What makes a crossover work (or not)? · 4:50am Jan 14th, 2015
I'm toying with the idea of writing a crossover fic, and I'd like to get other people's opinions of what makes a crossover successful (or not successful).
Speaking strictly for myself, one of my main criteria for a successful crossover is how well it can keep the characters from the various properties "in character." I can accept a story in which MLP:FiM and Stargate: SG1 exist in the same universe, so long as each member of the SG team and the Mane six all ring true to their canon counterparts, but that's just my personal preference.
So for anyone reading this, what do you look for in a crossover? What do you NOT want to see in a crossover?