SuperWhoLock 2.0

SuperWhoLock 2.0 is the term used to describe fan attempts at making a second SuperWhoLock: a massive crossover between three (relatively) popular fandoms. 
The term is somewhat tongue-in-cheek and is often used as an elaborate meme, especially when in comparison with the original SuperWhoLock, which was used much more sincerely and whose fandoms actually dominated certain corners of the internet over a number of years circa 2013. 
Off-hand comments about certain fandoms being the "new" SuperWhoLock are not uncommon whenever three (or sometimes more) fandoms with similar themes become popular at the same time, or have particularly active fandoms.
==Potential SuperWhoLock Successors==
Over the years, many combinations were suggested as potential candidates: 
* Succession, Hannibal and Supernatural
* Succession, Hannibal and Killing Eve
* Hannibal, Killing Eve and Jennifer's BodyTumblr post by sitcomtropes, Oct 10, 2021 (6,000+ notes as of April 9, 2022)
* Supernatural, Hannibal, and My Chemical Romancehttps://twitter.com/intheflatfieId/status/1338250701575602176?s=20&t=Z8VbCTerp-bkN8IGS0aHPw
However these - when made seriously - never gained much purchase. 
=== Steven Falls Over ===
One of the more successful crossover triads was between Steven Universe, Gravity Falls, and Over The Garden Wall, jokingly called Steven Falls Over. The term was coined sometime before April 14, 2015, when a subreddit for the crossover was created.https://www.reddit.com/r/stevenfallsover/ This was immediately followed by r/StevenFallingOver, a subreddit for pictures of the character Steven Quartz Universe falling over.
===Spring 2022===
In March/April 2022, two possible "SuperWhoLock" successors were suggested in close succession, primarily on Tumblr (the main home of the original). 
====GO, WWDITS, OFMD====
Good Omens, What We Do in the Shadows and Our Flag Means Death were suggested as a possible "new SuperWhoLock." 
Tumblr user folklorenatural created a post on 23 March 2022 with the comment 'babe wake up the new superwholock just dropped' with photos of the shows beneath.
Twitter user @grahamsdixon posted a tweet the day after, on 24 March 2022, which also featured the posters for the three shows and the comment: "this is the new superwholock". As of April 9, 2022, the tweet had been re-tweeted 2,552 times and liked more than 17,000 times. 
Many re-tweets were actually arguments as to whether other shows deserved to be part of the trio, decried the very idea of a "new SuperWhoLock" or argued that the proposed replacements were better than the original fandoms because they were 'actually gay.'
A re-post of the tweet on Tumblr the next day generated 1,875 notes.Tumblr repost of @grahamsdixon tweet, by violetheart77: 
====Sapphic/WLW Version====
Influenced by the GO/WWDITS/OFMD version, Tumblr user whattheflux suggested a sapphic version with Doctor Who (again), Killing Eve, and Gentleman Jack. Later, a suggestion in the comments influenced a second post by the same user, swapping out Gentleman Jack with Astrid and Lily Save the World.
====Pirates====
Another potential candidate was Our Flag Means Death, Black Sails and Pirates of the Caribbean, the first two being canonically very queer shows, and the third being perceived as such by some fans. 
The pirate-themed SuperWhoLock 2.0 theory emerged due to a confluence of several events: 
2022 HBO Max comedy Our Flag Means Death gained a following on Tumblr soon after it began to air. As its popularity continued to grow, the show's quality and LGBTQ representation became widely known. 
The surge of interest in a piraty canon re-awakened the somewhat dormant Black Sails fandom, whose show aired from 2014 to 2018. Besides the similarity in period and setting, Black Sails was likened to OFMD because it also featured explicitely LGBTQ pirates (although its tone was much different from OFMD.) 
On March 31st 2022, everythingispirates posted: 
 
The post was meant to troll Tumblr users and fans who did not remember much about POTC into thinking POTC had been canonically gayer than it was, but it went much further than its author had anticipated (at one time trending #1 on the site) and many took it seriously, sparking arguments. As of April 9, 2022, the post had 72,809 notes.
It's also been mentioned that Doctor Who's Easter Special, set to air in April, is also pirate-themed, and has also contributed to the resurgence of pirate-themed media in fandom during this period.
==Reactions==
===Pushback===
Many fans do not enjoy the idea of a SuperWhoLock 2.0, pirate-based or otherwise. 
About the 2022 pirate-based iteration (OFMD), some claimed: "no, this is not a new SuperLockWho, we are living our own story."Comment extracted through a private message exchange between two authors and added here with their permission.
Others simply wanted to leave the very concept of SuperWhoLock behind, due to its bad reputation: 
==Notes==
==References==
Category:Our Flag Means Death
Category:Pirates of the Caribbean
Category:Black Sails
Category:2022 Events