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* ''Fanfic/SognicMalltiverseOfMadness'': Certain characters have unique speech patterns that help define their personalities:
** Sognic sometimes spaces out certain w o r d s.
** KNOCKLES' DIALOGUE IS WRITTEN IN ALL CAPS, TO SHOW HIS STUPIDITY.
** shadoo's dialogue is in all lowercase, to show his stoic personality.
** R0ter.exe inserts numb3rs @nd @ symbols into s0m3 of his w0rd5, to @dd to his gl1tchy c0mput3r m0t1f.
** Tails Doll spaces out all of his words and speaks in all lowercase. However, he only says a few short sentences, because otherwise it would be... h a r d t o r e a d .

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* ''Fanfic/BlackQueenRedKing'': When Rex telepathically thinks to Chrysalis, it's written in orange. When she replies, it's written in green. Also, certain words that describe [[spoiler:Rex's and Chrysalis' souls]] have WebOriginal/{{Zalgo}} text, like this: t҉̻̙ḛ͈̩̫͚n̠̭͍̗̫d̤̬͍͇̲͝ͅr̘̯͠i͝ļs̞̤̜͓.



** As a ShoutOut to the above, ''Fanfic/TheGodEmpressOfPonykind'' does a similar thing to sequences in [[HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace the Warp]].

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** As * ''Fanfic/TheGodEmpressOfPonykind'', as a ShoutOut to the above, ''Fanfic/TheGodEmpressOfPonykind'' does a similar thing to ''Fanfic/ItsADangerousBusinessGoingOutYourDoor'', uses colored text in sequences in [[HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace the Warp]].Warp]] to indicate which divine being is speaking.
* ''Fanfic/{{Mendacity}}'': The narration describes the realm of Faerie in long paragraphs of run-on sentences, distinct from the rest of the story.
* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/68515/paper-mario-the-land-of-harmony Paper Mario: The Land of Harmony]]'' provides an interesting example: the story is written as if it were a UsefulNotes/WiiU game[[note]]Pinkie Pie flat-out says that it is a Wii U game in the first interlude[[/note]], so characters in-story refer to things such as a gamepad and {{DLC}}, after the intro scene (reminiscent of ''Fanfic/PastSins'') a save file is created, after each chapter a save screen shows up, every now and again a multiple-choice screen appears, etc.



* In ''[[FanFic/BlackQueenRedKing Black Queen, Red King]]'', when Rex telepathically thinks to Chrysalis, it's written in orange. When she replies, it's written in green. Also, certain words that describe [[spoiler:Rex's and Chrysalis' souls]] have WebOriginal/{{Zalgo}} text, like this: t҉̻̙ḛ͈̩̫͚n̠̭͍̗̫d̤̬͍͇̲͝ͅr̘̯͠i͝ļs̞̤̜͓.
* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/68515/paper-mario-the-land-of-harmony Paper Mario: The Land of Harmony]]'' provides an interesting example: the story is written as if it were a UsefulNotes/WiiU game[[note]]Pinkie Pie flat-out says that it is a Wii U game in the first interlude[[/note]], so characters in-story refer to things such as a gamepad and {{DLC}}, after the intro scene (reminiscent of ''FanFic/PastSins'') a save file is created, after each chapter a save screen shows up, every now and again a multiple-choice screen appears, etc.

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* ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'' combines this with PunctuatedForEmphasis:
--> The\\
mannequins\\
were\\
gone!

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* ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'' combines this with PunctuatedForEmphasis:
--> The\\
mannequins\\
were\\
gone!
!! Examples by Creator



