Honestly, my acquiantance with really character-oriented fans is that they don't write crossovers, because they're not interested in exploring the characters as they interact with someone not in thier canon. They want to play with the canon toys and get very cranky when anything outside canon, ranging from an OC to a crossover, gets introduced. The usual argument I see for this is that these relationships don't matter, because they aren't relevant to the primary canon's themes/conflicts/whatever.
I mean, I'm sure a character-oriented fan would be more likely to write "they team up!" than "they fight!", but the general crossover formula usually calls for a team-up after an initial conflict and misunderstanidng (which is usually inconclusive to keep from pissing anyone off). And versus MB threads are outright banned on a lot of even male-dominated forums I frequent, because they mostly serve to piss people off.
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Date: 2007-08-29 01:04 pm (UTC)I mean, I'm sure a character-oriented fan would be more likely to write "they team up!" than "they fight!", but the general crossover formula usually calls for a team-up after an initial conflict and misunderstanidng (which is usually inconclusive to keep from pissing anyone off). And versus MB threads are outright banned on a lot of even male-dominated forums I frequent, because they mostly serve to piss people off.