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

[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?

[brat_inslayage]

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

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I LOVE YOU.

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

Technically just a younger version, so, yeah never mind. Now to decide between Guenevere and Domino Harvey.

[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".

[wantstocheer.livejournal.com]

Yeah, good point.

Don't mind me...

[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.

[notafairmaiden.livejournal.com]

*giggles*

I can turn Gwynn into Elizabeth, and if you turn Leda into Guinevere they could bond and then see how much trouble they can get into...

Or they could both be the same and get into even more trouble. :D

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

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

And for Leda, Domino Harvey or Guenevere?

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

sdljfkasld There is NOTHING wrong with finding that hot. NOTHING AT ALL cause holy crap, hot.

[redandblueblur.livejournal.com]

I LOVE THAT VID!!!!! I think it's how you got me hooked on Chuck.

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

I still shout "Fuck you and the horse you rode in on!" to people thanks to that vid. It was amazing. *pets my drunk British boy*

[bitchy_smurf]

Sexy, sexy beast. *nods*

[bitchy_smurf]

I've got Solstice, which she was also in, but I suspect you don't want to turn her into a chick whose only claim to fame is that she's being haunted by a small dead girl, and she occasionally vomits mud. (Though I should probably do something with those 5 billion screencaps I took from it, like make you some icons besides the one with her tongue stuck out.)

[glacial_queen]

I would love you forever for more icons.

Even though I'd have to go through and do another Great Icon Switch to make room.

GIVE ME MOAR ICON SPACE, LJ.

[living_endless]

Ahahaha. I was thinking about making Sysca Suicide Didi's AU.

*Also* probably not allowed, but a weekend of Didi posing naked and occasionally Tweeting in French about purses and graphic design would amuse me.

[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?

[glasses-justice.livejournal.com]

Hermione Sue was the best thing ever.

[glacial_queen]

Oh yes! That sounds like fun, too!

[glasses-justice.livejournal.com]

E-mail sent!

[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?

[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.

[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*

[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. . . .