DE: One world over

[yakalskovich]

You remember AU week? We are definitely going to do that again.

The other night, an idea came up between Saph and me in chat that it might be fun to suggest a theme of 'Existing in a different canon' (unless somebody wants to pick up the version from last year, of course).

I'd already done it with Hannibal as a ricean vampire; Saph and I were thinking about a Vikings / Star Wars AU with Athelstan as a young Jedi and Ragnar as a Sith lord, or about a Hannibal / Vikings AU with Hannibal as the Viking leader and Will Graham as the abducted monk -- you get the gist.

In pre-preparation for this even coming up in, uh, about five months time, why not throw around some such ideas -- what other canons could your characters be part of for AU week? What Other!canon!AUs could you imagine?

Do discuss with canon mates and RP colleagues.

Comments

[bjornwilde]

Rollo as a bounty hunter! Come to think of it, him as a smuggler or pirate works as well.

Ahsoka could be fun in the Marvel or DC universes, though I'm not sure what name she'd go by. I know it's not quite what you are aiming for here, but Steam Wars or Shakespeare's Star Wars could be fun if I had a brain for it.

Sabine and the Rebels crew could be a lot of fun in an Ocean's 11 or Mission Impossible world.

Not sure about the Toby-verse fae.

Selina is firmly in the Potter-verse in my head.

Not sure about Sam Wilson, Hank McCoy, or Izana. I'm open to suggestions.

I am giggling at the new head voice (Eliot Waugh from The Magicians) as a Jedi. He's homeless for now though.

[sunbaked_baker]

A Sunshine/Star Wars AU would be almost too easy, given the perpetual light/dark struggle in both. A light-aligned cook working at her step-father's cantina on a planet that's only become significant since the wars gets taken prisoner and finds out she can use the Force, allowing her and a dark-aligned Force-user to escape together, allying despite their massive differences in order to save the galaxy and each other, etc... the run-on sentences practically write themselves.

[sunbaked_baker]

I wrote a short-story yeeears ago which was essentially Yrael/Old Kingdom canon AU in the Firefly-verse, with the Bright Shiners as the powers behind the Alliance vs. Independents war. It was great fun, but ends up as you'd expect.

[brobrobrobrobro]

Ivan is Oscar the Grouch and the rest of the Tracksuit Draculas are the Grouchketeers.

[soldier_blade]

In running with the theme here...

Gyda as a young jedi in training!

Sonya as a vampire. I'm thinking either one of Anne Rice's, or go full on AU and go 'Twilight sparklepire'-just for how fun it'd be.
Though for the record, there won't be any 'sparkling' so much as 'having a sheen (like Mica)

Matilda...should I go predictable and have her be from 'Once upon a time'?

[ceitfianna]

I've already done Sameth in Pacific Rim, well an entire AU to make his canon fit and Will Scarlett in a Hogwarts AU.

Quentin as a Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell Fae would be fascinating since in someways, he's actually not that different.

Ivan in a Regency setting or a Les Mis type setting as a lot of his canon has themes that reflect older styles of governing just with tech that creates new problems.

William's one that I find a little trickier for AUs, but a Firefly Universe or Star Wars would fit well for him.

Hm, I'm not as sure for the others though thanks to Tumblr, I now have this idea of Obi-Wan Kenobi and a noir setting.

[aberration]

I'm really haunted by the idea of a Hannibal/Dollhouse AU. It's all my imposed/projected/confused identity narrative kinks in one giant mess, augh. … and granted I'm trying to write something right now that has a section I refer to in my head as "the American Gods AU."

Also, more crossover than AU, but I still want to write a fusion fic where Ned and Chuck from Pushing Daisies are Hannibal-and-Will-thematically-paralleled-serial killers of the week. Um.


Star Wars is such the obvious AU potential with A:TLA/LoK, just given how much A:TLA especially really drew from it. And come on, like Asami wouldn't be the best pilot in the resistance! She can fly anything! (On that note, as much as I am korrasami forever, if anyone could just play Poe Dameron long enough for me to have Asami flirt with him, I would really appreciate it.)

... really tbh any Star Wars AU like this would probably more accurately translate to Avatar: IN SPAAACE. Which given that I want any next sequel to be like, a cyberpunk Avatar, I wouldn't be opposed to that!!!! (Also, cyberpunk AU!)

[astrangebell]

I wrote a Jonathan Strange/Les Mis crossover, which I do find delightful, though it probably wouldn't be that fun to actually play in Milliways.

...really, anything historical canon in the Jonathan Strange universe is one I'd find cool. Hotspur definitely allies himself with the Raven King against King Henry.

Oooh, I'd love to stick Liz in Agent Carter-era Marvel 'verse.

[sunbaked_baker]

I ran across a fanart of a Jonathan Strange/Temeraire crossover/AU a while back on Tumblr, where Jonathan was the dragon corps' wizard, rather than with the Army. It was very neat.

Also, I a few months ago I read a short ficlet that was a Jonathan Strange/Master and Commander crossover, which was lovely, but I can't seem to find it now. So many Napoleonic Wars fandoms to choose from.

[bjornwilde]

That Jonathan Strange/Temeraire AU sounds amazing!

Damnit, now I'm missing Admiral Jane Roland.

[harryhotspur]

OH MAN I must go in search of the Master and Commander one, I bet that's GREAT.

[student_of_impossibility]

Take your pick of:
- orphaned (or semi-orphaned) farm boy
- hidden heir
- orphan with green eyes
- EDIT: I suppose one could also go with 'any orphan with plot-relevant parentage'

If the canon has it, just toss Tavi in that slot and see what happens.

Belgariad, Star Wars (prequel or original), Harry Potter are the first three things to come to my mind.

[yakalskovich]

I think you raise a good point -- canons where the main tropes of the original character fit well will be good destination canons.

Also, Star Wars or Hogwarts tend to fit anybody. We used to have a semi-regular Hogwarts AU in Mixed Musees before we moved here from LJ.

[riddleofthebelow]

Tom jumped from HP to Neverwhere and Ingress from Neverwhere to Valdemar, so I am all over this canon hopping.

If anyone needs a HP "villain" for any interactions, Tom will huff a weary sigh and chalk it down to the never ending road of atonement. Just holler!

[thewidewideworld]

Star Wars Verse -
Sinric as a force sensitive wanderer, maybe an Order 66 survived hiding his identity.

Jay as a strict, temple trained Jedi turned grey Jedi (with the occasional stray into the very dark grey) after nearly dying at the hands of a Sith Lord. Making his way as a smuggler and pilot.

Or universe swapped -

Sinric as a metahuman with very sensual abilities, a little lost now that the alien pleasure dome he belonged to has been destroyed and trying to live in a world of superheroes and ordinary humans.

Jay as a second son of a Viking earl who took off to become a Varangian.