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* CustodyBattle: The [[UnholyMatrimony relationship]] of the Erlkönig and the White Witch ended with a really messy divorce. She did threaten her ex with banishment by magic to make him leave (seen in ''{{Webcomic/Roommates}}'') and they ''still'' fight over their son ([[SolomonDivorce he was kept by the White Witch originally]] probably at least partially to [[HeirClubForMen deprive the king from the heir he always wanted]] as she routinely calls the kid "Despised waste of genes" in ''Webcomic/GirlsNextDoor''), who grew up and moved away long ago.
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* TargetAudience: Women, mostly in their 20s, and the {{fangirl}} (optionally simply {{geek}} or {{nerd}}) variety, [[MostFanficWritersAreGirls not surprisingly]]. At least the author of ''GND'' joked about "When I grow up I want to draw [[ShoujoDemographic shoujo manga]]." (some would argue that she already does or what she does is closer to {{josei}} actually).
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* TargetAudience: Women, mostly in their 20s, and the {{fangirl}} (optionally simply {{geek}} or {{nerd}}) nerd) variety, [[MostFanficWritersAreGirls not surprisingly]]. At least the author of ''GND'' joked about "When I grow up I want to draw [[ShoujoDemographic shoujo manga]]." (some would argue that she already does or what she does is closer to {{josei}} actually).
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* TheFairFolk[=/=]WitchSpecies: The Magical People. They are a big source of mischief. The focus on them wary from work to work, but they are [[GreatGazoo "easily entertained but frequently bored tricksters"]] at best, and you don't want to see their worst. Really you don't. If any work has a Nightmare Fuel entry it's a safe bet that it's because of them.
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* TheFairFolk[=/=]WitchSpecies: TheFairFolk: The Magical People. They are a big source of mischief. The focus on them wary from work to work, but they are [[GreatGazoo "easily entertained but frequently bored tricksters"]] at best, and you don't want to see their worst. Really you don't. If any work has a Nightmare Fuel entry it's a safe bet that it's because of them.
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* InterspeciesRomance: It's established that the ''[[TheFairFolk Magical]] [[WitchSpecies People]]'' [[InvokedTrope actively engage]] in this, because of a [[TangledFamilyTree family tree]] resembling the unholy bastard child of an elaborate Celtic Knot and the TimeyWimeyBall. With more powerful ones becoming even DivineDate... or DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu
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* InterspeciesRomance: It's established that the ''[[TheFairFolk Magical]] [[WitchSpecies [[MageSpecies People]]'' [[InvokedTrope actively engage]] in this, because of a [[TangledFamilyTree family tree]] resembling the unholy bastard child of an elaborate Celtic Knot and the TimeyWimeyBall. With more powerful ones becoming even DivineDate... or DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu
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In less movie trailer like words: The Buildingverse is TheVerse that sprung up around the Website/DeviantArt FanWebcomic ''{{Webcomic/Roommates}}'' when different authors began producing {{Spin Off}}s and otherwise expanding on the source material. Most of these take place in the {{Building|OfAdventure}} ([[JustForFun/FortyTwo Building #42]]) or the [[ExtranormalInstitute University]] ([[PatronSaint Saint Jude's]]), or at least in [[CityWithNoName The Unnamed University Town]], but the world outside is big and some already stepped outside... a bit.
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In less movie trailer like words: The Buildingverse is TheVerse that sprung up around the Website/DeviantArt FanWebcomic {{Fan Webcomic|s}} ''{{Webcomic/Roommates}}'' when different authors began producing {{Spin Off}}s and otherwise expanding on the source material. Most of these take place in the {{Building|OfAdventure}} ([[JustForFun/FortyTwo Building #42]]) or the [[ExtranormalInstitute University]] ([[PatronSaint Saint Jude's]]), or at least in [[CityWithNoName The Unnamed University Town]], but the world outside is big and some already stepped outside... a bit.
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Focuses on unwilling love interests Sarah and Christine. Ongoing, updates on Wednesdays. MorePopularSpinOff. Also doubles as [[WebVideo/GirlsNextDoor webvideo]].
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InAWorld, where fictional characters can go after their story ended. In an unnamed, secret university town with a population consisting almost entirely of aforementioned fictional characters stands the emynonuis Building. It all began when Jareth of ''{{Film/Labyrinth}}'' and Erik of ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' decided to move in after some years of [[DrowningMySorrows drowning their sorrows]] together. And the madness spreads ever since.
