Everything2

Everything2, (a.k.a Everything, a.k.a E2) is a cross between a Wiki Tropes and a massive multi-user Blog.

Each page of Everything2 is called a "node". A node is just a title - a topic for discussion or elucidation. Attached to the node are "writeups" - written descriptions, essays, anecdotes, fiction or poetry on the subject of the node.

A node without any writeups - that is, created in anticipation of some other user's writeup - is called a "nodeshell". It is surprisingly common practice for some noder to create a bizarre, contrived node name[[hottip:* :for instance, [[http://everything2.com/title/Your

(This explains those occasions where a node's title proclaims one opinion loud and clear, but has a corresponding writeup that has a more reserved opinion of the subject.)

Also contains categories- lists of collected nodes sharing a like premise or theme.

Home to such fiction series as New York Magician, Fine Structure, and the Metro City Chronicles.

Contains examples of:

Abandoned Hospital: "The Blacke Asylum"
Adjective Noun Fred: [[http://everything2.com/title/Why
Adventures in The Bible A proof in time. It doesn't end well for the time traveler.
After the End: Many stories, including an entire Category listing After the End related writeups. Some examples of fiction include:
- If I'm right, you'll be here to read this any day now. An Apocalyptic Log as the world is being destroyed in a sci-fi-ish Ragnarok
- The Penguin Game.
Alternate Reality Game: Of a sort, and often unintentionally. The site hosts both fiction running the gamut from wildly fantastic to Slice of Life, and bloggy anecdotes which tend toward the strange-but-true. With a lot of entries, it's hard to tell which one it is, and even on the more unlikely fiction entries it lends an ARG-like feel.
Animal Assassin: [[http://everything2.com/title/How
Apocalyptic Log: "The Lovecraftian compulsion to keep writing even as one is being devoured"
Apocalypse How: "How to destroy the Earth", the best-known non-fiction text on level X
Batter Up: [[http://everything2.com/title/Standing
Beary Funny: The Bear FAQ
Beige Prose: [[http://everything2.com/title/Six
Blazing Inferno Hellfire Sauce: "I lost my uvula in the war
Buried Alive / Robots Enslaving Robots: "Why there is no moloch13"
Companion Cube: Webster 1913
Connect the Deaths: "secret city map with pins set at the places their eyes had met"
Deal With the Devil: "The Consequence of Depravity"
- Combined with Jackass Genie, Cruel and Unusual Death, and Came Back Wrong in "The demon was just under three feet tall"
Diabolical Mastermind / Mad Scientist: [[http://everything2.com/title/I
The Drifter: The "Walking Man" series
Easily Thwarted Alien Invasion: "[[http://everything2.com/title/Why
Elvis Lives: "The King, Multidimensional"
Fairy Tale: An entire list of public domain Grimm fairytales.
Fallen Angel: A series of short stories follows Satan and his titular fall. First can be found Here.
Faux to Guide: Quite a few, including (but not limited to)
- How to become a mighty pirate.
- How to write bad poetry.
Freak Lab Accident: "[[http://everything2.com/title/What
Fusion Fic: "The Matrix a la Veggie Tales," [[http://everything2.com/e2node/The
For Dummies: [[http://everything2.com/title/The
Gadgeteer Genius / Cerebus Syndrome: "Ed stories"
Gangsta Style: [[http://everything2.com/title/Shooting
God Test: "Creating a password to convince yourself you have traveled back in time"
Gratuitous Iambic Pentameter: "Two Gentlemen on Veronica"
Hell Hound: "Tales of MYSTERY and the UNEXPLAINED"
Kiss of Death: [[http://everything2.com/title/Being
Killed Mid Sentence: [[http://everything2.com/title/Incomplete%2520two-word
Let's Meet the Meat: [[http://everything2.com/title/Deconstructing
The Library of Babel: I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.
Long Title: A good portion of nodes have entire sentences for titles.
Lovecraft Lite: Again, many stories. Usually played for humor. Here's a short list. Some examples:
- How I bested Cthulhu and saved the world.
- How to turn a kraken house into a kraken home.
- On the more horrific (but not quite Cosmic Horror Story scale) side: Shub-Internet.
Mad Scientist: The poem The chemist.
Magic From Technology: Played straight in [[http://everything2.com/title/How
Magical Realism: Many stories. Notably a series of (probably fictional) daylogs by one user named complexmessiah, found here.
- How to spot a powerful mage.
Mechanical Lifeforms: The series of daylogs following Moloch36 and his days in shaft thirteen, level ninety-nine. First can be found here.
Mushroom Samba: "Summit in Savannah"
Necromancer / Villain Protagonist / Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain / So Bad Its Good: A series of daylogs by an inept, Jerkass, wannabe necromancer. The first can be found here, but to get to the others, just go here and start from the bottom.
Our Angels Are Different: Again, several stories.
- Nephilim, a brief tale of urban warfare, part one and part two.
- Played for humor in [[http://everything2.com/user/256/writeups/%2522It+could+use+a+space+ship
- Played for horror in Requiem Aeternam.
Our Fairies Are Different: There is a detailed set of instructions of how to gather pixie dust.
Our Vampires Are Different:
- I will stitch your heart together with filthy twine and sex.
- Interview with a vampire
- Some vampires actually get pissed when you tell them to have a nice day.
Our Zombies Are Different: A small category dedicated to zombies. Some examples include:
- Tell me a story about brains, combining Horror Hunger and literal Dead Baby Comedy.
- The zombie revolution will not be televised, but it will be tweeted. An Apocalyptic Log that is Exactly What It Says On the Tin.
Out With a Bang: several nodes, among them [[http://everything2.com/title/How
Overly Long Gag: "I hate this god damn robot"
Pals With Jesus: "Me and Sue and Ricky and God"
Plant Person: The Meadow, Dark and Moist combines it with Involuntary Shapeshifting and Body Horror.
- Another story, Wereshrub, is Exactly What It Says On the Tin.
Poke in The Third Eye
Private Detective: "The Kim Li Diaries"
Punch Clock Villain: It's a hard knock life for a cosmic horror cultist.
Ridiculously Human Robot: **[[http://everything2.com/title/You%2527re+not+alone+
- Not so much in looks, but in personality. I tried to laugh, but my photocells were cold from the night.
Robot Girl: And? Combines it with Bittersweet Ending and hints of What Measure Is a Non Human.
Saving Christmas: "How Jenna Jameson Saved Christmas"
Screw You Elves: "Fifteen Elvish ways to die"
Shaggy Dog Story: [[http://everything2.com/title/The
Shapeshifter Mode Lock: The horror story We don't make good wives explains why one should never do this to a shapeshifting snake woman, no matter how much of a Cute Monster Girl you think she is.
Stable Time Loop The longest science fiction story ever.
Too Spicy for Yog Sothoth: [[http://everything2.com/title/
Undead Child / So Bad Its Good / Former Child Star : "Bag of Crushed Child"
Walking the Earth: "Follow the Sun"
Who Wants to Live Forever: "Immortality blows"
What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic: [[http://everything2.com/title/My
What Would X Do: "What would Cthulhu Do?"
Wiki Walk: the site, by virtue of the 'related nodes' table at the bottom of each page.
Worst News Judgment Ever: "[[http://everything2.com/title/TWO
You Are Number Six: "[[http://everything2.com/title/Student
Zany Scheme: [[http://everything2.com/title/A