* ''Fanfic/BackgroundPony'': The titular character's name is always written in green.
* ''Fanfic/PercyJacksonSpirits'': Vaatu's manipulations of other beings take the form of sections of their inner monologues colored red to represent thoughts that he's planting in their head. Raava's counter-influence likewise takes the form of sections of blue text in smaller print.
* ''Fanfic/{{Pokeumans}}'': When Austin uses Confuse Ray on Brandon, Brandon hears [[CallingYourAttacks the names of all Austin's moves]] backwards.
* ''Fanfic/TalesOfTheEmperasque'': The Emperor's NoIndoorVoice is represented by rendering everything he says in all-caps.
* ''Fanfic/ItsADangerousBusinessGoingOutYourDoor'': Sequences in the Dreaming are in bold text, spoken lines [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience have different colors to show who's talking]], and the entire sequence is written in present text.
** As a ShoutOut to the above, ''Fanfic/TheGodEmpressOfPonykind'' does a similar thing to sequences in [[HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace the Warp]].
* ''Fanfic/PinkPersonalHellAndAlteringFate'' takes a few cues from ''Literature/HardBoiledWonderlandAndTheEndOfTheWorld'', separating all the "Pink Personal Hell" and "Altering Fate" sections from one another with the narratives bolded (and the shift in perspective), but [[spoiler:when the two become one, instead of jumping to the other, they are simply "Pink Personal Hell ''and'' Altering Fate"]].
* In ''[[FanFic/BlackQueenRedKing Black Queen, Red King]]'', when Rex telepathically thinks to Chrysalis, it's written in orange. When she replies, it's written in green. Also, certain words that describe [[spoiler:Rex's and Chrysalis' souls]] have WebOriginal/{{Zalgo}} text, like this: t҉̻̙ḛ͈̩̫͚n̠̭͍̗̫d̤̬͍͇̲͝ͅr̘̯͠i͝ļs̞̤̜͓.
* In ''RolePlay/WeAreAllPokemonTrainers'':
** Whenever there's a FreakyFridayFlip, players tend to switch their avatars to that of the normal player of that character.
** The use of music IRP to affect the mood of posts.
** The Terrifying Presence Auric power is signified by the use of eviltext IRP.
** Heart of Gold super empathy is signified by the use of gold text.
** Thoughts, whether telepathic or otherwise, are often signified by the use of italics.
** Brackets are used to signify Monese, except in the PMD universes where everyone speaks it, save for PMD-B when the brackets come back for interaction with humans.
** Glitchmons tend to use an intentionally glitchy font when speaking.
* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/68515/paper-mario-the-land-of-harmony Paper Mario: The Land of Harmony]]'' provides an interesting example: the story is written as if it were a UsefulNotes/WiiU game[[note]]Pinkie Pie flat-out says that it is a Wii U game in the first interlude[[/note]], so characters in-story refer to things such as a gamepad and {{DLC}}, after the intro scene (reminiscent of ''FanFic/PastSins'') a save file is created, after each chapter a save screen shows up, every now and again a multiple-choice screen appears, etc.
* The ''Series/DueSouth'' fanfic ''[[http://trickster.org/speranza/Scrabble.html Scrabble]]'' has the story divided into two-to-three columns, representing the two narrators and, occasionally, the ''TabletopGame/{{Scrabble}}'' board they were playing with.
* In the ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' fanfic ''Fanfic/AshsReturn'', Chapter 3 ("Parallel Process") uses three columns of text to represent [[SimultaneousArcs three simultaneous lines]] of action. [[DynamicEntry Until...]]
* In ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' fanfic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4099993/1/Forward Forward]]'' scenes from River's perspective portray her chaotic and jumbled thoughts. Text is centered instead of left aligned, and a seemingly random mixure of italics, bolds, capitalizations, and underlinings are used. Coupled with a stream-of-consciousness narration that is liberally sprinkled with ''non sequiturs'', random thoughts, and the sheer jumbled confusion that is River's brain, it makes for a ''very'' surreal and effective read.

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* ''Fanfic/BackgroundPony'': The titular character's name is always written in green.
* ''Fanfic/PercyJacksonSpirits'': Vaatu's manipulations of other beings take the form of sections of their inner monologues colored red to represent thoughts that he's planting in their head. Raava's counter-influence likewise takes the form of sections of blue text in smaller print.
* ''Fanfic/{{Pokeumans}}'': When Austin uses Confuse Ray on Brandon, Brandon hears [[CallingYourAttacks the names of all Austin's moves]] backwards.
* ''Fanfic/TalesOfTheEmperasque'': The Emperor's NoIndoorVoice is represented