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InAWorld, where fictional characters can go after their story ended. In an unnamed, secret university town with a population consisting almost entirely of aforementioned fictional characters stands the emynonuis eponymous Building. It all began when Jareth of ''{{Film/Labyrinth}}'' and Erik of ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' decided to move in after some years of [[DrowningMySorrows drowning their sorrows]] together. And the madness spreads ever since.
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** ''Roommates'' hatched [[Literature/LesMiserables Éponine]]/[[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean James Norrington]], [[Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera Blind Mag]]/[[ThePhantomOfTheOpera Erik]], [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Jadis]]/[[Literature/TheErlKing Mr. King]] (ended but ho boy the crack level)
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** ''Roommates'' hatched [[Literature/LesMiserables Éponine]]/[[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean James Norrington]], [[Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera Blind Mag]]/[[ThePhantomOfTheOpera Mag]]/[[Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera Erik]], [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Jadis]]/[[Literature/TheErlKing Mr. King]] (ended but ho boy the crack level)
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The naming convention of the series' tend to reference where its main characters live relative to the main apartment of ''Roommates'' (like: next door, down the street) or what they are/do in the 'verse (being the superintendent). Sometimes both (Vampires Below is about vampires who live on a lower level). Or rarely the most fitting trope (like: [[ABoyAndHisX Children And Monsters]])
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Lower panel: ([[{{Film/Labyrinth}} Jareth's boot), Sarah]], [[Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera Christine, Erik]], [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean James]], [[Literature/LesMiserables Javert]], and [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Legolas]]]]
->''"What happens after the film ends and the credits roll" is a subject of fanon everywhere, but in this universe we do things slightly... differently. We ask, "What happens when the film ends, and while everything in it happened, it's still a film? Where do you go from there?" The answer appears to be: Buildingverse!''
-->-- '''Sursum Ursa''', ''WebVideo/StuffYouLike''
InAWorld, where fictional characters can go after their story ended. In an unnamed, secret university town with a population consisting almost entirely of aforementioned fictional characters stands the emynonuis Building. It all began when Jareth of ''{{Film/Labyrinth}}'' and Erik of ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' decided to move in after some years of [[DrowningMySorrows drowning their sorrows]] together. And the madness spreads ever since.
In less movie trailer like words: The Buildingverse is TheVerse that sprung up around the Website/DeviantArt FanWebcomic ''{{Webcomic/Roommates}}'' when different authors began producing {{Spin Off}}s and otherwise expanding on the source material. Most of these take place in the {{Building|OfAdventure}} ([[JustForFun/FortyTwo Building #42]]) or the [[ExtranormalInstitute University]] ([[PatronSaint Saint Jude's]]), or at least in [[CityWithNoName The Unnamed University Town]], but the world outside is big and some already stepped outside... a bit.
It has a [[{{Trivia/Buildingverse}} Trivia subpage]], and--if you didn't need that liver anyway--a [[{{DrinkingGame/Buildingverse}} Drinking Game]].
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!Notable longer works in the "franchise" in alphabetical order:
Most Website/DeviantArt ones end up in the [[http://roomatesfans.deviantart.com/ fan group]].
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!!!Works with trope pages:
* '''''Webcomic/DownTheStreet'' by Heroes Daughter''':\\
Focuses on a nearby building where Dr. Frankenstein and Dracula are sharing an apartment. Wasn't updated since May 2011.
* '''''Webcomic/GirlsNextDoor'' by Pika-la-Cynique''':\\
Focuses on unwilling love interests Sarah and Christine. Ongoing, updates on Wednesdays. MorePopularSpinOff. Also doubles as [[WebVideo/GirlsNextDoor webvideo]].
* '''''Webcomic/MeanwhileUpstairs'' by [=EveryDayArtist=]''':\\
Focuses on new tenants John Taylor, Spencer Reid, and Agent Derek Morgan, as well as supporting characters who don't get as much limelight in other series. Ongoing, updates on Fridays.
* '''''{{Webcomic/Roommates}}'' by Ashe Rhyder''':\\
The mother series of it all. CerebusRollercoaster and highly {{Mind Screw}}y. Ongoing, updates on Mondays.
* '''''{{Webcomic/Superintendent}}'' by spiritfox94''':\\
SlashFic about superintendent Valjean and his boyfriend. Ongoing, without a fixed update day.
!!!Others
* '''''[[http://belle-et-la-bette.deviantart.com Children and Monsters]]'' by Belle-et-la-Bette''':\\
Extrapolated from the GND strip "Not-Pocket Monsters". Ongoing, without a fixed update day.
