Hello everyone,

I gotta question to put to everyone here...

I was thinking that I could give my muse a mule kick of a restart and one of the ways that I like to do that is to write crossover fic... but that is not a genre that is all that popular in the LnC worldview which leads me to my question...

What shows do most ppl on these boards watch other than LnC? What would most ppl like to see as a crossover and what shows are you all most familiar with? (not being familiar with the show being the biggest complaint of crossovers normally)

And no show is too off to cross - there are always ways <g> that is part of the fun. So if everybody watches it - then I might be able to use it no matter how not related to LnC it might be

thanks and keep penning,

Hey Marnie! I haven't seen you post for a while. Good to see you.

Re: Crossover shows. I don't watch either, but I think a lot of people watch West Wing and Stargate.

I've heard people talk a bit about CSI. There are movies too like Batman Begins.

I'm sure others will have more suggestions.

Irene

L & C + Desperate Housewives. Couldn't resist

c

Yup, Stargate. <g>

Shayne, Roger, Karen - still gonna be looking for those Xs you were discussing last night. It's time this genre was explored more. (Especially if the X is Stargate <G>)

LabRat

Ditto Stargate!!

James!!! Is the muse in gear?

Jose

The thing which has always made this genre one of my least favourites over the years is that I've never felt of the ones I've read that they spent equal time on the shows and characters they were using. They always seemed to be slanted more towards one show/set of characters than the other.

Now, that, I have to qualify, was many, many years ago. I gave up reading crosses for that reason a long time back. So I've no idea if that's true of the genre today. But it might be something to keep in mind for anyone tackling a X.

One great exception I found, even back in the day, was Becky Bain's wonderful LNC/B&TB X, which dealt so beautifully with both shows that even for a reader who'd never seen B&TB it was easy to understand the characters and what they were about. It's available on the Archive, btw, for anyone who hasn't yet read it and wants to.

LabRat

Wait.. we're expected to write those ideas now? Eek!

CSI would be interesting. There are quite a few of us that watch Stargate and Desperate Housewives. *eyes James* Keep thinking Justice League, but that might be a bit too complicated, and, oddly, wouldn't mesh well because it would seem too much like the cartoon.

Oh yeah. Didn't think you were going to get away with coming up with all those great scenarios and not have to follow through, did you?

LabRat

Well, I was thinking I might like to see Starg---

/me notices Labby's last post and promptly shuts up

No idea, Marnie, none at all

PJ

It's still in the gestation stage, but yes, I am writting a series of stories that X with Stargate. I've been a little busy betaing for another writer of Stargate, who, while having a wonderful ideas for stories, is painfully in need of a beta reader (About 90% of her paragraphs need touching!), so I am just finishing beating...er, betaing the last part of her story and so I have some free time to put into my stories, of which there are already 5 in the works, give or take 2.

The beta for the first story should be getting something soon...

Crossovers I'd like to see...hmmm
Trading Spaces: Imagine if the designer wanted to redo the living room on Hyperion Ave.

Knight Rider:(really showing my age there)

CSI:the original show:I just can't imagine Grisome being fooled by Clark's alter-ego.

Early Edition

Quantum Leap

7 Days:Now that it has been on the SciFi channel, more people will recognize it.

Law & Order

Really out there Crosses

Farscape

Simpsons

SeaQuest


I could go on with really wacky ones, but I'll read about any crossover, except Desperate Housewives.

James

Hey Irene, its nice to be back

Well there seems to be a resounding Stargate vote here so far... hmmm I could possibly work with that... CSI Vegas being a close runner up and that is one that I could very easily work with too... hmmmmm....( /me is thinking hard here.. can you smell the smoke?)

And to address Labby's very valid concern of not spending enough equal time on the characters - for this particular exercise I was thinking of keeping it nice and short anyway so it will be much easier in giving the characters equal 'shrift' <g>

keep the suggestions coming and keep penning...

Additional Crossovers...

"V"

Alien Nation

Golden Age Superman.

Get Smart

Highlander

Captain Carrot and the Zoo Crew

Garfield

Mighty Mouse

Stuart Little

Tom and Jerry

The Secret of NIMH

Ben, er...nevermind.

