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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: 2013-02-12 07:49 pm (UTC)Yes, I think you're right. I originally intended to set it in the 3 year gap between S4 and S5 of Merlin, and I think I'll still do that. If I wanted to make the canon diverting explicit, then I'd set it in the early days of S5, but if I want to make it ambiguous, I think I'm better off in that 3 year gap - where maybe S5 happens and maybe it doesn't. (In my mind it won't).
The latter half of S5 was pretty dumb. I don't know what they would have done if the producers had gotten the S6 that they wanted (my understanding is that it wasn't actually the BBC that decided to "cancel" the show, it was actually the actors (or at least Bradley) who refused to sign on for a S6 - and I don't blame him. There was no where else for the story to go besides a magic reveal, and they should have done it WELL before the goddamn final episode, ESPECIALLY if the final episode was going to be Camlann (which again, I don't think it should have been, because that wasn't the story they were supposed to be telling.)
Anyway, yes, off the soapbox. (I have a no complaining about Supernatural rule on this journal - but it seems Merlin is fair game :P )