Sometimes the way-out-there AUs can be really satisfying.
Ahem.
Pregnant!Harvey.
Awwww YEAH.
Mal: And I never back down from a fight. Inara: Yes, you do! You do all the time!
'Shindig'
Boxed Set, Vol. 1: Smallville, Due South, Farscape
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.
Steph L. - Jan 19, 2004 1:26:42 pm PST #3062 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Vonnie K - Jan 19, 2004 1:43:21 pm PST #3063 of 10000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
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.
Emily - Jan 19, 2004 1:48:29 pm PST #3064 of 10000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Not finish any projects.
And try to take over the world.
Miracleman - Jan 19, 2004 1:49:35 pm PST #3065 of 10000
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Not finish any projects.
And try to take over the world.
Note the "try". See: statement about projects.
Le *sigh*
Theodosia - Jan 19, 2004 1:50:07 pm PST #3066 of 10000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Weird-ass premise? How about a replay of The African Queen with Ray and Fraser in the appropriate roles?
Emily - Jan 19, 2004 1:57:16 pm PST #3067 of 10000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Eh. I read that one, and you know, it didn't even make my Bottom 10 list. It isn't even in my 10 Most Memorable Movies Rewritten with the Characters Replaced By Our Boys Calling Itself Fanfic list.
Theodosia - Jan 19, 2004 2:25:22 pm PST #3068 of 10000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
It's probably on my Top Ten I Wish I'd Written.
Consuela - Jan 19, 2004 2:52:51 pm PST #3069 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Ahem.
Pregnant!Harvey.
Ah, but that wasn't AU, it was dream sequence! Different thing altogether.
t standing up for the MPREG (for once)
Dana - Jan 19, 2004 3:27:06 pm PST #3070 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Good Omens. With the boys as humans.
Steph L. - Jan 19, 2004 4:39:12 pm PST #3071 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Pregnant!Harvey.
Ah, but that wasn't AU, it was dream sequence! Different thing altogether.
Good point. My bad. Although I wasn't mocking it -- I *love* Pregnant!Harvey. Lovelovelove.