| 1 | All FanFic is arguably an AlternateContinuity, since the audience can assume it intends to follow {{Canon}} to a specific point, then branch off. Indeed, the only major fic types that ''don't'' branch off are post series {{Continuation}} fics and those written to fit neatly into canon, as they don't disrupt the continuity. Because of this, fanfic authors labeling something an ''AlternateUniverse Fic'' has a different implication, wherein a fundamental aspect of the series is completely overhauled from its point of origin. |
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| 3 | The standards for how much is fundamental to the series vary by fandom and by time of writing, but the fic types that are usually considered AU are the following: |
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| 5 | * '''Contextual Reassignment''': When the fundamental aspect that is changed is the world itself. Overt changes in the [[MagicAIsMagicA universe rules]] and WorldBuilding constitute the most universally accepted meaning of AU. Thus, the fan equivalent to an {{Elseworld}}. However, there's a lot less tolerance of altering personalities and abilities. These come in two main forms: |
| 6 | ** '''Familiar Contextual Reassignment''': When the characters are taken out of their world and placed in a setting that is fairly familiar to the author and readers -- the HighSchoolAU is especially common, putting characters who would not have met or even existed for years in close proximity during teenage years. |
| 7 | ** '''Unfamiliar Contextual Reassignment''': When the characters are taken out of their world and placed in a setting much more unfamiliar to the author or the reader -- for example prison, a Nazi Death Camp, Normandy 1066, or possibly Mars. This is often called a TransplantedCharacterFic. Historic examples are called {{Historical AU}}s. |
| 8 | * '''WhatIf''': For lesser changes, there are the {{What If}}s about major events in the series -- how 'major' counts as 'major' is debatable. There are three common forms of this. |
| 9 | ** '''AlternateHistory''': Where the author takes one point of time, one event in the universe and changes the outcome of it radically, such as an important decision, or who won an important fight, and continues from that point. Sometimes called a ''Divergence Fic''. |
| 10 | ** '''Character Facets''': The author speculates on what would happen if a single facet of a character's environment was different about them, or may blatantly ignore a WordOfGod statement, for example, what if a character was blind, or had a little brother in the show right from the start. |
| 11 | ** '''RoleSwapAU''': The author explores how the story would change if two characters swap roles in the story. For example, if the unscrupulous [[TheLancer Lancer]] becomes TheChosenOne, while the original StockShonenHero is relegated to the role of their sidekick. |
| 12 | * '''{{Continuation}}''': There are also the {{Continuation}} fics written before the series has finished, which are [[{{Jossed}} rendered AU]] when [[OutdatedByCanon new episodes in canon contradict the events of the fic]]. This is more of an AlternateContinuity, as the opening paragraph mentions, but tends to be considered AU too. Retrospectively, these fics become the WhatIf variation mentioned above, but are written from a different stance. (''Literature/HarryPotter'' ficdom was particularly prone to these until after the publication of ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Deathly Hallows]]''.) |
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| 14 | Full-blown AU fic is tricky, as it should require a fair notion of the original series itself, making it harder to read for some casual fans. There's also the major danger of the TransplantedCharacterFic, because if you change the plot too much the story's not so much a FanFic as an original story with familiar names. On the plus side, rookie fans who might suffer from ContinuityLockout in the canon series because they only found it after it became established may be able to enjoy AU fics, particularly if they actually explain a lot of the universe and don't [[FanMyopia assume that you know all the important things already]]. Trying to follow ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' when you first start watching in its sixth season, with all the CharacterDevelopment that's taken place up to that point, is a lot harder than cutting your teeth on an AU fic that starts out with the Scoobies in high school and doesn't require any advance knowledge of the setting. |
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| 16 | See HighSchoolAU, CoffeeShopAUFic, MagicalGirlAU, SoulmateAUFic, and ModernAUFic for particularly common variants. Contrast ElsewhereFic and PseudocanonicalFic. Some FixFic may take the form of this. See UniversalAdaptorCast for when the work itself regularly does this. Other types, such as {{Crossover}} fics, are arguably AU too but don't get counted as such. |
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| 18 | !!Categories with their own pages: |
| 19 | [[index]] |
| 20 | * AlternateUniverseFic/AnimeAndManga |
| 21 | * AlternateUniverseFic/VideoGames |
| 22 | * AlternateUniverseFic/WesternAnimation |
| 23 | [[/index]] |
| 24 | ---- |
| 25 | !!Examples: |
| 26 | |
| 27 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 28 | |
| 29 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 30 | * In general, there's a surprising amount of 'retelling' stories, basically with a similar premise as Ultimate Spider-Man: Spidey's adventures retold, with original and familiar ideas thrown around. Sometimes, they can be epic, other times they can fall into common fanfic problems. Notably, [[ILetGwenStacyDie Gwen Stacy]] [[NeverLiveItDown dies in a lot of them]], [[StationsOfTheCanon seemingly for no reason.]] To a lesser degree, other comics, such as Iron Man, Avengers, Batman, and even Transformers, get the same treatment. |
| 31 | * ''Fanfic/WinningTheWitch'', a ComicBook/YoungAvengers fanfic set in the world of [[VideoGame/Left4Dead zombies.]] |
| 32 | * ''FanFic/GothamsFinestVillains'' is a ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' fanfic based on a role-play, where Batman and the whole Bat-Family have disappeared, where several different authors have a unique takes and re-imaginings of the villains they play, which may heavily deviate from the comics. |
| 33 | * ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'' is a ''[[Franchise/TheSmurfs Smurfs]]'' fanfic series where (1) the Smurfs are all born through physical reproduction instead of through a DeliveryStork, (2) Papa Smurf had other fellow Smurfs in his generation as the parents of "his little Smurfs", but have all died during ThePlague, leaving the children as orphans, (3) the boy Smurflings were never de-aged adult Smurfs and Sassette was a real female Smurfling who was trapped in a CrystalPrison, and (4) [[PatchworkFic combines elements and characters from the]] [[ComicBook/TheSmurfs comic books]], [[WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981 the cartoon show]], [[Film/TheSmurfs Sony Pictures' live-action film series]], ''WesternAnimation/SmurfsTheLostVillage'', ''ComicBook/JohanAndPeewit'', and [[MerchandiseDriven the PVC toy character line]]. |
| 34 | * ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' fic ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'' is set in an universe created when another Supergirl interfered with the battle between the Supergirl from Earth-One and the Anti-Monitor in [[http://dark_mark.tripod.com/dreamsmith.htm "Kara and the Dreamsmith"]]. |
| 35 | * ''Fanfic/SpiderFriends'': A possible conclusion of ComicBook/SpiderVerse where all the Spider People live in Earth 616. |
| 36 | * ''Fanfic/UltimateSleepwalker: The New Dreams'' is set in an alternate version of the Franchise/MarvelUniverse and focuses on the C-list superhero ComicBook/{{Sleepwalker}}. Its companion series ''[[Fanfic/UltimateSpiderWoman Ultimate Spider-Woman: Change With The Light]]'' focuses on Mary Jane Watson being bitten by a genetically engineered spider from the same batch as the one that nicked Peter Parker. Spider-Man and Spider-Woman both exist in this universe, but they are not partners and Spider-Woman has her own unique RoguesGallery instead of fighting any of Spider-Man's usual enemies. |
