#some of the more modern dcau yj crossovers don't really have this problem like they're written by people who know their dcau lore
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not to shit on decade old ffn fics but in being nostalgic i've noticed there are a lot of young justice x dcau crossovers from when yj seasons 1-2 were airing that seem like they were written by someone who has never seen a dcau show. like, they're explicitly said by the author to be the dcau. not just any generic justice league, but the dcau (sometimes even specifying around what episode / season!), but there's stuff that directly contradicts dcau canon.
like, the flash will be barry allen, despite the fact that in the dcau the flash is wally west. nine times out of ten, there's some kind of exchange about batman not having a robin and rejecting the idea that he would ever take on a protege, despite the fact that by the jl animated series, dcau batman has two robins and a batgirl. if zatanna is involved, the jl usually says that they don't know her / she doesn't exist, and sometimes this is even said by batman and its like.. bruce! yes you do know her!! you've known her for years!
like i love the concept, i wish there were more dcau x yj crossovers, especially with a s1 yj team (or a yj team a year or so after s1), but a lot of the ones that exist feel like the author watched all of young justice (at the time) but only like. season one of justice league.
#some of the more modern dcau yj crossovers don't really have this problem like they're written by people who know their dcau lore#but the older ones? whats up with that?#like i'd expect the early 2010s fic authors to be MORE familiar with the dcau bc its heyday was a lot more recent#also separate but similar thing a lot of 2010s era yj fanfic seem to have little to know knowledge of dc outside yj in general#its weird. like you couldn't do a little bit of googling?#btw i didn't include the contradiction of ms martian never existing in the dcau in these fics bc she wasnt confirmed until 2019#so obviously fic writers from 2010-2013 wouldn't know that lmao#but like. zatanna was confirmed to exist in the dcau before superman was!!!#by jl / jl unlimited dick grayson is already nightwing!#sure its not til the series finale but wally west is revealed as the flash IN the show!!!#young justice#i speak#dcau#dc comics#and like the possibility of dcau wally dick zatanna etc interacting w/ their yj counterparts is like. funny. why would you pass that up#i REALLY want a full yj x batman beyond crossover w/ my beloved terry#really i want more time travel / dimension travel aus with terry in them in genreal he's not appreciated enough
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