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

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I'm with you here! All the 'Xander's Real Dad' stories have me skimming past at great speed.

Possibly this habit of shoe-horning people into new families is another contributory factor to my crossover series starring Dawn...

[deird1]

I love how everyone's using their crossover icons in this post...

Your series is one of those rare crossovers that doesn't seem to rely on the standard cliches at all...

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I love how everyone's using their crossover icons in this post</i. I noticed too - isn't it fun? I set out particularly to avoid all the usual clichés - I'm glad that it works!