| 37 | * ''Fanfic/Earth27'', a Fanworld created by the Deviantartist Roysovithch, with art by fellow Deviantartist Phi Cho. Created initially with "Arkham files" that showcased classic Batman villains, its popularity soared with a new presentation of information known as "Oracle Files". They were originally supposed to be primarily for the heroes, but the popularity of the files (and their accompanying "[=VoxBoxes=]") got to a point where Roysovitch has files on most of the Justice League and a significant portion of the DCU. |
| 38 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8763971/1/Somewhere-in-Time-and-Space Somewhere in Time and Space]]'' is a Franchise/{{Tintin}} fanfic in which Professor Calculus is a [[Series/DoctorWho Time Lord]] known as the Professor, and Bianca Castifiore becomes his assistant. |
| 39 | * ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/334084 Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Loch Lomond]]'' is set in a world where Captain Haddock is a notorious pirate named "Sharpsteel" and Franchise/{{Tintin}} is a stowaway who becomes his cabin boy. |
| 40 | * ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/3749425 Something Rich and Strange]]'': Captain Haddock is the captain of a sailing ship during the reign of King Charles the Second, and Franchise/{{Tintin}} is a young merman who is accidentally caught by his crew and taken on board ship in order to recover. |
| 41 | * ''Website/MarvelCrossroads'', It is a shared continuity fan fic website that diverges from the marvel universe after the end of ''ComicBook/TheComingOfGalactus''. |
| 42 | * The first half of ''Fanfic/APrizeForThreeEmpires'' narrates [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Carol Danvers]]' early life, and the second half diverges from canon completely. |
| 43 | * ''Fanfic/KaraOfRokyn'' is set in a parallel universe where Supergirl moves to Rokyn -a world settled by Kryptonian survivors- shortly before the ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' and starts a new life. |
| 44 | * In ''Fanfic/XMen1970'', the original X-Men quit after their final mission in ''Uncanny X-Men'' #66 (1970), and the next X-Men team is made up for Havok, Polaris, Banshee, Sunfire and Mimic. Additionally, real world time is very much in effect here, so the fic is set in 1970. |
| 45 | * As far as ''Literature/{{Ward}}'' story ''Fanfic/WarpXbritomartx'' is concerned, neither Rain nor the Fallen exist. |
| 46 | * ''Fanfic/DanceWithTheDemons'' is a ''Batman'' fanfiction where Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle get married after their universe survives the ''Crisis on Infinite Earths''. |
| 47 | * ''Fanfic/EightCount'' is a ''Batman'' fic where a number of Gotham-related characters are involved with a shady professional boxing league, whether as fighters, trainers, owners, etc. |
| 48 | [[/folder]] |
| 49 | |
| 50 | [[folder:Crossovers -- Multiple Media]] |
| 51 | * ''Fanfic/TeenageJinchurikiShinobi'' is a two way: |
| 52 | ** '''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003''': Continuation fic, taking place after the event of the Back to the Sewer season. |
| 53 | ** '''Manga/{{Naruto}}''': Alternate History. While the events of the former was mostly completed, the events here start off with a younger Naruto who hasn't even started his training at the academy, Sasuke being kinder and having a younger cousin that survived the Uchiha massacre, and Hinata's love being noticed and repayed. |
| 54 | * The ''Star Trek'' vs ''Star Wars'' fic ''Fanfic/{{Starcrossed}}'' is also a ''Star Wars'' Alternate Universe fic, positing a timeline where [[spoiler:Luke Skywalker surrenders to Vader at Bespin and becomes the Sith Lord Darth Nemesis]]. |
| 55 | * ''Fanfic/CodeHalfDemon'' is the crossover variety that is based on canon of both series. So one could say it is the clash of canons that become fanons. |
| 56 | * ''Fanfic/KingOfTheMonsters'' is one for Pacific Rim. In it, Godzilla appears in 1954, just like his first film. There are also appearances by Mothra, Rodan, and Anguirus during the latter half of the 20th century. In more recent terms for the story, Trespasser's attack is pushed up by a year, and Godzilla reappears in 2018. |
| 57 | * ''Fanfic/EventHorizonStormOfMagic'' begins on the premise that Westeros, Middle Earth, and the Warhammer Fantasy World are all located on three planets within the same star system. And said star system is also the destination of space colonists from a futuristic Earth... |
| 58 | * ''Fanfic/TheLastDaughter'' turns Taylor into a Kryptonian and gives her the [[SuperpowerLottery powers]] that come with it. This leads to several major changes in ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' canon, such as Taylor saving Emma from the [=ABB=], preventing the horrible things that happen to Taylor in high school. |
| 59 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3522356/1/Take-the-Green-and-Go Take the Green and Go]]'' revolves around [[WesternAnimation/KimPossible Shego]] being sent back in time and drowning at [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Jusenkyo]]. Many years later, Ranma arrives at Jusenkyo and ends up falling into the spring where she drowned (now called Spring of Drowned Demon Woman). This leads to - among other things - Kim and Ron becoming transfer students at Furinkan High School, Ranma-as-Shego (using the name Shelia Go) becoming a teaching assistant instead of a student, and Ryoga being exposed as P-Chan the moment Akane finds him in pig form. |
| 60 | * ''Fanfic/AManOfIron'' is set in a world where [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]] is the cousin of [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Ned Stark]]. |
| 61 | * ''Fanfic/LoveHinaDoubleTrouble'' is set in a world where [[Manga/LoveHina Keitaro]] is [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Philip's]] partner instead of Shotaro. |
| 62 | * ''Fanfic/TheVampireOfSteel'' is set in a world where ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} survived the ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' and teams up with ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayer. |
| 63 | * ''Fanfic/AForceOfFour'': The Golden Age DC universe isn't destroyed during the ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' and ComicBook/PowerGirl becomes the Earth's protector after [[Franchise/{{Superman}} her cousin's]] death. |
| 64 | * The whole premise of ''Fanfic/RickAndMortyNewDramaAdventures'' is an alternate universe that combines ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' and the ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' series. Characters from both shows make up the primary and supporting casts. |
| 65 | * ''Fanfic/SiblingsOfDoom'' (''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' and ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'') is set in a world where the Loud family's house was destroyed by the tornado in [[Recap/TheLoudHouseS1E26StudyMuffinHomespun "Homespun"]] rather than surviving it, forcing them to move to a new home. |
| 66 | * ''Fanfic/TheMermaidAndTheGenie'' is set in a world where [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Genie]] was the one to grant [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Ariel]]'s wish to be human instead of Ursula. |
| 67 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12872456/1/Sailor-Star Sailor Star]]'' is set in a world where [[WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil Star Butterfly]] is Franchise/SailorMoon. |
| 68 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12225180/1/Perfectly-Alien-rewritten Perfectly Alien]]'' is set in a world where a ten-year-old Franchise/HarryPotter visits the Hoover Dam, is turned into a sparkling by the [[Film/Transformers2007 Allspark]] and meets the Autobots and Decepticons. |
| 69 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7217214/1/Irken-Ninja Irken Ninja]]'' is set in a world where ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' crash-landed on Earth as a smeet and was taken in by the ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'', being renamed "Koji" and learning how to fight with tonfa. |
| 70 | * ''Fanfic/TheKingdomverse'' has the world of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' set in the same universe as ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''. Several Disney properties that have not appeared in Kingdom Hearts, as well as [[MegaCrossover a few non-Disney properties]], make an appearance too. |
