Talk:Alternative universe (fan fiction)

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[edit] Divergence Fics

How about a little something on 'Divergence Fics' -- i.e., canon happens exactly up to a specific point, and changes. Melodia Chaconne 14:50, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

Haven't seen the term used, but I recall a while back when I was trying to start a fiction archive and I did in fact differentiate between what you call "divergence fics" and that "completely alternate universe" fics, though I used the terms "alternate timeline or event" (ATE) and "alternate world" (AW), respectively. I have not seen "divergence fic" used much, though I can definitely see the use of such a term. Where did you see it used? Runa27 21:56, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Major Reorg

I just did a major reorg of this; moved a lot of information around, collected the types together, found a pile of citations, marked where i think more citations are needed. I wikified the reference section (there were ref tags, but they weren't doing anything because there was no ref section set up).

The article is weak on the section on 'Changing Canon', IMHO. Other examples and discussion of methods in which AU authors change canon would be welcome.

Also, because I am NOT a fanfic reader or writer I am unfamiliar with the genre (I am an SF reader and writer, but I found the page by looking for 'this page needs help' requests). AU Controversies needs citations of a good Mary Sue story and of an 'alt-characters in beloved story' story.

I think it might be a good idea to just ditch the AU in Original Fiction, or instead, to concentrate on things where Original Fiction has incorporated AU, such as the creators of lonelygirl15 liking the alternative story thread a fan came up with so much they wrote it into continuity. Also, the use of some of the things that were originally fanfic AU oriented now being used in mainstream works (notably, Joss Whedon's forthcoming 'Buffy: Season 8' graphic novel series).Thespian 09:53, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

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