Every Me Loves Every You.

[redbrunja]

"The point of fics set in alternate universes are to show that no matter what setting or circumstance, these two people will always find each other. I will find you. Every me loves every you."

I came across this great quote on tumblr and it reminded me of that fantastic scene between Derek and Jesse in TSCC, where they realize that they came from different futures where they were both in a relationship with slightly different versions of the other person, where Derek says basically the above. To me, I felt like it was clear he wasn't telling the literal truth, but what he wanted to be true (that in all possible futures, they were with each other) which is just so fucking romantic.

And thinking about AUs reminded me of a conversation I had with backtothesea where I was talking about how the thing that really frustrated me with AUs, is when people didn't bother to translate pivotal characterization details into the new universe and how often it would be so. easy. My example was Artemis Crock, and how if her father wasn't a bad dude in whatever new universe we're in, it pings me the wrong way. Same with Natasha Romanoff. A childhood trained/used as a weapon is a requirement, imho.

How picky I am about this stuff is why I'm not a big AU person, really.

Comments

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

It's such a beautiful quote.

[wolfgenes.livejournal.com]

what you wrote made me think about my likes for AUs, too. i guess we have a pretty similar idea about it. except, like, i have this original which is half-written, and one of the main reasons why i want to publish it is so i can write a side thing in which the main events happen as well, but all the main girls are ~~supernatural beings~ because why the fuck not.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Hee! That sounds fun!