Daily Pilots Post: But, what if...

[ecstaticdance.livejournal.com]

wisteria_ posted a new BSG/L&O:UK cross-over fic today.  I would wax poetic, but I've been drinking, so I'm going to keep this simple.  It's really well done.  If you haven't read it yet, you should.

It got me thinking about other very well done AU cross-over stories.  Specifically, rayruz 's Did I Fall Asleep.  And about AU's in general.  There are a ton of amazing AU and cross-over stories out there, and I want to know about them.

But I also want to know what your "what if" questions are.  Have you ever wondered what would have happened if Kara had actually been an artist taking a vacation on Cloud Nine when the worlds ended?  What if Lee had been a lawyer, rather than a reservist?  Would he have even been on Galactica?  What if they'd lived during the American Revolution?  What if... what?

So, two questions for today.

1) What are your favorite AU and/or cross-over fics?

2) What AU or cross-over would you like to see, but haven't yet?

Comments

[muddlingalong.livejournal.com]

I am just terrible with remembering titles and authors, but there's an awesome fic where the fleet stops at least some of the first attacks on the colonies but Lee basically ends up exiled to some sole-charge outpost in the ass end of nowhere.

I like how for a change Kara is the golden girl and Lee is the one in trouble. Kara's still got her issues (from what I can remember) but Lee is much more openly damaged in this AU. It makes for an interesting change :)

Hopefully someone out there has a better memory than me.

[scifishipper.livejournal.com]

I am shocked - SHOCKED - that I would actually remember and have bookmarked a fic that someone else can't remember. Hee. Try this:

Beauty and the Beast: A Frakked Up Fairy Tale (http://innibis.livejournal.com/51480.html) by innibis.

[stripes13.livejournal.com]

I'll be back later with more, but I wanted to mention the Cutting Edge crossover that taragel is doing.....I am very excited for this one.

[ninjamonkey73.livejournal.com]

Toepick!

[callmeonetrack.livejournal.com]

Lol. How much do I love that you're anticipating it! Hee. I hope I don't let you guys down! (I need to get cracking!)

[callmeonetrack.livejournal.com]

I always said I wasn't much of an AU fan, meaning the really wildly supplanted stories, yet...I've come around on that somewhat. (Snobbishly, I think I read a lot of really poorly written stuff in the early days of discovering this fandom and FF.net where they were called "AU" but it was just an excuse to write them OOC.)

Anyway, Did I Fall Asleep? (BSG/Dollhouse) and Fight the Break of Dawn (BSG/Hunger Games), both by rayruz, are my favorite crossover fics. But I also really love queenofthorns' Cyllon High crack-fic series (BSG/Friday Night Lights). As for AU (that isn't just like Academy fic or changing the finale/outcome of show), innibis's Rapunzel is a favorite and rawles' Periapsis (where Lee and Kara are sociopaths, caring nothing for anyone but each other).

[muddlingalong.livejournal.com]

Oooh, yes Periapsis. How did I forget about that? That fic coloured every other fic I read and every episode I watched for a month or two afterwards.

[muddlingalong.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

And yay! I'm not the only one here!

[rayruz.livejournal.com]

<3 Thank you bb. Glad you like em. :D

[thegreenkitty.livejournal.com]

Hee! Shipper, I'm right there with ya...I never remember fic names...but I was just going to post about innibis and her fairy tales! And agreed, muddling, it is a great fic!

[scifishipper.livejournal.com]

It is one of my favorites. Along with Periapsis, which Tara recced below.

[nazkey.livejournal.com]

This one is one of my favorites. It's not a crossover, but it's AU and it's very well done. I love the Greek mythology angle of it all:

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3425834/1/State_of_Delusion

(PS: I've never posted links on here before so just in case I messed it up, it's called State of Delusion by kiss1971 on fanfiction.net)

Oh ... wait ... and a couple more absolutely positively number one favorite AU's

workerbee's Borrowed Time and this one:

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5045990/1/It_All_Came_Tumbling_Down

(It All Came Tumbling Down - WIP by kl-eternity on fanfiction.net) It's a great one because it has an Earth version of K/L too :-)

AND, I would love, love, love to see a Pride & Prejudice cross-over. Is there any out there?

[daybreak777.livejournal.com]

Crossover - I like Byzantium (http://sloanesomething.livejournal.com/154730.html) by sloanesomething. It's a Law & Order: SVU crossover. Elliot/Olivia and Kara/Lee. :-)

AU? This is harder as I love AUs. Hmm. I really like this New Caprica AU called Back 2 Good (http://community.livejournal.com/pi_pieces/tag/back2good) by pi_pieces. Scroll down for the beginning. :-)

And I love the New York AU (http://leiascully.livejournal.com/480377.html#cutid11) by leiascully. (Scroll all the way down.) Really love that one. It's like BSG crossed over with New York. :-)

Contraventions (http://leda13.livejournal.com/27715.html) is like a classic AU by leda13. You know, what if there had been no Zak? I have to reread that one. It's been a while. :-)

[rdave1.livejournal.com]

I fail at remembering tiles and I don't read many crossover fics. I don't know why but I never really got into them. Now AU, I'm all for.:)

The one AU I have read was Did I fall Asleep; beautiful fic.

Over on ff.net; I read a 24 and L&O:UK crossover. Dana meets Matt; a short piece but it was sweet. Can't think of the name.

[stripes13.livejournal.com]

Hmmmmm are you thinking of Familiar Faces (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5714374/1/Familiar_Faces)?

[rdave1.livejournal.com]

Yes! That was it!

I just remember reading the end and how our pilots got screwed over! But I can only imagine what kind of trouble goodie two shoes, Matt and bad girl Dana could get into.:)

[ecstaticdance.livejournal.com]

Ooo! Yes, I love this one.

[ecstaticdance.livejournal.com]

I always said I wasn't much of an AU fan, meaning the really wildly supplanted stories, yet...I've come around on that somewhat. (Snobbishly, I think I read a lot of really poorly written stuff in the early days of discovering this fandom and FF.net where they were called "AU" but it was just an excuse to write them OOC.)

I know exactly what you mean. It's one thing to make changes to the circumstances that effect the way the characters react and develop, but stay in line with what we know of them. It's another thing entirely to just warp the whole thing and make them different people entirely.

[ecstaticdance.livejournal.com]

I'm kind of curious about what might have happened if Lee had been the one to die during the Maelstrom and then come back...

[stripes13.livejournal.com]

Contraventions is one of my all time favs :) I also really enjoy Eris and Aurora (http://leda13.livejournal.com/22659.html)

[nazkey.livejournal.com]

Awesome selections. Love Back 2 Good (I think it has a sequel too). Actually pi_pieces has a ton of "serials" which are really awesome.

Contraventions is fantastic! Thanks for the reminder to go read it again! ;-)

[nazkey.livejournal.com]

There's an AU out there with this story line. I can't remember the name (dang) but it's pretty cool. I'll repost after I do some searchin'.

[shah-of-blah.livejournal.com]

Tides of Olympus (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3861995/1/Tides_of_Olympus). In progress, but still being updated. It's a good one.

[nazkey.livejournal.com]

That's it!!! It's also posted on the Fall Out Shelter. I don't think he's going to update it tho (unfortunately). Looks like it's been a while.

[nazkey.livejournal.com]

Anyone have a link to Periapsis? Can't find it :-(