| 71 | * ''Fanfic/ThoseObnoxiousGhosts'' is set in a world where WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom is [[Manga/UruseiYatsura Lum's]] opponent in the tag game. |
| 72 | * ''Fanfic/BelieveInTheWeirdAndWild'': The fic is set in an alternate universe where [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Rose]] lived on [[WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil Mewni]], helping the various Queens in protecting the kingdom. At some point she became pregnant and gave birth to Steven, and a young Star came across the child and the two were raised together as siblings. |
| 73 | * ''Fanfic/MyLittlePonyBizarreAdventures'' is a ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'', ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'' styled universe where colorful ponies fight with psychic powers called Stands to reclaim the Red Stone of Aja. |
| 74 | * ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'' is a ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' crossover in which Chloe Cerise gets sucked onto the ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'' to begin her journey of CharacterDevelopment instead of going on a Pokémon adventure. |
| 75 | * ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainStarFinder'' doesn't follow the canon and continuity of ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse''. The author did this to put his own ideas and takes on the characters from the show. |
| 76 | * ''Fanfic/EquestriaGirlsAFairlyOddFriendship'' (''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'', ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents''): The fic places Canterlot in the FOP version of California, in proximity to Dimmsdale. The EG characters aren't a candy-colored humanoid group, although they retain their unique hair colors and eye colors. |
| 77 | * ''Fanfic/ItsAlwaysSpookyMonth'': The fic takes place in an AlternateUniverse where... ''something'' happened to Skid and Pump's families, leading to the Spooky Boys deciding to stay with Monster because they think he's really spooky. While certain events from the ''Spooky Month'' shorts happened as they did in canon, such as them meeting The Eyes of the Universe, others, such as them buying a Happy Fella, didn't occur and instead happen during the fic, if they happen at all. The mansion Week 2 takes place in also belongs to Monster, rather than it belonging to Girlfriend's parents. |
| 78 | * ''Fanfic/TheTruthBehindTheLie'' radically alters the climax of ''Film/TheNeverendingStory'' by removing the metafictional aspect and with it the character of Bastian Bux. Thus, Fantasia is not saved, Atreyu is killed and the Empress uses the Auryn to wish for an escape. |
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| 80 | [[/folder]] |
| 81 | |
| 82 | [[folder:Film -- Animated]] |
| 83 | * The ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Zastruga}}'' has [[BigBad Pitch Black]] taking [[TheHero Jack Frost]] in as a ward and protege shortly after his creation as a spirit. The story explores what effects this would have on the plot and character relationships once the movie rolls around. |
| 84 | * ''Franchise/TheLionKing'': |
| 85 | ** ''[[Fanfic/TheLionKingAdventures The Lion King Adventures]]'' is a famous example of this, focusing on an alternate childhood of Simba and Nala where they fight villains and fall in love. |
| 86 | ** In ''Fanfic/LettingGoOfHate'', Kiara saves Zira from falling and tries to help redeem her. |
| 87 | * The Dreamworks film ''{{WesternAnimation/Megamind}}'' has become the focus of a lot of Alternate Universes. Most famously are [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6844942/1/Knocked-Up Knocked Up]], [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6496162/1/Fate Fate]], [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7017841/1/Stakes-and-Leather Stakes and Leather]] (and its [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7284215/1/Under-Our-Wings sequel]]), [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6706200/1/Metro-Cover Metro Cover]] and [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6840428/1/Bad-To-Be-Good Bad To Be Good]]. The HighSchoolAU appears to be the most popular. |
| 88 | * ''Fanfic/APieceOfRebellion'' spins off from ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'' by having [[NiceGuy Emmet]] report what he witnessed instead of investigating himself. As a result, Good Cop/Bad Cop ends up accidentally being labeled the Special and considered a traitor by his boss. |
| 89 | * ''Fanfic/SomosFamilia'': an AlternateHistory fic for ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}''. After all, taking something as fundamental as the incident that formed the identity of the Riveras for 5 generations and reversing it? Yeah you better believe this is an alternate history fic. |
| 90 | * ''Fanfic/TheBerserkersBride'' has Hiccup as a [[GenderBender woman]] and married off to Dagur in a political marriage. |
| 91 | * ''Franchise/{{Frozen}}'': |
| 92 | ** ''Fanfic/DarknessBurning'' is a fanfic where Elsa and Anna's parents came back from their trip unscathed. This results in vastly different lives for the sisters, as well as Elsa's depression worsening with time. |
| 93 | ** ''Fanfic/KingdomOfIsolation'' is an AU on the ending of ''Frozen'' where Anna is shattered by the sword. Elsa retreats into her own world while Arendelle freezes outside. Kristoff has to kill her in order to unfreeze the country. |
| 94 | ** ''Fanfic/WhenAllIsLostThenAllIsFound'': At the end of ''Frozen II'', Elsa isn't [[spoiler:revived when the dam breaks]]. As a result, [[spoiler:Arendelle is flooded]]. |
| 95 | * ''Fanfic/ShenVsKai'' is a ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' fic where the BigBad of the third film gets released too early and ends up coming into conflict with the BigBad of the second film, derailing the plot massively. |
| 96 | * The ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' fanfic ''4*Town and a Baby'' ([[Platform/ArchiveOfOurOwn AO3]] link [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/39642093/chapters/99238131 here]] is an AU where youngest 4*Town member Tae Young is an infant rather than in his teens. |
| 97 | [[/folder]] |
| 98 | |
| 99 | [[folder:Film -- Live-Action]] |
| 100 | * ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'' began as a {{Continuation}} of ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'', being written and published while the sequel film ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' was awaiting release. After ''Godzilla vs. Kong'' and its supplementary materials came out, the fic's last few chapters and the post-story official timeline adapted several aspects of their new lore and characters into the fic's setting with a canon-divergent spin or two. Major divergences from the [=MonsterVerse's=] post-''King of the Monsters'' canon presented in ''Abraxas'' include: San's decapitated head regenerating the rest of Ghidorah instead of becoming an [[UndeadAbomination undead skull]], the Titans remaining awake with ''King of the Monsters''[='=] DawnOfAnEra instead of returning to hibernation, and several characters such as Ren Serizawa being nicer and/or more heroic than their ''Godzilla vs. Kong'' iterations. |
| 101 | * ''Fanfic/{{Betweenthecrosses}}'', a 1917 fanfiction series, is based on the Alternate Universe concept of the protagonist, William Schofield, having the ability to see and interact with ghosts. |
| 102 | * ''Fanfic/TheDarkAngel,'' a ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'' fanfic that takes a look at Pinhead...as an ''unintentional'' superhero. |
| 103 | * [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5969575/1/Heroes_Demons Heroes and Demons]] is an AU of ''Film/IronMan1''. What if Pepper never met Tony until way after he got kidnapped in Afganistan? It involves mixing in elements from comics but really fleshed out the world without Iron Man. |
| 104 | * Mike Wong's ''[[http://www.stardestroyer.net/Empire/Fanfic/Conquest/index.html Conquest]]'' applies an alternate continuity to post-movie ''Franchise/StarWars'' in order to make the story work. Here, Darth Caedus kills Luke and reforms the Empire, and also brings Jaina Solo to the Dark Side. |
| 105 | * There's a [[http://stronger-then-you-seem.tumblr.com/post/32628381041/30-day-au-challenge 30 Day AU Challenge on Tumblr]], in which people have to write a specific AU for a fandom each day. [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9477666/1/30-Day-AU-Challenge-Star-Trek Here's one for]] ''Film/StarTrek2009''. |