* '''''[[http://romancefreak.deviantart.com/gallery/37199899 Funny Days with the Stars]]'' by romancefreak''':\\
Strictly a collection of one page gags (it isn't even numbered) centered around the misadventures of various characters, a [[AuthorAvatar self-insert]] and the occasional OC.
* '''''[[http://everydayartist.deviantart.com/gallery/37769982 Homework]]'' also by [=EveryDayArtist=] of ''Webcomic/MeanwhileUpstairs''''':\\
Wasn't updated since June 2012.
* '''''[[http://greeneyesandglasses.deviantart.com/gallery/41909202 Only A Dream]]'' by greeneyesandglasses''':\\
Fanfic with Sarah[=/=]Jareth and heavy emphasis on dreams.
* '''''[[http://ladyakeldama.deviantart.com/gallery/28391155 The Vampires Below]]'' by [=LadyAkeldama=]''':\\
Fanfic that added various more crossovers mostly from the Literature/AnitaBlake novels. Wasn't updated since Feb. 2011.
* '''''[[http://amarth9.deviantart.com/gallery/32162471 Tanuki in the Building]]'' by [=Amarth9=]''':\\
Fancomic which adds some [=OC=]s. Wasn't updated since Sept. 2011.
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!!Tropes associated with the Buildingverse:
* ActorAllusion: Playing with this is one of the source for meta joke.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Almost all characters have embarrassing parents, except if they are dead... which is [[DeathIsCheap a hard thing to do around here]]. Jadis (Jareth's mother) takes the cake but it's safer to assume that any parent will be embarrassing unless proven otherwise.
* ArtShift: In the case of the comics nobody is surprised, but because things like [[IndecisiveMedium "and the art went all straight"]] appear even in the fics this deserves a special mention.
* BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil: Because the primary source for these forces is Literature/GoodOmens in the 'verse.
* BuildingOfAdventure: Well, it's called the ''Building''verse for a reason. [[SubvertedTrope But]] it stands in a CityOfAdventure (''The [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield Unnamed University Town]]'') that also has a [[ExtranormalInstitute University]] named after [[PatronSaint St. Jude]] and [[GeographicFlexibility who knows what else]]. There where also outtakes from Oz to Paris.
* CityWithNoName: The main building stands in one. Even the fans and creators call it ''The Unnamed University Town'' if they need too.
* CrossoverShip[=/=]CrackPairing: It graced fangirls everywhere with several in-universe ones (so not even going into the fan ones) at least [[ShipTease teased]], for example:
** ''Roommates'' hatched [[Literature/LesMiserables Éponine]]/[[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean James Norrington]], [[Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera Blind Mag]]/[[ThePhantomOfTheOpera Erik]], [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Jadis]]/[[Literature/TheErlKing Mr. King]] (ended but ho boy the crack level)
** ''Girls Next Door'' hatched [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Jadis]]/[[Film/Legend1985 Darkness]], [[Literature/TheSilenceOfThelambs Clarice]]/[[Literature/LesMiserables Javert]]
** ''Superintendent'' hatched [[Myth/KingArthur Morgan]]/[[Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Clopin]]
* DeathIsCheap: DeathIsCheap in the 'verse in general, but at least in ''Roommates'' there is an outright NobodyCanDie rule in place.
* DependingOnTheWriter: Each and every addition to the 'verse has different writers with different character interpretations and story ideas. Here this is a feature, not a bug, though.
* Website/DeviantArt: Most works are published on this platform.
* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: As out of canon worlds go, this is a fairly common phenomenon. (Also the other DidYouJustIndexCthulhu tropes tend to happen fairly regularly. Except DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu because these aren't that action oriented works.)
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The naming convention of the series' tend to reference where its main characters live relative to the main apartment of ''Roommates'' (like: next door, down the street) or what they are/do in the 'verse (being the superintendent). Sometimes both (Vampires Below is about vampires who live on a lower level). Or rarely the most fitting trope (like: [[ABoyAndHisX Children And Monsters]])
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Tend to run on this.
* TheFairFolk[=/=]WitchSpecies: The Magical People. They are a big source of mischief. The focus on them wary from work to work, but they are [[GreatGazoo "easily entertained but frequently bored tricksters"]] at best, and you don't want to see their worst. Really you don't. If any work has a Nightmare Fuel entry it's a safe bet that it's because of them.
