I dislike the idea of canonizing such crossovers, mainly because of the tangled
plot-webs that would result. The best picture of the worst that I can see
happening if the ban is lifted is what happened to the Marvel and DC comic
multiverses. Both multiverses have several different universes inside them,
each with their own timeline and characters, both companies have featured
stories in which their characters crossed over with the other at least once,
and both companies have had to completely reboot their franchises multiple
times to clear out the contradicting retcons, timeline discontinuities, and
other various errata that made the settings easily available only to those who
grew up with them. I'm afraid to see that happen to MK, because I love this
universe so much.
On the other hand, I am very interested to see what might come out of crossover
stories. And if good reasons can be given to show that one of those stories
gives to the MK universe much more than it might take away, then I think we
should consider canonizing it. Unfortunately, I can't take a solid position
right now because I haven't seen any of these stories (if any have indeed been
written yet), and I don't know how they might fit into the universe yet.
Also, Billy, I'm not so sure the MK universe is as stagnant as you think. I
know ideas have been tossed around that feature Lom Shi'Un rising to prominence
in Metamor's future, with a much more grey morality than the sheer black and
white of Nasoj and Marzac. I have a story that I don't think anyone has even
considered yet (spoilers available upon request) that will put a new spin on
the Keep. Besides these, we've barely touched the Southlands and the eastern
side of Galendor, and we only have imaginings of Irombi and Fan Shoar so far.
Any number of wonderful, amazing, thoughtful discoveries wait for us as writers
in those settings, if we look for them.
Sorry about the wall of text...
i Pethron
>>> billy morph 07/06/11 5:56 PM >>>
<!--.hmmessage P{margin:0px;padding:0px}body.hmmessage{font-size:
10pt;font-family:Tahoma}-->My initial reaction was go for it. Metamor is an old
setting and a lot of the more obvious stories have been done, anything that
breathes life into it is a good thing. Sure there is a risk of damaging the
setting but that's a risk regardless of whether the world is open or closed
purely by dint of having multiple authors. We already have a healthy non-cannon
library and I still remember the unofficial cross over Fox Cutter did that was
both well done and fitted perfectly with the setting. Even if there is a
catastrophic breakdown, well, its not like stories can be posted to the site
without approval, it would be relatively easy to weed out the true setting
breakers.
So I say give it a shot. Maybe even consider a big story to crack the world
open.
Billy,
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