This is such a neat idea! Not sure if I can sign up yet because even more obscurest fandoms seem to have fandoms, even if it's a fandom of two (and I'm normally one of them lol) but I wanted to ask a question. Two shows I watch change their whole format every season - plot, setting, cast, everything but they keep the name of the show. Both of these have a very tiny handful of fics written for the first installment but nothing for the installment I wish to write. Each season/storyline/plot/cast and chracters etc are completely standalone.
Specifically I am thinking about; Channel Zero: Butcher's Block* (probably less likely as I already have a WIP for that one for another fest meaning it will have a fic, because I'm writing a fic) Slasher: Guilty Party
The first one falls under a "Channel Zero" umbrella where each season is based on a creepypasta. All the fic for that is either for Channel Zero: Candle Cove (Season 1) or Channel Zero: No End House (Season 2). There is yet to be any fic on either AO3 or FF.Net that is about Channel Zero: Butcher's Block.
The second one wasn't quite as well pitched as self-contained series' because I was expecting it to be Season 2 of Slasher and to pick up where Season 1 left off (even though they caught the killer and it wrapped up well enough to end it where it ended) HOWEVER I put the first episode on of Season 2 and wouldn't you know, it's an entirely different plotline, different killer for different reasons with a different cast of character and a nifty little subtitle. So I consider Season 1 to be "Slasher" and Season 2 to be "Slasher: Guilty Party" which is what comes up on the title screen. There is no tag for Slasher on FF.Net and 4 fics on AO3, 2 of which seem to be misplaced because they are refering to a slasher in general, such as Friday the 13th rather than the show or the characters from Slasher. The other 2 are for Season 1's self-contained arc.
If pressed, I would say it's about the same distinction as say, "I Know What You Did Last Summer" vs "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer" or any other horror sequel that is barely related to the previous film. There's no shared characters or plotlines, just the name/creator/genre/channel that shows it. What do you think?
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Date: 2018-03-19 19:30 (UTC)Specifically I am thinking about;
Channel Zero: Butcher's Block* (probably less likely as I already have a WIP for that one for another fest meaning it will have a fic, because I'm writing a fic)
Slasher: Guilty Party
The first one falls under a "Channel Zero" umbrella where each season is based on a creepypasta. All the fic for that is either for Channel Zero: Candle Cove (Season 1) or Channel Zero: No End House (Season 2). There is yet to be any fic on either AO3 or FF.Net that is about Channel Zero: Butcher's Block.
The second one wasn't quite as well pitched as self-contained series' because I was expecting it to be Season 2 of Slasher and to pick up where Season 1 left off (even though they caught the killer and it wrapped up well enough to end it where it ended) HOWEVER I put the first episode on of Season 2 and wouldn't you know, it's an entirely different plotline, different killer for different reasons with a different cast of character and a nifty little subtitle. So I consider Season 1 to be "Slasher" and Season 2 to be "Slasher: Guilty Party" which is what comes up on the title screen. There is no tag for Slasher on FF.Net and 4 fics on AO3, 2 of which seem to be misplaced because they are refering to a slasher in general, such as Friday the 13th rather than the show or the characters from Slasher. The other 2 are for Season 1's self-contained arc.
If pressed, I would say it's about the same distinction as say, "I Know What You Did Last Summer" vs "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer" or any other horror sequel that is barely related to the previous film. There's no shared characters or plotlines, just the name/creator/genre/channel that shows it. What do you think?