Little Black Dresses (or Suits) of fandom

[gryphonrhi]

So, the current list (in vaguely chronological order):

Krycek, X-Files (because he had the name first; I believe it was Te's fault)
Methos, Highlander (What? He most certainly can show up everywhere)
Joe Dawson, HL (Ditto; does this need explanation?)
Matthew McCormick, HL (Magnificent 7 to Miss Marple; so far, no problem)
Spike, Buffy (also one of the

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[jimpage363]

Ianto from Torchwood seems to show up a lot more around the multiverse now.

[gryphonrhi]

Good point, thanks! I completely forgot Ianto goes wandering through time and rifts, sometimes even without Captain Jack. ;->

[beccadg]

You beat me to that one! I'd say Ianto goes in the same category as Krycek, Joe, Cam, and Coulson AND Captain Jack Harkness goes in the same category as Methos, Matthew, Crowley, Death, and Trick.

[xianghua]

Neil from White Collar, for sure. :) Peter too, really, but Neil's easier to work into places.
ANYONE from the Leverage crew- but particularly Sophie and Eliot. :)

[gryphonrhi]

Oh, yeah, those three...! Parker's not as interactive, but she'd make a great multi-verse McGuffin for a fic.

[xianghua]

Yeah, exactly. And Nate will talk to ANYONE but you sort of have to work around pre-divorce Nate.

[gryphonrhi]

I'd rather not work around pre-divorce Nate. But yeah. Early Nate and Parker even now are more like plot-C4 than LBDs.

[beccadg]

I'm not sure whether you should list Captain Jack separately, or just list "Ianto and/or Jack" like "Crowley and/or Aziraphale" and "Death and/or Death of Rats." *Ponders.*

ETA: Oh, I've actually seen a fusion with Jack as Crowley and Ianto as Aziraphale. ;)

[gryphonrhi]

Probably the 'and/or' -- more efficient if nothing else!

[lady_alys]

If you're going to have Ianto and/or Captain Jack on there, you should probably also add the Doctor. Not only does he travel all through time and space, but he's a compulsive meddler.

And maybe Rory? There must have been some moments of epic boredom during the 2000 years he spent guarding the Pandorica, just ripe for an adventure with someone from another fandom....

[beccadg]

Not only does he travel all through time and space, but he's a compulsive meddler.

Heh, my favorite bit of Time Lord/Time Lady flexibleness is that, if the regeneration sequence from Romana I to Romana II in anyway represents how much one can change with a regeneration, they can not only change their shape but their gender. :D

[gryphonrhi]

I think I've seen some fic with Rory like that. I'm not a Who-vian, so I don't see much and only know very rough details. Thanks!

ETA: Huh! That's not at all the icon I meant to use -- whoops!

[sinanju]

I'd say that the gang from Dead Like Me (but mostly George) can arguably constitute LBDs of fandom. Admittedly, they seldom stray from Seattle--but there's no one on the list you've compiled who couldn't show up there for one reason or another. And given that death frequently accompanies most of these characters (either deaths to be investigated, avenged...or caused, in some cases) you've got a perfectly legitimate reason for a reaper to show up.

Or maybe I'm just a really big fan of that show and I like to cross them over with other shows myself.

[gryphonrhi]

Is that the show with the reapers?

[sinanju]

It is. George (and Rube, Mason, Roxie and Daisy) are the undead reapers who claim the souls of the about-to-be-dearly-departed moments before they meet their untimely* (and often gruesome and/or funny) ends.

*They specifically handle people who die by accident, homicide or suicide. Natural Causes are a different department.

[gryphonrhi]

Hmm. Interesting dichotomy, since I'd almost say death by stupidicide is a natural cause! But cool, thanks!