| 106 | * ''Fanfic/FlightOfTheCondor'' is essentially [[spoiler: [[Recap/StarTrekS1E28TheCityOnTheEdgeOfForever "The City on the Edge of Forever"]] ]] set in the timeline of the ''Film/StarTrek2009'' film. |
| 107 | * ''Fanfic/{{Ouroboros}}'' has multiple universes- and so far, the Wake Verse and Gambit Verse are 'What If [[Franchise/StarWars Anakin Skywalker]] went to the OT timeline in the middle of a battle [[spoiler: and was replaced by Darth Vader for two months]]' and 'What If the hyperdrive wasn't cracked in Episode I' respectively. |
| 108 | * ''Fanfic/TheMinkiad'' - Halfway through working on ''Lives of Genius'', the status of both that and ''Unhappy In Its Own Way'' were changed to Alternate Universe for two reasons: 1) Because how Jennifer is portrayed in the series’ official canon is very different from the way she is portrayed in the fic, and 2) Because [[spoiler: Farkle’s suicide attempt]] preceded many of the episodes many of the canon events were altered accordingly to fit those events into the fics’ storylines.\ |
| 109 | Among the changes are: Jennifer Bassett is not as nice as she is in the canon; instead, she is more of an abusive manipulative bitch, in keeping with her portrayal in ''Boy Meets World''; motives for the creations of Farkle, Riley, and Maya's other identities in ''Girl Meets Yearbook''; different pairings caused by the events of the fic; both Farkle and Maya are revealed to be abused children; Minkus loses his money earlier on because of his divorce and dismissal from Minkus International, |
| 110 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12386860/1/Fire-and-Ice Fire and Ice]]'', inspired by the film ''Film/ManOfSteel'', is an AU fanfic with a Lois/Zod pairing...except they aren't called Lois or Zod, live in a universe free of superpowers or extraordinary events, and Superman is not even mentioned once. Basically it is a story about a pert, pretty redhead who once was in love with a handsome journalist falling in love with an uncompromising, pug-nosed giant of a man. |
| 111 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5517700/1/Reversed-Destines Reversed Destinies]]'' is set in a world where Luke Skywalker is Prince Luke Organa, while Leia is Leia Amidala Skywalker and raised by Owen and Beru. |
| 112 | * ''Film/TheBlackenedMantle'' is a ''Star Wars'' Prequel edit set in an AU where Grievous is a rebuilt Darth Maul. |
| 113 | * The ''Fanfic/MotionPractice'' series takes Marvel characters -- primarily the Marvel Cinematic Universe versions of the Avengers and SHIELD -- and places them in a mundane LawProcedural setting. Nick Fury is District Attorney in the fictional Suffolk County, somewhere in the Midwest, with Maria Hill, Phil Coulson, and the Avengers as his assistants, and various other familiar faces as interns and staffers. Loki Laufeyson is that one defense lawyer who will stop at nothing to get his rich clients acquitted. |
| 114 | * ''Fanfic/YouAreMySunshine'' is a ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' fanfiction in which Peter Parker is Tony Stark's biological son. |
| 115 | * ''Fanfic/TheHeartTrilogy'' (''Heart of Fire''/''Heart of Ashes''/''Heart of the Inferno'') is a connected series of fanfictions of ''Film/TheHobbit''/''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', covering events from sixty years before ''The Hobbit'' to during the War of the Ring; which follows the development of [[VillainProtagonist the dragon Smaug]]'s relationship with the Seer [[OriginalCharacter Kathryn]]. One of the primary [[PointOfDivergence divergences]] is Smaug's survival beyond his death at Lake-town ([[spoiler:which most of Middle-Earth at large [[NeverFoundTheBody initially remains unaware of]]]]). |
| 116 | * In ''Film/ManOfSteel'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/DaughterOfFireAndSteel'', [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara Zor-El]] is [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Kal-El]]'s cousin -instead of a distant ancestor-, and a member of General Zod's crew. |
| 117 | * Somewhat downplayed with ''Fanfic/TheSecret'', a fanfic based upon ''Film/TheHobbit'' (with some material taken from the book). The events of ''The Hobbit'' played out exactly the same, including poor [[DoomedByCanon Fili and Kili dying]], but one major divergence is that [[SparedByTheAdaptation Thorin survived and became King of Erebor]]. A major focus of the fic is Thorin trying to establish a stable reign and being pressured to find a queen as soon as possible. |
| 118 | [[/folder]] |
| 119 | |
| 120 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 121 | * ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'': |
| 122 | ** ''Fanfic/AllAssortedAnimorphsAUs'' is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. The chapters vary from role reversals to LighterAndSofter fluff to {{Transplanted Character Fic}}s. |
| 123 | ** ''Fanfic/AnimorphsTheReckoning'' takes place TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, and the plot hinges on the characters being able to access the memories and personalities of the people they morph into. |
| 124 | ** ''Fanfic/{{Daemorphing}}'' is a FusionFic with ''Literature/HisDarkMaterials''. It starts off as beat-for-beat retellings of the ''Animorphs'' books from different perspectives and with daemons, but it veers into NotHisSled territory when [[TeamMemberInTheAdaptation Loren]] is introduced. |
| 125 | ** ''Fanfic/{{Eleutherophobia}}'' diverges from canon at the start of the last book: [[spoiler:instead of dying with his Yeerk, the real Tom is SparedByTheAdaptation. As a result, Jake is slightly less depressed, Tom starts a [[TropaholicsAnonymous support group for ex-hosts]] with Eva, and he's able to give an insider's perspective on his Yeerk's actions during the final battle.]] |
| 126 | ** In the ''Fanfic/{{Flufferverse}}'', everything changes when Tobias dies in the Yeerk Pool shortly after he gets stuck as a hawk; the Ellimist resurrects him with his morphing ability on the condition that Crayak can make a counteroffer. |
| 127 | ** In ''Fanfic/WhatIfTheYeerksWereTheGoodGuys'', the Yeerks are a small group of refugees who defend Earth from alien invaders, instead of ''being'' the invaders. |
| 128 | ** ''Fanfic/WhereTheTruthLiesAnimorphs'' takes place a year after the "Andalite Bandits" disappeared and the Pool Ship fell to Earth. [[spoiler:Turns out this universe diverged from canon when Tom's Yeerk accidentally saw David with the morphing cube.]] |
| 129 | ** ''Fanfic/TheWordOfYourBody'' and its sequel take place in a world where the human Animorphs are all transgender or intersex. |
| 130 | * ''Franchise/HarryPotter'': |
| 131 | ** ''Fanfic/WeasleyGirl'' is a GenderFlip story for the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' series and an answer to all the "What if Harry Potter was a girl?" stories out there: In ''this'' universe ''Ron Weasley'' was born a girl. This makes for a very different Weasley family dynamic, which again means the plot develops very differently from canon. |
| 132 | ** ''Fanfic/HollyPotterAndTheWitchingWorld'' is a ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' GenderFlip AU, in which 90% of the magical world is female and polygamy is the norm. And that's only where the differences begin. |
| 133 | ** ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheMotherWhoLived'': Exactly as it says on the tin. What would happen if Lily was injured instead of killed by Voldemort? |
| 134 | ** ''Fanfic/SevenFavoursForHarryPotter'' takes place in an AU which, according to the author "looks like the canon universe at first glance, but isn't.'' One of the biggest changes is the presence of the FairFolk, who take an active role in the story, but also smaller things such as "wizard" being considered a gender-neutral word and the word "witch" being treated as an old-fashioned term for female wizards. |
| 135 | * ''Fanfic/LuckyNumberThirteen'' is a WhatIf fic for ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey'', revolving around Ana having a conversation about Christian with one of his ex-submissives, [[OCStandIn Sharon]]. Ana canonically never met any of Christian's former subs (save for [[StalkerWithACrush Leila]]) and was certainly never persuaded early on to [[spoiler: leave Christian, meaning that many of the later events of ''Fifty Shades of Grey'' and the other books didn't happen]]. However, it ''is'' canon that Christian had a sub who got injured during a BDSM scene, with Sharon being the sub in question... |
