I Don't Think About Crossovers All The Time, I Swear.

[rionaleonhart]

I've only seen two episodes so far (episodes one and three, because ITV are weird and decided to skip the second one), but I am really enjoying Pushing Daisies! It is adorable and funny and full of character detail and I don't think I've ever seen anything for which 'quirky' was a more appropriate description. Also, its tone is a wonderfully bizarre blend of the morbid and the charming. And I was fully expecting Chuck's aunts to turn out to be Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker figures when they were first introduced, so I'm terribly glad they ended up being Aunt Sweet and Aunt Awesome instead.

Ned the Piemaker is totally one of the 'gifted' children from Supernatural, isn't he? Oh, man, an AU crossover version of 'All Hell Breaks Loose' could work so well. You can see it, can't you? Dean begs Ned to bring Sam back to life in exchange for him (Dean, not Ned; I don't think Dean would grab Ned by the collar and go SACRIFICE YOURSELF FOR MY BROTHER (although I am increasingly suspecting that Sam might)), and Ned is incredibly reluctant but eventually agrees, and he touches Sam, and then Sam and Dean have their final minute together and I'm sorry, did I say 'work so well'? I meant 'be so insanely heartbreaking'.

I suppose there could be someone else within proximity they didn't know about, and so they could die instead, but then Dean would be completely torn apart by guilt (because seriously, the number of people who have died so Dean could live? I can name three clear-cut 'either Dean or another person has to die' cases off the top of my head; another three cases of 'Dean is going to die, but something intervenes to save him and as a result someone else dies instead', and I have no doubt there are more. Dean's got some pretty big 'I am so not supposed to be alive' issues, which I think is part of the reason he sold his soul. Obviously he loves Sam more than anything, but I'm not sure whether he'd have taken that step if he didn't already believe he was supposed to be dead three times over).

ANYWAY. Long bracketed aside aside: Ned touches Sam. Sam and Dean spend what they think is their last minute together. (I can see Sam's face in my mind right now and it is the most heartbreaking thing I have ever seen in my life.) Bobby dies. NO WAIT NO I DIDN'T MEAN THAT I TAKE IT BACK oh, augh, it would be Bobby, wouldn't it? Because his being nearby would make sense, and because Things Go Wrong For The Winchesters, it is a fact, and so if Dean doesn't die it's definitely going to be someone they love. And Dean would be so devastated. It would be horrible.

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[amy-wolf.livejournal.com]

NEVER WRITE FOR SUPERNATURAL! OR PUSHING DAISIES! BECAUSE YOU HAVE CRUSHED MY HEART INTO TINY LITTLE PIECES OF TINY CRUSHEDNESS!

I can name two Dean or another person instances, but I can't think of the third, or the "something intervenes and as a result someone else dies". Regardless, he does have massive "I'm supposed to be dead" issues, which, along with Sam being the only family he has and the whole "Your one job in life is to take care of Sam!" childhood indoctrination, was a big part of why he sold his soul.

There was also Dean being tired, and not thinking he was allowed to stop otherwise.

God, if it wound up being Bobby, that would break Dean. And Sam would be all "You wanted to throw away your life for me!" pissed off, plus have issues of his own, so he wouldn't be good at comforting Dean's massive guilt.

Plus, AAAAH, BOBBY! BOBBY IS NEVER ALLOWED TO DIE!

[lovestories.livejournal.com]

*INSERT MASSIVE FLAILING HERE*

Pushing Daisies is sparkly awesome love! I don't talk about it very much (unless it's to talk about how hot Lee Pace is, which I tend to do on occasion) but it holds a special place among my collection of fandoms because I vid for it. IT'S SO COLORFUL AND PRETTY AND CUTE! SQUEE!

[misplacedmarble.livejournal.com]

Dean, not Ned; I don't think Dean would grab Ned by the collar and go SACRIFICE YOURSELF FOR MY BROTHER

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I WANT THIS.

I was thinking about a Pushing Daisies/House crossover last night, and how Emerson Cod and Edward Vogler could be twins, but Emerson changed his name to get away from the megalomaniacal associations. And Cameron and Chuck would meet and then explode from the fluffy-happy-good-will-ness of it all...

[reipan.livejournal.com]

I remember when you used to not watch TV, you know.

...it was a simpler time.

[calamitysxchild.livejournal.com]

OH GOD NOW I'M HAVING HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE VISIONS OF A SEASON FINALE OR A SWEEPS EPISODE OR SOMETHING INVOLVING BOBBY'S DEATH. BECAUSE THE WRITERS WOULD SO BE LIKE "AHAHAHA LOOK HOW CLEVER WE ARE NO ONE WILL SEE THIS COMING!" AND IT WILL BE TERRIBLE!!!!

[the-wanlorn.livejournal.com]

[pinkfinity.livejournal.com]

I just adore the way your mind works, blending universes.

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