Question for those interested in my Merlin/SPN fic...

[hells_half_acre]

As 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.

Comments

[marlowe78.livejournal.com]

Oh hey, thank you!

That's really cool of you, I'll go check them out. I really liked the acting in the show, I have to say, so that'd be my focus. Also, since the first times I watched them with German translation (we do that, we translate everything to German instead of just learning English... not sure if that's smart or stupid), any acting gets better when they lose the childish stupid giggle-voices! ;-)


Which is why I don't blame the actors for saying no to new seasons, because they seriously deserve better writing for their talents.

No, I don't either. I think they are really good, and I hope they get some better - less Playmobil-looking - opportunities soon. It's what I would say to someone: they had this really good chance of making a good show, but they always fell short and never reached that point - by just ignoring the possibilities that were there.

So much chance for more darkness - I don't know what you thought of her, but Morgana was pretty awesome as a character, more chances to explore the moral problems that the people encountered. I'm curious, but I can't say I'll miss it, now that it's done.

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Also, since the first times I watched them with German translation (we do that, we translate everything to German instead of just learning English... not sure if that's smart or stupid), any acting gets better when they lose the childish stupid giggle-voices! ;-)

Haha, I know. I lived in Germany briefly. It's the same when Japanese animated series come here. I'd much prefer them to keep the original Japanese and just put subtitles - because the English voices are too cartoony/annoying. I think they've gotten a bit better about it, but I still prefer to hear the original voices.

So much chance for more darkness - I don't know what you thought of her, but Morgana was pretty awesome as a character, more chances to explore the moral problems that the people encountered. I'm curious, but I can't say I'll miss it, now that it's done.

I think it's not even so much about "darkness" but about authentic human emotional follow through and authentic character growth - Merlin just didn't have any.

I actually have a huge problem with Morgana's character. I think she had the POTENTIAL to be amazing, but they turned her into a two dimensional insane villain, rather than someone whose actions reflected their life experience. To me, Uther was the only great villain on the show, because he was the only one who (at least in the beginning) was more morally grey... but even he, when they brought him back briefly in S5, was stripped of everything that made him compelling.

So, yeah, I'm not saying Morgana is a bad character. I'm just saying that in my opinion, her potential was squandered.

[marlowe78.livejournal.com]

I think she had the POTENTIAL to be amazing, but they turned her into a two dimensional insane villain, rather than someone whose actions reflected their life experience.

Ah, yes. I meant more the actress than how they wrote it, and I liked the possibility for the character that was there but never got really explored. I felt bad for her, and I think the actress was really good in conveying the evil madness that resulted in her fate.

But as you said, and as I said: not enough.

I also think she was really beautiful and maybe I am a little less "completely straight" because I think she's really sexy in her madness, and it might impact on my judgement of her acting :-D

[hells-half-acre.livejournal.com]

Haha, oh, I completely agree. Katie McGrath is very beautiful and I think she did her absolute best with what she was given... so much so that she kept giving me hope that they were going to write her better stuff. :P