pet peeve

[deird_lj]

The number one thing that stops me reading crossover fanfics?


When Buffy isn't actually a Summers - instead she's a Grissom/Bartlett/O'Neill/Gibbs.

Or when Xander's real dad is the lead guy on the crossover show.

Or when Willow is the relative of the nearest Jewish cast member. Or the nearest redhead.


Putting Dawn in a different family works okay - because, hey, monks making different decisions or whatever. (But it would be kinda nice if Glory actually chased her into the crossover show, once in a while.)

But otherwise? There are other ways to get crossovers to occur. And I'm sick of all the new family members.

Comments

[stormwreath.livejournal.com]

I think just about every crossover I've written so far has a Buffyverse character going through a portal and finding themselves in the other universe. Except for the one where it was the other character appearing through a portal into the Buffyverse.

Mybe I should experiment with one of your "Buffy is the daughter of one of the crossover characters" ideas instead? :-)

[deird1]

Please don't! *can't stand the idea of there being more of them*

Your crossovers tend to work quite well. And portals can get you anywhere.
Mine, for the most part, tend to assume that all shows take place in the same universe. Given that I don't tend to write crossovers with supernatural shows, there's nothing stopping them from all being there at once...