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Jul. 8th, 2013 03:39 pmSo I don't generally mix my fandoms.
This isn't really an issue, because I only have a couple: Gundam Wing and Fullmetal Alchemist, and they aren't ones I can imagine mixing. I took this to mean that I didn't like mixing different sources. Gundam Wing fiction, however, has lead me on some strange paths, and I have found myself reading a few AU's that I didn't intend to find so good only to realize that I loved the stories that the authors put the G-boys in.
Little did I know that those were gateway stories.
After some crazy AU stuff, it was not a stretch to read some fanfic's crossed over with novels I hadn't read. These were alright because I hadn't read the story, and because the main characters of the book really didn't have anything to do with the fanfiction. And even when I went back and read the novel, the fanfic was still ok because the characters were in vastly different places.
So why not try mixing something I'm familiar with to one of my fandoms?
In my quest for more FMA fanfiction, I stumbled across a FMA - Harry Potter crossover. It was unfortunately pretty bad, but only because it was not a great writer. The big problem with it was that it got me thinking... and I really liked the idea! Alchemist thrown into a world of magic? Awesome! So I went looking for more.
I found a pretty good story, but it's hard to have anything Harry Potter without interacting with Harry, Ron, Hermione and the rest. I still haven't decided how I feel about that, mostly because I don't like the Harry Potter books so much that I want to read about those characters instead of Ed, especially because the stories I found are mostly following the script from the books themselves. Perhaps I just need to read more stories and find some that do a better job with the HP crew... Or perhaps I need to go back to the traditional FMA stuff...
The real problem with reading this stuff though, is that I can see the possibilities. I see what the few authors I read did, and can almost see where they went "wrong" and how it could be fixed. And that just makes me want to write some fiction, and that's not something I have time for....
But it's there on the edge of my mind now... and I don't know how to make it go away!
This isn't really an issue, because I only have a couple: Gundam Wing and Fullmetal Alchemist, and they aren't ones I can imagine mixing. I took this to mean that I didn't like mixing different sources. Gundam Wing fiction, however, has lead me on some strange paths, and I have found myself reading a few AU's that I didn't intend to find so good only to realize that I loved the stories that the authors put the G-boys in.
Little did I know that those were gateway stories.
After some crazy AU stuff, it was not a stretch to read some fanfic's crossed over with novels I hadn't read. These were alright because I hadn't read the story, and because the main characters of the book really didn't have anything to do with the fanfiction. And even when I went back and read the novel, the fanfic was still ok because the characters were in vastly different places.
So why not try mixing something I'm familiar with to one of my fandoms?
In my quest for more FMA fanfiction, I stumbled across a FMA - Harry Potter crossover. It was unfortunately pretty bad, but only because it was not a great writer. The big problem with it was that it got me thinking... and I really liked the idea! Alchemist thrown into a world of magic? Awesome! So I went looking for more.
I found a pretty good story, but it's hard to have anything Harry Potter without interacting with Harry, Ron, Hermione and the rest. I still haven't decided how I feel about that, mostly because I don't like the Harry Potter books so much that I want to read about those characters instead of Ed, especially because the stories I found are mostly following the script from the books themselves. Perhaps I just need to read more stories and find some that do a better job with the HP crew... Or perhaps I need to go back to the traditional FMA stuff...
The real problem with reading this stuff though, is that I can see the possibilities. I see what the few authors I read did, and can almost see where they went "wrong" and how it could be fixed. And that just makes me want to write some fiction, and that's not something I have time for....
But it's there on the edge of my mind now... and I don't know how to make it go away!