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*** There are a small but growing number of fanfics where class 78 becomes the remnants of despair instead of class 77. Typically, if these fanfics include Anime/Danganronpa3, then [[spoiler:Makoto]] winds up being the one who [[spoiler: dies in the torture maze]] instead of [[spoiler: Chiaki]].

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*** There are a small but growing number of fanfics where class 78 becomes the remnants of despair instead of class 77. Typically, if these fanfics include Anime/Danganronpa3, then [[spoiler:Makoto]] winds up being the one who [[spoiler: dies [[spoiler:dies in the torture maze]] instead of [[spoiler: Chiaki]].[[spoiler:Chiaki]].


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** An emerging trend in the 2020s is to have an OC (often an explicit author self-insert who's already read the VN) incarnate in Shinji's body, usually for the purpose of replacing Shinji with someone who's not as loathsome and will make a go of rescuing Sakura.
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* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'':
** Fanfics in which Shirou summons a different Servant are fairly common. Alternatively in stories where many, if not all of the servants are changed up, Saber is the only one to stay the same.
** Alternate Grail Wars, or future Grail Wars, especially with ''Literature/FateZero''’s anime adaptation. A distinctive trend is having Servants being sourced from [[{{Crossover}} other series]]. This will always involve the crossover character's powers being adapted into something compatible with the ''Fate'' franchise, with iconic powers from their home series reimagined as Noble Phantasms and them being designated under an appropriate servant class.
*** A variant involves a character from a different franchise get involved in the Grail War, typically as either the master of a non-Saber servant (either one of the additional varieties added in expanded media or replacing an existing one) or a third party that is intervening with their own powers. This character will typically be more in line with Shirou's mentality, though this is dependent on the crossover in question and a character from a more cynical series will typically share the source material's view on Shirou's heroic ideals. If the character has superpowers, the fic will typically come up with its own calculations about how they compare in direct combat to the servants and mages.
** There's EmptyShell Shirou being raised by people other than Kiritsugu after the fire and Archer's MysteriousPast.
** DimensionalTraveler Zelretch being a {{Troll}} and making interdimensional shenanigans happening.
** There's the general "Shirou is/replaces <main character of another story>" plotline, again, due to his backstory basically being a blank cheque to be pretty much any male teenage protagonist. Notable examples include ''FanFic/FateReachOut'', ''FanFic/InFlight'', and ''FanFic/PromisesOfAWanderingHero'', where Shirou turns out to be [[VideoGame/{{Persona 4}} Yu Narukami]], [[Manga/{{Sekirei}} Minato Sahashi]], and [[Manga/LoveHina Keitaro Urashima]] respectively, and thus gets dragged into their respective plotlines, with Shirou's general personality, skills and existing supporting cast causing major changes.
*** ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' has a similar stock plot in writers casting either a SelfInsert, OriginalCharacter, or one from another franchise into the role of Ritsuka.
** Shirou time traveling back to [[spoiler:[[Myth/KingArthur Medieval Britain]]]] to prevent Saber's downfall, and TimeTravelRomance have become quite popular.
** After ''Literature/FateApocrypha'', it became popular to make alternate versions of the Great Holy Grail War with different Servants on each team, or even with Ruler summoning her own Servant as in ''FanFic/FateMagnusBellum''. Even still, the general idea of a Servant Team battle is good enough fanfic fodder that Fuyuki centered fics also use it.
** It is popular to have the protagonists of ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' to be the children of Shirou and Rin, despite official word that the protagonists are based on gender-bent versions of the two characters (and the timeline not matching up: it's a plot point that ''Grand Order'' begins 10-12 years after ''Stay Night'').
** While not an overwhelming number, it's not uncommon to see fics based on "WhatIf Rin had been [[spoiler:adopted by the Matou family]] instead of Sakura?". (Also, the answer is commonly that she will become a vengeful borderline psychopath.)
* ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'':
** A fair number of fics involve what happens after Hanako's bad ending, including the possibility of them getting back together and working out their issues.
** Maybe about 25% of all ''Katawa Shoujo'' fics depict what Hisao and Hanako/Emi/Lilly/Shizune/Misha/[[GayOption Kenji]] are doing after they graduate high school, get married, and maybe start a family.
** Fanfics detailing the lives of the other people in Hisao's homeroom class.