| 136 | * ''Fanfic/{{Luminosity}}'''s [[Laconic/{{Luminosity}} laconic page]] says it all: ''[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Twilight]]'' with a {{Rational|Fic}} Bella. And then the story just goes from there... |
| 137 | ** A lot of the ''[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Twilight]]'' fanfiction is based on what if the vampires were all human. The authors of these stories pluck the character names and archetypes from the source and plop them in other places, times and situations. Notably, ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey'' was originally this before [[SerialNumbersFiledOff they removed all the names and sold it.]] |
| 138 | %% * ''Fanfic/DeathsChild'' is a fanfic about what would happen if Lily Potter was Death's one day in the life for the century |
| 139 | * ''Fanfic/WorldwarWarOfEquals'' is of the WhatIf variety. The description and the very first chapter make it clear that the [[Literature/{{Worldwar}} Canon series]] had happened in another universe. |
| 140 | * ''Fanfic/CyberDineDreams'' is a completely alternate universe of Perri Rhoades' SpectralShadows. It's also a CrossOver with the cast from the original story and the fanfic author's characters, the idea being that all the characters live together in the same large world. |
| 141 | * ''Cashelmara'' by Susan Howatch is essentially the reign and fall of Edward II set in Victorian Britain, with some I and III on either end. |
| 142 | * ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': |
| 143 | ** ''Fanfic/MyFathersSon'': Events change when Aerys decides to create a Legal marriage between Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaeryn without setting aside Elia Martell. |
| 144 | ** The {{Event Title}}d FanFic ''Fanfic/NedStarkLives'': Lord Eddard Stark is saved from execution by Varys and is allowed to take the black like originally planned, [[PointOfDivergence completely changing the course of events in the Seven Kingdoms]]. |
| 145 | ** ''Fanfic/WearingRobertsCrown'': Events diverge from canon during Robert's Rebellion - specifically from Robert's arrival at the Red Keep after the sack of King's Landing. Kingdoms rise and fall as the game of thrones plays out and winter approaches. |
| 146 | * ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' fanfics ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1509860/1/Growing-Up Growing Up]]'', ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6441474/1/Taking-Care Taking Care]]'' and ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2316411/1/Departure-s-Eve Departure's Eve]]'' all take place in a world where Frodo has a daughter named Primula. |
| 147 | * ''Fanfic/DancingWithMyPunchlines'' examines the drama and conflict of ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' in a modern context |
| 148 | * ''Fanfic/AsDreamsAreMadeOn'' owes a great deal to the ''[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Twilight]]'' novels, but starts from the premise of Jasper, Alice and Leah all being gay and ripples out from there. The presence of a protagonist with knowledge of the books and films introduces further changes, and things get stranger and significantly more alternate as time goes on. |
| 149 | * This seems to be a common theme in ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' fanfiction: |
| 150 | ** ''Fanfic/{{Bird}}'' takes several obscure characters and elements of the world (such as the asylum for parahumans, Burnscar and Labyrinth) and builds Taylor's story around them being her first experiences as a cape. |
| 151 | ** ''Fanfic/{{Cenotaph}}'' is an AU where Taylor didn't give Armsmaster a real answer following the pivotal first meeting with the Undersiders. The result is... [[DarkerAndEdgier well...]] |
| 152 | ** ''Fanfic/{{Propagation}}'' features a universe in which [[spoiler: Eden]] transferred the core of her powers to Taylor, as a final effort to perpetuate the life cycle of her race. |
| 153 | * ''Literature/WarriorCats'': |
| 154 | ** In ''Fanfic/FireAndShadow''. Rusty is taken in by [=ShadowClan=] instead of [=ThunderClan=]. The fic features parallel events to what happened in canon. For example, Firefang falls for both a young cat named Nightpaw as well as Mistyfoot, an older, forbidden cat from [=RiverClan=], similar to how Fireheart was torn between his fellow Clanmate Sandpaw and the older, forbidden (because she's a celibate Medicinecat) Spottedleaf. Instead of Fireheart apprenticing his [[ObliviousAdoption obliviously adopted]] kittypet-born nephew Cloudpaw, Firefang apprentices an obliviously adopted [=WindClan=]-born cat named Gorsepaw. |
| 155 | ** ''Fanfic/{{Clementine}}'' is a ''Warriors'' fic where Squirrelflight tells her mate Brambleclaw that her sister Leafpool is pregnant and they're doing a FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo. Brambleclaw agrees, averting the canonical problem where he's left in the dark until the kits are adults. He knows all along that his children are adopted. |
| 156 | ** In ''Fanfic/BluefursChoice'', Bluefur kept her kits instead of giving them up to adoption to a [=RiverClan=] cat. |
| 157 | * Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi: |
| 158 | ** A common MDZS Alternate Universe setting is Imperial China, often featuring the Lan family as a Chinese royal family and Wei Wuxian/others as concubines. Examples of this include ''Fanfic/TheConcubineMoChronicles'' and ''Fanfic/ImpenetrableWalls''. |
| 159 | ** ''Fanfic/TheBeastOfGusu'' explores what would happen in a world where shifters exist and Wei Wuxian is a wolf shifter. |
| 160 | ** ''Fanfic/LanSizhuiSeesDeadPeople'' takes place in a changed canon in which Lan Sizhi can see ghosts. |
| 161 | ** ''Fanfic/LettersToMyPartnerInCrime'' becomes this when Madame Jin gets involved to personally ensure Jin Zixuan and Jiang Yanli's engagement doesn't get broken off like in canon. It continues to ripple from there. |
| 162 | ** ''Fanfic/SecondBiteOfTheCherry'': Wei Wuxian is female and was raised as part of the Lan sect. |
| 163 | [[/folder]] |
| 164 | |
| 165 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 166 | * ''Fanfic/BetterAngels'' is a WhatIf fic about [[Series/TheWalkingDead Shane Walsh]] taking over the leader role from Rick Grimes and how his actions would affect the group when they arrive at The Prison. |
| 167 | * ''Series/StargateAtlantis'': |
| 168 | ** The ''Fanfic/{{Retrograde}}'' series by Ltlj. Its main premise is that the Daedalus did ''not'' reach Atlantis in time, but rather, the shadowy bad guys of the NID sent the Iapetus to destroy Atlantis first. |
| 169 | ** ''Out Of Bounds'' by Icarus (figure skating AU) |
| 170 | ** ''Fanfic/WrittenByTheVictors'' by Speranza (secession AU) |
| 171 | ** ''Take Clothes Off As Directed'' by Helen (D/s AU). |
| 172 | * There is an entire genre of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' fanfics called "Halloween fics," set during the events of the season 2 episode "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E6Halloween Halloween]]". They're mainly CrossOver fics. They are all based on the premise, "{{What if}} so-and-so had dressed up as such-and-such on the Halloween Ethan Rayne came to town, and there was some sort of lasting effect?" There are actually a bunch of really good fanfics that come out of this genre, particularly Scribbler's "[[http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-7119/scribbler+Jedi+Harris.htm Jedi Harris]]", in which Xander had dressed up as Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan [=MacGregor's=] version) instead of a generic soldier. |
| 173 | ** There is another genre of fic that involves Faith returning to Sunnydale between seasons 5 and 6 [[spoiler: after Buffy's death]] instead of her canonical return in Season Seven. It's most often used in Buffy/Faith fics, but other pairings do pop up from time to time. |
| 174 | * There are several AU ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' fanfics where [[spoiler:Caitlin Todd does not die and is still a member of NCIS alongside Ziva, more often than not in a relationship with her, like the work [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1578789/ here]]]]. |
