AU WEEKEND! AGAIN!

[bigbadgunn.livejournal.com]

Yep. I'm posting this early and I'm pretty much copying and pasting from the last time this was done.

Why? Because on March 6-7th IT'S TIME TO GET ALTERNATIVE!

And no I don't mean that all the characters in FH will all start listening to indie rock and make snarky comments about any artist that becomes mainstream. You've obviously confused this post with Questionable Content.

Anywho: For that weekend only, your character will be transformed into a different version of him or herself as a result of Fandom Weirdness.

Alt-U characters can be any of the following:
An alternate universe version of your own character that occurred in the character's fandom
(Ex. Buffy-> Wishverse!Buffy)
A different role that the actor who portrays your character/PB has taken
(Ex. Aravis -> Vesper Lynd)
An alternate character that is based on your character or your character is based on.
(Ex. Hamlet -> Simba from the lion king)
An actor who has portrayed the character before or after your current actor
(Ex. Hamlet -> Mel Gibson!Hamlet)

The other suggestion I have for those characters who do not have an alternate universe to draw from is to do a play on their names.

Example:
John Sheppard -> Shepherd Book.
Chuck Bass -> Chuck Bartowski
Chuck Bartowski -> Chuck Bass

If none of the above does not work for you, you also have the option to think your characters are either from the wrong universe or the godawful Mary Sue steroptypes of themselves that show up in fanfic.

Need an example: Hermione Sue

'Nuff Said, OMG.

If you are really struggling to find a character to turn into? Ping me and I'll try to help you out.

Yes. Your character will physically transform into the Alternate Universe Persona that you chose.

Yes. Your character will remember what happened afterward.

Yes. Gunn is a sexy beast. (Just seeing if you're reading closely.)

No. You don't have to change your character if you don't want to do so. You might have more fun going "WTF?" over the changes in everyone.

And yes, this plot will be available for alumni and expatriates.

Sign-ups will be going in another post and will be due February 28th.

Questions? Comments? Concerns?

ETA: The illustrious admins have informed me that anyone who wishes to bring over their FH-Wishverse selves can do so, provided the follow the same rules for any evil characters as everybody else (Ask first before hurting people, don't burn down the town, floss after every meal etc.

Comments

[brat_inslayage]

Yeah, I'd say I totally didn't drop thirty bucks on DVDs in anticipation of this, except nobody would believe me. :D :D :D

[oops-mbad.livejournal.com]

I believe you!


It was forty, wasn't it?

[bigbadgunn.livejournal.com]

Pfft. I totally believe you. Last year my wife got ticked because I reorganized our Netflix queue so I could watch the Bionic Woman.

Not the same as $30 but I've learned never to interrupt the flow of a TV Series on DVD coming in from Netflix ever again.

[glacial_queen]

Yes. Gunn is a sexy beast.

Do I get points for agreeing?


Hmmm...who should Karla be? I'd say even more Mary-Sueish, but then she'd just be Jaenelle.

Oh, burn!

[bigbadgunn.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Still haven't had time to catch up on your canon so... Who's your PB?

[wantstocheer.livejournal.com]

Elisabeth Harnois was in Ten Inch Hero! The movie that Priestly is from. And I can get you a copy >.>

[brat_inslayage]

I'd say even more Mary-Sueish, but then she'd just be Jaenelle.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I LOVE YOU.

[glasses-justice.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth Harnois was also in a very short-lived Fox series where she was actually the spawn of Satan. I never saw it, I just got caps from it when I was using her as a PB. IMDB says it's called Point Pleasant, it looks horribly wonderfully trashy, and I found a link to watch episodes online if you're interested?

[trigons_child]

Before I sign up for anything -- are any of the X-Things going to remain X-Things? *looks around shiftily*

[cowboy-sailor.livejournal.com]

I hope to turn Tully into Wolverine, will that work?

[vanillajello]

*incoherent bitching about the Scott Pilgrim movie not being out yet*

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

*joins your bitching*

Kaya Scodelario has TWO movies coming out March/April time... and she's been in very little else.

[satedan-soldier.livejournal.com]

*whines with you*

Why hasn't Conan the Barbarian come out yeeeet?

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

I'll be over here, silently thanking god that Wuthering Heights hasn't been filmed yet.

No, Heathcliff. Noooooo.

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

I'm doing the same thing, but only because I want to see the movie. I have no character stuff tied to it.

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

While there's no shortage of people for Leda to turn into, thanks to her PB, I had a question. There is a younger version of Leda in her canon that due to wonderfully twisty crack is pretty much a separate character. Would that work?

(hopes to have phrased this without spoiling too much.)

[bigbadgunn.livejournal.com]

Is it an AU version of Leda or just her younger?

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

So...

An alternate character that is based on your character or your character is based on.

I could use a different incarnation of Joan of Arc?

[bigbadgunn.livejournal.com]

As long as it was fictional account. I know there was a movie about her a few years ago Called "The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc."

Or you could go with the one from Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. :)

Especially since they would both share the name "Joan".

[spiritandsword]

I have no questions... I also have no ideas on who to turn my girls into!!

Never mind. Claire mun reminded me who I can turn Chloe into. Now I just need ideas for my other girls.

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

William Wallace or Edgar and Henry from My Own Worst Enemy?

And for Leda, Domino Harvey or Guenevere?

[bitchy_smurf]

Sexy, sexy beast. *nods*

[glasses-justice.livejournal.com]

Hermione Sue was the best thing ever.

[brat_inslayage]

So I have this one crazy idea for a possible AU for this girl, but I'm not sure where it falls on the "allowed/not allowed" scale. Therefore, I pose it as a question.

Would it be possible for her to show up randomly all weekend as nothing but a series of prerecorded video messages of someone calling for help, like on TVs in common rooms and in the back room at Caritas and such?

[bigbadgunn.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I'd ping the admins on this one just to be sure.

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Quick question! I have enough detail (thanks to interviews/pictures/trailers etc.) to extrapolate characterisation an AU counterpart for Effy, but the movie isn't actually OUT until next month.

Is there a guideline on how much canon you're supposed to know/have for these things?

(I know people in previous years have ended up turning into characters who didn't even have names given, so...)

*uses appropriate AU character icon, whee*

[findingelena.livejournal.com]

I don't know if this helps, but I was able to use P&P&Zombies Lizzy last year, even though the book wasn't out until April. (I was wrong about a lot of the characterization, but that's mainly because the P&P&Zombies book changes Lizzy more than I would have guessed [/nerd])

[scruffnfeathers]

@mishacollins totally counts as a fictional character, right? He's got a feud going with the Queen of England (a "small, third world island-monarchy just east of ireland"), built the Hubble telescope, and advocates surgically implanting tracking devices in people's mothers. . . .

[blackmagic-eve.livejournal.com]

Question! Does that go for all FH-Wishverse selves, or just the people who were vamps in the Wishverse?

[bigbadgunn.livejournal.com]

All Wishverse selves