* {{Fanservice}}: These series' are fanservice heavy and shamelessly self-aware about it. Often Invoked and Lampshaded.
* FanVid: They exist and unsurprisingly most of them are set to {{Obsession|Song}} or {{Breakup Song}}s. Some examples:
** ''{{Webcomic/Roommates}}'':
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JpFFgmG_iQ Loathing]] - the comic with the same name set to ''[[{{Theatre/Wicked}} What is this feeling...]]''
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc3xG4MgT7A Trailer- The Roommates Voiceovers]] - The project never got made but it has a trailer.
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vau4EX_DKbg ROOMMATES Tribute]] - set to a pitch modified ''[[Music/KellyClarkson Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)]]''
** ''Webcomic/GirlsNextDoor'':
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QNkmOVzCpY Girls Next Door wannabe]] - mostly to ''[[Music/SpiceGirls Wannabe]]''.
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rkq0zT7Ysz4 That's what GND girls do]]
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlBv1wYINN0 Trap of Love]] - by the [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated Hex Girls]].
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dtF6YuOffI Jareth doesn't like Christine]] - Music ''[[Music/AvrilLavigne Girlfriend]]''.
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTSMOya54Pc Happy New Years GND fans]] - ''[[{{Music/ABBA}} Happy New Year]]''.
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGJczP8VYiE coming to take me away]]
** ''Mixed'':
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NblyFd51Z_A ❤The Unforgiven❤ {Jareth x Sarah} SEQUEL (Hurts - Stay)]] - This is an almost 5 minutes {{Film/Labyrinth}} sequel building mostly around the ''Dark!Jareth arc'' of ''{{Webcomic/Roommates}}'' and a short clip of ''Film/PracticalMagic'' set to ''Stay'' by Hurts.
* FinaglesLaw: A good friend of the RuleOfFunny and archnemesis of the RuleOfCool and the RuleOfRomantic, how it relates to the RuleOfDrama (and the RuleOfSexy) depends on the individual work.
* {{Foil}}: One of the major backbones of the Buildingverse is the idea of taking characters from different stories who are alike and/or serve similar narrative roles, and making them roommates.
** '''Erik & Jareth''': [[StalkerWithACrush Stalkers with Crushes]]. Too dark and villainous for their canons to grant them happy endings, but too sexy and sympathetic for the fandoms not to wish it for them. Both are also musical and theatrical, with a taste for the dramatic. On the other side, as alike as they are, Erik has a great deal of fundamental human compassion, and ''chooses'' to let Christine go, while Jareth is conversely very ''in''human and fae, and truly does not understand that kind of human morality.
** '''Sarah & Christine''': [[TheIngenue Ingenues]] who have grown into self-assured women. They ''know'' stalking isn't sexy--they made the "right" choice in canon--but they're still attracted to and caring about their suitors. They struggle to reconcile these two things. SympathyForTheDevil is a difficult thing to work with. They're ''heroines''--they can't just coldly turn their backs on their sexy villain antagonists. But neither will they put up again with the tricks and games their sexy villain antagonists put them through.
** '''James & Javert''': {{Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist}}s. Honorable men who got the short end of the plot.
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* InterspeciesRomance: It's established that the ''[[TheFairFolk Magical]] [[WitchSpecies People]]'' [[InvokedTrope actively engage]] in this, because of a [[TangledFamilyTree family tree]] resembling the unholy bastard child of an elaborate Celtic Knot and the TimeyWimeyBall. With more powerful ones becoming even DivineDate... or DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu
* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: ''Roommates'' began with ''{{Film/Labyrinth}}'', ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'', ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' and ''Theatre/LesMiserables'' but as currently stands we are closer to a {{Multiverse}} where AllStoriesAreRealSomewhere.
* MetaFic[=/=]InnBetweenTheWorlds: These stories take place on an alternate Earth where fictional characters can go after their stories end (or between stories). Like when they [[DeathIsCheap died]].
* ObligatoryJoke: Any addition to the 'verse is "obligated" to sooner or later do a gift (fruit) basket joke (it's a ShoutOut to a RunningGag in ''Roommates'').
* OffstageVillainy[=/=]HeroOfAnotherStory: The [[FinaglesLaw fail field]] actively forces any heroism and villainy off panel... or even general cool for that matter.
* OrphanedSeries[=/=]DeadFic: As noted on the "longer works" list several of the spin-offs end up as this or at least on an extended SeriesHiatus. It's still safe to assume that at any given time at least 3 or 4 are active.
