Fusion
| Synonyms: | amalgam | |
| See also: | AU, multiverse | |
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A fusion is a type of fanwork which merges two or more fandoms by incorporating characters from one fandom into the setting of another as if they had always been there. The term was common in some media fandom communities to distinguish these AU crossovers since at least around the year 2000[1], and further popularized by Liviapenn in 2005, when she created the sga_fusion community[2] to support the Atlantis Amalgamated challenge. Since the challenge was centered in the Stargate Atlantis fandom, many of the stories identified as 'fusions' come from that fandom, though the earlier concept of 'Amalgam' stories came from comics:
Some fandoms are defined more by their fusion potential than by fannish activity in-universe alone; His Dark Materials is a good example, with whole livejournal comms being devoted to the genre.
Examples
- Night Watch, by Brighid. Sentinel/Batman fusion with Jim Ellison as head of EllisonCorp during the day and vigilante at night.[4]
- Scheduled for Termination, by Dolimir. A Supernatural/Sarah Connor Chronicles fusion. [5]
- Inclination[6] by jacquez where Blair is a straight Vulcan Guide with his own secret reasons to want to bond with Sentinel Starfleet Captain Jim Ellison.
- A Heartbeat At My Feet, by Kellifer_fic. A Supernatural/His Dark Materials fusion in which Sam and Dean have dæmons. [7]
- There Is No Gene, by T'Mar. A Gattaca/Sentinel fusion. [8]
- "X", by trinityofone[9], in which the characters of Stargate: Atlantis have the mutant powers of the characters from the X-Men Movieverse, with John Sheppard taking on Rogue's superpowers, Teyla Emmagan taking on Mystique's, and so on.
- Blade Runner (Merlin vid) by newkidfan, a vid merging Merlin (BBC) characters with the Blade Runner universe
Sometimes major characters in their original universe become minor characters in the new fused universe:
- Stay Left[10], by skoosiepants, has HP characters as minor players on SGA's Atlantis.
- Poptarts in Atlantis[11], by torch, puts members of the boyband 'N Sync to work on SGA's Atlantis.
Fusions offer many possibilities for humor:
- The Dark Side[12], by astolat, is hilarious -- Rodney plays the crankiest Jedi and John Sheppard as the prettiest Sith
- Truth, Justice, and Rodney McKay[13], by siriaeve, is bizarrely charming fusion where Rodney plays the Lois Lane part, and John is both Superman and Clark Kent, I mean, Sheppard.
- Merlin/Calvin and Hobbes fusion comic strips by shiyasim
References
- ↑ RatCreature. How to construct Alternate Universes that work as fanfic. Originally posted to FCA-L on 28 January 2001. (accessed 6 November 2008)
- ↑ Atlantis Amalgamated: the fusion universe Accessed November 6, 2008
- ↑ NEW CHALLENGE: ATLANTIS AMALGAMATED" Accessed November 6, 2008
- ↑ Brighid. Night Watch. Posted 4 September 2000. (Accessed 7 November 2008)
- ↑ Dolimir. Scheduled for Termination. Posted 29 August 2007. (Accessed 7 November 2008)
- ↑ Inclination, by Jacquez. Posted 27 May 2001. (Accessed 7 November 2008)
- ↑ kellifer_fic. A Heartbeat At My Feet. Posted 22 January 2008, accessed 07 November 2008
- ↑ T'Mar. There Is No Gene. Posted 23 October 1998. (Accessed 7 November 2008)
- ↑ "X", posted 16 August 2006, accessed 06 November 2008
- ↑ skoosiepants. Stay Left, posted 17 December 2006, accessed 06 November 2008
- ↑ Poptarts in Atlantis, accessed 06 November 2008
- ↑ Astolat. The Dark Side, posted 27 July 2006, accessed 06 November 2008
- ↑ Siriaeve. Truth, Justice, and Rodney McKay, posted 21 January 2007, accessed 06 November 2008
