Alternate Universes, OR, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Fanfic
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@insomniac7809 said in Alternate Universes, OR, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Fanfic:
If we're really getting into classical crossover fanfic, though, we have to talk about Jason and the Argonauts.
"Every culture hero from the Greek city-states team up and have an adventure."
Now I just imagine the classical version of AO3, but instead of leaving comments people cluster around the Jason fanfic author to shout that the author is clearly getting this characterization wrong, because Hercules is totally not with Hylas and wouldn't leave the quest for him, because Hercules/Iolaus OTP, no Hercules/Megara OTP, are you kidding that relationship was so unhealthy, etc. And then one person starts screaming "UPDATE PLS!"
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@Sparks said in Alternate Universes, OR, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Fanfic:
@insomniac7809 said in Alternate Universes, OR, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Fanfic:
If we're really getting into classical crossover fanfic, though, we have to talk about Jason and the Argonauts.
"Every culture hero from the Greek city-states team up and have an adventure."
Now I just imagine the classical version of AO3, but instead of leaving comments people cluster around the Jason fanfic author to shout that the author is clearly getting this characterization wrong, because Hercules is totally not with Hylas and wouldn't leave the quest for him, because Hercules/Iolaus OTP, no Hercules/Megara OTP, are you kidding that relationship was so unhealthy, etc. And then one person starts screaming "UPDATE PLS!"
"Which poleis get to have their culture heroes on the boat" was a serious political statement for a while.
And if we're going into classical shipper territory, "was Achilles or Patroclus the top" was something 5th- and 4th-century BCE playwrights and philosophers liked to argue.
(Seriously, it shows up in the Symposium.)
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@insomniac7809 said in Alternate Universes, OR, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Fanfic:
@Sparks said in Alternate Universes, OR, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Fanfic:
@insomniac7809 said in Alternate Universes, OR, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Fanfic:
If we're really getting into classical crossover fanfic, though, we have to talk about Jason and the Argonauts.
"Every culture hero from the Greek city-states team up and have an adventure."
Now I just imagine the classical version of AO3, but instead of leaving comments people cluster around the Jason fanfic author to shout that the author is clearly getting this characterization wrong, because Hercules is totally not with Hylas and wouldn't leave the quest for him, because Hercules/Iolaus OTP, no Hercules/Megara OTP, are you kidding that relationship was so unhealthy, etc. And then one person starts screaming "UPDATE PLS!"
"Which poleis get to have their culture heroes on the boat" was a serious political statement for a while.
And if we're going into classical shipper territory, "was Achilles or Patroclus the top" was something 5th- and 4th-century BCE playwrights and philosophers liked to argue.
(Seriously, it shows up in the Symposium.)
Clearly it was patroclus, that's why his name means "Daddy Glory". <.<
"Excuse the hell out of you. He's a bag of dicks. I'm a carefully curated box of cocks." -- to @GirlCalledBlu upon being misrepresented.
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@insomniac7809 said in Alternate Universes, OR, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Fanfic:
If we're really getting into classical crossover fanfic, though, we have to talk about Jason and the Argonauts.
"Every culture hero from the Greek city-states team up and have an adventure."
So...Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena: Warrior Princess, and Atlantis?
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@Coin It's true! You're the best.
And yes, I like AU, but you have to establish your characters and their relationships first so the contrast pops.
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@Coin said in Alternate Universes, OR, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Fanfic:
@insomniac7809 said in Alternate Universes, OR, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Fanfic:
@Sparks said in Alternate Universes, OR, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Fanfic:
@insomniac7809 said in Alternate Universes, OR, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Fanfic:
If we're really getting into classical crossover fanfic, though, we have to talk about Jason and the Argonauts.
"Every culture hero from the Greek city-states team up and have an adventure."
Now I just imagine the classical version of AO3, but instead of leaving comments people cluster around the Jason fanfic author to shout that the author is clearly getting this characterization wrong, because Hercules is totally not with Hylas and wouldn't leave the quest for him, because Hercules/Iolaus OTP, no Hercules/Megara OTP, are you kidding that relationship was so unhealthy, etc. And then one person starts screaming "UPDATE PLS!"
"Which poleis get to have their culture heroes on the boat" was a serious political statement for a while.
And if we're going into classical shipper territory, "was Achilles or Patroclus the top" was something 5th- and 4th-century BCE playwrights and philosophers liked to argue.
(Seriously, it shows up in the Symposium.)
Clearly it was patroclus, that's why his name means "Daddy Glory". <.<
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Waitwaitwaitwait! Nononono! I got it!
Modern Day Dragon Age. Especially triggered by the Kirkwall Coffee mini-series.
I don't know how this would work, but I doubt it could be done with any degree of seriousness and still be any good. Serious moments, but not "gritty fantasy" serious.
