
- Obi-Wan & The Doctor
- Miles Vorkosigan & Han Solo

[mistraltoes.livejournal.com]

- Avon & Samantha Carter

I would've liked that. Also the Doctor, but which one? And you've made me long for Soolin & O'Neill. Or Yoda & Cally. ::eg::

[kerravonsen]

Avon & Samantha Carter
I would've liked that.
Yeah, so would I, they could problem-solve together; but I kept on thinking of other ideas, and that one got bounced to #4 after all my second-and-third-guessing. Likewise the Avon & The Doctor one kept on being on the list and off it again (only three choices!) and I ended up not having any Avon at all... 8-(

My first choice, as I said above, remained there all through my dithering. It was an evil choice which I couldn't write properly, but could be very amusing if done well.

But the other two kept on getting chopped and changed, because I was trying to think of things that not only would I like seeing, but that had a sort of sparkage which would be likely to inspire more people... and there was another SG1 crossover that I chose instead, but now I'm having second thoughts again, oh well, too late.

I suspect it's going to be hard enough to match someone who can do one of my requests, let alone have a choice between them.

Also the Doctor, but which one?
I don't much care, any of them would have been interesting.

And you've made me long for Soolin & O'Neill.
Ah, now that would be interesting. More interesting than Soolin/Mal, I think.
Well, is it too late to make that one of your requests?

Or Yoda & Cally.
Well... I didn't request Yoda & Cally, but I did request something similar...

[mistraltoes.livejournal.com]

[And you've made me long for Soolin & O'Neill.]
Ah, now that would be interesting. More interesting than Soolin/Mal, I think.
Well, is it too late to make that one of your requests?

I'll do that - *if* I sign up. First I want to get the Lyric Wheel fic done, and the Jarriere fic at least plotted; there's no point in digging a bigger hole until I know I can get out of the one I've already dug. Then I have to figure out what three space fandoms to risk saying I can write! There's B7 and, um... well, I'd probably go for Stargate SG-1 and Red Dwarf, but I've only seen the first five seasons of SG-1 and I've only got the first six seasons of Red Dwarf on DVD, so if I got Maybourne or something like that, I'd be messed up. :-(

[kerravonsen]

Don't worry about Stargate, my personal canon only extends to the first five seasons anyway. I've seen selected bits of season 6, and while I did get season 7, I only recently viewed them (and some I didn't bother with yet), and I haven't seen any of season 8 at all, and not likely to very soon anyway. The beauty of this is that nobody can request when the story is set, so even if someone asked for Maybourne, you could simply have an early Maybourne. The only one you're likely to have problems with is Jonas, and you could simply say, in your "I can't write" bit, that you can't write Jonas because you've only seen the first 5 seasons. But, seriously, the likelihood of someone asking for a Stargate crossover with someone other than the original members of SG-1 is fairly tiny, I think.

And, likewise, with Red Dwarf, people are going to be asking for Rimmer, Lister, Cat, Holly or Kryten, and you aren't going to have any problems with that.

And you may end up with a situation like I did last year, where I hadn't put down Farscape or Hitchhikers as my writable fandoms, but ended up writing a FS/HHGG crossover because doing Ford/Zhaan had more appeal than Leela/Cally (ugh, not femslash!) or Leia/Teal'c (which, while theoretically interesting, did not at all intrigue me).

[mistraltoes.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Of course, if one hasn't seen past S5, one doesn't know there's a Jonas to say one can't write him. :-)

Of course in theory I ought to be able to write B5, Crusade, Andromeda, Doctor Who, and all the Treks, but I have no reference material for Trek, and on the others I'd have to rewatch a lot. So it just depends on how much time I can free up by finishing the other ficathons, etc.

Er... and then I have to remember to sign up. Ought to make myself a note somewhere...

[kerravonsen]

Yes, do. 8-)