If I Recall Correctly, As Of Course I Unfailingly Do.

[rionaleonhart]

wildeabandon was kind enough to show me the Neverwhere miniseries yesterday! Mr Croup, murderer of my heart, was not exactly as I'd imagined him (not that I'd been delusional enough to envision him as attractive; he just didn't quite match my mental image), but it was a great deal of fun, and I now want to write about every character I've ever loved stumbling into London Below.

Also, Paterson Joseph as the Marquis de Carabas was excellent and amazing and I am going to take a moment to weep about his not being cast as the Doctor. HE COULD HAVE BEEN SO WONDERFUL.

(I am now even more certain that the Marquis needs to meet Derren Brown. They remind me quite strongly of each other.

Derren is going to hate him.)


I just wondered what a Neverwhere/Silent Hill crossover would be like, and then I realised that it would be quite difficult to make work. Neverwhere works as a potential crossover fandom because it has a location - London Below - into which one can merrily insert characters from other fandoms. Silent Hill's crossover potential is also location-based. It's not terribly easy to cross over two fandoms where the main crossover potential is in their locations; you can't send London Below to Silent Hill.

It would be fairly easy to turn London Below into Silent Hill, though, so, should I ever wish to send the actual characters of Neverwhere to Silent Hill, I shouldn't have too much trouble. Croup and Vandemar would never work, of course; Silent Hill would probably want to hire them. The Marquis could be extremely interesting, though, particularly if he has less collected company, and I'd quite like to see how Hunter would fare. The Marquis and Hunter are rather confident characters, of course, but Silent Hill does like to strip away confidence, and I think it could manage to unsettle de Carabas, even if he'd never show it outwardly.


On the topic of Silent Hill crossovers: th_esaurus and I went to watch Le Cirque Invisible a few days ago (entertaining but extremely odd, and I'm not sure I'd be able to describe what we saw), and before it began we somehow ended up discussing the Jonas brothers in Silent Hill. There were some ideas that could make quite a good fic (written by someone more familiar with the brothers than I am, obviously): Nick is apparently afraid of failure, for example, so the town would constantly put him into situations in which he would fail.

We did not focus on the good ideas.

'NICK IS CHASED BY GIANT SUGAR CUBES. THEY REPRESENT HIS DIABETIC ANGST.'
'THE MONSTERS DESTROY JOE'S CLOTHES AND HE CAN FIND NOTHING TO WEAR BUT LEOTARDS.'

Should th_esaurus and/or I ever write a 'Jonases in Silent Hill' fic, I would advise that you avoid reading it.

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[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

Also, Paterson Joseph as the Marquis de Carabas was excellent and amazing and I am going to take a moment to weep about his not being cast as the Doctor. HE COULD HAVE BEEN SO WONDERFUL.

I know! (Also, having seen Chiwetel Eijofor in "Kinky Boots", the latter looks mad enough to be able to pull off a Doctorial role as well...) Plus, Joseph had the advantage of a previous one-off role in Who, and previous track records with other good British TV shows (cf: Baker, Colin). I wonder if they could get him back at some point to play someone interesting?