Crossover Bingo Round 1

[thisbluespirit]

I haven't been around so much the last couple of days for various reasons, so apologies if I've not been commenting so much. (I was family historying and then I went out.)

However, in predictable things, I signed up for crossoverbingo after all. You have to choose 2-4 fandoms for the crossover before you start, which is a bit limiting, but I think actually could work well for me - it gives me a specific target of writing 5 out of 6 possible unique crossovers to get a bingo, and it might make up for the lack of intoabar this year. (I'm a bit sad it wasn't at least 5, though, as then I could have thrown in S&S, too! Due to way too much binge-watching of Lucifer, I switched it out for that at the last minute.)

Also, in other important news, as you can see, I have a Jenkins icon. He is probably worrying about what I might do with him in my efforts to achieve a bingo. (Sorry, Jenkins.)

{Once Upon a Time | The Librarians | Lucifer | Doctor Who}
perfume	truth spell	cyan	cassandra	death fic
trapped in a dream	blueberries	natural disaster	vandalize	found family
aswang	meet the family	free space	kryptonite	host
secret twin	snake	murder mystery	letters from no one	champagne
road trip	eggs	mocha	meeting again years later	love at first sight

At the moment, I'm looking at the top horizontal line, as I accidentally wrote (in rough) a fic for "death fic" while thinking that I would never write that square for a crossover, and also it's hard to resist the square "Cassandra" when you've picked The Librarians as one of your fandoms.

Comments

[weaselett]

Jenkins! (and oh yeah, Librarians and Lucifer.....that could be fun ;))

[thisbluespirit]

Jenkins is the best!

and oh yeah, Librarians and Lucifer.....that could be fun

I haven't any ideas for that particular combo yet, but it certainly ought to be!

[astrogirl]

I looked at this challenge when you linked to it before at some point, and decided that pre-selecting a small number of fandoms for it ahead of time was way too limiting for me. It was almost a relief not to have another challenge I couldn't resist! Although I'm actually remarkably close to finishing the current round of Gen Prompt Bingo already. And I am still lamenting the lack of intoabar.

Those are some fairly interesting prompts, though. I bet you'll do some fun things with them!

Lucifer, by the way, is definitely on my endless list of things I want to watch, although possibly not in the very near future, as I'm still busy obsessing inconveniently over Good Omens, and there may only be room for so many demons in my brain at once. :)

[thisbluespirit]

Yes, I thought it was too limiting, but then I was sulking over lack of intoabar and realised that it was, in fact, a lot less limiting than that, and then I worked out that it gave me 6 unique crossovers and that I could then aim to do 5 out of the 6. (If they have a feedback post afterwards, I'm going to point out that they need to allow about 8 if anyone wanted to do 25 unique crossovers for a bingo.) But, yes, then I thought: what the hell? Sort of literally, given that I added Lucifer, and went for it.

Lucifer, by the way, is definitely on my endless list of things I want to watch, although possibly not in the very near future, as I'm still busy obsessing inconveniently over Good Omens, and there may only be room for so many demons in my brain at once.

Fair enough! Which, of course, is only all the more reason to watch The Librarians next instead! ;-p

I got Lucifer S1 for my b'day and spent the first 5 episodes having v mixed reactions, and then at Ep5 it went up several gears and I got strangely addicted. I have watched S1-3 by means of b;day spoils and then even pirated S4. So, er, yeah. I think, given that there's the devil, an angel, a demon and a bunch of cops, one child, and one therapist, it makes for an interesting selection of random relationship - a whole lot of fishes out of water. And I am a sucker for a good fish out of water thing.

I should think watching it next to any other angels and demons would either instigate immediate crossovers or just confusion, and while one of those would be an excellent result, the other less so!!

I hear we're getting Good Omens in the autumn on BBC, so I shan't be too long behind the rest of the world. And, of course, I read the book many moons ago, although my memories are a bit vague by now.

[shannonsequitur]

Congratulations(?) on being the only other Good Omens holdout among my online circle. I actually DO want to see it (unlike some other popular stuff that I just don’t care about), but… ugh, why are there so damn many streaming services???

[thisbluespirit]

Ha, it's not much of a hold out when you just don't have the streaming source in question and know that the BBC are supposed to be showing it for free in a couple of months!

[astrogirl]

Gaah, "why are there so damn many streaming services???" has been my annoyed lament for quite a while now. I am just so deeply, deeply grateful that this particular thing happened to be on one of the ones I already had. (And not even for the video, either. I signed up for Amazon Prime just for the shipping. I never thought a Good Omens adaptation would be a side perk of free shipping, but occasionally the universe is kind, in its own weird way.)

[astrogirl]

Yes, I thought it was too limiting, but then I was sulking over lack of intoabar and realised that it was, in fact, a lot less limiting than that,

Well, intoabar is limiting in a very special sort of way that I find irresistible. :)

Which, of course, is only all the more reason to watch The Librarians next instead! ;-p

Oh, god. Well, maybe after I finish the five or six other things I'm also watching next. :)

I got Lucifer S1 for my b'day and spent the first 5 episodes having v mixed reactions, and then at Ep5 it went up several gears and I got strangely addicted.

Someone recommended it to me a little while back as a sort of addictive guilty pleasure, and, hey, I like addictive guilty pleasures, usually without feeling much of a sense of guilt about them at all. I don't even know all that much about it, but "the devil, an angel, a demon and a bunch of cops, one child, and one therapist" sounds up my alley.

