Bloody Bones? What Bloody Bones?

[freyalorelei.livejournal.com]

I may as well get this started.

Out of curiousity, I was lurking about on LKH's official board, on the Ask Laurell section, and a hopeful fan asked whether or not there will ever be an Anita/Merry crossover. Apparently the official word is that no, not gonna happen, because a) two completely different alternate universes and b) according to Laurell the fae don't exist in Anita's world anyway.

Let me say that again: the Anitaverse officially has no fae.

Um, except NO. LKH wrote an ENTIRE BOOK with fae characters and a fae backstory and just generally lots and lots of fae-ness. And yes, it's an Anita Blake book! Available right at your local bookstore! Yet official word is that it never happened. Nope, whole months of Anita's life aren't canon, nothing to see, move along.

In other words, she just jossed Bloody Bones.

*headdesk*

Comments

[harpergrey.livejournal.com]

a) two completely different alternate universes

Really? And here I was thinking they were the same one... They're just so gosh darn similiar! *grumble*

What I'm having issues wrapping my brain around is why bother even making them two different AU's if they're so much the same? I mean, stop me if I'm talking crazy here, but it just seems easier than completely negating the events of an entire novel.

Plus -- again just from a personal point of view -- isn't fleshing out your world (hmm, maybe not the right choice of words for these particular worlds... *g*) usually a good thing?

I don't know. The more I learn, the more I just shake my head in profound disappointment.

-- Harps ;)

[freyalorelei.livejournal.com]

I understand making two different universes...she set up the rules for Anita over a dozen books ago, and Merry is basically a clean slate; she can establish whatever new rules she likes. That and she doesn't have to worry about Anita and Merry running into each other. There's really no need to create a single universe.

What I don't get is saying that because MG's world doesn't exist within the context of AB's, then the fae don't exist at all. I'm sorry, but fae DO exist in AB; they're just not MG fae. She's made her bed, now she has to lie in it.

...isn't fleshing out your world...usually a good thing?

Well, to be fair, she does flesh out both worlds...she just contradicts herself with each new book, and usually has contradictory information within individual books.