* RecursiveFanfiction: The whole 'verse grew out as this for ''Roommates'', with the current level of interconnectedness it's hard to say which is based on which anymore.
* RecursiveReality[=/=]SchrodingersButterfly: Worlds of fiction that are fictional in the world of the comic that is fictional in ours... and this is just the beginning.
* SelfReferentialHumor: Much of the humor of these works come from their heightened awareness... yeah, lots of lampshades, playing with tropes and the like.
* SlidingScaleOfFourthWallHardness: ''Nonexistent Fourth Wall'' (in FridgeLogic even ''Beyond No Fourth Wall'' as the RecursiveReality implies that even a readers could be fictional). At least ''Roommates'' can be argued to have NoFourthWall at all, others are mostly ''just'' MediumAware, because despite characters' awareness[[note]]Tend to begin on the level of FunctionalGenreSavvy if not MetaGuy and being the FourthWallObserver isn't rare either.[[/note]] [[BreakingTheFourthWall fourth wall breakage]] isn't really a plot point.
* SlidingScaleOfPlotVersusCharacters: Firmly on the character driven side. Even the one with the most plot is only balanced at best.
* TakeThatAudience[=/=]SelfDeprecation[=/=]BitingTheHandHumor: And not always played for laughs. These are a self-aware fandom works for fans by a fans. Yes, nobody thinks twice about making jokes about shipping, fans and their/our assorted antics... but the same time it doesn't shy away delivering punches against the "original" authors either. The balance between these tropes vary between works but are almost always present.
* TangledFamilyTree: Every magical being from every fanon ever is related, and they practice InterspeciesRomance with mortals. Also all vampires are "related" too.
* TargetAudience: Women, mostly in their 20s, and the {{fangirl}} (optionally simply {{geek}} or {{nerd}}) variety, [[MostFanficWritersAreGirls not surprisingly]]. At least the author of ''GND'' joked about "When I grow up I want to draw [[ShoujoDemographic shoujo manga]]." (some would argue that she already does or what she does is closer to {{josei}} actually).
* TheoryOfNarrativeCausality: These comics and fics tend to be perfectly self-aware about their own fictional nature. "Narrative Convenience" is many times the ''characters''' in-universe answer to things.
* TheyWalkAmongUs: Well, there isn't a {{Masquerade}} and at least in the ''[[CityOfAdventure Unnamed University Town]]'' {{Muggles}} are the rarest species.
* VillainsOutShopping: Many characters in the 'verse are canonically villains... [[RetiredMonster trying to begin a new life]]. So this is a regular occurrence.
* AWizardDidIt: Or "A fae did it!" or what do we get when a world is self-aware enough to in-universe acknowledge magic as plot device.
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[[caption-width-right:300:Top panel: [[{{Series/Supernatural}} Sam and Dean]]\\
Lower panel: ([[{{Film/Labyrinth}} Jareth's boot), Sarah]], [[Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera Christine, Erik]], [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean James]], [[Literature/LesMiserables Javert]], and [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Legolas]]]]
->''"What happens after the film ends and the credits roll" is a subject of fanon everywhere, but in this universe we do things slightly... differently. We ask, "What happens when the film ends, and while everything in it happened, it's still a film? Where do you go from there?" The answer appears to be: Buildingverse!''
-->-- '''Sursum Ursa''', ''WebVideo/StuffYouLike''
InAWorld, where fictional characters can go after their story ended. In an unnamed, secret university town with a population consisting almost entirely of aforementioned fictional characters stands the emynonuis Building. It all began when Jareth of ''{{Film/Labyrinth}}'' and Erik of ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' decided to move in after some years of [[DrowningMySorrows drowning their sorrows]] together. And the madness spreads ever since.
In less movie trailer like words: The Buildingverse is TheVerse that sprung up around the Website/DeviantArt FanWebcomic ''{{Webcomic/Roommates}}'' when different authors began producing {{Spin Off}}s and otherwise expanding on the source material. Most of these take place in the {{Building|OfAdventure}} ([[JustForFun/FortyTwo Building #42]]) or the [[ExtranormalInstitute University]] ([[PatronSaint Saint Jude's]]), or at least in [[CityWithNoName The Unnamed University Town]], but the world outside is big and some already stepped outside... a bit.
It has a [[{{Trivia/Buildingverse}} Trivia subpage]], and--if you didn't need that liver anyway--a [[{{DrinkingGame/Buildingverse}} Drinking Game]].