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* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'':
** Fanfics in which Shirou summons a different Servant are fairly common. Alternatively in stories where many, if not all of the servants are changed up, Saber is the only one to stay the same.
** Alternate Grail Wars, or future Grail Wars, especially with ''Literature/FateZero''’s anime adaptation. A distinctive trend is having Servants being sourced from [[{{Crossover}} other series]]. This will always involve the crossover character's powers being adapted into something compatible with the ''Fate'' franchise, with iconic powers from their home series reimagined as Noble Phantasms and them being designated under an appropriate servant class.
*** A variant involves a character from a different franchise get involved in the Grail War, typically as either the master of a non-Saber servant (either one of the additional varieties added in expanded media or replacing an existing one) or a third party that is intervening with
After putting down these (visual) novels, some fans begin writing their own powers. This character will typically be more in line with Shirou's mentality, though this is dependent on the crossover in question and [[FandomSpecificPlot using a character from a more cynical series will typically share the source material's view on Shirou's heroic ideals. If the character has superpowers, the fic will typically come up with its own calculations about how they compare in direct combat to the servants and mages.
** There's EmptyShell Shirou being raised by people other than Kiritsugu after the fire and Archer's MysteriousPast.
** DimensionalTraveler Zelretch being a {{Troll}} and making interdimensional shenanigans happening.
** There's the general "Shirou is/replaces <main character
specific set of another story>" plotline, again, due to his backstory basically being a blank cheque to be pretty much any male teenage protagonist. Notable examples include ''FanFic/FateReachOut'', ''FanFic/InFlight'', and ''FanFic/PromisesOfAWanderingHero'', where Shirou turns out to be [[VideoGame/{{Persona 4}} Yu Narukami]], [[Manga/{{Sekirei}} Minato Sahashi]], and [[Manga/LoveHina Keitaro Urashima]] respectively, and thus gets dragged into their respective plotlines, with Shirou's general personality, skills and existing supporting cast causing major changes.
*** ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' has a similar stock
plot in writers casting either a SelfInsert, OriginalCharacter, or one from another franchise into the role of Ritsuka.
** Shirou time traveling back to [[spoiler:[[Myth/KingArthur Medieval Britain]]]] to prevent Saber's downfall, and TimeTravelRomance have become quite popular.
** After ''Literature/FateApocrypha'', it became popular to make alternate versions of the Great Holy Grail War with different Servants on each team, or even with Ruler summoning her own Servant as in ''FanFic/FateMagnusBellum''. Even still, the general idea of a Servant Team battle is good enough fanfic fodder that Fuyuki centered fics also use it.
** It is popular to have the protagonists of ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' to be the children of Shirou and Rin, despite official word that the protagonists are based on gender-bent versions of the two characters (and the timeline not matching up: it's a plot point that ''Grand Order'' begins 10-12 years after ''Stay Night'').
** While not an overwhelming number, it's not uncommon to see fics based on "WhatIf Rin had been [[spoiler:adopted by the Matou family]] instead of Sakura?". (Also, the answer is commonly that she will become a vengeful borderline psychopath.)
* ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'':
** A fair number of fics involve what happens after Hanako's bad ending, including the possibility of them getting back together and working out their issues.
** Maybe about 25% of all ''Katawa Shoujo'' fics depict what Hisao and Hanako/Emi/Lilly/Shizune/Misha/[[GayOption Kenji]] are doing after they graduate high school, get married, and maybe start a family.
** Fanfics detailing the lives of the other people in Hisao's homeroom class.
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* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'':
** It's heavily implied that there was a world where Rena actually ''did'' blow up the school. Fans have written about it.
** Mion is the only one of the main characters who is never shown to have killed anyone. Naturally, quite a bit of fanwork revolves around her killing people. The most common plot is her getting jealous of Rena and killing her. According to one arc, there ''was'' at least one world where Mion was jealous of Keiichi's female friends and either killed them or attempted to. It's just never depicted on-screen.
** There's a LoveTriangle between Keiichi, Rena, and Mion that never gets resolved. Fanworks either pair him with Mion, Rena, or [[OneTrueThreesome both]].
** A lot of fanfics, fanart, and at least one [[FanAnimation MAD]] revolves around a PerspectiveFlip of the first arc from Rena's POV, as she [[spoiler:deals with Keiichi’s SanitySlippage]].
** Satoshi returning is extremely common in fanworks. One arc that was never adapted into the anime and manga, which was an alternative version of the final arc, actually had him coming back.
** Thinking up new arcs and reasons for the characters to kill each other is the most common plot in the fandom.