!! Examples
by rendering everything he says in all-caps.
* ''Fanfic/ItsADangerousBusinessGoingOutYourDoor'': Sequences in the Dreaming are in bold text, spoken lines [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience have different colors to show who's talking]],
Series
!!! Crossovers
and the entire sequence is written in present text.
** As a ShoutOut to the above, ''Fanfic/TheGodEmpressOfPonykind'' does a similar thing to sequences in [[HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace the Warp]].
* ''Fanfic/PinkPersonalHellAndAlteringFate'' takes a few cues from ''Literature/HardBoiledWonderlandAndTheEndOfTheWorld'', separating all the "Pink Personal Hell" and "Altering Fate" sections from one another with the narratives bolded (and the shift in perspective), but [[spoiler:when the two become one, instead of jumping to the other, they are simply "Pink Personal Hell ''and'' Altering Fate"]].
* In ''[[FanFic/BlackQueenRedKing Black Queen, Red King]]'', when Rex telepathically thinks to Chrysalis, it's written in orange. When she replies, it's written in green. Also, certain words that describe [[spoiler:Rex's and Chrysalis' souls]] have WebOriginal/{{Zalgo}} text, like this: t҉̻̙ḛ͈̩̫͚n̠̭͍̗̫d̤̬͍͇̲͝ͅr̘̯͠i͝ļs̞̤̜͓.
* In ''RolePlay/WeAreAllPokemonTrainers'':
** Whenever there's a FreakyFridayFlip, players tend to switch their avatars to that of the normal player of that character.
** The use of music IRP to affect the mood of posts.
** The Terrifying Presence Auric power is signified by the use of eviltext IRP.
** Heart of Gold super empathy is signified by the use of gold text.
** Thoughts, whether telepathic or otherwise, are often signified by the use of italics.
** Brackets are used to signify Monese, except in the PMD universes where everyone speaks it, save for PMD-B when the brackets come back for interaction with humans.
** Glitchmons tend to use an intentionally glitchy font when speaking.
* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/68515/paper-mario-the-land-of-harmony Paper Mario: The Land of Harmony]]'' provides an interesting example: the story is written as if it were a UsefulNotes/WiiU game[[note]]Pinkie Pie flat-out says that it is a Wii U game in the first interlude[[/note]], so characters in-story refer to things such as a gamepad and {{DLC}}, after the intro scene (reminiscent of ''FanFic/PastSins'') a save file is created, after each chapter a save screen shows up, every now and again a multiple-choice screen appears, etc.
* The ''Series/DueSouth'' fanfic ''[[http://trickster.org/speranza/Scrabble.html Scrabble]]'' has the story divided into two-to-three columns, representing the two narrators and, occasionally, the ''TabletopGame/{{Scrabble}}'' board they were playing with.
* In the ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' fanfic ''Fanfic/AshsReturn'', Chapter 3 ("Parallel Process") uses three columns of text to represent [[SimultaneousArcs three simultaneous lines]] of action. [[DynamicEntry Until...]]
* In ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' fanfic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4099993/1/Forward Forward]]'' scenes from River's perspective portray her chaotic and jumbled thoughts. Text is centered instead of left aligned, and a seemingly random mixure of italics, bolds, capitalizations, and underlinings are used. Coupled with a stream-of-consciousness narration that is liberally sprinkled with ''non sequiturs'', random thoughts, and the sheer jumbled confusion that is River's brain, it makes for a ''very'' surreal and effective read.
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* ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached'' has a lot of this, including italics for the Fans and for telepathy, the use of brackets and other symbols instead of quotes to indicate that a different Fan is speaking (as their sections are all dialogue), gradually darkening text to indicate that Paul is slowly coming to grips with their situation, run-on sentences when John's life flashes before his eyes, and text floating around the page for a variety of reasons.

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!!! ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''
* ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached'' has a lot of this, including italics for the Fans and for telepathy, the use of brackets and other symbols instead of quotes to indicate that a different Fan is speaking (as their sections are all dialogue), gradually darkening text to indicate that Paul is slowly coming to grips ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'' combines this with their situation, run-on sentences when John's life flashes before his eyes, and text floating around the page for a variety of reasons.PunctuatedForEmphasis:
--> The\\
mannequins\\
were\\
gone!

!!! ''Franchise/TheDCU''



* ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone'' continues the tradition of Painting the Medium started in ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached''. One notable new “painting” is the way the crazy, demigod-like Trelayna speaks telepathically, with all caps when she refers to herself and much smaller text for people she dislikes.

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* ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone'' continues the tradition of Painting the Medium started in ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached''. One notable new “painting” is the way the crazy, demigod-like Trelayna speaks telepathically, with all caps when she refers to herself and much smaller text for people she dislikes.
!!! ''Franchise/DragonBall''



** Santa Claus tells Trunks that his time travelling has endangered the Space-Time Continuum. When Trunks insists that the Space-Time Continuum is fine, the footage briefly switches to the 1993 version of the ''[[Anime/DragonBallPlanToEradicateTheSaiyans Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans]]'' OVA, while the rest of the special uses footage from the 2010 remake.
* ''Fanfic/SunsplitSaga'': In ''Sunsplit'', the sections of text from the magical linked journal, have their sections marked with a black bar on the left, are indented further in, and the speakers' words are colored for their coat color. Purple for Twilight, Yellow for Sunset, Orange for Sunburst.

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** Santa Claus tells Trunks that his time travelling time-traveling has endangered the Space-Time Continuum. When Trunks insists that the Space-Time Continuum is fine, the footage briefly switches to the 1993 version of the ''[[Anime/DragonBallPlanToEradicateTheSaiyans Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans]]'' OVA, while the rest of the special uses footage from the 2010 remake.
remake.

!!! ''Series/DueSouth''
* ''Fanfic/SunsplitSaga'': In ''Sunsplit'', ''[[http://trickster.org/speranza/Scrabble.html Scrabble]]'' has the sections of text story divided into two-to-three columns, representing the two narrators and, occasionally, the ''TabletopGame/{{Scrabble}}'' board they were playing with.

!!! ''Franchise/FireEmblem''
* In ''Fanfic/TheGhostOfOchs'', whenever Sothis speaks to Byleth, her dialogue is always rendered with centered italics to differentiate it
from standard italics for characters' thoughts. Characters with a SecretIdentityVocalShift, such as the magical linked journal, Death Knight and Flame Emperor, have their sections marked speech written in bold italics.

!!! ''Series/{{Firefly}}''
* In ''Fanfic/ForwardPeptuck'', scenes from River's perspective portray her chaotic and jumbled thoughts. Text is centered instead of left-aligned, and a seemingly random mixture of italics, bolds, capitalizations, and underlinings are used. Coupled
with a black bar on the left, are indented further in, stream-of-consciousness narration that is liberally sprinkled with ''non sequiturs'', random thoughts, and the speakers' words are colored sheer jumbled confusion that is River's brain, it makes for their coat color. Purple for Twilight, Yellow for Sunset, Orange for Sunburst.a ''very'' surreal and effective read.