I should think watching it next to any other angels and demons would either instigate immediate crossovers or just confusion, and while one of those would be an excellent result, the other less so!!

Heh, my brain is already sort of torn between wanting All the Crossovers with the angel and demon I already have, and being quite sure none of them would work whatsoever.

I hear we're getting Good Omens in the autumn on BBC, so I shan't be too long behind the rest of the world. And, of course, I read the book many moons ago, although my memories are a bit vague by now.

So were mine. I actually think having read the book, but long enough ago not to remember it well, may be the ideal way of approaching the TV show. I remembered just enough of the book to feel very, very happy about seeing it brought to life in a way I greatly enjoyed, but not enough to spend the entire time consciously comparing the show to the book and wondering why they'd left this in or changed that.

[thisbluespirit]

Someone recommended it to me a little while back as a sort of addictive guilty pleasure, and, hey, I like addictive guilty pleasures

It is, absolutely! Trashy, entertaining and addictive and often surprisingly good in between.

but "the devil, an angel, a demon and a bunch of cops, one child, and one therapist" sounds up my alley.

I had sort of osmosed it as being darker than it was, and so the random team-ups and comedy and singing was not quite what I'd expected. But definitely in a good way! :-D


I actually think having read the book, but long enough ago not to remember it well, may be the ideal way of approaching the TV show.

It so often is! Few things spoil an adaptation as quickly as knowing the book too well. Especially when it starts to feel as if you know it much better than the adaptor ever tried to.

Heh, my brain is already sort of torn between wanting All the Crossovers with the angel and demon I already have, and being quite sure none of them would work whatsoever.

It really is as well I have to wait a bit for Good Omens, otherwise I'd be combining it with Lucifer and S2 of The Good Place, which Ch4 suddenly coughed up, and I feel that might be a bit much for heaven, hell and assorted angels and demons.

[astrogirl]

I had sort of osmosed it as being darker than it was, and so the random team-ups and comedy and singing was not quite what I'd expected. But definitely in a good way! :-D

It does continue to sound more and more appealing. (Not that I don't like dark, also, but, hey.)

Few things spoil an adaptation as quickly as knowing the book too well. Especially when it starts to feel as if you know it much better than the adaptor ever tried to.

Oh, hell, yes. Although at least in this case the adaptor is one of the authors so at least that's not a problem.

It really is as well I have to wait a bit for Good Omens, otherwise I'd be combining it with Lucifer and S2 of The Good Place, which Ch4 suddenly coughed up, and I feel that might be a bit much for heaven, hell and assorted angels and demons.

Ha, yes. Yes, I'd think it really would be. But yay for The Good Place! (That's definitely one where my brain sort of goes "Oooh, wouldn't that be a great crossover!" and then seizes up trying to imagine it. :))

[thisbluespirit]

But yay for The Good Place! (That's definitely one where my brain sort of goes "Oooh, wouldn't that be a great crossover!" and then seizes up trying to imagine it. :))

Yes, because in most cases, you'd have to kill people to do it, I suppose? A slight downer.

I am enjoying S2, although slightly miffed about the fact that, having been provided with the episodes for free, I can only watch one a week in the old-fashioned way. They're so short, it's cruelty to viewers. :-D

[astrogirl]

Oh, one could do it without killing anyone who isn't already dead, but despite some interesting similarities, the way the two universes are set up seem very incompatible. :)

And, yeah, I felt much the same thing about having gotten caught up and having to watch one a week as they came out. It's a show you just want to keep watching and watching. (As I just mentioned to someone elsewhere, I think it's the only example of me binge-watching a season of a show and then immediately turning around and re-watching it all again.)

[liadt]

Good luck with the crossovering!

[thisbluespirit]

Thank you! <3

[swordznsorcery]

I can imagine Lucifer looking especially pleased with himself for having corrupted you so successfully! Maze is mildly disappointed that the corruption only extends to fanfic though. ;)

[thisbluespirit]

Maze would be even more disappointed to find that my fic didn't even involve any graphic porn or violence. Tragic. :-D

[swordznsorcery]

Beware her Withering Glare Of Doom. :)




(And her knives. Probably mostly her knives.)

[thisbluespirit]

She's looking surprisingly gleeful in my icon, though. Not glaring at all!


... which probably does mean she's got the knives out already, doesn't it? 0_o

[swordznsorcery]

Usually! :D

[corvidology]

Nice to see someone else in my circle has succumbed. :D

[thisbluespirit]

Indeed! I think, unfortunately, the limited pool of fandoms has put a lot of people off. But I think it might help me to actually get a bingo instead of my usual approach of apparently seeing how many squares it's possible to fill while not getting a bingo...

[paranoidangel]

It seems a bit weird that you have to choose the fandoms in advance - you don't for any other sort of bingo. But I am amused that you have a Cassandra square and chose The Librarians.

[thisbluespirit]

No. I think originally, they were going to have a chosen set of fandoms to use per round, and then changed it to this, which at least allowed people to have their own fandoms! Maybe next round they'll loosen it up a bit further. Mind, I think this will actually work well for me getting a bingo rather than my usual scattergun approach, but we'll see.

I was v amused at getting "Cassandra" as a square. :-D

[foreverdawning]

Haha it's a bit odd seeing your own name in one of the boxes (Cyan)

[thisbluespirit]

Ha, yes, that must seem a bit weird!