** A large number of stories veer away from the darker aspects of the game and aim for (comparatively) LighterAndSofter SliceOfLife stories about the characters and their lives inside (and outside) of the Literature Club. A vast majority of these still keep the... unusual... elements of the original story as part of the world, just not playing them so darkly.

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** A large number of stories veer away from the darker aspects of the game and aim for (comparatively) LighterAndSofter SliceOfLife stories about the characters and their lives inside (and outside) of the Literature Club. A vast majority of these still keep the... unusual... elements of The twist regarding [[spoiler:Monika being aware that she's a fictional character]] remains, but is usually played purely for comedy, with [[spoiler:her acting as a FourthWallObserver who occasionally talks to the original story author or reader, as part of the world, just not playing them so darkly.opposed to desperately working to become a RefugeeFromTVLand]].


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* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'':
** Fanfics in which Shirou summons a different Servant are fairly common. Alternatively in stories where many, if not all of the servants are changed up, Saber is the only one to stay the same.
** Alternate Grail Wars, or future Grail Wars, especially with ''Literature/FateZero''’s anime adaptation. A distinctive trend is having Servants being sourced from [[{{Crossover}} other series]]. This will always involve the crossover character's powers being adapted into something compatible with the ''Fate'' franchise, with iconic powers from their home series reimagined as Noble Phantasms and them being designated under an appropriate servant class.
*** A variant involves a character from a different franchise get involved in the Grail War, typically as either the master of a non-Saber servant (either one of the additional varieties added in expanded media or replacing an existing one) or a third party that is intervening with their own powers. This character will typically be more in line with Shirou's mentality, though this is dependent on the crossover in question and a character from a more cynical series will typically share the source material's view on Shirou's heroic ideals. If the character has superpowers, the fic will typically come up with its own calculations about how they compare in direct combat to the servants and mages.
** There's EmptyShell Shirou being raised by people other than Kiritsugu after the fire and Archer's MysteriousPast.
** DimensionalTraveler Zelretch being a {{Troll}} and making interdimensional shenanigans happening.
** There's the general "Shirou is/replaces <main character of another story>" plotline, again, due to his backstory basically being a blank cheque to be pretty much any male teenage protagonist. Notable examples include ''FanFic/FateReachOut'', ''FanFic/InFlight'', and ''FanFic/PromisesOfAWanderingHero'', where Shirou turns out to be [[VideoGame/{{Persona 4}} Yu Narukami]], [[Manga/{{Sekirei}} Minato Sahashi]], and [[Manga/LoveHina Keitaro Urashima]] respectively, and thus gets dragged into their respective plotlines, with Shirou's general personality, skills and existing supporting cast causing major changes.
*** ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' has a similar stock plot in writers casting either a SelfInsert, OriginalCharacter, or one from another franchise into the role of Ritsuka.
** Shirou time traveling back to [[spoiler:[[Myth/KingArthur Medieval Britain]]]] to prevent Saber's downfall, and TimeTravelRomance have become quite popular.
** After ''Literature/FateApocrypha'', it became popular to make alternate versions of the Great Holy Grail War with different Servants on each team, or even with Ruler summoning her own Servant as in ''FanFic/FateMagnusBellum''. Even still, the general idea of a Servant Team battle is good enough fanfic fodder that Fuyuki centered fics also use it.
** It is popular to have the protagonists of ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' to be the children of Shirou and Rin, despite official word that the protagonists are based on gender-bent versions of the two characters (and the timeline not matching up: it's a plot point that ''Grand Order'' begins 10-12 years after ''Stay Night'').
** While not an overwhelming number, it's not uncommon to see fics based on "WhatIf Rin had been [[spoiler:adopted by the Matou family]] instead of Sakura?". (Also, the answer is commonly that she will become a vengeful borderline psychopath.)
* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'':
** It's heavily implied that there was a world where Rena actually ''did'' blow up the school. Fans have written about it.
** Mion is the only one of the main characters who is never shown to have killed anyone. Naturally, quite a bit of fanwork revolves around her killing people. The most common plot is her getting jealous of Rena and killing her. According to one arc, there ''was'' at least one world where Mion was jealous of Keiichi's female friends and either killed them or attempted to. It's just never depicted on-screen.
** There's a LoveTriangle between Keiichi, Rena, and Mion that never gets resolved. Fanworks either pair him with Mion, Rena, or [[OneTrueThreesome both]].
** A lot of fanfics, fanart, and at least one [[FanAnimation MAD]] revolves around a PerspectiveFlip of the first arc from Rena's POV, as she [[spoiler:deals with Keiichi’s SanitySlippage]].
** Satoshi returning is extremely common in fanworks. One arc that was never adapted into the anime and manga, which was an alternative version of the final arc, actually had him coming back.
** Thinking up new arcs and reasons for the characters to kill each other is the most common plot in the fandom.
* ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'':
** A fair number of fics involve what happens after Hanako's bad ending, including the possibility of them getting back together and working out their issues.
** Maybe about 25% of all ''Katawa Shoujo'' fics depict what Hisao and Hanako/Emi/Lilly/Shizune/Misha/[[GayOption Kenji]] are doing after they graduate high school, get married, and maybe start a family.
** Fanfics detailing the lives of the other people in Hisao's homeroom class.
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** Fics about the seven year gap between the two trilogies, mainly consisting of stories exploring "hobo" Phoenix raising a young Trucy and shippy ones where Edgeworth returns to find out what's become of his old friend. It's especially common for stories to combine both plots, with Edgeworth becoming a second father to Trucy as he and Phoenix work out their feelings.

