frankly, I think if it's got a fandom, there's probably people wanting to write crime-based plots for it.
Yes! If it's not an investigative fandom on the face of it, there are more genre issues to think about (omg HARD, as you can see by the non-appearance of that Marlow crossover I keep talking about), but then genre-crossing is fun. And stress is always a good way to show character and progress relationships quickly.
(Speaking of improbable technology, I really want the CSI labs' graphics setup. PRETTY. I would use it for watching giant displays of TV shows, not solving crime, but never mind that!)
Are there certain shows which lend themselves more to a particular type of crime?
With Due South, at least, I find myself wanting more of the sort of crimes we see on the show - not unimportant or without emotional effects, but treated with about the same level of heaviness and harrowingness (if that was a word) as a murder in a Dorothy Sayers novel. The grittier, harrowing fics can be wonderful, too, but they kick me out of the happy place the show usually sends me to. (Though of course, sometimes that's exactly what I'm in the mood for.)
Yes! If it's not an investigative fandom on the face of it, there are more genre issues to think about (omg HARD, as you can see by the non-appearance of that Marlow crossover I keep talking about), but then genre-crossing is fun. And stress is always a good way to show character and progress relationships quickly.
(Speaking of improbable technology, I really want the CSI labs' graphics setup. PRETTY. I would use it for watching giant displays of TV shows, not solving crime, but never mind that!)
Are there certain shows which lend themselves more to a particular type of crime?
With Due South, at least, I find myself wanting more of the sort of crimes we see on the show - not unimportant or without emotional effects, but treated with about the same level of heaviness and harrowingness (if that was a word) as a murder in a Dorothy Sayers novel. The grittier, harrowing fics can be wonderful, too, but they kick me out of the happy place the show usually sends me to. (Though of course, sometimes that's exactly what I'm in the mood for.)
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