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!Notable longer works in the "franchise" in alphabetical order:
Most Website/DeviantArt ones end up in the [[http://roomatesfans.deviantart.com/ fan group]].
[[index]]
!!!Works with trope pages:
* '''''Webcomic/DownTheStreet'' by Heroes Daughter''':\\
Focuses on a nearby building where Dr. Frankenstein and Dracula are sharing an apartment. Wasn't updated since May 2011.
* '''''Webcomic/GirlsNextDoor'' by Pika-la-Cynique''':\\
Focuses on unwilling love interests Sarah and Christine. Ongoing, updates on Wednesdays. MorePopularSpinOff. Also doubles as [[WebVideo/GirlsNextDoor webvideo]].
* '''''Webcomic/MeanwhileUpstairs'' by [=EveryDayArtist=]''':\\
Focuses on new tenants John Taylor, Spencer Reid, and Agent Derek Morgan, as well as supporting characters who don't get as much limelight in other series. Ongoing, updates on Fridays.
* '''''{{Webcomic/Roommates}}'' by Ashe Rhyder''':\\
The mother series of it all. CerebusRollercoaster and highly {{Mind Screw}}y. Ongoing, updates on Mondays.
* '''''{{Webcomic/Superintendent}}'' by spiritfox94''':\\
SlashFic about superintendent Valjean and his boyfriend. Ongoing, without a fixed update day.
!!!Others
* '''''[[http://belle-et-la-bette.deviantart.com Children and Monsters]]'' by Belle-et-la-Bette''':\\
Extrapolated from the GND strip "Not-Pocket Monsters". Ongoing, without a fixed update day.
* '''''[[http://romancefreak.deviantart.com/gallery/37199899 Funny Days with the Stars]]'' by romancefreak''':\\
Strictly a collection of one page gags (it isn't even numbered) centered around the misadventures of various characters, a [[AuthorAvatar self-insert]] and the occasional OC.
* '''''[[http://everydayartist.deviantart.com/gallery/37769982 Homework]]'' also by [=EveryDayArtist=] of ''Webcomic/MeanwhileUpstairs''''':\\
Wasn't updated since June 2012.
* '''''[[http://greeneyesandglasses.deviantart.com/gallery/41909202 Only A Dream]]'' by greeneyesandglasses''':\\
Fanfic with Sarah[=/=]Jareth and heavy emphasis on dreams.
* '''''[[http://ladyakeldama.deviantart.com/gallery/28391155 The Vampires Below]]'' by [=LadyAkeldama=]''':\\
Fanfic that added various more crossovers mostly from the Literature/AnitaBlake novels. Wasn't updated since Feb. 2011.
* '''''[[http://amarth9.deviantart.com/gallery/32162471 Tanuki in the Building]]'' by [=Amarth9=]''':\\
Fancomic which adds some [=OC=]s. Wasn't updated since Sept. 2011.
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!!Tropes associated with the Buildingverse:
* ActorAllusion: Playing with this is one of the source for meta joke.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Almost all characters have embarrassing parents, except if they are dead... which is [[DeathIsCheap a hard thing to do around here]]. Jadis (Jareth's mother) takes the cake but it's safer to assume that any parent will be embarrassing unless proven otherwise.
* ArtShift: In the case of the comics nobody is surprised, but because things like [[IndecisiveMedium "and the art went all straight"]] appear even in the fics this deserves a special mention.
* BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil: Because the primary source for these forces is Literature/GoodOmens in the 'verse.
* BuildingOfAdventure: Well, it's called the ''Building''verse for a reason. [[SubvertedTrope But]] it stands in a CityOfAdventure (''The [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield Unnamed University Town]]'') that also has a [[ExtranormalInstitute University]] named after [[PatronSaint St. Jude]] and [[GeographicFlexibility who knows what else]]. There where also outtakes from Oz to Paris.
* CityWithNoName: The main building stands in one. Even the fans and creators call it ''The Unnamed University Town'' if they need too.