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** Fics about [[TimeSkip the seven year gap between the two trilogies, mainly consisting of stories exploring trilogies]], with it being popular to write slice-of-life affairs about "hobo" Phoenix raising a young Trucy and shippy ones or shipping fics where Edgeworth returns to find out what's become of his old friend. It's especially common for stories to see fics set during this period that combine both plots, with Edgeworth becoming a second father to Trucy as he and Phoenix work out their feelings.
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** Fics about Phoenix's seven years as a "hobo" are pretty common, especially shippy ones where Edgeworth returns to find out what's become of his old friend.

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** Fics about Phoenix's the seven years as a year gap between the two trilogies, mainly consisting of stories exploring "hobo" are pretty common, especially Phoenix raising a young Trucy and shippy ones where Edgeworth returns to find out what's become of his old friend.friend. It's especially common for stories to combine both plots, with Edgeworth becoming a second father to Trucy as he and Phoenix work out their feelings.
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*** A similar variant is the class from [=V3=] becoming the Remnants of Despair instead. [[spoiler:Kaede is the one who gets tortured to death to push the rest of the cast over the edge in this scenario.]]
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** There are some takes on the story that remove the metafictional horror elements, instead focusing on exploring the characters' emotional and psychological issues. Think ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'', but with mental illnesses instead of physical handicaps.
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** Alternate Grail Wars, or future Grail Wars, especially with ''LightNovel/FateZero''’s anime adaptation. A distinctive trend is having Servants being sourced from [[{{Crossover}} other series]]. This will always involve the crossover character's powers being adapted into something compatible with the ''Fate'' franchise, with iconic powers from their home series reimagined as Noble Phantasms and them being designated under an appropriate servant class.

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** Alternate Grail Wars, or future Grail Wars, especially with ''LightNovel/FateZero''’s ''Literature/FateZero''’s anime adaptation. A distinctive trend is having Servants being sourced from [[{{Crossover}} other series]]. This will always involve the crossover character's powers being adapted into something compatible with the ''Fate'' franchise, with iconic powers from their home series reimagined as Noble Phantasms and them being designated under an appropriate servant class.



** After ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'', it became popular to make alternate versions of the Great Holy Grail War with different Servants on each team, or even with Ruler summoning her own Servant as in ''FanFic/FateMagnusBellum''. Even still, the general idea of a Servant Team battle is good enough fanfic fodder that Fuyuki centered fics also use it.

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** After ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'', ''Literature/FateApocrypha'', it became popular to make alternate versions of the Great Holy Grail War with different Servants on each team, or even with Ruler summoning her own Servant as in ''FanFic/FateMagnusBellum''. Even still, the general idea of a Servant Team battle is good enough fanfic fodder that Fuyuki centered fics also use it.
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*** A variant involves a character from a different franchise get involved in the Grail War, typically as either the master of a non-Saber servant (either one of the additional varieties added in expanded media or replacing an existing one) or a third party that is intervening. This character will typically be more in line with Shirou's mentality, though this is dependent on the crossover in question and a character from a more cynical series will typically share the source material's view on Shirou's heroic ideas. If the character has superpowers, the fic will typically come up with its own calculations about how they compare in direct combat to the servants and mages.

