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.

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Admittedly, I rarely read crossovers to begin with (the interaction of a supernatural world and a non-supernatural one generally hurts my brain), but I don't think I've come across that particular issue.

And now I want to read a crossover with Dawn and Glory in some other show.

[deird1]

And now I want to read a crossover with Dawn and Glory in some other show.

So do I!

*wishes I could think of a way to do it*

[stormwreath.livejournal.com]

(The following is best read in a really deep, gravelly mental voice:)

The ashtray was full. The whiskey bottle was empty. Time to call it a day. But just as I was standing up, there's a knock on the door and in walks this dame. Classy bit: curly blonde hair and a figure to die for, squeezed into a tight red dress. She smiles at me and it's like all of Broadway lit up at once.

"Mr Marlowe? I have a job for you. I want you to find something for me."

I wave her to a seat and sit down again behind my desk, trying not to look too eager. The slatted light from the window creates bars of black across her face.

"What have you lost, Miss?"

She leans forward, her voice dropped to a confidentially low purr.

"My Key. I need you to find my Key for me, Mr Marlowe."

[deird1]

*applauds*

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What fandom would we cross them over with?

[deird1]

*is completely mad*

*has no idea where this came from*

*and is MAD, really*

*but...*

Charlie's Angels!

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ROFL!

In all seriousness, I have a "Dawn as the Doctor's companion" itch that I think would work well with this story - who better for the monks to send her to for protection?

[deird1]

Oooh...

That could work.

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Write it! Write it!

Your icon makes me think post-S2, so the Doctor would be tempted to use Dawn to open a portal to the alternate universe to bring Rose back... but I'm kind of anti-Doctor/Rose shipping, so maybe not so much.