Character Crossover Thread?

[Mindfire]

Has anyone ever done a thread for some kind of interdimensional crossover with characters created by members of the site? It could be an interesting writing exercise, and I've been curious to see how characters I've invented might compare or interact with others's.

[Caged Maiden]

if you want to, we're still running Shenoka. That is a perfect world to do it in if you want to give it a go

[Mindfire]

What's Shenoka?

And to be more clear, I was referring to characters featured in present WiP's rather than characters created specifically for use here.

[Ireth]

That sounds like fun, Mindfire.

[Mindfire]

That sounds like fun, Mindfire.

I thought so! I'm just wondering if it has been done, and if not, where should it be done?

[Caged Maiden]

Oh that would be really fun. Shenoka is a city ripped of from my WIP and anyone can write any character into it they want. I like the idea of writing in our characters from our books though. I'd be down with that. What setting do you propose? I kinda thought it would be fun to do a MFMA with WIP characters, or even a character poll like Steerpike is running with fantasy fighters right now.

Let me know if you need help organizing, I'd definitely be interested in putting some of my characters in it.

[Reaver]

Definitely a good idea. Probably work best either here or in the Challenges Section of you have any particular goals for the story.

[Mindfire]

Oh that would be really fun. Shenoka is a city ripped of from my WIP and anyone can write any character into it they want. I like the idea of writing in our characters from our books though. I'd be down with that. What setting do you propose? I kinda thought it would be fun to do a MFMA with WIP characters, or even a character poll like Steerpike is running with fantasy fighters right now.

Let me know if you need help organizing, I'd definitely be interested in putting some of my characters in it.

The only trouble with a poll like Steerpike's is that we don't really know enough about each other's characters to decide fairly between them. More than likely everyone would just vote for their own, or if the decision didn't concern a character they'd written, pick one at random. (Or at least I would, I must be honest.) One might as well toss a coin between them. In fact, tossing a coin would be fairer, because then there would be no bias involved at all and it would avoid the second issue a poll might create: a feeling of injury one might get if another character is chosen over their own. I know we're all good people here, but I see no reason to risk offending anyone if it can be reasonably avoided.

That said, battles could work, decided either by coin toss or by the two people involved working something out. And even aside from that, a story about characters from radically different backgrounds popping into another world would be entertaining.

Would we be going with the "Where am I and how did I get here?" approach, or are we skipping travel-shock altogether in favor of being somewhat more productive? Also, obviously this is non-canon, but should we have some kind of rule about character deaths?

[Amanita]

This sounds like fun indeed.
Two years ago, the German sub-section of NaNoWriMo had a sort of little role-playing game with various characters meeting in an inn. Maybe cliched but less violent than battles. If someone likes this and would point me to the right forum, I can open something like that here.
I'm not quite sure if I want to inflict my characters' offensive skills upon other people's beloved characters.

[Mindfire]

We could stage the thread in some kind of interdimensional cantina. Our characters can meet, talk about their adventures or their personal opinions. Obviously some will get along better than others and if a fight breaks out, so much the better. As long as there's no godmodding or thread jacking. Conflicts should feel natural, and we should avoid killing if possible.