James

Peanuts?

Saved by the Bell?

*hides*

I've always thought that Charmed could fit ok with Baroon Sunday as the bad guy...

A Superman Ranma crossover.
Vulnerable to magic, check.
Travelled in China, check.
And who would ever suspect Clark Kent of being Supergirl.

I've always thought that it might be interesting to do a Pretender Xover. I mean, Sam Lane and Mr. Parker were both played by Harve Presnell. I've seen a LNC/JAG crossover, but Mac was with Mic. (Not as icky as Mac with Webb, but close.) I did a trilogy of crossovers with Forever Knight, and familiarity with the show wasn't really necessary. I've been half considering another one, just for laughs. I just can't seem to give up... then again, LaCroix is a stubborn old bas**rd. (he's a 2000 year old Roman General, after all)

Laura

Veronica Mars!

Okay, so it's totally the wrong time frame, but it's a great show. Plus, Veronica reminds me *so* much of what I imagine Lois must have been like as a teenager. And, she's a reporter and a detective (well, the daughter of a private detective, but she does plenty of serious detecting herself). She isn't afraid to speak her mind even when it's unpopular, she stands up for the underdog and the victim, and she often uses unconventional (and borderline illegal) ways of solving her cases. No superhero to help her out, but she still manages. Interestingly enough, she looks a bit like Chloe, the character from Smallville.

Battlestar Galactica!

(Can you tell my mini series/S1 DVDs arrived and I've spent the afternoon watching them?)

Think about it. The fleet finally reaches Earth, the Cylons are hot on their heels. You'd have to do a bit of time tweaking to make the timelines fit, but what the heck, that's easy enough to achieve for any SF writer/buff.

Superman -v- the Cylons...Lois and Starbuck in the same room...the possibilities are endless.

LabRat

For crossovers based on who played characters. Once saw a so so story, that was never finished I think. They used the fact that the same actress played Lois lanes mother, Laura Holt's mother from Remington Steele, and Amanda King's mother from Scarecrow & Mrs. King. Which menas that the three of them must be half sisters.

Ooooo, I'm not a writer, so I can get away with tossing out ideas.

Ones I'd find interesting to read:

Early Edition

Sue Thomas, F.B.Eye

CSI

Scarecrow & Mrs. King (used to watch that some when I could)

And one that would *really* be fun (I challenge someone to make this work!--with all of Tempus' time-traveling, somehow it could ):

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman <eg>

JAG even though that's already been done
Las Vegas
Alias
Crossing Jordan
Charmed
Grey's Anatomy though I'd be interested as to how you would try to fit that in the L&C universe

Ok this kinda sucks... I got a couple of really good ideas but they all turned into ideas that went way beyond what I could possibly write.

In fact I have an absolutely amazing idea for a Stargate SG1 crossover - but there is no way that I could do it justice because I only know Stargate thru fanfic for the most part <g> (Has anybody else out there noticed that there are a lot more talented fanfic writers than tv script writers?)

Ah well... if there is anyone out there who wants to hear my faboo idea for a Stargate cross, feel free to contact me and I will spill all

keep penning, (those who can)

Hi,

You still life!

OK, this sound stupid!

But,

Put Lois in charge of the team of Stargate (I only saw the first two seasons) to a gate in Krypton with Kal-El heir of the throne.

MAF

Interesting idea Maria... not something that i would be able to write tho <g>

Even if you can't do a Stargate crossover, I'm sure you could think of something, Marnie. We've missed your writing.

Nan

Oh, that's a topic I seem to have missed out on. Lets see what I can come up with:

JAG: While I like that show, I cannot imagine a smoothly working crossover with LnC.

Stargate SG-1: Same here, although some kind of investigation in an extra terrestrian on earth by SG-1 would be cool. Haven't seen that yet.

Smallville: Well, that would be my favourite. Grown up Lois and/or Clark visit an alternative universe where they meet up with Teenage-Clark, -Lana, -Chloe etc. I'd so be looking forward to Lois' thoughts on the ongoing teenage romance between Clark and Lana, lol.

There sure are some other shows which would fit but those I never watched regularly.