I don't know. AU can accomplish a lot of things. Anything about the setting that has been changed really. Alternate universe is pretty open. It can be as simple as say Ziva choosing not to stay with NCIS and going back to Israel after one episode or as complex as Ziva and Abby being medieval pirates together, or even Ziva and Abby suddenly attending Hogwarts or something.
The point I was actually trying to make was about characterization. I've seen...well, look I've seen a Guiding Light/Star Wars crossover that works for the most part. But that's because of all the things that changed the characters were still true to themselves and the way that they usually act on the show while they were in the Star Wars universe.
Olivia was still sarcastic, left of the moral center, loves her daughter more than anything, etc. while Natalia is still practically a saint who always has to do the right thing and feels terrible guilt when she doesn't. The settings changed, the characters were still themselves. That's all I was getting at.
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Date: 2009-07-27 12:53 pm (UTC)The point I was actually trying to make was about characterization. I've seen...well, look I've seen a Guiding Light/Star Wars crossover that works for the most part. But that's because of all the things that changed the characters were still true to themselves and the way that they usually act on the show while they were in the Star Wars universe.
Olivia was still sarcastic, left of the moral center, loves her daughter more than anything, etc. while Natalia is still practically a saint who always has to do the right thing and feels terrible guilt when she doesn't. The settings changed, the characters were still themselves. That's all I was getting at.