Random question of the day

[hmpf]

Why *is* it that Life on Mars fandom produces about ten times the crack as, say, Farscape and Highlander fandom combined? (And so much less angst than you'd think, considering the hyper-angsty premise?)

Comments

[enlight-bystand.livejournal.com]

On the angst thing, perhaps because the original already deals with the agnst, fandom doesn't feel as obliged to help?

[mikes-grrl.livejournal.com]

Well as someone who writes both serious fic and fun stuff, I tend to find the PWP and the crack!fic a fun way to 'blow off steam' from some of the weightier fic I do. And anyway, the characters are so brilliantly drawn and vivid it is easy to imagine the in all sorts of strange ways...why should Dr. Who have all the fun? :)

I dunno, I guess that is the reason for me: it's just fun.

(Me, I don't get the crossover thing. I did one (Thursday Next/LoM) due to a challenge but I don't see ever doing it again. Just seems stupid to me, but some people love the x-over thing (ghod save me from Simm!Master/Sam etc.).)

[loz]

We're counterbalancing the angst in the show, obviously.

Also, this is a show that had a puppet sequence, in what was, to MG's mind, 'not SF'.

Plus, I think there is a lot of angst, it's just of certain concentrations. And I am really glad the fandom has a sense of humour.

[neuralclone.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... well the show had a fair amount of crack, too. Camberwick!Sam? Test Card Girl? Talking televisions? And if the series 2 Companion is to be believed, the writers were considering taking it in even crackier directions (Gene dressed as Doctor Who chasing Sam dressed as a Cyberman! Gene leaping out of Sam's imagination and running riot in 2007!)