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Post by Dante on Jan 7, 2018 4:39:09 GMT -5
I assume that the suggestion was for a crossover fanfic rather than suggesting that this is a plausible turn of events for the Averse as we know it. Fanfiction is by definition non-canon, anyway, and so I've seen my fair share of ASoUE / Potter crossovers (and even written one).
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Post by doetwin on Jan 7, 2018 12:04:18 GMT -5
I assume that the suggestion was for a crossover fanfic rather than suggesting that this is a plausible turn of events for the Averse as we know it. Fanfiction is by definition non-canon, anyway, and so I've seen my fair share of ASoUE / Potter crossovers (and even written one). So, it would contain ASOUE characters but go by the rules of the HP universe? |
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Post by Dante on Jan 7, 2018 14:02:35 GMT -5
That would be one way of putting it, but it would broadly be a matter of trying to resolve any contradictions between the two universes - so, for instance, you could say that magic was real, but the Baudelaires had simply never encountered it. Or you could simply ignore certain contradictions if they prove inconvenient - for instance, the fact that Harry Potter takes place in a version of our own world in the 1990s where magic happens to secretly exist, whilst ASoUE takes place in a world like ours but in no real time nor place. A few examples might be instructive. My own The Arcane Academy is an imitation Snicket volume which posits an adventure where the Baudelaires are sent to Hogwarts, and I do my best to slot this into ASoUE canon whilst implicitly asking the reader to suspend their disbelief. Another I've encountered is Harry Potter and some Unfortunate Events, which features a literal crossover between the two fictional universes involving a time-bending plot which quite frankly defies summary. Lastly, there's the conceptual fic The identity of Count Olaf, which has such a ludicrous premise that I cannot imagine it was intended seriously. |
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Post by doetwin on Jan 7, 2018 21:02:39 GMT -5
That would be one way of putting it, but it would broadly be a matter of trying to resolve any contradictions between the two universes - so, for instance, you could say that magic was real, but the Baudelaires had simply never encountered it. Or you could simply ignore certain contradictions if they prove inconvenient - for instance, the fact that Harry Potter takes place in a version of our own world in the 1990s where magic happens to secretly exist, whilst ASoUE takes place in a world like ours but in no real time nor place. A few examples might be instructive. My own The Arcane Academy is an imitation Snicket volume which posits an adventure where the Baudelaires are sent to Hogwarts, and I do my best to slot this into ASoUE canon whilst implicitly asking the reader to suspend their disbelief. Another I've encountered is Harry Potter and some Unfortunate Events, which features a literal crossover between the two fictional universes involving a time-bending plot which quite frankly defies summary. Lastly, there's the conceptual fic The identity of Count Olaf, which has such a ludicrous premise that I cannot imagine it was intended seriously. Wow. Those do sound like really clever ways to tie in the two stories. |
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