I do like fusions, although reading your description I think I may have been using AU and Crossover/Fusion interchangeably? Anything where you're somewhere other than the canon universe.

And you know I love metas and deep dives! I just started a new one for Once Upon A Time; it's a six-parter, so I hope people don't get sick of it.

I'm glad you found a good fandom space. I miss community a lot. There are a couple from the message board days that splintered or went elseweb and, while I'm still in touch with some of the people from those fandoms, having them spread out over the great wide internet is different.