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So I happened to stumble across a fanfic on my lunch break - a fic that falls DEEP in the category of "Crossovers That Shouldn't Work But Do." The premise was so bizarre, the crossover was so weird and yet the story worked so WELL that I had to recommend it.
CSI: Death by Chocolate by Beth Einspanier
Crossover between CSI and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005 movie). Yes, you read that right.
Summary: "A young man is found in the desert, having been drowned in chocolate. Who would want him dead, and what does he have to do with a reclusive chocolatier from London?"
Rated: T
Warnings: Character death.
Yes, I would have run in the other direction if not for two things: 1) the person who recommended it has a good eye for these sort of crossovers, 2) there were a good deal of coherent positive reviews.
I was pleasantly surprised. Was it bizarre? Yes. Was everyone in character? Yes, even though I don't watch much CSI - Grissom and company had to play the "straight man" to all the Wonka weirdness, which just made certain scenes even more bizarrely funny. I mean, come on, the scene where Nick and Warrick discover the, uh, witnesses alone had me on the floor.
There's a line between genius and madness, and this story straddles it handily. All the little bits make it work, and the culprit - as in any good murder mystery - is not immediately obvious.
If you're easily prone to brain-breaking (and/or don't like weird crossovers even if they do work), don't read it. If you hated the movie with a fiery passion, don't read it, it's movie-based.
The rest of you... take a look. Seriously.
EDIT: Hey, this shouldn't have been friends-locked.
CSI: Death by Chocolate by Beth Einspanier
Crossover between CSI and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005 movie). Yes, you read that right.
Summary: "A young man is found in the desert, having been drowned in chocolate. Who would want him dead, and what does he have to do with a reclusive chocolatier from London?"
Rated: T
Warnings: Character death.
Yes, I would have run in the other direction if not for two things: 1) the person who recommended it has a good eye for these sort of crossovers, 2) there were a good deal of coherent positive reviews.
I was pleasantly surprised. Was it bizarre? Yes. Was everyone in character? Yes, even though I don't watch much CSI - Grissom and company had to play the "straight man" to all the Wonka weirdness, which just made certain scenes even more bizarrely funny. I mean, come on, the scene where Nick and Warrick discover the, uh, witnesses alone had me on the floor.
There's a line between genius and madness, and this story straddles it handily. All the little bits make it work, and the culprit - as in any good murder mystery - is not immediately obvious.
If you're easily prone to brain-breaking (and/or don't like weird crossovers even if they do work), don't read it. If you hated the movie with a fiery passion, don't read it, it's movie-based.
The rest of you... take a look. Seriously.
EDIT: Hey, this shouldn't have been friends-locked.
