Voices in my head

I've recently been watching Samurai Champloo. It is utterly fabulous. There are many, many amazing bits and I'm not sure which character is my favorite Jin (a quiet reserved traditional samurai appearance that mostly masks the fact that he's homicidally insane) or Mugen (who is homicidally insane and is very much in your face about it.)  However, I think the single scene that tops the others is where one yakuza type is saying that there are two kinds of people in the world: the ones who give the orders and the ones who do what they're told. It's possible that this would have been a convincing argument if it weren't for the fact that he was saying it to Mugen who goes out of his way to do neither. 

It's surprisingly similar and yet completely distinct from Watanabe (the director)'s previous creation: Cowboy Bebop, another absolutely fabulous anime. It's bounty hunters in space ships and genetically enhanced dogs and Spike is too awesome for words and Ed is... well, Ed is Ed and is absolutely adorable. 

One thing that has struck me, though, is that I don't feel any need to read or write fanfiction for these two shows. Not even crossovers, which are my real weakness, pitting these characters up against someone from another fandom. Nope. It would just be messy and completely unnecessary. These stories are perfect and complete in and of themselves. 

It's been five years since I became an active member in fandom. I get most introductions to shows through fandom, have watched several purely to better understand the fandoms, and get ideas all the time. It's odd and unnerving and peaceful to just not for these shows. 

I certainly like fanfiction and it would be horrible to have all shows be this perfect, but it's rather awesome that they exist.