| 175 | * ''[[http://primarycolors92.livejournal.com/50883.html Take My Hand]]'' is an AU ''Series/{{LOST}}'' fanfic where the Others, rather than hostile natives, are soldiers running a tyrannical government led by Ben. The whole story is full of nods to the original continuity, while maintaining the mood and atmosphere of classic dystopian fiction. |
| 176 | * ''Series/TheHardyBoysNancyDrewMysteries'' has ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7686534/1/Blood_Circles_Voodoo_Doll Blood Circles]]'', where magic works, Joe Hardy is psychically gifted, and Orrin Thatcher from the "Voodoo Doll" episode is a real serial-killer/magic-user using death and blood to raise power. The tale crosses into DarkFic territory, but keeps the sense of humor prevalent in the show and stays mostly in the show's continuity. |
| 177 | * The fanfic [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8471805/1/What-If-Jim-Accepted-the-Job-at-Corporate What if Jim Accepted the Job at Corporate?]] takes place [[Series/TheOfficeUS at the end of season 3]] and asks [[QuestioningTitle the titular question.]] |
| 178 | * These kind of fics are popular in the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' fandom, most of which take place in the alternate universe presented in [[WhatIf the season 5 episode "The End"]] (those that do are known as [[TheVerse End!Verse]] fics). |
| 179 | * ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'' has [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/the-long-war-nubsg.250397/ The Long War]] which takes place in an an alternate universe that seems to diverge from canon seven years before the Cylon return with brutal Colonial civil war. The effect seems to be a serious up-arming of the colonial navy and a darkening of its attitude towards warfare, enabling enough damage to the Cylons and enough surviving ships to make a guerrilla war plausible. |
| 180 | * ''Fanfic/HorseshoesAndHandGrenades''. ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'' going DarkerAndEdgier with Gentaro going against friendship and wanting nothing more to kill the people who "left him to die". Also, there's ''seven'' Kamen Rider shows that got dragged into this mess. |
| 181 | * ''Fanfic/ReimaginedEnterprise'' is a ContinuityReboot of ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''. Its continuing mission: To address issues fans had with the writing and characterization, to rewrite ''ENT'' into something that fits better into later canon, and to still produce something recognizably similar to what has gone before. |
| 182 | ** ''Fanfic/DeepDishNine'' focuses on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' but it's set on modern Earth and everybody's human. The station has been split into three places: a pizza shop where most of them work, a bar where Quark works, and an apartment where all the characters live. |
| 183 | * ''Fanfic/TheMysteriousCaseOfNeelixsLungs'' is a rewrite of ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' where the Caretaker captured Gul Evek's ship ''Vetar'' in addition to the ''Val Jean''. Another major change is that Chakotay and Janeway were both killed in the transit to the Delta Quadrant. Command of ''Voyager'' then fell to the helmsman Veronica Stadi, who was killed in the canon show. |
| 184 | * ''Series/LawAndOrderUK''. The vast majority of fanfics, typically picking up after Series 1, cash in on the sexual tension between Matt and Alesha and pair them — they begin dating at the beginning of one long-running collection of stories and are Happily Married and expecting their second child as of the most recent one. |
| 185 | ** Additionally, most of those that focus on his shooting have him recovering from his injuries. |
| 186 | * A late-90's ''Series/{{ER}}'' fic, titled "Dreams That You Dare To Dream", copied the format of ''Series/{{Sliders}}'', placing five of the show's main characters in timelines that altered key points in the show's storylines -- Carol did die from her overdose, Susan didn't move to Phoenix, etc. Another, titled "Countdown", set on New Year's Eve 1999, did the same thing, but only focused on one character, Kerry Weaver. |
| 187 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'' has ''Fanfic/SoYouArentAsHumanAsYouThoughtYouWere'' which is an AU where The Doctor uses a chameleon Arc in contemporary Britain and is friends with Donna Noble via university. |
| 188 | * ''Fanfic/HarbouredAndEncompassed'' (''Series/HoratioHornblower'' fic) has familiar contextual reassignment as it is a Modern AU Library fic. The characters who are young officers in the Royal Navy from Napoleonic wars in canon are re-imagined as students of naval history and one of them is an aspiring actor who has just been cast as an officer of the British Royal Navy in a period piece. |
| 189 | * ''Fanfic/ShipsAhoy'' is a ''Series/OddSquad'' fanfic that presents a WhatIf scenario of if Olive had a second former partner in the form of Oscar, and also expands on the endings of episodes from Season 1 of the show. |
| 190 | * ''Series/{{Wednesday}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/EitherWayWhatBliss'': The story is an alternate take on Wednesday and Enid's climactic hug in the final episode, with the two admitting their love for each other and kissing as well. |
| 191 | [[/folder]] |
| 192 | |
| 193 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 194 | * ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached''. Music/TheBeatles on another planet. The ultimate in Unfamiliar Contextual Reassignment. |
| 195 | * ''Fanfic/TentomuChuDesu''. Music/AKB48 and 48 group are part of a huge music production agency that actually secretly has magic powers used to fight demons. |
| 196 | * ''Fanfic/BaraNoToge''. SKE48 are [[OriginalCharacter all original characters]] and [[CastFullOfGay all lesbians]] in a school that secretly has vampires living amongst the student body (who are [[LesbianVampire also all lesbians]].) |
| 197 | * ''Fanfic/AvantasiaProtagAU'' is a giant series of fics focusing on the four Music/{{Avantasia}} protagonists, who originally exist in separate [[ConceptAlbum stories]], all mysteriously finding themselves transported to the "real world" where they find each other and live together as [[FamilyOfChoice roommates]]. Interestingly, there are some points in the series where (thanks to Aaron's [[BunglingInventor supernatural inventions]]), the characters temporarily teleport to some of their "original worlds" from the albums or to alternate dimensions with [[AlternateSelf alternate versions of themselves]], resulting in additional AU's within the big umbrella AU. The series is a massive combination contextual reassignment, WhatIf, and {{Continuation}} AU types. |
| 198 | [[/folder]] |
| 199 | |
| 200 | [[folder:Professional Wrestling]] |
| 201 | * Scott Keith's ''World Hero Federation'' fics, and the countless [[TheVerse verses]] inspired by them, cast professional wrestlers as superheroes. Maybe it's the spandex... |
| 202 | * One wrestling crossover is this epic series, written in the late 90's, called ''Wrestle Trek''. Yes, that means what you think it means. |
| 203 | * A recurring column on Website/{{WrestleCrap}} is "Rewriting the Book," which explores scenarios in ProfessionalWrestling's past storylines (e.g.: [[Wrestling/TedDiBiase Ted [=DiBiase=]]] once offered to buy the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-h.html WWE World Heavyweight Championship]] off of Wrestling/HulkHogan for one million dollars. In the RTB story, [[spoiler:Hogan accepts the payoff]]). |
| 204 | * Fanfic/TheHoundsOfVegas, as the title suggests, takes place in Las Vegas and features Wrestling/TheShield. In it, Wrestling/SethRollins is a dirty cop working under Wrestling/TripleH, Wrestling/RomanReigns is a good cop in the same department, and Wrestling/DeanAmbrose is a former cop who faked his death. The fic was expanded into a full universe and features other wrestlers as well. |
| 205 | [[/folder]] |
| 206 | |
| 207 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 208 | * ''Fanfic/TheOdyssey'', an ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' fanfic, is notable for both its quality and the fact that the point of divergence has not yet become apparent. [[spoiler:(Something happened to the Fivescore Fellowship, though.)]] |
| 209 | * The ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' universe, courtesy of the Bolter and Chainsword forum, has a variation of the canon universes Horus Heresy entitled The Dornian Heresy. Essentially it explores the setting replacing the main antagonist with the titular brother - Rogal Dorn. Still a work in progress. |