!!! ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug''




!!! ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''
* ''Fanfic/BackgroundPony'': The titular character's name is always written in green.
* ''Fanfic/ItsADangerousBusinessGoingOutYourDoor'': Sequences in the Dreaming are in bold text, spoken lines [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience have different colors to show who's talking]], and the entire sequence is written in present text.
** As a ShoutOut to the above, ''Fanfic/TheGodEmpressOfPonykind'' does a similar thing to sequences in [[HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace the Warp]].
* ''Fanfic/PinkPersonalHellAndAlteringFate'' takes a few cues from ''Literature/HardBoiledWonderlandAndTheEndOfTheWorld'', separating all the "Pink Personal Hell" and "Altering Fate" sections from one another with the narratives bolded (and the shift in perspective), but [[spoiler:when the two become one, instead of jumping to the other, they are simply "Pink Personal Hell ''and'' Altering Fate"]].
* In ''[[FanFic/BlackQueenRedKing Black Queen, Red King]]'', when Rex telepathically thinks to Chrysalis, it's written in orange. When she replies, it's written in green. Also, certain words that describe [[spoiler:Rex's and Chrysalis' souls]] have WebOriginal/{{Zalgo}} text, like this: t҉̻̙ḛ͈̩̫͚n̠̭͍̗̫d̤̬͍͇̲͝ͅr̘̯͠i͝ļs̞̤̜͓.
* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/68515/paper-mario-the-land-of-harmony Paper Mario: The Land of Harmony]]'' provides an interesting example: the story is written as if it were a UsefulNotes/WiiU game[[note]]Pinkie Pie flat-out says that it is a Wii U game in the first interlude[[/note]], so characters in-story refer to things such as a gamepad and {{DLC}}, after the intro scene (reminiscent of ''FanFic/PastSins'') a save file is created, after each chapter a save screen shows up, every now and again a multiple-choice screen appears, etc.



* ''Fanfic/SunsplitSaga'': In ''Sunsplit'', the sections of text from the magical linked journal, have their sections marked with a black bar on the left, are indented further in, and the speakers' words are colored for their coat color. Purple for Twilight, Yellow for Sunset, Orange for Sunburst.

!!! ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians''
* ''Fanfic/PercyJacksonSpirits'': Vaatu's manipulations of other beings take the form of sections of their inner monologues colored red to represent thoughts that he's planting in their head. Raava's counter-influence likewise takes the form of sections of blue text in smaller print.

!!! ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''
* In ''Fanfic/AshsReturn'', Chapter 3 ("Parallel Process") uses three columns of text to represent [[SimultaneousArcs three simultaneous lines]] of action. [[DynamicEntry Until...]]
* ''Fanfic/{{Pokeumans}}'': When Austin uses Confuse Ray on Brandon, Brandon hears [[CallingYourAttacks the names of all Austin's moves]] backwards.
* In ''RolePlay/WeAreAllPokemonTrainers'':
** Whenever there's a FreakyFridayFlip, players tend to switch their avatars to that of the normal player of that character.
** The use of music IRP to affect the mood of posts.
** The Terrifying Presence Auric power is signified by the use of eviltext IRP.
** Heart of Gold super empathy is signified by the use of gold text.
** Thoughts, whether telepathic or otherwise, are often signified by the use of italics.
** Brackets are used to signify Monese, except in the PMD universes where everyone speaks it, save for PMD-B when the brackets come back for interaction with humans.
** Glitchmons tend to use an intentionally glitchy font when speaking.

!!! ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}''




!!! RealPersonFic
* ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached'' has a lot of this, including italics for the Fans and for telepathy, the use of brackets and other symbols instead of quotes to indicate that a different Fan is speaking (as their sections are all dialogue), gradually darkening text to indicate that Paul is slowly coming to grips with their situation, run-on sentences when John's life flashes before his eyes, and text floating around the page for a variety of reasons.
* ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone'' continues the tradition of Painting the Medium started in ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached''. One notable new “painting” is the way the crazy, demigod-like Trelayna speaks telepathically, with all caps when she refers to herself and much smaller text for people she dislikes.

!!! ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''



* In ''Fanfic/TheGhostOfOchs'', whenever Sothis speaks to Byleth, her dialogue is always rendered with centered italics to differentiate it from standard italics for thoughts. The Death Knight and Flame Emperor's SecretIdentityVocalShift is indicated by bold italics.

