Nomination Thread: AU: Crossover/Fusion

[tiltedsyllogism.livejournal.com]

Post your nominations for fusions or crossover fics here!

N.B. We have divided up the large umbrella category of AU into a couple of subcategories - we have separate streams for Alternate Narrative/Canon Divergence, Crossover/Fusion, and Omegaverse. So for the crossover and fusion stream, please nominate stories that are either set in the universe of some other specific work or world (e.g. Marvel Cinematic Universe, His Dark Materials) or which combine with the plot of some other work or story (e.g. Pride and Prejudice, Cinderella).

Current Nominations:

Woe and Arachnids (Addams Family) by etothepii
Of Ghosts and Men (Supernatural) by stardust_made
The Mystery of Ill Opinions (Shakespeare mashup) by mundungus42
The Queen of Gondal (series, Bronte's fantasy kingdoms) by AJHall

Comments

[joking.livejournal.com]

I've been meaning to read the Potterlock crossover Like a Phoenix (http://archiveofourown.org/works/963668) by chappysmom for a while but haven't gotten around to it. This book club would be a great way for me to dive in!

[unovis.livejournal.com]

A top-drawer author and a well known fic, but my favorite crossover:
Woe and Arachnids (http://archiveofourown.org/works/198421) (from the series Sic Gorgiamus Allos Subjectatos Nunc (http://archiveofourown.org/series/8180)) by etothepii 
Sherlock BBC/Addams Family -- mostly the movies for this one, for the character Wednesday Addams
(Gen, Teen rating, author CNTW)
John is an Addams relative. Wednesday comes to visit.

[dioscureantwins.livejournal.com]

I'd like to propose Of Ghosts and Men (http://archiveofourown.org/works/631482), by stardust_made. A truly wonderful SPN/Sherlock crossover that has the great advantage you don't have to be invested in both shows to yet become thoroughly invested in the story. It's got everything imho, great characterisations, stunning language, lots of angst and adventure. All in all a most satisfying read.

[frozen_delight]

Needless to say I'm seconding this most enthusiastically.

[birggitt.livejournal.com]

Ah! I'd love to read this story (Woe and Arachnids). Sounds like real fun, and I still haven't read it...

[meghanadxb.livejournal.com]

Seconded

The Mystery of Ill Opinions, by Mundungus42

[tiltedsyllogism.livejournal.com]

I thought I'd seen someone else nominate this, but I might have been making it up... but whether I was or not, it's a terrific idea! The Mystery of Ill Opinions (http://archiveofourown.org/works/1110736/chapters/2236333), by [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com], is one of my favorite Sherlock fics of all time. It's set in the theater world of Elizabethan London, and is a sort of a mashup with several different Shakespearean plays rather than a fusion with any one particular play: but in that, as in many respects, it does a really excellent job emulating the kind of manic, joyous pastiche that characterizes both Shakespeare's work in general and Sherlock. And it's got a lovely John/Sherlock romance strand, too.

The story is three chapters, and clocks in just under 30k.

Re: The Mystery of Ill Opinions, by Mundungus42

[dioscureantwins.livejournal.com]

I nominated this in another category. Mainly because for me the distinction between this and the other one is a bit of a blur. But of course I second this story in this category as well.

Re: The Mystery of Ill Opinions, by Mundungus42

[tiltedsyllogism.livejournal.com]

argh! I'm such a damn doof, I KNEW I'd seen it nominated somewhere else on the comm.

(*puts mod hat on*
I'm sorry the categories still feel blurry - I know we're introducing new and unfamiliar divisions into the longstanding big tent that is AU, but we're hoping that they'll be helpful in the long run.
*takes mod hat off*)

I suggested the story here, even though it could fit into several different categories, because my favorite thing about it is the way it incorporates various storylines from Shakespeare's plays, and the spirit in which it does so is really interesting to me... but you nominated it first, so if you'd rather it go elsewhere, I will happily defer - delete this comment and pop over to the other thread to second your original nomination. There isn't any sort of policy in place yet on the subject, but my gut instinct is that we should only have a given story up in one stream at a time... but I dunno, what do you think?