| 210 | ** Also of note is a separate attempt, from the same forum, to replace the main antagonist of the Horus Heresy with another of his brothers - Roboute Guilliman. |
| 211 | * Actually a game mechanic in ''TabletopGame/TwilightSparklesSecretShipficFolder''. A number of the cards are said to be from one of Twilight's more unusual experiments... |
| 212 | [[/folder]] |
| 213 | |
| 214 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 215 | * ''Fanfic/NotCompletelyAltogetherHere'' has many of the same events as in ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'' canon. Glinda and Elphaba start off as enemies, become friends, run off together to see the Wizard together, etc, etc. There's one major difference: Elphaba [[PointOfDivergence began one year later]] than she did in canon. This caused Galinda to hang around her GirlPosse more, which led Galinda to attempting to prank Dr. Dillamond during a sleepover with her friends, and ultimately ended in Galinda being killed when she catches [[spoiler:Morrible murdering Dr. Dillamond]]. Galinda spends the entirety of the fanfic as a specter. ''Then'' she meets [[BoyMeetsGhoul her roommate and love interest]] Elphaba Thropp. |
| 216 | [[/folder]] |
| 217 | |
| 218 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 219 | * ''Franchise/AceAttorney'': |
| 220 | ** ''Fanfic/ACompleteTurnabout'' takes place in an AlternateUniverse where the DL-6 incident never happened, with the twist that the main character is Canon!Phoenix, trusted into Alternate!Phoenix's life for reasons yet to be revealed. |
| 221 | ** ''Fanfic/DirtySympathy'' is a ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'' fanfic based on the premise that Daryan Crescend didn't kill [[spoiler:Romain [=LeTouse=]]] and Kristoph didn't [[spoiler:kill Shadi Enigmar]], they were both framed by Klavier and Apollo. They [[TheDogBitesBack both]] [[DomesticAbuse have]] [[BadBoss their]] [[RapeAsBackstory reasons]] [[StrangersOnATrainPlotMurder for]] [[LoveMakesYouEvil doing]] so. |
| 222 | ** ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyShatteredGlass'' is an ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' fan game where the majority of defense attorneys and prosecutors have switched roles. Winston Payne is still a prosecutor though. |
| 223 | ** ''Fanfic/SomebodyThatIUsedToKnow'' is a fanfic that works on the premise that [[spoiler: Matt Engarde and Juan Corrida were originally long time friends and lovers, instead of being bitter rivals, until something went terribly wrong]], and that [[spoiler: Juan Corrida and Celeste Inpax didn't REALLY break up, and her death wasn't actually a suicide.]] An odd example in that, in the end, this story COULD fit in line with actual canon, as only three characters in the entire story are really privy to the alternate events. And given that two of them are DoomedByCanon, and the third would never bother to set the record straight... |
| 224 | ** ''VisualNovel/TheEmptyTurnabout'' is one of ''Dual Destinies''. Here, Athena Cykes is not part of the Wright Anything Agency but instead an up-and-coming defense attorney who's pretty famous thanks to Apollo's defense when she was put on trial six months earlier. With the [[FirstEpisodeTwist prologue twist]] that [[spoiler:Athena was actually guilty, as Apollo finds out just before the Not Guilty verdict]]. There's also the fact that [[spoiler:Courtroom No. 4 wasn't bombed, but instead it was destroyed in an earthquake]]. |
| 225 | * ''Fanfic/MeanTimeToBreakdown'' diverges from ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'' by making Iwanako the one with arrhythmia, suffering a heart attack after a botched LoveConfession. |
| 226 | [[/folder]] |
| 227 | |
| 228 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 229 | * ''Webcomic/AnEpicComic'' is an odd example, the characters are the same from their original franchise, [[spoiler:it's that ??? has seen an alternate universe his writers made as canon to the franchise that insults him greatly for what they do to him.]] |
| 230 | * ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'': |
| 231 | ** ''Fanfic/BlizzardStorm'' is an AU that diverges from canon via a mix of ''Alternate Universe Fic'' and ''TrappedInAnotherWorld'' via the introduction of an original character from our world and the [[BackFromTheDead revival]] of a popular character. |
| 232 | ** ''Fanfic/ADifferentMedius'' changes just about everything by ending the Great War several millennia early, and stranding angels and demons on Medius. Things like Buwaro being adopted by Azurai and Iratu, being much smarter and a badass, not needing a needing a Star Pendant, instead owning a star-shaped pendant serving a completely different purpose, and Samantha and Toby being Buwaro's [[TrueCompanions best friends]] are among the less drastic ones. Rhea, oddly, is absent. |
| 233 | * ''Webcomic/SpringtrapAndDeliah'': Per Quinn's description, the comic's premise was conceived long before ''Sister Location'' and is just meant to be a fun story. |
| 234 | * ''Webcomic/HannaIsNotABoysName'' has several well-loved and widely played with [=AUs=]: |
| 235 | ** [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6062841/1/bDead_b_of_bNight_b Dead Of Night]] is a swapped 'verse, with zombie!Hanna, Unzombie, vampire!Worth, human!Conrad, and so on. Pairings are [[SlashFic Conrad/Worth]] and [[HeterosexualLifePartners platonic]] Hanna/Unzombie. Has [[http://squireofbabylon.deviantart.com/#/d2wtm0h coverart]], [[http://miyazaki-a2.deviantart.com/art/Dead-of-Night-chp10-illus-175972329 Chapter illustration]], and [[http://demyrie.deviantart.com/art/Guardian-171023390 assorted]] [[http://demyrie.deviantart.com/journal/36074007/#/d3279di other]] [[http://demyrie.deviantart.com/art/DoN-Bohemian-Rhapsody-172879876 comics]] [[http://demyrie.deviantart.com/art/Predator-171430088 and]] [[http://demyrie.deviantart.com/gallery/25501156?offset=48#/d2syn13 art]]. |
| 236 | ** The Punk [=AU=] has... well, a brash and outlandishly dressed Hanna, with Unzombie as a police officer he ends up working with. sometimes slash, sometimes pre-slash or friendship.: |
| 237 | *** [[http://lilyjordyn.deviantart.com/journal/32254139/ This]] is the journal post that started it. |
| 238 | *** [[http://fyeahhinabn.tumblr.com/post/761083692/punk-au-fanfics-nsfw Here]] is a collection of Punk [=AU=] fanfic. |
| 239 | ** Then there's the obligatory post-apocalyptic dystopian [=AU=], [[http://hinabn-lightwaves.deviantart.com/ Lightwaves]]. |
| 240 | * ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': |
| 241 | ** There's fics that switch [[FantasticCasteSystem the blood colors of the trolls]] and the guardians of the children, like ''FanFic/RedDeadVirgo'' (which is popular enough to get its own fanworks) and ''Webcomic/DontNameIt''. |
| 242 | ** There's fics that take [[FantasticCasteSystem the trolls' hemospectrum]], flip it on its head, and extrapolate from there, like ''Webcomic/BeTheSeadwellerLowblood'' and ''Fanfic/{{Hemostuck}}''. |
| 243 | ** ''Webcomic/{{Guidestuck}}'' switches the roles of pets/inanimate objects (Quinn, Jaspers, Cal, Becquerel, Liv Tyler, etc.) and lusii with the humans (John, Rose, Dave, Jade, and their guardians) and trolls, respectively. |
| 244 | ** ''Fanfic/{{Cultstuck}}'' is set in an Alternia where the [[LaResistance Sufferer's cult]] survived to the present day (because [[spoiler:Darkleer switched sides after helping the Disciple escape]]) and is a major influence in Karkat's life. |
| 245 | ** There are also alternate settings, such as: |
| 246 | *** [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/100028 "Shipheld"]] (a pirate setting) |
| 247 | *** [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/100029 "Castlebound"]] (a medieval fantasy setting) |
| 248 | *** [[http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?33350-Steampunk-Shenanigans-with-Nakki-and-Ruka The Steampunk AU]]. |
| 249 | ** ''Fanfic/UnwantedFreeUglyTroll'', where trolls are tiny mammalian critters kept as pets, except [[CharacterTitle when they're ugly and unwanted]]. |
| 250 | ** ''Fanfic/{{Brainbent}}'', where the trolls become human and reside with the kids- in a mental hospital. |
| 251 | ** ''FanFic/TrollCops'', an AU wherein the characters are all police/criminals/superheroes/''etc''). |
| 252 | ** ''Webcomic/{{HSETAU}}'', a fancomic where the carapaces crash land on Earth and are taken in by the kids and trolls (who are also humans in this AU). |
