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List 10 fandoms/movies/television shows in no particular order. Once you have done that, click on the cut-tagbelow and answer the questions.
1. Angel
2. West Wing
3. Dollhouse
4. Mad Men
5. Buffy
6. BSG
7. TVD
8. Weeds
9. Dexter
10. Chuck
1. Give a likely scenario of what would happen if #3 and #7 were combined in some fashion.
I would run around squawking with joy for a while! But I'm not sure it would change things so much for either of them, as the central issue of mindwiping is present in both. (OH ANDIE, I hope you get to kick Damon's ass in S3!)
But the potential conflict/alliances between the casts are brilliant. Because Adelle pwns everyone, but SO DOES KLAUS. IT WOULD BE A CLASH OF THE TITANS, AN EPIC BATTLE FOR THE AGES. Adelle would win because - OH LORD HELP ME - she would take Elijah out of the Attic. Dom and Alaric would be BAMF buddies. And oh, please tell me Damon and Topher would have to try to get along. Katherine would break in and try to imprint herself with all kinds of enhancements, and it's fun for a girl and a boy, because Alpha would spend the whole time scheming to be turned.
OH LORD THIS CROSSOVER. SEND HELP.
2. What crossover pairings might occur if #6 and #10 were combined?
It's almost too clear that Lee would have a thing for Sarah, though she only has eyes for Chuck as far as I can tell. So he would mack on Ellie, because of his compulsive drive to be a piece on the side. Except that wouldn't work out either, so he'd probably end up sitting in Castle and sulking. Anna Wu and Kat! Helo and Awesome would be bros, even though he's nowhere near as awesome as Awesome.
the million-dollar question is: ROSLIN/CASEY, OR ROSLIN/BECKMAN?
3. Deathmatch! #1 vs. #8!
The Weeds gang are pretty pathetic compared to W&H and AI. Nancy would probably form an alliance with Lilah tout suite. Shane would be a decent antagonist, though.
4. You have to kill of 2 characters in #5, what characters from #2 would you replace them with?
ha, as if I need to step in and kill some characters for Joss BECAUSE HE WOULD NEVER. um, Giles can bite it if I can have more Toby. and there cannot be Toby without Sam! later, Angel.
I love how this is pretty much turning into Screw-Marry-Cliff. what the hell, hit me.
5. You have to give up one forever. It never existed and never will. Choose between #4 and #9.
sorry, Dex.
6. Using actors from #6, replace them with actors from #3 and vice versa. If one or both fandoms are book-related? Cast actors for the roles instead.
lol! TAHMOH PENIKETT AS PAUL BALLARD, IT WILL BE GROUNDBREAKING! but really. This is a hard one to do because Dollhouse is so much an answer to BSG in a lot of ways, which in turn has a lot of overlap with AtS (and so much genre of the last decade has been
influenced by Buffy to some degree); then the actors were so influential on the characters on both shows.
Except not that hard, because this has become a list! I know James Callis could be Topher in his sleep, and Fran Kranz would have been an adorable Billy; Tricia Helfer could be Sierra, and Dichen Lachman would be a fabulous Six; MM could be Adelle (and if I had to replace her as Laura, it'd probably be with Olivia Williams). Alexis Denisof as ANYONE EVER, FLAWLESS ACTOR, he can be Sharon as far as I am concerned, but the idea of him as Zarek is blowing me away. (RIM SHOT.)
ummm, Enver as Felix would have been really quite something, as, in turn, would be Jamie Bamber as Victor, I can just see him making that disturbingly trusting Doll-face. El Tudyk is a bit young for Cavil, but he's SO AWESOME it would work. To the point where he might turn me into, if not a political Cylon sympathizer, then at least someone with a bit of sympathy for them. (I can't even believe how much the manipulation and false equivalence puts me on Team Kick Their Ass. I can't. Which Dollhouse took so much care not to do, I really can't help seeing it as part of the same conversation.)
7. Using 2 characters from each, #8 and #5, create a spinoff show/sequel. Which verse will it be set in?
Andy and Doug are on the run from the law and they meet up with Andrew and Jonathan in Mexico. Wacky Guillermo-dodging hijinks ensue. I don't actually want to pick a 'verse, though, I want Agrestic to be built on a Hellmouth faultline and for that to explain everything.
8. #9 and #7 are crossed over - which characters would adapt the best, which the worst?
AHAHA, Dexter and Damon would see right the fuck through each other and NOBODY ELSE WOULD BELIEVE THEM. Except they'd probably reluctantly team up to go after Klaus, whose Evil Scheme probably involves mass mayhem and also, I devoutly hope, Stefan being coerced into a new career as a Cher impersonator. I'VE BEEN AN ANGEL ALL YEAR, SANTA BABY. Damon and Deb would get along like a house on fire, though. (Um.)
9. One will never end, choose between #10 and #1.
I want to say #1 because as much as I like Chuck, it doesn't have the chops to pull at my heartstrings half so much as AtS. But something that good has to have an expiration date, whereas all I expect from Chuck is for it to be good screwball fun, with a wistful side story here and
there to keep me invested. If I could have a S6 of either, it would be AtS, but I think Chuck is the one that could go on forever.
10. Choose two characters from each, # 2 and #4, they have to switch verses and take up the causes of the others. What happens?
STERLING COOPER TOTALLY WORKS FOR THE RITCHIE CAMPAIGN. THAT IS ALL.