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* In ''Fanfic/TheGhostOfOchs'', whenever Sothis speaks to Byleth, her dialogue is always rendered with centered italics to differentiate it from standard italics for thoughts. ''Fanfic/TalesOfTheEmperasque'': The Death Knight and Flame Emperor's SecretIdentityVocalShift NoIndoorVoice is indicated represented by bold italics.rendering everything he says in all-caps.
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* In ''Fanfic/TheGhostOfOchs'', whenever Sothis speaks to Byleth, her dialogue is always rendered with centered italics to differentiate it from standard italics for thoughts. The Death Knight and Flame Emperor's SecretIdentityVocalShift is indicated by bold italics.
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* The ''Series/DueSouth'' fanfic ''[[http://trickster.org/speranza/Scrabble.html Scrabble]]'' has the story divided into two-to-three columns, representing the two narrators and, occasionally, the scrabble board they were playing with.

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* The ''Series/DueSouth'' fanfic ''[[http://trickster.org/speranza/Scrabble.html Scrabble]]'' has the story divided into two-to-three columns, representing the two narrators and, occasionally, the scrabble ''TabletopGame/{{Scrabble}}'' board they were playing with.
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* In ''{{Fanfic/Everqueen}}'', the scene of Isha healing broken Machine Spirits uses {{WebOriginal/Zalgo}} for a Chaos corrupted one. A broken device has text mixed with binary code and AllCaps.

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* This is part of Creator/NimbusLlewelyn's SignatureStyle - which is unsurprising, given how he's repeatedly indicated that he's very heavily influenced by Creator/TerryPratchett. ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' uses variations on bold, italics, and bolded italics to indicate psychic speech (italics), or something truly inhuman speaking, such as Chthon or Surtur.
* In ''FanFic/BackgroundPony'', the titular character's name is always written in green.
* When Austin uses Confuse Ray on Brandon in ''Fanfic/{{Pokeumans}}'', Brandon hears [[CallingYourAttacks the names of all Austin's moves]] backwards.
* In ''Fanfic/TalesOfTheEmperasque'', the Emperor's NoIndoorVoice is represented by rendering everything he says in all-caps.
* Sequences in The Dreaming in ''Fanfic/ItsADangerousBusinessGoingOutYourDoor'' are in bold text, spoken lines [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience have different colors to show who's talking]], and the entire sequence is written in present text.

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* This is part of Creator/NimbusLlewelyn's SignatureStyle - -- which is unsurprising, given how he's repeatedly indicated that he's very heavily influenced by Creator/TerryPratchett. ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' uses variations on bold, italics, and bolded italics to indicate psychic speech (italics), or something truly inhuman speaking, such as Chthon or Surtur.
* In ''FanFic/BackgroundPony'', the ''Fanfic/BackgroundPony'': The titular character's name is always written in green.
* ''Fanfic/PercyJacksonSpirits'': Vaatu's manipulations of other beings take the form of sections of their inner monologues colored red to represent thoughts that he's planting in their head. Raava's counter-influence likewise takes the form of sections of blue text in smaller print.
* ''Fanfic/{{Pokeumans}}'':
When Austin uses Confuse Ray on Brandon in ''Fanfic/{{Pokeumans}}'', Brandon, Brandon hears [[CallingYourAttacks the names of all Austin's moves]] backwards.
* In ''Fanfic/TalesOfTheEmperasque'', the ''Fanfic/TalesOfTheEmperasque'': The Emperor's NoIndoorVoice is represented by rendering everything he says in all-caps.
* ''Fanfic/ItsADangerousBusinessGoingOutYourDoor'': Sequences in The the Dreaming in ''Fanfic/ItsADangerousBusinessGoingOutYourDoor'' are in bold text, spoken lines [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience have different colors to show who's talking]], and the entire sequence is written in present text.
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* The ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' fanfic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4099993/1/Forward Forward]]'' invokes this when covering scenes from River's perspective to portray her chaotic and jumbled thoughts. Text is centered instead of left aligned, and a seemingly random mixure of italics, bolds, capitalizations, and underlinings are used. Coupled with a stream-of-consciousness narration that is liberally sprinkled with ''non sequiturs'', random thoughts, and the sheer jumbled confusion that is River's brain, it makes for a ''very'' surreal and effective read.

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* The In ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' fanfic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4099993/1/Forward Forward]]'' invokes this when covering scenes from River's perspective to portray her chaotic and jumbled thoughts. Text is centered instead of left aligned, and a seemingly random mixure of italics, bolds, capitalizations, and underlinings are used. Coupled with a stream-of-consciousness narration that is liberally sprinkled with ''non sequiturs'', random thoughts, and the sheer jumbled confusion that is River's brain, it makes for a ''very'' surreal and effective read.
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Move fanfic to author-specific page to disambiguate from film


* When Adrien is affected by mind-altering akumas in ''{{Fanfic/Spellbound}}'', his human side is suppressed and his fae side comes to the fore. This makes his speech become unnerving and unnatural, represented by alternating regular and italic letters.

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* When Adrien is affected by mind-altering akumas in ''{{Fanfic/Spellbound}}'', ''Fanfic/SpellboundLilafly'', his human side is suppressed and his fae side comes to the fore. This makes his speech become unnerving and unnatural, represented by alternating regular and italic letters.
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* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' uses variations on bold, italics, and bolded italics to indicate psychic speech (italics), or something truly inhuman speaking, such as Chthon or Surtur.

