ATTF: Crossovers and Fusions

[scribble_myname]

So with MCU set in the real world, just expanded a little bit, and our favorite actor and actress doing plenty of other movies that inspire folks to want to imagine them as covers for Clint and Natasha, this is a pairing that frequently makes me poke around the crossover/fusion side of fics

Comments

[geckoholic]

So crossovers aren't for me, and I'm really very picky with fusions. Basically, the more I love the fusion source canon, the less I want it fiddled with? There's nothing that makes me click out of a summary faster than the words 'Pacific Rim AU', for example, instant nope. If it's a theme I find interesting but am not at all fannish about, I might go for movie fusions though. I've written and/or attempted a few of those in the past, and there are two on my to-write-list for the immediate future, actually. One of them, indeed, with our assassins. Heh. XD

[alphaflyer]

I'm still not entirely certain about the difference between crossover and fusion. I mean, I know what it's supposed to be, but to me the distinction is kind of on the level of how-many-angels-can-dance-on-the-head-of-a-pin level. But that's probably fandom heresy, so pretend I didn't say that ... ;-) Look forward to your fusion. Any hint as to what the other verse is?

[geckoholic]

To me it's pretty much "crossover mixes characters from different canons" vs. "fusion replaces characters from one canon with characters from another canon and puts them in their shoes". Or, in less complicated terms: if the original canon charas are still there too, it's crossover, if not, it's fusion. That's how ~I learned it, at least. XD

It's a movie: misfired romance and memory erasure? Hehe.

[scribble_myname]

I'm just picky. I'll read anything if you sell me, but how hard do you have to sell me! I get it. I used to just ignore the whole genre.

[geckoholic]

I got into it via movie/reel challenges. My first fusion was SPN/Se7en and SO MUCH FUN to write. XD But yeah, it has to be done well, and right, in order to get me to read it.