Crossovers That Should Not Be: Addition Wars

[robkelk]

and for a somewhat more coherent Hunchback crossover...

So a lot of crossovers and similar involve a single change - a character from outside the fic is dumped in as the brain of one of the characters in the fic and has to adapt.  Hunchback, it always seemed to me, was a tragedy driven, in part, by Esmeralda's impracticality (though she is certainly not the only one whose flaws drive the plot).  Might be interesting to see what would happen if we swapped her out for a character who was a bit more grounded, and perhaps rather wiser.  Wouldn't even have to change all that much - just the last name...

to Weatherwax.

I'd give her six months before she's running Paris from behind the scenes...

Me, I'd change the Notre Dame. Maybe have the Hunchback play with the Gipper.
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Rob Kelk
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