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Fanged plotbunny of *DOOM*
Jul. 24th, 2008 09:12 amQ: "What's the difference between a vampire and a lawyer?"
A: "One is a soulless, bloodsucking monster, and the other one is some sort of a rat with wings that flies only at night."
One of the reasons I was quiet over the weekend was that I've been wrestling with a crossover fanfic bunny of doom that has lurked in my mind for some time now. I may have mentioned it a while back, but when I should be working on my werewolf story, it has returned and it won't take no for an answer. This is, namely, the cracked-out "Moonlight"/"Shark" crossover that has been bugging me for some months now; I think it first flashed its fangs during the Writers' Strike, when I was trying to come up with ways to amuse myself. I know, the two series don't seem to have a lot in common, but with a little thought, it's not impossible to blend the two:
--They're both crime procedural dramas.
--They both take place in Los Angeles.
--Both feature a strong central male character with a firm moral code, albeit one is a nice-guy vampire detective, and the other is a narcissistic, cutthroat lawyer (see the joke at the top of this entry, which is partly this idea's raison d'etre). And as I'm skritching down some ideas, a few teeny elements from "Constantine" and "The Dresden Files" are sneaking in. In case this fic ever sees the light of day, I'm keeping these elements a secret...
I think I'm going to be structuring this story somewhat like an episode of "Law & Order", with the bulk of the "Moonlight" elements in the first half and the bulk of the "Shark" elements in the second... Except that a *HUGE* plot twist that brings the two universes together has reared its head and while I'm probably going to take some flack for it, it was too good to resist. Let's just say a hysterically ironic quip presented itself to me and I couldn't resist it...
A: "One is a soulless, bloodsucking monster, and the other one is some sort of a rat with wings that flies only at night."
One of the reasons I was quiet over the weekend was that I've been wrestling with a crossover fanfic bunny of doom that has lurked in my mind for some time now. I may have mentioned it a while back, but when I should be working on my werewolf story, it has returned and it won't take no for an answer. This is, namely, the cracked-out "Moonlight"/"Shark" crossover that has been bugging me for some months now; I think it first flashed its fangs during the Writers' Strike, when I was trying to come up with ways to amuse myself. I know, the two series don't seem to have a lot in common, but with a little thought, it's not impossible to blend the two:
--They're both crime procedural dramas.
--They both take place in Los Angeles.
--Both feature a strong central male character with a firm moral code, albeit one is a nice-guy vampire detective, and the other is a narcissistic, cutthroat lawyer (see the joke at the top of this entry, which is partly this idea's raison d'etre). And as I'm skritching down some ideas, a few teeny elements from "Constantine" and "The Dresden Files" are sneaking in. In case this fic ever sees the light of day, I'm keeping these elements a secret...
I think I'm going to be structuring this story somewhat like an episode of "Law & Order", with the bulk of the "Moonlight" elements in the first half and the bulk of the "Shark" elements in the second... Except that a *HUGE* plot twist that brings the two universes together has reared its head and while I'm probably going to take some flack for it, it was too good to resist. Let's just say a hysterically ironic quip presented itself to me and I couldn't resist it...