'Jaynestown'
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much anything else that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
the protagonists jumping into an alternative version of their universe, via magic or you know, through some twist in quantum mechanics
I like these too, except that perhaps the very worst one I ever read was one of these. It's always like that, isn't it? Not the "what" but the "how".
(Edit to add a space and say, EEK! The giant cats! Run!)
Wow, it's been a long time since Emily terrorized me with the giant cats.
Good times.
A month ago, I would have said I had no interest whatsoever in reading dubious gender-switch stories, but I can't say the same now, since I read Shalott's "The World Turned Upside Down". My, that fic was freakin' *brilliant*.
She's on a crazy posting kick right now, bless her heart. I'm just sitting back and wallowing.
Shrift, I'm holding the giant cats hostage until I get Da Vinci's Inquest.
I'm holding the giant cats hostage until I get Da Vinci's Inquest.
Every time I try to copy it for you, something happens. My TV broke, and now the duped tape is stuck in the second head of the VCR.
The omens are ill. I think I'll just have to send you the originals and hope for the best.
Sometimes the way-out-there AUs can be really satisfying. Due South in particular seems to breed them, I can think of three or four just offhand that I'd call excellent. But yeah, the majority are just stupid, pointless, and leave me scratching my head.
Shrift, I figure you're just holding off till I graduate. Besides, if you ever got around to sending them, what would we have to talk about? Only reason I'm still in touch with Miracleman is he promised to make something for my boyfriend's birthday back in 1995, and I love teasing him about it.
Only reason I'm still in touch with Miracleman is he promised to make something for my boyfriend's birthday back in 1995, and I love teasing him about it.
Which is why I will never finish it. What would I do without my Emily love?
Oh. Right. Same thing I do every day. Not finish any projects.
Sometimes the way-out-there AUs can be really satisfying.
Ahem.
Pregnant!Harvey.
Awwww YEAH.
Sometimes the way-out-there AUs can be really satisfying.
I'm trying to think of any story which was truly *out there* that I've enjoyed, and I'm coming up blank. I've got no issues with fantastical premises--but the world with that premise still should be a type of variation of the world on the show, and most importantly, the characters *must* remain recognizable. That's why "The World Upside Down" works so well despite the premise--the voices are note-perfect.
The thing is, I'm a stickler for canon. The writer can take canon to the extreme but still plausible direction and make the story compelling (e.g. many fabulous post-colonization stories in The X-Files), but if you throw Mulder and Scully into some weird-ass fantasy land where Mulder is a wizard and Scully is... God knows what, I'm not gonna buy it, man. But that's just me.