List 10 fandoms/movies/television shows in no particular order. Once you have done that, click on the cut-tagbelow and answer the questions.
1. Angel
2. West Wing
3. Dollhouse
4. Mad Men
5. Buffy
6. BSG
7. TVD
8. Weeds
9. Dexter
10. Chuck
1. Give a likely scenario of what would happen if #3 and #7 were combined in some fashion.
I would run around squawking with joy for a while! But I'm not sure it would change things so much for either of them, as the central issue of mindwiping is present in both. (OH ANDIE, I hope you get to kick Damon's ass in S3!)
But the potential conflict/alliances between the casts are brilliant. Because Adelle pwns everyone, but SO DOES KLAUS. IT WOULD BE A CLASH OF THE TITANS, AN EPIC BATTLE FOR THE AGES. Adelle would win because - OH LORD HELP ME - she would take Elijah out of the Attic. Dom and Alaric would be BAMF buddies. And oh, please tell me Damon and Topher would have to try to get along. Katherine would break in and try to imprint herself with all kinds of enhancements, and it's fun for a girl and a boy, because Alpha would spend the whole time scheming to be turned.
OH LORD THIS CROSSOVER. SEND HELP.
2. What crossover pairings might occur if #6 and #10 were combined?
It's almost too clear that Lee would have a thing for Sarah, though she only has eyes for Chuck as far as I can tell. So he would mack on Ellie, because of his compulsive drive to be a piece on the side. Except that wouldn't work out either, so he'd probably end up sitting in Castle and sulking. Anna Wu and Kat! Helo and Awesome would be bros, even though he's nowhere near as awesome as Awesome.
the million-dollar question is: ROSLIN/CASEY, OR ROSLIN/BECKMAN?
3. Deathmatch! #1 vs. #8!
The Weeds gang are pretty pathetic compared to W&H and AI. Nancy would probably form an alliance with Lilah tout suite. Shane would be a decent antagonist, though.
4. You have to kill of 2 characters in #5, what characters from #2 would you replace them with?
ha, as if I need to step in and kill some characters for Joss BECAUSE HE WOULD NEVER. um, Giles can bite it if I can have more Toby. and there cannot be Toby without Sam! later, Angel.
I love how this is pretty much turning into Screw-Marry-Cliff. what the hell, hit me.
5. You have to give up one forever. It never existed and never will. Choose between #4 and #9.
sorry, Dex.
6. Using actors from #6, replace them with actors from #3 and vice versa. If one or both fandoms are book-related? Cast actors for the roles instead.
lol! TAHMOH PENIKETT AS PAUL BALLARD, IT WILL BE GROUNDBREAKING! but really. This is a hard one to do because Dollhouse is so much an answer to BSG in a lot of ways, which in turn has a lot of overlap with AtS (and so much genre of the last decade has been
influenced by Buffy to some degree); then the actors were so influential on the characters on both shows.
Except not that hard, because this has become a list! I know James Callis could be Topher in his sleep, and Fran Kranz would have been an adorable Billy; Tricia Helfer could be Sierra, and Dichen Lachman would be a fabulous Six; MM could be Adelle (and if I had to replace her as Laura, it'd probably be with Olivia Williams). Alexis Denisof as ANYONE EVER, FLAWLESS ACTOR, he can be Sharon as far as I am concerned, but the idea of him as Zarek is blowing me away. (RIM SHOT.)
ummm, Enver as Felix would have been really quite something, as, in turn, would be Jamie Bamber as Victor, I can just see him making that disturbingly trusting Doll-face. El Tudyk is a bit young for Cavil, but he's SO AWESOME it would work. To the point where he might turn me into, if not a political Cylon sympathizer, then at least someone with a bit of sympathy for them. (I can't even believe how much the manipulation and false equivalence puts me on Team Kick Their Ass. I can't. Which Dollhouse took so much care not to do, I really can't help seeing it as part of the same conversation.)
7. Using 2 characters from each, #8 and #5, create a spinoff show/sequel. Which verse will it be set in?
Andy and Doug are on the run from the law and they meet up with Andrew and Jonathan in Mexico. Wacky Guillermo-dodging hijinks ensue. I don't actually want to pick a 'verse, though, I want Agrestic to be built on a Hellmouth faultline and for that to explain everything.
8. #9 and #7 are crossed over - which characters would adapt the best, which the worst?
AHAHA, Dexter and Damon would see right the fuck through each other and NOBODY ELSE WOULD BELIEVE THEM. Except they'd probably reluctantly team up to go after Klaus, whose Evil Scheme probably involves mass mayhem and also, I devoutly hope, Stefan being coerced into a new career as a Cher impersonator. I'VE BEEN AN ANGEL ALL YEAR, SANTA BABY. Damon and Deb would get along like a house on fire, though. (Um.)
9. One will never end, choose between #10 and #1.
I want to say #1 because as much as I like Chuck, it doesn't have the chops to pull at my heartstrings half so much as AtS. But something that good has to have an expiration date, whereas all I expect from Chuck is for it to be good screwball fun, with a wistful side story here and
there to keep me invested. If I could have a S6 of either, it would be AtS, but I think Chuck is the one that could go on forever.
10. Choose two characters from each, # 2 and #4, they have to switch verses and take up the causes of the others. What happens?
STERLING COOPER TOTALLY WORKS FOR THE RITCHIE CAMPAIGN. THAT IS ALL.