Quote:Isn't that self fulfilling prophecy? Any crossover that takes place with series that don't already take place in the same universe are automatically artificially melded, by definition. So any alteration made are artificial limitations via the fact the crossing is artificial.
The second arc (chapter 11-20) is about deconstructing crossovers. It basically shows that the concept of the crossover doesn't really work unless, like Rob said, you place some pretty aritificial limitations on the actions of those involved. Plus, most anime series have incompatible universes.
I'm not saying I don't get part of what your saying, tossing umpteen series together and ignoring radically different back stories is often handled rather poorly. Too much, 'Because: We your great and mighty Writer have claimed it works for no readily apparent reason... so it does. There are no plot holes... only Zuel!'
Also, many series don't take place on the same planet or take place in different time periods. Two series may require different physics. Or some series have a no lethal or permanent physical harm may happen to people in this area, others have most of the cast will end up very dead, very messily with a few pages of being introduced... if not sooner. We are also talking about artificial universes being meshed, by default and regardless of how good the story is and how seamless the details meshing them together are artificially limiting the series.
So are you commenting: Crossovers are an extremely stupid idea to do at all? That most crossovers are handled in a 'sledgehammer used to put the square peg through the round hole' level of competence? That virtually all crossovers should end with the gory death of many involved, on general principle? Are you playing on the idea that all limitations placed when combining two separate systems are by default/definition 'artificial limitations'?
I get the first 10 parts are what happens when a SI acts like a badly integrated SI and their Aura of Smooth suffers a General Protection Fault. Its just the idea behind the crossover section (good as 'Hybrid Theory' is) seems to involve all series being the result of an axe strike to the creator deitys head... much springing forth from the head fully mature is involved. Its like tossing a bunch of live bugs in a jar, shaking it up and expecting the bugs to get along.
Granted, I realize that the two SIs involved are angsty and the universe involved has a feel of 'set up as a test of what the two would do given their own universe to control', a test of character these two are failing. Kind of a dead people judge thy selves way of determining which afterlife they belong in. In this case... the Trainwreck T.V. of the gods that took those noninterference oaths.