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Date Posted: 21:02:23 02/19/03 Wed
Author: Jade
Author Host/IP: cache3-nrth.server.ntli.net / 62.253.32.6
Subject: I could do....
In reply to: morgain 's message, "Crossover... the world of endless possibilities...." on 10:32:34 02/16/03 Sun

Harry Potter. And, well...I guess LotR, but I always forget who is who:P All those bloody complicated names, or maye it's just me being stupid. Ahh well.
And of course Ats.

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[> Problem with Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings -- White Werewolf, 22:22:55 02/19/03 Wed (h002078d98b76.ne.client2.attbi.com/66.30.5.22)

now, dont hate me, but those two fandoms are way overused. there's just too many of them. they're hardly original anymore. granted, the movies were excellent, but they've been done to death.

as for spider-man, x-men, and other DC or Marvle characters. the characters are way too powerful, and they dont exactly fit together. i love these fandoms too, but again. they're overdone.

if you were to go to fanfiction.net, and go to buffy crossovers. about 5/6th of the page is one of the above mentioned crossover. (Im just talking about this post)

star trek is ok--heck, even stargate is ok. but the previous ones are way overdone.

white werewolf


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[> [> Re: Problem with Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings -- Nina, 21:36:51 02/20/03 Thu (ip68-96-177-171.lv.lv.cox.net/68.96.177.171)

Well, for what it's worth, I've read a great deal of crossover fic since discovering the fandom and some of the best stories I've ever read were stories that crossed either AtS or BtVS with shows/movies I'd never seen or books I'd never read.

It's remarkable when a writer can craft a fic that draws in the unitiated and still weave a compelling, comprehensive and, above all, comprehensible tale.

As for HP and LotR fic being overdone: There's certainly no shortage of stories out there, but if we're ruling out options based on quantity, BtVS/AtS is also off the table, no?

Right. Of course that'd be no. So let's not be hasty and have a blanket elimination of some potentially great fic just because they happen to be of a type that seems overdone.


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[> [> [> Re: Problem with Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings -- Jade, 21:50:24 02/20/03 Thu (cache3-nrth.server.ntli.net/62.253.32.6)

I agree. There are some wonderful fics out there that are a crossover of LotR and HP and they are just being ruled out as they are 'overdone.' I think this is most unfair and it should be a group choice to rule something out.

Does anyone have any other fics to rec?


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[> [> [> Re: Problem with Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings -- Kyria, 21:42:41 03/03/03 Mon (tbc-209-100-177-88.tbc.net/209.100.177.88)

If LotR, Harry and AtS are out, so am I.

After following the above thread, I'm going to have to pass. I've held back from posting, trying to keep an open mind, but the idea of reading Ninja Turtle crossovers is not appealing in any shape or form. Esp. if LotRs and AtS crossovers are going to be excluded. Thanks for the opportunity, Jade! I just don't fit in with this group.

Kyria


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[> [> [> [> I understand completely... -- Jade, 18:23:17 03/08/03 Sat (cache3-nrth.server.ntli.net/62.253.32.6)

I'm sorry it didn't work out for you.

You are still with us B/Aer's, right?

Jade


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