| 253 | * ''Webcomic/{{Rain|2010}}'': |
| 254 | ** ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/43244061/chapters/108693951 Hypothetical]]'', An AU where Rain did not come out to Fara at the start of the story, yet still arrives at St. Hallvard. |
| 255 | ** ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/44947831 Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow]]'', An AU where Emily had her life-changing epiphany a year prior to Rain's arrival at St. Hallvard. References Chapters B and D, but doesn't go heavy on the bonus chapter spoilers. |
| 256 | [[/folder]] |
| 257 | |
| 258 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 259 | * ''Fanfic/BattleForBFDIButThereIsNoSplit'' is an AU in which BFB never split and no one quit. |
| 260 | * ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6133961/1/An_Uncommon_Love_A_Series_of_AlexXBea_drabbles If No One Loved The Sun Would Burn Out]]''. From ''Webcomic/TheDreamer'' fandom, it's [[CrackPairing Alexander Hamilton/Beatrice Whaley]]. Yeah, you read right, ''the'' UsefulNotes/AlexanderHamilton. |
| 261 | * ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': |
| 262 | ** Creator/CoeurAlAran: |
| 263 | *** Several of his fics deal with Jaune having [[AdaptationalSuperpowerChange a different Semblance]] to [[HealingHands the one he has in canon]], and he often unlocks it a lot earlier in the timeline. In ''Fanfic/{{Null}}'', Jaune has a PowerNullifier Semblance and is hunted by a malevolent GovernmentConspiracy for it; in ''Fanfic/{{Raise}}'', Jaune has a [[BackFromTheDead resurrection]] Semblance, and the multinational attention this grants him quickly teaches him that CelebrityIsOverrated; and in ''Fanfic/InYourWildestDreams'', Jaune has a [[DreamWalker dream-walking]] Semblance which forces him to get to know his Beacon peers far more intimately. |
| 264 | *** ''Fanfic/ArcCorp'': Remnant is secretly host to numerous "anomalies" in the style of ''Website/SCPFoundation'', Jaune and his family run a company that deals with anomalies, several characters like Winter Schnee and Jaune's family are more villainous than their usual portrayals; and Blake, Ruby, Pyrrha and Jaune join Arc Corp instead of going to Beacon Academy, due to diverges in the events depicted in the "Black" trailer and the show's first episode and due to Jaune's alternate occupation in this fic. |
| 265 | *** ''Fanfic/ArcRoyale'': The universe this fic takes place in is seemingly identical to canon... up until during the time skip between Volumes 1 and 2, when the Brother Gods suddenly dump dozens of [[AlternateSelf alternate Jaune's]] [[IntraFranchiseCrossover originating from Coeur Al'Aran's other fics' settings into this world]], and they announce to both the heroes and villains that the rules of the war driving the entire series have been changed. |
| 266 | *** ''Fanfic/CaptainDragon'': Cinder Fall is killed during the Fall of Beacon while Pyrrha, Professor Ozpin and Roman Torchwick all avoid their canon deaths in the Fall. Afterwards, Yang doesn't go home to Taiyang's house on Patch but instead takes command of a new police team consisting of [[RecruitingTheCriminal recruited criminals]]. |
| 267 | *** ''Fanfic/TheEternalCrown'': Salem has ruled the world for the last several millennia after she broke Ozma's mind. [[spoiler:{{Subverted}} when it's revealed it's not really an alternate present -- it's actually a distant future set after the main series' events, with mysteriously reincarnated versions of all the main cast]]. |
| 268 | *** ''[[Fanfic/FromBeyondRWBY From Beyond]]'': Jaune dies during the Beacon initiation in Volume 1, and his soul becomes tethered to Blake. |
| 269 | *** ''Fanfic/KnightOfSalem'': Due to a misunderstanding involving Ozpin being on sick leave from his post, Jaune is kidnapped by Salem's faction before he ever joins Beacon, and he accidentally purges the Grimm pools' influence from Salem. |
| 270 | *** ''Fanfic/ProfessorArc'': Jaune ends up joining Beacon Academy as part of the faculty instead of as a student. |
| 271 | *** ''Fanfic/ARabbitAmongWolves'': Jaune accidentally kills Adam Taurus and ends up saddled with leadership of the White Fang's Vale branch just before he would've gotten into Beacon. |
| 272 | *** ''Fanfic/TheSecondChoice'': Jaune joins Atlas Academy instead of Beacon Academy. |
| 273 | *** ''Fanfic/ServiceWithASmile'': Jaune's application to Beacon Academy is rejected, so he opens a coffee shop instead of becoming a huntsman. |
| 274 | *** ''[[Fanfic/StressReliefRWBY Stress Relief]]'': Cinder has a fling with Jaune for... [[YouNeedToGetLaid what the title says]], setting off a chain of events which complicates her infiltration of Beacon. |
| 275 | *** ''Fanfic/TheUnseenHunt'': An Earth-based Familiar Contextual Reassignment. The Creatures of Grimm, instead of being soulless, physical creatures that spawn from the God of Darkness's pools and are public knowledge while they roam most of the planet; are interdimensional creatures of varying levels of sentience which inhabit an adjacent alternate dimension, and they can usually only be seen by and interact with the select few people who "Awaken" (that's to say, become aware of the Grimm dimension's existence or open to the possibility that such things exist), unless they possess a human body. |
| 276 | *** ''[[Fanfic/WhiteSheepRWBY White Sheep]]'': Jaune and his sisters are the half-Grimm children of Salem; who, as a result of motherhood, effectively settled down twenty years ago (though the heroes don't know that). |
| 277 | ** ''WebVideo/CanOneChangeFixAllOfRWBY'': The modern setting is rewritten so that Salem is in charge of the huntsman academies and the kingdoms, while Ozpin is working with criminals and exiles from the shadows. |
| 278 | ** ''Fanfic/ICanAlmostHearTheHounds'': Mostly similar to canon, with one minor difference and one major difference. Ilia joins Blake when she defects from the White Fang, and Ruby is kidnapped by Cinder and [[FaceMonsterTurn turned into a Hound]] a year before Volume 1. |
| 279 | ** ''Fanfic/MyAbominableMonsterClassmatesCantBeThisCute'': Before the series' start, Ruby, Yang, Weiss, Blake, and several other familiar faces were captured and forcibly twisted into Grimm hybrids in Salem's realm. In the present, when Jaune sets out to join a huntsman academy, Salem's forces lure him to the AcademyOfEvil in the Grimmlands where the hybrids are being taught to infiltrate the kingdoms. |
| 280 | ** ''Fanfic/TeamLVDR'' starts as a PseudocanonicalFic for ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', but unexpectedly diverges when [[spoiler: Cinder fails to infiltrate the [=CCT=].]] |
| 281 | ** ''Fanfic/RWBYDark'' is a DarkFic where Remnant is reimagined as a [[{{Dystopia}} dystopian wasteland]], all the heroes are [[AdaptationalVillainy now villains]], and all of the villains are [[AdaptationalHeroism now heroes]], with the Resistance group of Cinder, Mercury, Emerald, Roman, Neopolitan, and Salem standing up to the tyrannical Lord Ozpin and his army of Huntsman and Huntresses. |
| 282 | ** ''Fanfic/RWBYScars'' starts out as a rewrite of ''RWBY'', however Volume 3 is where the story ''really'' begins to deviate from canon. One major change is [[spoiler:Pyrrha surviving while Jaune dies]]. |
| 283 | ** ''Fanfic/{{Pawprints}}'' is a Weiss/Blake story that replaces Faunus with people with {{animorphism}} powers called "Panthers". Hunters in this story kill Panthers, not Grimm. |
| 284 | ** ''Fanfic/SpeciesIdentityDisorder'' takes place on a mundane version of Remnant without dust or huntsman. Weiss is a human who [[TransNature identifies as a cat faunus]]. |
| 285 | ** In ''Fanfic/MisshapenSparks'', Raven took Yang with her when she left Taiyang. |
| 286 | ** ''Fanfic/{{Ironside}}'': Takes place during Volume 7 where Winter takes charge. |
| 287 | * Website/ChannelAwesome: |
| 288 | ** ''Fanfic/ThatGuyWithTheGlassesInSpace''. |
| 289 | ** ''[[Fanfic/HookerVerse Hooker!verse]]''. |
| 290 | * ''Roleplay/CityOfLostCharacters'': During the hiatuses in the main game, players would sometimes pass the time with AU side games. These included a HighSchoolAU [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MtHYNMSgp9aUQIe1vmy-Qc76pWjW3B89kQPHUBEjQTU/edit?usp=sharing spinoff]] and a Franchise/{{Pokemon}}-themed [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fqx15odtWhfr2e2F6B1_sHqffdELiTqBfKthxX_DcMY/edit spinoff]]. |
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