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Discussion Question Wednesday! #4: Crossovers and the Marvel Multiverse
It is time for another...
Discussion Question Wednesday!
This time we will be talking about crossovers. For the purposes of this discussion, a crossover is when characters from another fandom come into the Marvel universe or the Avengers crossover into another fandom's universe. Crossovers by themselves are interesting enough in most fandoms, but Marvel has a canon multiverse that can be played with as well.
Most members of this com are probably already familiar with the concept of the Marvel multiverse, but I'll give a simple overview for those that want a reminder. Each of Marvel's various titles, shows and movies belong to various different continuities. Marvel has established that all of these realities are different universes that exist and they've got numbers. The original main continuity is Earth-616. Don't ask me why Reed gave it that number, but he did. Other notable continuities used in fan fiction are Earth-1610 (Ultimates), Earth-199999 (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Earth-3490 (fem!Tony and Steve are married), Earth-8096 (EMH), Earth-20051 (Marvel Adventures) and Earth-904913 (Iron Man: Armored Adventures.) Avengers Assembled doesn't have an official number yet.
So let's hear what you think about crossovers. Whether it be fics, art, meta or canon events, what do you like and why? Do you think that Steve and Gandalf need to meet; perhaps MCU!Steve needs to run into Natasha Stark and be jealous of his alter ego; or Tony once traveled with the Doctor?
Panel from Ultimate Comics: Ultimates(2013) #30
This time we will be talking about crossovers. For the purposes of this discussion, a crossover is when characters from another fandom come into the Marvel universe or the Avengers crossover into another fandom's universe. Crossovers by themselves are interesting enough in most fandoms, but Marvel has a canon multiverse that can be played with as well.
Most members of this com are probably already familiar with the concept of the Marvel multiverse, but I'll give a simple overview for those that want a reminder. Each of Marvel's various titles, shows and movies belong to various different continuities. Marvel has established that all of these realities are different universes that exist and they've got numbers. The original main continuity is Earth-616. Don't ask me why Reed gave it that number, but he did. Other notable continuities used in fan fiction are Earth-1610 (Ultimates), Earth-199999 (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Earth-3490 (fem!Tony and Steve are married), Earth-8096 (EMH), Earth-20051 (Marvel Adventures) and Earth-904913 (Iron Man: Armored Adventures.) Avengers Assembled doesn't have an official number yet.
So let's hear what you think about crossovers. Whether it be fics, art, meta or canon events, what do you like and why? Do you think that Steve and Gandalf need to meet; perhaps MCU!Steve needs to run into Natasha Stark and be jealous of his alter ego; or Tony once traveled with the Doctor?
Panel from Ultimate Comics: Ultimates(2013) #30