Subject: Two MIB crossovers.
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Posted on: 2012-01-06 20:37:00 UTC
I don't usually go looking for fic myself anymore, but I got to editing the Men In Black page on the wiki today, and was inspired. I figure the MIB-verse is ripe for sci-fi crossovers, so I thought I'd check it out and see if there was anything interesting.
Well, there is. Mostly the usual uninspired dross, including a really weird MIBxInuyasha crossover that disappointingly just quotes the first MIB movie for the most part, but I did find one especially good fic and one especially bad fic.
The good:
"Watchmen in Black" by Beth Einspanier
The result of an idle mind, too much caffeine, and an overall feeling of "What would happen if..." Agents J and L of the MiB hunt a shapeshifting alien in Ankh-Morpork, and enlist the help of the Watch. Naturally, things don't go smoothly. Revised!
Crossover - Men In Black & Discworld - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 11 - Words: 16,660 - Reviews: 31 - Updated: 11-18-09 - Published: 2-3-02 - Complete
I haven't read much of this yet, but the first actual chapter is genuinely funny, and both the agents and watchmen are believably thrown off by each other. I'm looking forward to the rest of it.
The bad:
"Bella In Black" by NYKIDDO
Bella is one of the only girls in the MIB. Except the MIB doesn't just hide aliens from the world, it also hides vampires. What happends when Bella falls in love with a vimpire she's suppose to be hiding?
Crossover - Men In Black & Twilight - Rated: T - English - Romance/Adventure - Chapters: 16 - Words: 6,634 - Reviews: 82 - Updated: 7-29-10 - Published: 1-4-10 - Complete
This, I'm thinking of claiming. It's incredibly pointless (Bella and Edward hook up, not big surprise) and mangles both canons along the way. I don't mind so much about Twilight, but the fact that "B" actually gets CONGRATULATED for breaking every single MIB rule she can—and that's the bulk of the "plot"—makes it particularly pernicious to the MIB-verse. Also, there is this line in Chapter 8: "She pulled out the 'flashy thingy' and hit the button. 'We were never here,' she said, 'You've been watching TV and drinking a bear ever since the cops left.'" Emphasis mine. {X D
That said, I'm not all that familiar with Twilight and I'm not sure I want to subject Nume to more of it after the HP crossover Phobos and I are working on, so if anyone else wants it badly, feel free to shout out.
And, of course, if you've got more fic to point out, please post in a reply here so we don't get too many new fic threads. Thanks!
~Neshomeh