Wilde -- rent for the Orlando (but look closely in the beginning scenes, 'cause he's only on for like 30 seconds), stay for the Stephen Fry.

Oh, no worries - I've been meaning to watch Wilde for ages. I love Stephen Fry and I thoroughly enjoy reading Oscar Wilde. And Jude Law? Preternaturally pretty. Mmm. (Although Bosey, from what I gather, was a bit of a bastard.)

...and it occurs to me that this, of course, is RPF. Not RPS as such, because Mr Wilde was shagging the pretty boy, by all accounts. But - yes. Hmm. Distinctions? The only distinction that I can see is the fact that the individuals involved are dead. Although I guess that's a pretty big distinction.

I suppose some might regard Something Real as an AU with Eminem being inserted into the Angelverse, but he still has all the respective elements of what he is in our world -- famous rap star, etc. I dunno. Thoughts?

I really did enjoy how you worked this - the contrast between your character when he's with Connor & co (who don't recognise him) and when he's with Gunn - I liked that. A lot of the appeal of writing crossovers for me is the opportunity to take a character away from the pre-existing expectations & image blah blah blah associated with their usual context, and see how they interact if you give them more of a blank slate. It can be fun.

Angel and Buffy in Nazi Germany

See, I don't know that I'd consider that an AU, neccesarily, because there has been time travel within the Angelverse already, and we've had parallel universes too. Again, this is very much a YMMV thing as to how one categorises these things in one's own head, I guess.

Really, you know, this is fascinating for me; the idea of writing real people does my head in. Which was part of why I did write Min Calibre/Wes, actually - because it did my head in. I'm not sure whether that counts as proper RPS, but I'm cool with it doing so if it does. But the idea of assuming the personality and voice of a stranger whom I know only through the media - this feels really weird to me. And intrusive. To me. (I have weird boundaries and intimacy issues, though, as you may have gathered.)

It's what Impressionists make their living from, of course. Huh.

It's what Impressionists make their living from, of course. Huh.

Also, at times, David Sedaris.

I like a good, well done, grounded AU.

They're hard as heck to pull off, though.

You know what I really want?

I wanna learn how to vid. And have the equipment to pull it off. Sigh.

Ooh! What's got your artistic juices flowing, Dana?

Eminem in Angel makes as much sense as Aimee Mann in Buffy.

I wanna learn how to vid. And have the equipment to pull it off. Sigh.

Wrod. (technically, I've got some of the training, if my transcripts are to be believed)

Paul used to have access to wonderful editing equipment (Avid), but not since he went into broadcast, curse it.

I keep meaning to ask him about setting some sort of system up, but that would most likely mean buying a Mac.

Vids have been really getting to me lately as it is, and I just watched a great LoTR one.

I don't know. There's a part of me that thinks, "I could totally do that." I'm a musician, and I connect very deeply to music and through music. Music's much easier than writing for me. And then there's a part that says that I'd probably never be better than mediocre at it. Same problem I have with writing, really. I can envision, but I can't always make it come out.

Connie, whitefont. Not too spoilery, but this isn't NAFDA.