[ SECRET POST #2623 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2623 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 064 secrets from Secret Submission Post #375.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Barring crack fic or 'bar at the end of the multiverse' type things, I tend to think there's an upper limit on the number of fandoms you can successfully smush together without it devolving into incoherence. The actual number is negotiable depending on the size of the casts and how close/flexible the universes are in terms of genre and mechanics, but past a certain point I think it just gets messy. Two to four is usually relatively okay, though, I think?

Those particular three ... I'm presuming it's the theme of fighting an unending war that you're interested in? My initial thought was ALL THE ANGST, but now that I think about it, Bats, Slayers and Transformers do actually have a fair few themes in common. Huh.

[(Anonymous)]

Very true. Personally, I find fics that try to pack in too many fandoms/characters to be really boring because the plot usually suffers for it and there's a greater chance that I won't be familiar with all of the fandoms and won't be interested in some of the characters. Two or three fandoms can work - especially if you limit how many characters and concepts from each get to play a significant role - and then there's always room for the odd, oblique reference to others or for a walk-on cameo or two, but that's about as far as you can go and still maintain the average reader's interest.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, I read a fic like that once and it was...insane. Real actors started coming in at the end and I was like, no, never again.

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

The part I think is the failing point is crossing too many different world mechanics without working out which one you're going with over the others.

I can see one sci-fi/fantasy crossing work, but try to shove together too many different systems and it falls down.

The few SuperWhoLock fics I've seen (given that I rarely go to Tumblr, so I haven't seen much of the gifsets) fail to explain how things work. Is the Doctor wrong when he believes supernatural occurrences can be explained by science? Can angels and demons be explained by him because he knows more science than Earth people do? I like fics that decide one way or the other how things work and seeing how they address the other system from their mindset (a scientist who knows HP-verse magic is a science not known to current muggle society - as example).