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Mar. 18th, 2005 01:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dayseI've been listening to "Smile and Wave" on repeat all day and just ... man, how did I not know about these guys before? This is my favourite type of music and I just LOVE every damn song. I think if I have time I'll go on over to Future Shop today and pick up the other two CDs of theirs I saw.
[bops]
Also, on the subject of crossover fics where two characters played by the same actor appear:
To the best of my recollection, I've never written this altho I have read several. Most recently I read![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
estrella30's [Loneliness] which was just soooo soooo good. And it *worked*, man, did it work.
I know these types of crossovers always require some suspension of disbelief, since, well - it's not every day you run into your doppleganger, y'know? And so when it comes to these two characters (say Billy and Ray) running into each other, there's usually a brief moment of 'what the fuck? you look like me' and then they move on from there. Sometimes there's some fact-twisting to make it seem like they look a lot alike, but really not identical - which I think tends to be a bit more believable.
I remember reading a fic byviridan5 in the X-Files fandom where all of DD's characters showed up in one fic and it was revealed that Mulder was the victim or some sort of cloning experiment. But rarely can such an explaination be used in a fic.
Then there's always the 'long-lost brothers/cousins/family' route, which actually, now that I think about it, I can't ever recall seeing.
Anyway, I've got a HCL/Due South crossover plot bunny, and I'm having trouble wrapping my mind around how I'm going to deal with the obvious likeness of Ray/Billy in the fic (altho this will not be a Ray/Billy pairing). I keep picturing this conversation in my head that goes something like:
Ray: Aunt Mildie, on my mother's side, maiden name Hatcher.
Billy: Never fucking heard of her.
Ray: [getting frustrated] Uncle Bob, last name Faulkner.
Billy: [frowning] Who the hell name's anyone *Bob* any more?
Ray: Do you fucking know him or not!
Billy: No!
Ray: God, I hate you.
Also, in this story Ray is going to go undercover as Billy (yes, yes, I know, and then there's going to be a misunderstanding, a fight, Fraser's going to reveal his love for Ray through Billy, and someone ring the cliche bell), so there's the whole 'tattoo' issue. Even if I can somehow justify the fact that Billy and Ray look exactly alike, I don't know how I'm going to logicify my way around the fact that they both have the same exact tattoo in the same exact place.
Now, since RAY is going undercover as BILLY it makes more sense for Ray not to have the tattoo to begin with. It's much easier to put a tattoo on someone than take it off. But [shakes fist] damn it, Ray SHOWED his tattoo in several eps and Billy showed his and [cries] I'm an anal retentitive bitch and why can't I let it goooooo?
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[bops]
Also, on the subject of crossover fics where two characters played by the same actor appear:
To the best of my recollection, I've never written this altho I have read several. Most recently I read
estrella30's [Loneliness] which was just soooo soooo good. And it *worked*, man, did it work.I know these types of crossovers always require some suspension of disbelief, since, well - it's not every day you run into your doppleganger, y'know? And so when it comes to these two characters (say Billy and Ray) running into each other, there's usually a brief moment of 'what the fuck? you look like me' and then they move on from there. Sometimes there's some fact-twisting to make it seem like they look a lot alike, but really not identical - which I think tends to be a bit more believable.
I remember reading a fic by
viridan5 in the X-Files fandom where all of DD's characters showed up in one fic and it was revealed that Mulder was the victim or some sort of cloning experiment. But rarely can such an explaination be used in a fic.Then there's always the 'long-lost brothers/cousins/family' route, which actually, now that I think about it, I can't ever recall seeing.
Anyway, I've got a HCL/Due South crossover plot bunny, and I'm having trouble wrapping my mind around how I'm going to deal with the obvious likeness of Ray/Billy in the fic (altho this will not be a Ray/Billy pairing). I keep picturing this conversation in my head that goes something like:
Ray: Aunt Mildie, on my mother's side, maiden name Hatcher.
Billy: Never fucking heard of her.
Ray: [getting frustrated] Uncle Bob, last name Faulkner.
Billy: [frowning] Who the hell name's anyone *Bob* any more?
Ray: Do you fucking know him or not!
Billy: No!
Ray: God, I hate you.
Also, in this story Ray is going to go undercover as Billy (yes, yes, I know, and then there's going to be a misunderstanding, a fight, Fraser's going to reveal his love for Ray through Billy, and someone ring the cliche bell), so there's the whole 'tattoo' issue. Even if I can somehow justify the fact that Billy and Ray look exactly alike, I don't know how I'm going to logicify my way around the fact that they both have the same exact tattoo in the same exact place.
Now, since RAY is going undercover as BILLY it makes more sense for Ray not to have the tattoo to begin with. It's much easier to put a tattoo on someone than take it off. But [shakes fist] damn it, Ray SHOWED his tattoo in several eps and Billy showed his and [cries] I'm an anal retentitive bitch and why can't I let it goooooo?
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