In a way, aren't Elseworld sort of like commercially sanctioned fanfiction?
I don't think so, unless fanfic has a lock on AU. Because that's precisely what they are -- AU.
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§ ita § - Jun 08, 2004 9:31:43 am PDT #8322 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Connie Neil - Jun 08, 2004 9:32:26 am PDT #8323 of 10000
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The Azrael/Catwoman crossover--was that an Elseworld?--was hysterically funny, Azrael doing his best Sam Spade imitation.
P.M. Marc - Jun 08, 2004 9:51:39 am PDT #8324 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I love love love Gotham Noir, and would kind of like to see fic set in that Elseworld.
The really good Elseworlds are REALLY good. The bad ones are REALLY REALLY terrible.
And then there's Thrillkiller.
Which may be bad, but had my number from go.
§ ita § - Jun 08, 2004 9:56:05 am PDT #8325 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Gotham Noir was cool, and he had a sensible girlfriend.
In Darkest Night was hysterical.
What did you think of Nine Lives?
shrift - Jun 08, 2004 9:56:16 am PDT #8326 of 10000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I'm really, really looking forward to writing the rest of the Bart/Kon I started.
And I really need to finish that Robin thing before issue #127 comes out, don't I? (And then more Cass/Steph and Kon/Tim and Dick/Tim and Batman/Superman and Bruce/Cass and that crazybadwrong Elseworld Bruce/Tim and -- meep.)
I can see the appeal of the other side.
I can see the appeal, too, and maybe a reason why RPS in general doesn't grab me is because I'm more of a chaos-within-a-framework thinker than make-a-framework-out-of-chaos. If... that makes any sense?
shrift - Jun 08, 2004 9:57:19 am PDT #8327 of 10000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
And then there's Thrillkiller.
Thrillkiller is pretty, and hits one of my bulletproof Bruce kinks, so therefore it is good and right.
P.M. Marc - Jun 08, 2004 10:02:22 am PDT #8328 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Thrillkiller hits my bulletproof Babs kinks.
So, yeah.
In Darkest Night was hysterical.
Wasn't it? Though it made me completely mess up my Green Lantern Oath for a week.
What did you think of Nine Lives?
I have it, and haven't read it yet. Who wrote it?
§ ita § - Jun 08, 2004 10:05:47 am PDT #8329 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Dean Motter. It's possible it might hit a button or two of yours. It certainly slotted Dick into one of mine.
shrift - Jun 08, 2004 10:52:22 am PDT #8330 of 10000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
It certainly slotted Dick into one of mine.
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§ ita § - Jun 08, 2004 10:54:10 am PDT #8331 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I totally lost the button metaphor, didn't I?
Freud may have had a point.