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* This is part of Creator/NimbusLlewelyn's SignatureStyle - which is unsurprising, given how he's repeatedly indicated that he's very heavily influenced by Creator/TerryPratchett. ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' uses variations on bold, italics, and bolded italics to indicate psychic speech (italics), or something truly inhuman speaking, such as Chthon or Surtur.
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* ''Fanfic/LaterTraitor'': When Frazie accidentally uses a Confusion Grenade on herself, the story's formatting messes itself up. Part of a sentence is printed vertically and then backwards.
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* In the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/AshsReturn'', Chapter 3 ("Parallel Process") uses three columns of text to represent [[SimultaneousArcs three simultaneous lines]] of action. [[DynamicEntry Until...]]

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* In the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' fanfic ''Fanfic/AshsReturn'', Chapter 3 ("Parallel Process") uses three columns of text to represent [[SimultaneousArcs three simultaneous lines]] of action. [[DynamicEntry Until...]]
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* ''Fanfic/PsychedelicEpiphanySeries'': ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/267654/psychadelic Psychadelic]]'' has its Author's Notes sections of each chapter be one word in a sentence: "[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/267654/1/psychadelic/of-crusaders-and-righteous-images-naturally-atypical They]] [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/267654/2/psychadelic/agricultural-capacity-can-organize-radical-discussions-intellectually-of-note are]][[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/267654/3/psychadelic/the-amusing-meanderings-become-observational-understandings-regarding-inquistive-natural-equines the]] [[spoiler:[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/267654/4/psychadelic/before-oblivious-now-grasping-objectives instruments]] [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/267654/5/psychadelic/staring-into-the-alternitive-rythym of]] [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/267654/6/psychadelic/hearts-analyze-nebulous-destinies-pondering-attitudes-nextwave their]] [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/267654/7/psychadelic/discord-inevitably-decides-green-equines-rate-indescribably-desirable-on-occupation lovesong.]]]]".
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* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' uses variations on bold, italics, and bolded italics to indicate psychic speech (italics), or something truly inhuman speaking, such as Chthon or Surtur.
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* When Adrien is affected by mind-altering akumas in ''{{Fanfic/Spellbound}}'', his human side is suppressed and his fae side comes to the fore. This makes his speech become unnerving and unnatural, represented by alternating regular and italic letters.
--> '''Faedrien''': ''W''h''a''t’''s'' t''h''e ''m''a''t''t''e''r? I''t''’s ''j''u''s''t ''m''e, ''m''y ''l''a''d''y.
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* ''Fanfic/WithThisRing'' uses text effects for a variety of purposes.
** Colored text indicates strong emotion, particularly when Lanterns are using emotion-based powers. Green text, for example, indicates an exertion of willpower; violet text shows that they are speaking out of love.
** If the punctuation is colored too, then the speaker is entirely suffused with the emotion, indicating that either they're a power ring (or communicating via a power ring hologram), or they have EnlightenmentSuperpowers, or they're overwhelmed and crazy.
** Invisible text (revealed by highlighting the chapter) is communication using God Speech, an interaction between souls rather than simple words. Note that since souls are made of magic, this kind of communication can [[WordsCanBreakMyBones have significant effects]].
** Changes in the font typically indicate that something is altering the protagonist's perception, such as the alternate "Sybarite" timeline where he recharges his power ring by consuming demons, and has absorbed a more demonic outlook on the world as a result.
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* ''Webcomic/VoldemortsChildren'' deliberately invokes this with how its characters' words are illustrated. Each character gets a distinct text style for their speech. For example, Harry's speech is sharp and ragged, Luna is a sort of nebular green, and Dumbledore talks in script.
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* In ''Literature/TalesOfTheEmperasque'', the Emperor's NoIndoorVoice is represented by rendering everything he says in all-caps.

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* In ''Literature/TalesOfTheEmperasque'', ''Fanfic/TalesOfTheEmperasque'', the Emperor's NoIndoorVoice is represented by rendering everything he says in all-caps.



* ''FanFic/PinkPersonalHellAndAlteringFate'' takes a few cues from ''Literature/HardBoiledWonderlandAndTheEndOfTheWorld'', separating all the "Pink Personal Hell" and "Altering Fate" sections from one another with the narratives bolded (and the shift in perspective), but [[spoiler: when the two become one, instead of jumping to the other, they are simply "Pink Personal Hell ''And'' Altering Fate]]
* In ''[[FanFic/BlackQueenRedKing Black Queen, Red King]]'', when Rex telepathically thinks to Chrysalis, it's written in orange. When she replies, it's written in green. Also, certain words that describe [[spoiler: Rex and Chrysalis's souls]] have WebOriginal/{{Zalgo}} text, like this: t҉̻̙ḛ͈̩̫͚n̠̭͍̗̫d̤̬͍͇̲͝ͅr̘̯͠i͝ļs̞̤̜͓.

