Anita Blake Meets The Fang Gang (Crossover Daydreams)

POSTED BY: RocketJock
UPDATED: Sunday, April 29, 2007 07:58
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DRKATE

Monday, October 18, 2004 5:26 PM

My own personal gripe involves the phrase "blood and thicker things", which crops up at least 3 times per book. Including the Merry Gentry ones.
Also breach/breech - I can't remember the context (dread to think, actually!), but she ALWAYS gets that one wrong.
I kind of like the newer ones, lots of sex is good! The first ones were OK, but I got really tired of her attitude and the fact that every second chapter she'd pull a gun on someone and there had to be a big debate about it before the plot could progress.

KAOSLORD

Friday, June 23, 2006 10:48 AM

1. Anita to Buffyverse
The thought that intrests me is how Anita's magic use would have to change in the Buffyverse. Anita must raise the dead, right? Or they'll start raising themselves when her power leaks. But she couldn't do it for a living in BuffyLand. Not openly, anyhow. Plus, there wouldn't be enough demand for it there to drain her batteries, so to speak. I think she might start using zombies in her vampire hunting. She wouldn't need to worry about cops charging her with magicaly assisted murder. She could certainly do ten or so zombies well enough to look alive. They would be useful in a fight, and could easily be repaired if damaged.
2. Buffy to Anitaverse
Buffy would need to serve some kind of apprentice-ship if she wanted to keep to the vampire hunting game. She couldn't do it informaly unless she wanted to do jail time. I don't know how well she would handle the red tape.
2. Anita VS Buffy
Hand to hand I'd probobly give victory to Buffy. But she would know that she'd been in a fight. With weapons allowed the fight goes to Anita. Every. Single. Time.

"Psychos do not explode when sunlight hits them. I don't care how crazy they are."- Seth Gecko

DEEPGIRL187

Monday, August 28, 2006 3:07 PM

Rocket Jock, you're the best. It's always nice to find someone that appreaciates the Anita-verse as much as I do.

This is just my personal opinion, and I've only seen four episodes of Angel. But honestly, I think the Fang Gang would get their pigu's kicked. But if you compare the two worlds power-wise, there's just no contest. I mean, in the Anita-verse, there are some humans that would be more powerful than the Buffy-vamps on a good day.

Not to say that there's no hope. In an all-out fight, there's three people that I think would have a chance: Angel, Buffy, and Willow.

Angel wouldn't have so much power-wise (mind you, I'm only on the first season, so I can't say this for sure), and he's almost too...nice in some ways to survive too long in Anita's world. But if we're talking about Angelus, then that's a whole new ballgame. He could get by on sheer ruthlessness. And it sure would be interesting to see him go up against Anita (course, his mouth would probably get him in trouble like it usually does).

Buffy might have a rough time. It would take a lot of adjustment for her to live in a world where vampires aren't just myths and actually have legal rights. If she could adjust to it however, she would make an excellent hunter (then again, she already is one ). And of course, there is the inevitable fight question. Magically speaking, Anita would have her pegged majorly. But if you took away the magic (not to mention Anita's guns), then Buffy would have a shot. Anita isn't that great at hand-to-hand fighting, so Buffy could wear her down through sheer stamina.

This one's pure conjecture, I'm only on season four of Buffy. But if what I've heard is true, then Willow might be a force to be reckoned with. Anita's magical skills are big on raw power, but she's not trained magically, whereas Willow is. That alone would give Willow a major advantage over Anita.

As for the others, well...let's have a look see. I don't know if Spike grows in power, but as it stands now, I see him getting shot within a few seconds. He'd never be able to keep from saying something smart, and Anita's trigger-happy enough to shoot him just on principle. Since there's not many demons in Anita, Anya and Doyle might be able to find a place. And Oz would be so out-classed by the other werewolves it wouldn't be funny. I can't seem to think of a place for Giles, and heaven help Xander. If he survived more than five minutes, maybe he could join the police force. I see him getting along really well with Zerbowski.

On the other hand, I see some of Anita's people possibly fitting in well in the Buffy-verse. Particularly Richard. The idea of (somewhat) clearly drawn lines between good and evil might resonate well with Richard (especially since the idea obviously doesn't work well in his own reality).

It would be interesting to see a crossover written for these two worlds. Hijinks would ensue, I'm sure.

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SHINYKITTEN

Tuesday, August 29, 2006 5:34 AM

OH MY GOD!!! anita fans!! YAAAAAAY!!
i love the anita blake series and it is so cool to see this thread here!
have you ever noticed that the same kinds of people who like one thing will also like something else?

like the time i was in a huge line to see Terry Prachett (or as i like to call him, GOD) and my friends and i were chatting about Anita and other random ppl in the line turned around and were like, 'omg! anita rocks!'
tehehehehehe

anyway, i know this thread started a while ago and a new book has come out since...but i have to say that i like the older books way more than the newer ones. there is NO PLOT in the new ones, its all just brief interludes to the muchness of the sex. while i do appreciate the sex and the kinkiness and fetish in the anita world, a little more actual plot would be nice! anita hasnt even gone hardcore and killed a bunch of people (or even 1 person) in ages!

the discussions on the 'verse crossovers are interesting, i think anita would survive in either the buffy or angel worlds, but buffy would have a hard time in anita's world. angel and co would probably do ok in anita's world tho.

you totally all ROCK!!!

GRRR.....ARGGHH

BERNARDBROWNCOAT

Tuesday, August 29, 2006 9:29 AM

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Originally posted by Vena:
but I miss the blood-shed and viscera. There used to be more viscera

i agree! more more more viscera!!!
for me the AB novels took somewhat of a downward spiral after Obsidian Butterfly. oh well, we can but hope Laurell K. Hamilton will go 'hey, what i should is...'

oh, and i'll throw this out, Spike as Master of the City...well at least owning his own bar, with open mike night!

Simon: Captain, why did you come back for us?
Mal: You're on my crew.
Simon: Yeah, but you don't even like me. Why'd you come back?
Mal: You're on my crew... Why we still talking about this?

CLJOHNSTON108

Thursday, March 1, 2007 1:53 PM

I'm up to Bloody Bones, and I'm really looking forward to all that wonderful sex everybody's whining about, cuz I'm about done with the viscera!

But if I see the words "...completed the outfit" one more damn time...

JWHEDONADDICT

Sunday, March 4, 2007 10:33 AM

I tried to read a few of them, but it just felt a bit hokey and dull to me. I was constantly comparing everything to BUFFY & ANGEL, obviously, but it was the dialogue (is it called dialogue in novels?) that finally turned me off completely. Sure, there was plenty of sarcasm, but it was lame!

Possibly could change my mind if the books were turned into a series or movies. Starring Eliza Dushku.

Edit: And Wes Bentley (of American Beauty). And Heath Ledger.

DRU

Friday, March 16, 2007 11:25 PM

I used to read Anita Blake. But then in her books, everyone starting to have sex with everyone, mutiple partners etc. It was a big turnoff. So I stopped reading her books.

ARCHERSTAR

Sunday, April 29, 2007 7:58 AM

First of all, yay Anita Blake! I find that she has a small fanbase online and that her fans don't often crossover into other vampire story lines. It's good to see some die hard fans.

And really quickly, for those who haven't read the books, Rhymephile had mentioned that the titles don't really have anything to do with the books. That's actually not true. Other than Cerulean Sins, all of the titles are places that appear in that particular book. The only one you have to stretch for is The Killing Dance, which is a rough translation of 'Danse Macabre', a nightclub which first appears in that book.

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