No, actually, I have the complete opposite idea of what crossovers are for. And there are very few people who are 'crossover fans' I believe. In my experience, every once in a while there's someone who happens to be familiar with both fandoms and sees the crossover as an excellent idea (this doesn't go for those fandoms that are so close together that mixing and matching is really not changing the world at all, say, all the cop shows...ever.(well, not Los Hombres de Paco, but that's a different issue entirely) Most of the time you get people who are familiar with one fandom and willing to take that risk.
You have very little freedom to fail with crossovers, because there are so many horrible ones (check Ranma/Anything) that if it starts out poor the readers will go away.
But what is the absolute *best* thing about crossovers is when people really do engage with the conflicting worlds or worldviews. (See Lorelai Gilmore/Alex Cabot fic for a good example of this.) And of course, it can be a good catharsis when an OTP goes bad.
Then of course, sometimes you forget that it's a crossover and wonder why Stephanie March isn't credited on the Gilmore Girls. :(
(On a completely unrelated note, why did Uber die with Xena? Jared/Jensen does it excellently. Where is the femslash?)
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Date: 2010-05-04 02:53 am (UTC)No, actually, I have the complete opposite idea of what crossovers are for. And there are very few people who are 'crossover fans' I believe. In my experience, every once in a while there's someone who happens to be familiar with both fandoms and sees the crossover as an excellent idea (this doesn't go for those fandoms that are so close together that mixing and matching is really not changing the world at all, say, all the cop shows...ever.(well, not Los Hombres de Paco, but that's a different issue entirely) Most of the time you get people who are familiar with one fandom and willing to take that risk.
You have very little freedom to fail with crossovers, because there are so many horrible ones (check Ranma/Anything) that if it starts out poor the readers will go away.
But what is the absolute *best* thing about crossovers is when people really do engage with the conflicting worlds or worldviews. (See Lorelai Gilmore/Alex Cabot fic for a good example of this.) And of course, it can be a good catharsis when an OTP goes bad.
Then of course, sometimes you forget that it's a crossover and wonder why Stephanie March isn't credited on the Gilmore Girls. :(
(On a completely unrelated note, why did Uber die with Xena? Jared/Jensen does it excellently. Where is the femslash?)