* CrossoverShip[=/=]CrackPairing: It graced fangirls everywhere with several in-universe ones (so not even going into the fan ones) at least [[ShipTease teased]], for example:
** ''Roommates'' hatched [[Literature/LesMiserables Éponine]]/[[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean James Norrington]], [[Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera Blind Mag]]/[[ThePhantomOfTheOpera Erik]], [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Jadis]]/[[Literature/TheErlKing Mr. King]] (ended but ho boy the crack level)
** ''Girls Next Door'' hatched [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Jadis]]/[[Film/Legend1985 Darkness]], [[Literature/TheSilenceOfThelambs Clarice]]/[[Literature/LesMiserables Javert]]
** ''Superintendent'' hatched [[Myth/KingArthur Morgan]]/[[Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Clopin]]
* DeathIsCheap: DeathIsCheap in the 'verse in general, but at least in ''Roommates'' there is an outright NobodyCanDie rule in place.
* DependingOnTheWriter: Each and every addition to the 'verse has different writers with different character interpretations and story ideas. Here this is a feature, not a bug, though.
* Website/DeviantArt: Most works are published on this platform.
* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: As out of canon worlds go, this is a fairly common phenomenon. (Also the other DidYouJustIndexCthulhu tropes tend to happen fairly regularly. Except DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu because these aren't that action oriented works.)
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The naming convention of the series' tend to reference where its main characters live relative to the main apartment of ''Roommates'' (like: next door, down the street) or what they are/do in the 'verse (being the superintendent). Sometimes both (Vampires Below is about vampires who live on a lower level). Or rarely the most fitting trope (like: [[ABoyAndHisX Children And Monsters]])
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Tend to run on this.
* TheFairFolk[=/=]WitchSpecies: The Magical People. They are a big source of mischief. The focus on them wary from work to work, but they are [[GreatGazoo "easily entertained but frequently bored tricksters"]] at best, and you don't want to see their worst. Really you don't. If any work has a Nightmare Fuel entry it's a safe bet that it's because of them.
* {{Fanservice}}: These series' are fanservice heavy and shamelessly self-aware about it. Often Invoked and Lampshaded.
* FanVid: They exist and unsurprisingly most of them are set to {{Obsession|Song}} or {{Breakup Song}}s. Some examples:
** ''{{Webcomic/Roommates}}'':
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JpFFgmG_iQ Loathing]] - the comic with the same name set to ''[[{{Theatre/Wicked}} What is this feeling...]]''
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc3xG4MgT7A Trailer- The Roommates Voiceovers]] - The project never got made but it has a trailer.
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vau4EX_DKbg ROOMMATES Tribute]] - set to a pitch modified ''[[Music/KellyClarkson Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)]]''
** ''Webcomic/GirlsNextDoor'':
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QNkmOVzCpY Girls Next Door wannabe]] - mostly to ''[[Music/SpiceGirls Wannabe]]''.
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rkq0zT7Ysz4 That's what GND girls do]]
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlBv1wYINN0 Trap of Love]] - by the [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated Hex Girls]].
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dtF6YuOffI Jareth doesn't like Christine]] - Music ''[[Music/AvrilLavigne Girlfriend]]''.
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTSMOya54Pc Happy New Years GND fans]] - ''[[{{Music/ABBA}} Happy New Year]]''.
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGJczP8VYiE coming to take me away]]
** ''Mixed'':
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NblyFd51Z_A ❤The Unforgiven❤ {Jareth x Sarah} SEQUEL (Hurts - Stay)]] - This is an almost 5 minutes {{Film/Labyrinth}} sequel building mostly around the ''Dark!Jareth arc'' of ''{{Webcomic/Roommates}}'' and a short clip of ''Film/PracticalMagic'' set to ''Stay'' by Hurts.
* FinaglesLaw: A good friend of the RuleOfFunny and archnemesis of the RuleOfCool and the RuleOfRomantic, how it relates to the RuleOfDrama (and the RuleOfSexy) depends on the individual work.
* {{Foil}}: One of the major backbones of the Buildingverse is the idea of taking characters from different stories who are alike and/or serve similar narrative roles, and making them roommates.
** '''Erik & Jareth''': [[StalkerWithACrush Stalkers with Crushes]]. Too dark and villainous for their canons to grant them happy endings, but too sexy and sympathetic for the fandoms not to wish it for them. Both are also musical and theatrical, with a taste for the dramatic. On the other side, as alike as they are, Erik has a great deal of fundamental human compassion, and ''chooses'' to let Christine go, while Jareth is conversely very ''in''human and fae, and truly does not understand that kind of human morality.
** '''Sarah & Christine''': [[TheIngenue Ingenues]] who have grown into self-assured women. They ''know'' stalking isn't sexy--they made the "right" choice in canon--but they're still attracted to and caring about their suitors. They struggle to reconcile these two things. SympathyForTheDevil is a difficult thing to work with. They're ''heroines''--they can't just coldly turn their backs on their sexy villain antagonists. But neither will they put up again with the tricks and games their sexy villain antagonists put them through.