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* ''FanFic/PinkPersonalHellAndAlteringFate'' ''Fanfic/PinkPersonalHellAndAlteringFate'' takes a few cues from ''Literature/HardBoiledWonderlandAndTheEndOfTheWorld'', separating all the "Pink Personal Hell" and "Altering Fate" sections from one another with the narratives bolded (and the shift in perspective), but [[spoiler: when [[spoiler:when the two become one, instead of jumping to the other, they are simply "Pink Personal Hell ''And'' ''and'' Altering Fate]]
Fate"]].
* In ''[[FanFic/BlackQueenRedKing Black Queen, Red King]]'', when Rex telepathically thinks to Chrysalis, it's written in orange. When she replies, it's written in green. Also, certain words that describe [[spoiler: Rex [[spoiler:Rex's and Chrysalis's Chrysalis' souls]] have WebOriginal/{{Zalgo}} text, like this: t҉̻̙ḛ͈̩̫͚n̠̭͍̗̫d̤̬͍͇̲͝ͅr̘̯͠i͝ļs̞̤̜͓.



* In the Anime/{{Pokemon}} fanfic ''Fanfic/AshsReturn'', Chapter 3 ("Parallel Process") uses three columns of text to represent [[SimultaneousArcs three simultaneous lines]] of action. [[DynamicEntry Until...]]

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* In the Anime/{{Pokemon}} ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/AshsReturn'', Chapter 3 ("Parallel Process") uses three columns of text to represent [[SimultaneousArcs three simultaneous lines]] of action. [[DynamicEntry Until...]]



* ''Webcomic/VoldemortsChildren'' deliberately invokes this with how its characters' words are illustrated. Each character gets a distinct text style for their speech. For example, Harry's is sharp and ragged, Luna is a sort of nebular green, and Dumbledore talks in script.

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* ''Webcomic/VoldemortsChildren'' deliberately invokes this with how its characters' words are illustrated. Each character gets a distinct text style for their speech. For example, Harry's speech is sharp and ragged, Luna is a sort of nebular green, and Dumbledore talks in script.
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* ''[[FanFic/BrendanNamronAceAttorney Brendan Namron: Ace Attorney]]'', ''[[FanFic/AceCombatTheEquestrianWar Ace Combat: The Equestrian War]]'', ''FanFic/ChaoticHarmony'' and ''[[FanFic/SonicGenerationsFriendshipIsTimeless Sonic Generations: Friendship is Timeless]]'' include links to actual music the reader can listen to while reading the story.
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* Sequences in The Dreaming in ''FanFic/ItsADangerousBusinessGoingOutYourDoor'' are in bold text, spoken lines [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience have different colors to show who's talking]], and the entire sequence is written in present text.
** As a ShoutOut to the above, ''FanFic/TheGodEmpressOfPonykind'' does a similar thing to sequences in [[HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace the Warp]].

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* Sequences in The Dreaming in ''FanFic/ItsADangerousBusinessGoingOutYourDoor'' ''Fanfic/ItsADangerousBusinessGoingOutYourDoor'' are in bold text, spoken lines [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience have different colors to show who's talking]], and the entire sequence is written in present text.
** As a ShoutOut to the above, ''FanFic/TheGodEmpressOfPonykind'' ''Fanfic/TheGodEmpressOfPonykind'' does a similar thing to sequences in [[HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace the Warp]].



* In the Anime/{{Pokemon}} fanfic ''FanFic/AshsReturn'', Chapter 3 ("Parallel Process") uses three columns of text to represent [[SimultaneousArcs three simultaneous lines]] of action. [[DynamicEntry Until...]]

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* ''Fanfic/SunsplitSaga'': In ''Sunsplit'', the sections of text from the magical linked journal, have their sections marked with a black bar on the left, are indented further in, and the speakers' words are colored for their coat color. Purple for Twilight, Yellow for Sunset, Orange for Sunburst.
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* The ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' special "[[Recap/DragonBallZAbridgedM12 "The Plan to Eradicate Christmas]]" has two back-to-back examples, when Santa Claus is explaining why each character is on the naughty list:

