Open Thread: Oracle Hotline

[mithen]

 --How and why did you choose the genre of your latest WiP?

I was going to say that people who write fic have the genre chosen for them, but of course that's not true! One of the joys of fic is bending the genre of the canon and exploring how the characters would behave in a different genre (most obviously switching it to a romance, for example!) I think the one I'm currently working on is sticking pretty close to canon, which in the case of the Gotham by Gaslight sequel I'm basing it on is a kind of superhero/Western hybrid. I'm not as well-versed in Western tropes, and maybe that's why I'm struggling to come up with a plot. Hmm, maybe I should go to TV Tropes and poke around their Western sections to find a trope that appeals with these characters!

What genres are you bending this week?