But crossover is the finest form of fanfic!
Only two out of eleven of you who responded to my last post said that you read crossovers, and only three said fusions. I am outraged! Horrified and hurt!
As you may know, or may have guessed from my reccing habits, I ADORE crossovers. Therefore, I am disowning you all. (Except for wickednotevil, ionaonie, leupagus and zoeiona. I will let you live.)
Now, believe you me, there are a lot of bad crossovers out there. I especially hate ones where the author's two favourite slash couples meet and everyone is gay. This is not because I hate either pairing, but because I tend to find it awkward and unlikely that they would all be sleeping with what you might call unexpected partners; it's an extension of my hatred of 'everyone's gay!' fic in general.
HOWEVER! A good crossover is an absolute joy, one where characters meet and interact who wouldn't necessarily do so otherwise, and you get to see the way the two universes can be slotted together. Put it this way - I have 141 crossovers bookmarked on my delicious. Which is why today I'm going to rec you some crossovers, regardless of whether you like crossovers or not! Take that!
(I swear tomorrow I will rec you something you have actually said you like.)
Jim Kirk meets John Sheppard! Two slutty space captains in one place!
Congrats, You've Met Your Match (The Space Captain Remix) by lex_zeppelin. Summary: Jim Kirk has issues with the new guy.
Tags: startrekxi, sga, crossover, crossover:startrekxi, crossover:sga, kirk/sheppard, slash, fic, humour, a:lex_zeppelin
What if Bones was the seventh cylon?
Downloaded by ennyousai_fic. Extract: When he opens his eyes he feels steadier. He remembers now what happened. They'd been on Capella IV only to discover the Klingons were already there, and he'd stepped forward without thinking to pull Jim out of the way and -
"You're lucky you were in range of the Resurrection Ship," says the woman on his right softly, and he sees that she is tall and blond and beautiful. "Just a little further out and we wouldn't have been able to download your consciousness."
Tags: startrekxi, battlestargalactica, crossover, crossover:startrekxi, crossover:battlestargalactica, kirk/mccoy, slash, fic, angst, cliche:someoneisarobot, a:ennyousai
Arthur is Batman! And Merlin is... his gardener?
The Dark Knight by stripedpetunia. Summary: Merlin Emrys lands a job as a gardener for the enigmatic playboy Arthur Pendragon, and discovers that what he gets up to at night is not necessarily drinking with celebrities.
Tags: merlin, batman, dcu, crossover, crossover:merlin, crossover:batman, merlin/arthur, slash, fic, au, a:stripedpetunia
Written pre-CoE, Ianto becomes a Reaper ala Dead Like Me. His specialism? People killed by or because of Jack.
Non Linear by misswinterhill. Summary: Ianto Jones died on a Monday night at exactly six thirty-seven p.m. This wouldn’t have been so remarkable if not for the fact that Ianto Jones was fated to exist for longer than almost any dead man in the known multiverse.
Tags: torchwood, jack/ianto, slash, fic, crossover:deadlikeme, angst, doctorwho, a:misswinterhill
As you may know, or may have guessed from my reccing habits, I ADORE crossovers. Therefore, I am disowning you all. (Except for wickednotevil, ionaonie, leupagus and zoeiona. I will let you live.)
Now, believe you me, there are a lot of bad crossovers out there. I especially hate ones where the author's two favourite slash couples meet and everyone is gay. This is not because I hate either pairing, but because I tend to find it awkward and unlikely that they would all be sleeping with what you might call unexpected partners; it's an extension of my hatred of 'everyone's gay!' fic in general.
HOWEVER! A good crossover is an absolute joy, one where characters meet and interact who wouldn't necessarily do so otherwise, and you get to see the way the two universes can be slotted together. Put it this way - I have 141 crossovers bookmarked on my delicious. Which is why today I'm going to rec you some crossovers, regardless of whether you like crossovers or not! Take that!
(I swear tomorrow I will rec you something you have actually said you like.)
Jim Kirk meets John Sheppard! Two slutty space captains in one place!
Congrats, You've Met Your Match (The Space Captain Remix) by lex_zeppelin. Summary: Jim Kirk has issues with the new guy.
Tags: startrekxi, sga, crossover, crossover:startrekxi, crossover:sga, kirk/sheppard, slash, fic, humour, a:lex_zeppelin
What if Bones was the seventh cylon?
Downloaded by ennyousai_fic. Extract: When he opens his eyes he feels steadier. He remembers now what happened. They'd been on Capella IV only to discover the Klingons were already there, and he'd stepped forward without thinking to pull Jim out of the way and -
"You're lucky you were in range of the Resurrection Ship," says the woman on his right softly, and he sees that she is tall and blond and beautiful. "Just a little further out and we wouldn't have been able to download your consciousness."
Tags: startrekxi, battlestargalactica, crossover, crossover:startrekxi, crossover:battlestargalactica, kirk/mccoy, slash, fic, angst, cliche:someoneisarobot, a:ennyousai
Arthur is Batman! And Merlin is... his gardener?
The Dark Knight by stripedpetunia. Summary: Merlin Emrys lands a job as a gardener for the enigmatic playboy Arthur Pendragon, and discovers that what he gets up to at night is not necessarily drinking with celebrities.
Tags: merlin, batman, dcu, crossover, crossover:merlin, crossover:batman, merlin/arthur, slash, fic, au, a:stripedpetunia
Written pre-CoE, Ianto becomes a Reaper ala Dead Like Me. His specialism? People killed by or because of Jack.
Non Linear by misswinterhill. Summary: Ianto Jones died on a Monday night at exactly six thirty-seven p.m. This wouldn’t have been so remarkable if not for the fact that Ianto Jones was fated to exist for longer than almost any dead man in the known multiverse.
Tags: torchwood, jack/ianto, slash, fic, crossover:deadlikeme, angst, doctorwho, a:misswinterhill