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* The ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' special "[[Recap/DragonBallZAbridgedM12 "The The Plan to Eradicate Christmas]]" has two back-to-back examples, when Santa Claus is explaining why each character is on the naughty list:
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* The ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' special "[[Recap/DragonBallZAbridgedM12 "The Plan to Eradicate Christmas]]" has two back-to-back examples, when Santa Claus is explaining why each character is on the naughty list:
** Santa Claus states that Goku's BloodKnight makes him a threat to the entire universe. When Goku questions how he could ever endanger the universe, a fake Website/YouTube advertisement for ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' appears at the bottom of the screen.
** Santa Claus tells Trunks that his time travelling has endangered the Space-Time Continuum. When Trunks insists that the Space-Time Continuum is fine, the footage briefly switches to the 1993 version of the ''[[Anime/DragonBallPlanToEradicateTheSaiyans Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans]]'' OVA, while the rest of the special uses footage from the 2010 remake.
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* ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'' combines this with PunctuatedForEmphasis:
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mannequins\\
were\\
gone!
* In ''FanFic/BackgroundPony'', the titular character's name is always written in green.
* ''[[FanFic/BrendanNamronAceAttorney Brendan Namron: Ace Attorney]]'', ''[[FanFic/AceCombatTheEquestrianWar Ace Combat: The Equestrian War]]'', ''FanFic/ChaoticHarmony'' and ''[[FanFic/SonicGenerationsFriendshipIsTimeless Sonic Generations: Friendship is Timeless]]'' include links to actual music the reader can listen to while reading the story.
* When Austin uses Confuse Ray on Brandon in ''Fanfic/{{Pokeumans}}'', Brandon hears [[CallingYourAttacks the names of all Austin's moves]] backwards.
* In ''Literature/TalesOfTheEmperasque'', the Emperor's NoIndoorVoice is represented by rendering everything he says in all-caps.
* Sequences in The Dreaming in ''FanFic/ItsADangerousBusinessGoingOutYourDoor'' are in bold text, spoken lines [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience have different colors to show who's talking]], and the entire sequence is written in present text.
** As a ShoutOut to the above, ''FanFic/TheGodEmpressOfPonykind'' does a similar thing to sequences in [[HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace the Warp]].
* ''FanFic/PinkPersonalHellAndAlteringFate'' takes a few cues from ''Literature/HardBoiledWonderlandAndTheEndOfTheWorld'', separating all the "Pink Personal Hell" and "Altering Fate" sections from one another with the narratives bolded (and the shift in perspective), but [[spoiler: when the two become one, instead of jumping to the other, they are simply "Pink Personal Hell ''And'' Altering Fate]]
* In ''[[FanFic/BlackQueenRedKing Black Queen, Red King]]'', when Rex telepathically thinks to Chrysalis, it's written in orange. When she replies, it's written in green. Also, certain words that describe [[spoiler: Rex and Chrysalis's souls]] have WebOriginal/{{Zalgo}} text, like this: t҉̻̙ḛ͈̩̫͚n̠̭͍̗̫d̤̬͍͇̲͝ͅr̘̯͠i͝ļs̞̤̜͓.
* In ''RolePlay/WeAreAllPokemonTrainers'':
** Whenever there's a FreakyFridayFlip, players tend to switch their avatars to that of the normal player of that character.
** The use of music IRP to affect the mood of posts.
** The Terrifying Presence Auric power is signified by the use of eviltext IRP.
** Heart of Gold super empathy is signified by the use of gold text.
** Thoughts, whether telepathic or otherwise, are often signified by the use of italics.
** Brackets are used to signify Monese, except in the PMD universes where everyone speaks it, save for PMD-B when the brackets come back for interaction with humans.
** Glitchmons tend to use an intentionally glitchy font when speaking.
* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/68515/paper-mario-the-land-of-harmony Paper Mario: The Land of Harmony]]'' provides an interesting example: the story is written as if it were a UsefulNotes/WiiU game[[note]]Pinkie Pie flat-out says that it is a Wii U game in the first interlude[[/note]], so characters in-story refer to things such as a gamepad and {{DLC}}, after the intro scene (reminiscent of ''FanFic/PastSins'') a save file is created, after each chapter a save screen shows up, every now and again a multiple-choice screen appears, etc.
* The ''Series/DueSouth'' fanfic ''[[http://trickster.org/speranza/Scrabble.html Scrabble]]'' has the story divided into two-to-three columns, representing the two narrators and, occasionally, the scrabble board they were playing with.
* In the Anime/{{Pokemon}} fanfic ''FanFic/AshsReturn'', Chapter 3 ("Parallel Process") uses three columns of text to represent [[SimultaneousArcs three simultaneous lines]] of action. [[DynamicEntry Until...]]
* The ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' fanfic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4099993/1/Forward Forward]]'' invokes this when covering scenes from River's perspective to portray her chaotic and jumbled thoughts. Text is centered instead of left aligned, and a seemingly random mixure of italics, bolds, capitalizations, and underlinings are used. Coupled with a stream-of-consciousness narration that is liberally sprinkled with ''non sequiturs'', random thoughts, and the sheer jumbled confusion that is River's brain, it makes for a ''very'' surreal and effective read.
* In ''Fanfic/ProjectBluefield'', [[DimensionalTraveler the Zeros']] journal entries are digital text documents that feature redactions and glitches.
* ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached'' has a lot of this, including italics for the Fans and for telepathy, the use of brackets and other symbols instead of quotes to indicate that a different Fan is speaking (as their sections are all dialogue), gradually darkening text to indicate that Paul is slowly coming to grips with their situation, run-on sentences when John's life flashes before his eyes, and text floating around the page for a variety of reasons.
* ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone'' continues the tradition of Painting the Medium started in ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached''. One notable new “painting” is the way the crazy, demigod-like Trelayna speaks telepathically, with all caps when she refers to herself and much smaller text for people she dislikes.
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