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*** A variant involves a character from a different franchise get involved in the Grail War, typically as either the master of a non-Saber servant (either one of the additional varieties added in expanded media or replacing an existing one) or a third party that is intervening. intervening with their own powers. This character will typically be more in line with Shirou's mentality, though this is dependent on the crossover in question and a character from a more cynical series will typically share the source material's view on Shirou's heroic ideas.ideals. If the character has superpowers, the fic will typically come up with its own calculations about how they compare in direct combat to the servants and mages.

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** Fanfics in which Shirou summons a different Servant are fairly common.
** Alternate Grail Wars, or future Grail Wars, especially with ''LightNovel/FateZero''’s anime adaptation. A distinctive trend is having Servants being sourced from [[{{Crossover}} other series]].

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** Fanfics in which Shirou summons a different Servant are fairly common.
common. Alternatively in stories where many, if not all of the servants are changed up, Saber is the only one to stay the same.
** Alternate Grail Wars, or future Grail Wars, especially with ''LightNovel/FateZero''’s anime adaptation. A distinctive trend is having Servants being sourced from [[{{Crossover}} other series]]. This will always involve the crossover character's powers being adapted into something compatible with the ''Fate'' franchise, with iconic powers from their home series reimagined as Noble Phantasms and them being designated under an appropriate servant class.
*** A variant involves a character from a different franchise get involved in the Grail War, typically as either the master of a non-Saber servant (either one of the additional varieties added in expanded media or replacing an existing one) or a third party that is intervening. This character will typically be more in line with Shirou's mentality, though this is dependent on the crossover in question and a character from a more cynical series will typically share the source material's view on Shirou's heroic ideas. If the character has superpowers, the fic will typically come up with its own calculations about how they compare in direct combat to the servants and mages.

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** A large number of stories [[spoiler:veer away from the PsychologicalHorror elements and instead aim for (comparatively) LighterAndSofter SliceOfLife stories about the characters and their lives inside (and outside) of the Literature Club]]. A vast majority of these [[spoiler:still keep the cast's status as game characters intact, as well as Monika's MediumAwareness and RealityWarper powers.]]
** A fair number of fan mods focus on resolving one or all of the girls' personal issues, whether as plot points or as the overall premise. It's particularly popular to [[spoiler:[[InterruptedSuicide stop Sayori from suicide in the nick of time]], rescue Natsuki from her abusive home life, or help [[BigBad Monika]] [[HeelFaceTurn overcome]] her [[{{Yandere}} jealousy]] and [[NoFourthWall existential crisis]]]].
** Overlapping with others above: Making it into a normal RomanceGame (in mods), returning to fix things after the ending, or combining both.

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** A large number of stories [[spoiler:veer veer away from the PsychologicalHorror elements darker aspects of the game and instead aim for (comparatively) LighterAndSofter SliceOfLife stories about the characters and their lives inside (and outside) of the Literature Club]]. Club. A vast majority of these [[spoiler:still still keep the... unusual... elements of the cast's status original story as game characters intact, as well as Monika's MediumAwareness and RealityWarper powers.]]
part of the world, just not playing them so darkly.
** A fair number of fan mods focus on resolving one or all of the girls' personal issues, whether as plot points or as the overall premise. It's particularly popular to [[spoiler:[[InterruptedSuicide stop Sayori from suicide in the nick of time]], rescue Natsuki from her abusive home life, or help [[BigBad Monika]] [[HeelFaceTurn overcome]] Monika overcome her [[{{Yandere}} jealousy]] jealousy and [[NoFourthWall existential crisis]]]].
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** Overlapping with some of the others above: Making it into a normal RomanceGame (in mods), returning to fix things after the ending, or combining both.
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** Making it into a normal RomanceGame (in mods), returning to fix things after the ending, or combining both.

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** A large number of stories [[spoiler:veer away from the PsychologicalHorror and SurpriseCreepy elements and instead aim for (comparatively) LighterAndSofter SliceOfLife stories about the characters and their lives inside (and outside) of the Literature Club]]. A vast majority of these [[spoiler:still keep the cast's status as game characters intact, as well as Monika's MediumAwareness and RealityWarper powers.]]

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** A large number of stories [[spoiler:veer away from the PsychologicalHorror and SurpriseCreepy elements and instead aim for (comparatively) LighterAndSofter SliceOfLife stories about the characters and their lives inside (and outside) of the Literature Club]]. A vast majority of these [[spoiler:still keep the cast's status as game characters intact, as well as Monika's MediumAwareness and RealityWarper powers.]]

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