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hells_half_acreAs some of you know, I'm writing a Merlin/Supernatural crossover at the moment. It's going to be roughly 20-24k words... maybe longer. It takes place in the Merlin universe.
Now, my question to you is: Should I change Merlin canon???
I only ask, because I started writing this fic before Merlin ended. And...well... I hated the end of Merlin. I thought it was bad writing (not so much the dialogue and the characters, but rather the plot of the final season.) So, on the one hand, I could change all that... or at least, leave it ambiguous enough that the reader could imagine that everything changed. On the other hand, I usually stick with canon in these crossovers and that's what orders them and keeps them believable and satisfying (in my opinion.) But if the canon isn't satisfying....then, maybe I should change it?
It'd mean rewriting a little of what I've done already, but not actually that much when it comes right down to it. The major changes would be to the bit that I haven't written yet anyway.
(I also still have to decide where in Supernatural's timeline Sam and Dean are going to be.)
Anyway, any thoughts would be appreciated.
PS: I know I've been writing a lot slower these days than I used to in the past... but in the past I was under- and unemployed, and these days I'm actually working full time. So, I'm finding it a bit more difficult to find time to write. I know I just have to make a better routine of it though, so I'm working on that. I haven't been working on the poor novel at all, even though I think I have a good strategy for fixing at least some of the problems. What I should really do is stop reading other peoples fanfiction. I spend far too much time doing that, I suppose. I'll shut-up now.
Now, my question to you is: Should I change Merlin canon???
I only ask, because I started writing this fic before Merlin ended. And...well... I hated the end of Merlin. I thought it was bad writing (not so much the dialogue and the characters, but rather the plot of the final season.) So, on the one hand, I could change all that... or at least, leave it ambiguous enough that the reader could imagine that everything changed. On the other hand, I usually stick with canon in these crossovers and that's what orders them and keeps them believable and satisfying (in my opinion.) But if the canon isn't satisfying....then, maybe I should change it?
It'd mean rewriting a little of what I've done already, but not actually that much when it comes right down to it. The major changes would be to the bit that I haven't written yet anyway.
(I also still have to decide where in Supernatural's timeline Sam and Dean are going to be.)
Anyway, any thoughts would be appreciated.
PS: I know I've been writing a lot slower these days than I used to in the past... but in the past I was under- and unemployed, and these days I'm actually working full time. So, I'm finding it a bit more difficult to find time to write. I know I just have to make a better routine of it though, so I'm working on that. I haven't been working on the poor novel at all, even though I think I have a good strategy for fixing at least some of the problems. What I should really do is stop reading other peoples fanfiction. I spend far too much time doing that, I suppose. I'll shut-up now.
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Date: 2013-02-11 04:06 am (UTC)I think the problem is that if I leave it as it is, then in my mind, I know that the Merlin and Arthur that I just wrote are going to end up in those last three episodes of S5... and that makes me sad.
So, yes, I think in order to make myself happy, I need to change it a little - or at least leave it open to interpretation so that it COULD change.
I think I'll probably just have to write the second half and see how ambiguous I can make it... and then decide if it needs to be more explicit to be good/satisfying for just me. Hopefully though, ambiguous will work and everyone can be happy.
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Date: 2013-02-11 10:12 pm (UTC)Ambiguity does seem to be the happiest option :)