eta: Actually, iirc, the first real conversation sidhebeingbrand and I ever had about the mechanic!verse was canon!Harry waking up in the wrong universe, so, yeah. Heh.
On one hand... WANT. On the other-- I don't want NM!John to meet canon!Marcone. It's like saying, "Look, see, if you didn't get shot, you could have saved the city." It's just too cruel. 8(
And, you know, if you hadn't totally put yourself into the Business, you could have a warm little life with someone who loves you back and be happy and still make a difference. So, yeah. No winning. But I think they'd deal-- and maybe take a little bit of self-motivated pants kicking from the other.
Or we could take this one better and have NM!Harry AND John meet Canon!Dresden and Marcone. I think Marcone would be highly amused by Dresden's WTF! reaction to Harry and John. Harry would be fairly accepting of what had happened, after the initial freak out, because he is aware of John's massive BAMF! quotient. That is until he realises John is taking *notes* and then he's very much "Right that's it we're going. NOW."
Also just had a mental image of John and Marcone talking, taking it all quite well and referencing the Trousers of Time.
Dear God stop me before I actually write this. It's going to explode like my Canon!Harry meets Genderswap!Harry plot bunny.
Super interesting take. And oh, Trousers of Time. The alternative, what-if-instead ideas, and the potential to get a glimpse are so compelling-- one of the many reasons Night Watch rocks socks, I'm sure.
In the discussions (what if?, what if?!) we've had, contact has been primarily visual and/or without verbal communication, and it's been canon!Marcone who's been the most shook up.
Over at the Marcone/Dresden/Marcone (http://scribe-protra.dreamwidth.org/306.html?thread=491570#cmt491570) thread, there's a suggestion for NM!Marcone/NM!Harry/Canon!Marcone, with Canon!Marcone in the NM universe.
Please? Anyone? *puppy dog eyes* NM!John meeting Canon!Marcone has always had the promise of such an emotional gutpunch for me... with a John-loving Harry there, I can't even.
I don't know that NM!John gets the short end of that stick. There are a lot of moral compromises that he hasn't had to make that I think Marcone regrets. Would he trade with the mechanic? Not probably . Would he envy, a little? I think so.
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Re: Alternate Realities Collide!
Date: 2011-02-26 07:21 am (UTC)eta: Actually, iirc, the first real conversation
Re: Alternate Realities Collide!
Date: 2011-02-26 07:25 am (UTC)Re: Alternate Realities Collide!
Date: 2011-02-26 07:28 am (UTC)Re: Alternate Realities Collide!
Date: 2011-02-26 01:36 pm (UTC)Also just had a mental image of John and Marcone talking, taking it all quite well and referencing the Trousers of Time.
Dear God stop me before I actually write this. It's going to explode like my Canon!Harry meets Genderswap!Harry plot bunny.
Re: Alternate Realities Collide!
Date: 2011-02-26 07:06 pm (UTC)In the discussions (what if?, what if?!) we've had, contact has been primarily visual and/or without verbal communication, and it's been canon!Marcone who's been the most shook up.
Re: Alternate Realities Collide!
Date: 2011-02-27 04:04 am (UTC)Please? Anyone? *puppy dog eyes* NM!John meeting Canon!Marcone has always had the promise of such an emotional gutpunch for me... with a John-loving Harry there, I can't even.
Re: Alternate Realities Collide!
Date: 2011-02-27 07:17 am (UTC)http://scribe-protra.dreamwidth.org/306.html?thread=491570
Re: Alternate Realities Collide!
Date: 2011-02-26 07:29 pm (UTC)