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Seen at ignipes' LJ:

Give me two characters from different fandoms you know I'm familiar with, and I'll give you a dialogue happening between the two of them. Without justifying how the crossover would work, how their worlds clashed, or how they could even meet each other. Just a silly crossover conversation with no backstory, for fun.

I'm changing this slightly to include only fandoms I like, so as to minimize potential problem sources in writing these. :-) If you don't know what fandoms I know and like: My LJ interests are far from being a complete list, but they're a place to start. Also, anything I've ever talked or written about in a positive way is fair game.

There are some characters that refuse to talk to me, but I will do my best. *g*

bowtrunckle has posted a lovely, thoughtful and insightful SPN meta essay titled "Tension, Conflict, Motivation, and Plot: Why the Story is About Dean and We Do Know Sam". She makes a lot of fascinating points – not just about SPN but about constructing narratives and dramatic tension in general – and has a wonderful geeky chart, too. :-)

Her essay almost – but not quite – addresses an issue that has been making me uneasy about where the SPN mytharc might be going since S1. And so, because it was time, I finally committed SPN meta myself.


Vague mytharc spoilers up to 3x12, no spoilers for unaired episodes. I am unspoiled for any and all unaired eps and wish to remain so, so please, no spoilers in comments!

( To my mind, there are different ways of being a presence in a fictional universe. Plot time - meaning involvement in and/or moving forward of the plot - is not identical with importance within the fictional universe . It's the latter arena where I fear that SPN may turn lopsided in the future; it hasn't quite done so yet, IMO, but it has set up a lot of factors that make it seem like the mytharc is going there at full tilt. )

Disclaimer: Not mine. No harm, no foul.
Characters: John, Mary
Spoilers: 1x01 only
Rating: R for violence
Story notes: 2,500 words. Pre-canon setting.
Betaed by the_shoshanna, who did an amazing job and went above and beyond to hammer this thing into shape. Thank you very much!


Into the Jungle

The first time John saw Mary, he hardly noticed her – not her as a person. He just saw a round-eyed woman in fatigues, the drab, shapeless green revealing only hints of curves when she moved.

Later, he was never sure it really had been Mary.


Feedback of all types - positive and negative - is much appreciated.

Would anyone be interested in betaing a 2.000 word Supernatural story?

Fair warning: It's pre-canon, focussing on John and Mary with only one mention of Dean and Sam. Also, it's rather dark...

Disclaimer: Not mine. In case anyone was wondering.
Rating: Gen, no rating.
Spoilers: None.
Notes: This is the last of five short, unconnected stories crossing Supernatural with other fictional universes. Feedback of any kind – positive and negative – is very much appreciated!
Betaed by solo___. Thank you again!
Previous stories in the series can be found here.



Arachnophobia
by Sylvia


Sam was laughing, the bastard. Blood running down his face and bones crunching underneath his feet and one arm stuck to the wall and the giant black hairy corpse leaking something foul onto the ground right next to him – and Sam was *laughing.*

( There was something wrong with that boy. )

Disclaimer: Not mine. In case anyone was wondering.
Rating: Gen, no rating.
Spoilers: None.
Notes: This is the third of five unconnected short stories crossing Supernatural with other fictional universes. I'm posting one crossover a day; all five stories are already completed. Feedback of any kind – positive and negative – is much appreciated!
Betaed by solo____. Thank you again!
Previous stories in the series can be found here.



Wildlife
by Sylvia

Gojyo heard them from about a mile away. They'd parked their car by the side of the road, made a lot of noise rummaging around the trunk, and then set off through the woods, heading pretty much straight for the lake.

Huh. Gojyo's senses weren't usually quite this sharp. ( Must be something about the water. )

Disclaimer: Not mine. In case anyone was wondering.
Rating: Gen, no rating.
Notes: This is one of five unconnected short stories crossing Supernatural with other fictional universes. I'll be posting one crossover a day; all five stories are already completed. Feedback of any kind - positive and negative - is much appreciated!
Spoilers: Very mild for 1x12 ("Faith"); fairly massive for 2x01 ("In My Time of Dying").
Betaed by solo____. Thank you again!


Flirting with Death
by Sylvia


The third time a reaper comes for him, Dean doesn't even try to talk his way out of it. ( Third time's the charm, as they say. )

Apropos of nothing: Some observations and opinions. *g*


Five little-known facts about Sam

Sam doesn't just want "a normal life". He wants "a safe and normal life". (Safety comes first in canon and is hardly ever seen in fandom.)

Several years of college do not make you an expert on everything from medieval French poetry to astrophysics. Nor will you have read the entire literary canon of Western civilization, or learned Proto-Indo-European and Sanskrit.

The fact that Sam went to college - and did very well there - does not mean that he is a genius.

Being psychic does not mean you are an altruistic, sensitive, bleeding-hearted angel of compassion. Neither does it mean you are the End of the World.

Sam's Latin pronunciation does not support the idea he is: A. Cicero reborn, or B. any kind of linguistic genius. (In fact, it sucks.)


Five little-known facts about Dean

Dean's eyes are green. (I refer to the actor, and the police files to be observed in "Benders", if further evidence is needed.)

Dean is loyal, protective, supportive, and courageous, but his personality does not begin and end with those traits. He is not a dog. Witness the lack of furry ears and the presence of opposable thumbs.

There is no need to emphasize that Dean isn't stupid, because there is no canon indication that he might be. (The fact that Dean built an EMF detector out of a walkman is neither the only nor the most conclusive sign of intelligence on his part.)

Dean is not a misogynist, a chauvinist, or a despoiler of innocence.

From everything we see, Dean genuinely likes and is really good with kids.


( Five personal opinions to round it off )

Disclaimer: Not mine. No harm, no foul.
Story notes: This is an AU. Gen, no rating. Feedback of all types - positive and negative - is much appreciated.
Spoilers: 1x12 ("Faith") – in fact, the story will not make sense to anyone who hasn't seen this episode.
Betaed by solo____, k_julia, xkatjafx, gwendolen, without_me, tommybarbarella, and chaneen. Again, thank you very much! You all helped me enormously.


Last Truce
by Sylvia

( Dean never stops whining about his stupid car. )