Fic Detail Meme

[jedibuttercup]

As a reward for saying such lovely things to me yesterday, another meme! This one via kerrykhat:

Give me a link to one of my fics or WIPs, and I'll give you details that didn't make it into the fic. Background canon, deleted scenes, or a look into the future. My choice, but if you have a specific question you can ask it in your request.

No promises I'll answer specific questions if you pick a WIP, but: Fic Indexed by Fandom (DW) or Works List (AO3).

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[jedibuttercup]

Ooh, I have lots of thoughts about the backstructure of the Handle With Care 'verse that haven't made it into a fic yet.

Eventually, I'll have to project forward far enough to handle some of the big upheavals in Dresden Books #10-13, which would definitely happen differently with Scoobie involvement, whereas earlier changes from Buffy's presence aren't that noticeable. Just, you know, Murphy not getting demoted, Harry having a better income and mental outlook... which I suppose is significant, just not to the larger plot to that point. There's no way Buffy would stay uninvolved once the Denarians crash their way back into town, though! I'm still digesting the implications.

As far as Buffy backstory and how it would differ in the Dresdenverse... whew, there's a lot. The big one, I've already dealt with, and had a few hate reviews for, but largely people seem to accept it makes sense for the fusion: Willow's execution by Wardens. Dark Magic on that scale is not a thing you can just recover from in the Dresdenverse, alas. (Ethan Rayne, along similar lines, was probably axed by Wardens rather than handed over to the Initiative in AU!S4).

The Aurelian vampires have to be translated onto White Court rather than Black Court for Buffy's relationships with them to make any sense... and Malvora, specifically, for Angelus' particularly ominous reputation to translate best. (I just couldn't see creating a special new class of vampire if I was going the fusion rather than crossover route). The curse that altered his behavior could easily be a guilt-causing Death Curse rather than a 'soul', and everything else falls into place from there. The rest of the vampires and demons in Sunnydale, though, largely would have to be Black Court n00bs or Red Court 'blood slaves' or creatures from the NeverNever for Buffy to Slay them with impunity.

Anya/Anyanka would definitely have been a changeling fae. The power center/depowering issue would become more complicated, but her relationship with Xander would be even more interesting as a consequence. (One of these days I'll have to write the Harry-meets-the-gang fic so I can spotlight some of these other characters!) Oz's curse would make most sense as the rampaging family type of lycanthrope from Fool Moon, but he'd have to have had it for a lot longer than "bit by his cousin", which would necessitate some more canon tweaks. Tara would still have been magical, but more on scale of Kim Delaney or the Ordo Lebes witches, not quite White Council levels of power. The Mayor's Ascension would map over onto something like what Harry faced down in Dead Beat rather than straight up "turn into a giant snake". And so on.

... Any really specific things you're curious about? Because I could get lost in the details for awhile. =)