Re: The Mystery of Ill Opinions, by Mundungus42

[dioscureantwins.livejournal.com]

As you're the mod and thus have a better idea of these different categories I suggest we go through with this stream. I look forward to discussing the many merits of this delightful story with you.

[saki101.livejournal.com]

Whichever stream it ends up in, I enthusiasically second this wonderful story!

[frozen_delight]

Seconding likewise.

The Queen Of Gondal series by A. J. Hall

[shezan.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure whether A.J. Hall's stupendous Queen of Gondal (http://archiveofourown.org/series/7681) series belongs here or with the AU: Alternate Universe ones,, so I'll rec it in both places. If you don't know this fantastic, detailed, 15-part (so far!) AU by the great AJ, which crosses Sherlock with the imaginary late 17th century kingdoms dreamt up by the Brontë children, RUN not walk. (And you get the odd character from Cabin Pressure and Life On Mars thrown in on, occasion, too!)

The Queen of Gondal series is Sherlock meets The Prisoner of Zenda meets every Errol Flynn/Douglas Fairbanks, Jr movie you can dream of. It is witty, swashbucking, romantic, funny, dramatic, action-packed, incredibly erudite, and did I mention funny? The latest instalment, The Cock o' the North, has just been published, but you really need to start at the beginning, The Crown Princess of Gaaldine.

This is the author's introduction to the series:

This is a quasi-historical AU of the BBC Sherlock series set (more or less) in three fantasy kingdoms devised by the Bronte children.

The time period is roughly the late seventeenth century and readers should bear in mind that this saga contains the doings of a set of supremely dysfunctional more-or-less European Royal families steeped in the "divine right of kings" ideology of monarchy, filtered through an early nineteenth century Romantic/Gothick sensibility and then depicted using the freedom of expression afforded by the early twenty-first century internet.

Furthermore, if the Greek myths contemplated it, some member of the Royal houses of Gondal, Angria or Gaaldine has probably put it into practice somewhere.

Gentle reader, consider yourself advised accordingly.

Short for my taste at 170,924 words, this is, fortunately, far from finished, although nearly each story is an individual novella with its own resolution

Re: The Queen Of Gondal series by A. J. Hall

[dioscureantwins.livejournal.com]

I was going to propose this for the next round. So yes, fully seconded.

[frozen_delight]

Seconding with all my heart.

[shadowturquoise.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure whether to nominate this for Crossover or Crack, because it is definitely both. It is a BAMF!Mrs.Hudson that is a cross over with 20'different fandoms. I think it would be great fun to identify and discuss each of those fandoms.
Downstairs, in Baker Street (http://archiveofourown.org/works/429523) (5278 words) by trace_of_scarlet (http://archiveofourown.org/users/trace_of_scarlet)

[meghanadxb.livejournal.com]

I'd like to nominate

1. The Letter in the Wall (http://archiveofourown.org/works/275740) by maskedfangirl (http://archiveofourown.org/users/maskedfangirl/pseuds/maskedfangirl)
Summary: When the contractors open the bathroom wall, there's a package wedged between the pipes, addressed to Mrs. Hudson and dated 1888. The letter within reads as follows.
Crossover: wholock

2. To Q or Not to Q (http://archiveofourown.org/works/473336/chapters/819507) by antietamfalls (http://archiveofourown.org/users/antietamfalls/pseuds/antietamfalls)
Summary: Sherlock is a bored, de-powered Q harassed by Mycroft and exiled on Captain Watson's ship.
Crossover: Treklock

3. Bel Canto (http://archiveofourown.org/works/712295/chapters/1317304) by bendingsignpost (http://archiveofourown.org/users/bendingsignpost)
Summary: After years of waiting for wealthy patrons to faint, Dr John Watson discovers a far more interesting patient in the opera house basement. (AU through a Phantom of the Opera lens.)
Crossover: Phantom of the Opera (moved by mods request)