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be_compromised2012-10-05 12:36 pm
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All the Things Friday: AU day!
Huzzah! We made it to the end of another week. Today we're going to discuss all things AU (alternate universe fics/fanwork), so please share with us:
1. Your favorite AU fic/fanart, etc.
2. Ideas for new AU's or comment fic (what would you love to see written? what inspires you?)
3. Discussion topics: Why think outside the box when it comes to fanwork? What are the benefits of AU's? If you love them, why?
As always, polite anarchy reigns supreme. And above all, this bar is for fun, so make sure you have some. :)
A note on definitions: When I speak of AU, I'm really thinking of a pure AU, as in, a story that exists completely outside the established canon structure (ie, Clint and Natasha as veterinarians, Clint and Natasha hunt vampires, Clint and Natasha in the 18th century, etc.) If a story could plausibly exist within the canon world (is, Clint and Natasha are SHIELD agents or backstory thereto) I don't really think of it so much as AU. I also don't think of butterfly effect stories (ie, "what if we changed one thing in canon and then retold the whole story?") as pure AU's, and I distinguish AU's from crossovers with existing characters in other fandoms. We can discuss both of these categories at a later date; for now, let's try and stick with pure AU's.
Happy Friday, y'all. :)
1. Your favorite AU fic/fanart, etc.
2. Ideas for new AU's or comment fic (what would you love to see written? what inspires you?)
3. Discussion topics: Why think outside the box when it comes to fanwork? What are the benefits of AU's? If you love them, why?
As always, polite anarchy reigns supreme. And above all, this bar is for fun, so make sure you have some. :)
A note on definitions: When I speak of AU, I'm really thinking of a pure AU, as in, a story that exists completely outside the established canon structure (ie, Clint and Natasha as veterinarians, Clint and Natasha hunt vampires, Clint and Natasha in the 18th century, etc.) If a story could plausibly exist within the canon world (is, Clint and Natasha are SHIELD agents or backstory thereto) I don't really think of it so much as AU. I also don't think of butterfly effect stories (ie, "what if we changed one thing in canon and then retold the whole story?") as pure AU's, and I distinguish AU's from crossovers with existing characters in other fandoms. We can discuss both of these categories at a later date; for now, let's try and stick with pure AU's.
Happy Friday, y'all. :)
Re: musings, lots of recs, some fic hopes (2)
Speaking of noir AUs, the one that got away by
scargeear on deviant art has fanart of all the Avengers as in the 2012 Olympics - this link goes to Natasha but also has links to all the others. Fun!
The Avengers as Avenging Angels fanart by azriel on tumblr. Gorgeous and just begging for a fic ;)
And I had Harry Potter fussion AUs fanart and fics, but they seem to have wandered off, into the depths of my bookmarks collection or the far reaches of the internet. Sorry about that.
As for AU fic ideas, I need to have a fic finishing month *shakes head at self*.
1) His Dark Materials fusion combining two prompts from the promptathon - Natasha is a witch with a Black Widow daemon and Clint is a hunter from the north with a hawk daemon. There is muder and hopefully some intrigue.
2) A Firefly fusion. I'm finding the chatter about matching Avengers characters to Firefly characters above interesting, because instead of my brain matching characterisations I thought about what roles a successful crew would need to be filled and which roles each Avengers character would best suit.
3) Circus AUs. Many of them. Many.
4) And other AUs from promptathon prompts, but the first three are the ones eating my brain and that I WILL FINISH, I WILL :)
Re: musings, lots of recs, some fic hopes (2)
Re: musings, lots of recs, some fic hopes (2)