not to give pirates of the caribbean too much credit but it really is the only major franchise Ive seen that was able to pull off the “historical and mythical exist at the same time” with any sort of success
Building on this its so funny how everyone has a globe but the moment the pirates hit the seas they sail off of the end of the (flat) world. its all in the details etc etc
The Hork-Bajir Job and Teach Me How to Say Goodbye by Poetry (@featherquillpen on Tumblr). Both of these crossovers are extremely different in tone, format, content, and plot. However, both accomplish exactly what I always want from a crossover, by providing awesome characterization for the canon team and brilliant commentary on the ways they’d function in a situation very different from canon.
Take Me Out by neinlives. This one is just high-quality good fun. It’s set in a postwar world where the characters get to be happy, which I always love.
Elfangor’s Folly by KimHoppy. Probably my favorite long read in the Animorphs fandom, this is a full-series retelling of Elfangor sticking around to train the Animorphs that makes excellent use of subtly biased narration.
Please other people add your own! I feel bad that I’ve racked up so many dead links as things have been taken down, and this is a super-informal list off the top of my head that’s probably missing a lot of good ones. Self-promotion is 100% encouraged.
Avamorphs by suzukiblu (@suzukiblu). 90k. It’s the cast of Avatar: The Last Airbender as Animorphs, with Zuko as a yeerk in the human boy Lee.
Parting the Clouds by Derin (@derinthescarletpescatarian). 885k, Cassie POV, very heavy on the themes. An incredible read.
thinking about the woman next to me at the self checkout earlier today who tapped my shoulder and whispered “hey look at this” and when i turned around she had the biggest grin on her face as she held up an enormous strawberry that was shaped exactly like a penis