** '''James & Javert''': {{Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist}}s. Honorable men who got the short end of the plot.
%% ** '''Legolas & Sweeney Todd''':
%% I'm not actually sure how Legolas and Sweeney Todd are foils. If you know, please fill it in.
* InterspeciesRomance: It's established that the ''[[TheFairFolk Magical]] [[WitchSpecies People]]'' [[InvokedTrope actively engage]] in this, because of a [[TangledFamilyTree family tree]] resembling the unholy bastard child of an elaborate Celtic Knot and the TimeyWimeyBall. With more powerful ones becoming even DivineDate... or DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu
* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: ''Roommates'' began with ''{{Film/Labyrinth}}'', ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'', ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' and ''Theatre/LesMiserables'' but as currently stands we are closer to a {{Multiverse}} where AllStoriesAreRealSomewhere.
* MetaFic[=/=]InnBetweenTheWorlds: These stories take place on an alternate Earth where fictional characters can go after their stories end (or between stories). Like when they [[DeathIsCheap died]].
* ObligatoryJoke: Any addition to the 'verse is "obligated" to sooner or later do a gift (fruit) basket joke (it's a ShoutOut to a RunningGag in ''Roommates'').
* OffstageVillainy[=/=]HeroOfAnotherStory: The [[FinaglesLaw fail field]] actively forces any heroism and villainy off panel... or even general cool for that matter.
* OrphanedSeries[=/=]DeadFic: As noted on the "longer works" list several of the spin-offs end up as this or at least on an extended SeriesHiatus. It's still safe to assume that at any given time at least 3 or 4 are active.
* RecursiveFanfiction: The whole 'verse grew out as this for ''Roommates'', with the current level of interconnectedness it's hard to say which is based on which anymore.
* RecursiveReality[=/=]SchrodingersButterfly: Worlds of fiction that are fictional in the world of the comic that is fictional in ours... and this is just the beginning.
* SelfReferentialHumor: Much of the humor of these works come from their heightened awareness... yeah, lots of lampshades, playing with tropes and the like.
* SlidingScaleOfFourthWallHardness: ''Nonexistent Fourth Wall'' (in FridgeLogic even ''Beyond No Fourth Wall'' as the RecursiveReality implies that even a readers could be fictional). At least ''Roommates'' can be argued to have NoFourthWall at all, others are mostly ''just'' MediumAware, because despite characters' awareness[[note]]Tend to begin on the level of FunctionalGenreSavvy if not MetaGuy and being the FourthWallObserver isn't rare either.[[/note]] [[BreakingTheFourthWall fourth wall breakage]] isn't really a plot point.
* SlidingScaleOfPlotVersusCharacters: Firmly on the character driven side. Even the one with the most plot is only balanced at best.
* TakeThatAudience[=/=]SelfDeprecation[=/=]BitingTheHandHumor: And not always played for laughs. These are a self-aware fandom works for fans by a fans. Yes, nobody thinks twice about making jokes about shipping, fans and their/our assorted antics... but the same time it doesn't shy away delivering punches against the "original" authors either. The balance between these tropes vary between works but are almost always present.
* TangledFamilyTree: Every magical being from every fanon ever is related, and they practice InterspeciesRomance with mortals. Also all vampires are "related" too.
* TargetAudience: Women, mostly in their 20s, and the {{fangirl}} (optionally simply {{geek}} or {{nerd}}) variety, [[MostFanficWritersAreGirls not surprisingly]]. At least the author of ''GND'' joked about "When I grow up I want to draw [[ShoujoDemographic shoujo manga]]." (some would argue that she already does or what she does is closer to {{josei}} actually).
* TheoryOfNarrativeCausality: These comics and fics tend to be perfectly self-aware about their own fictional nature. "Narrative Convenience" is many times the ''characters''' in-universe answer to things.
* TheyWalkAmongUs: Well, there isn't a {{Masquerade}} and at least in the ''[[CityOfAdventure Unnamed University Town]]'' {{Muggles}} are the rarest species.
* VillainsOutShopping: Many characters in the 'verse are canonically villains... [[RetiredMonster trying to begin a new life]]. So this is a regular occurrence.
* AWizardDidIt: Or "A fae did it!" or what do we get when a world is self-aware enough to in-universe acknowledge magic as plot device.
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