(07-26-2022, 01:07 PM)Bob Schroeck Wrote: "Pastiche" in any other context means "copying the style of" or "stylistic parody". I've never heard of it being applied to any variety of crossover fic.
And back in the 1990s, at least, a "fusion fic" was one where characters from one property took on the roles of characters in another property -- like the cast of Ranma as the command crew of the USS Enterprise. (A common one. And Ryoga was always the navigator.)
Oh yes, I have encountered that use of pastiche. Thank you.