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{{trope}}
When fanfiction writers do several (not just a few, ''several'') fics for the same fandom in the same continuity as each other, that's a
If they keep it coherent and get enough interest,
{{examples}}
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Fanfic/Legacy Of The Rasengan|Legacy Of The Rasengan]]'' by Tellemicus Sundance has spawned its own fan verse in recent years, especially now since he has given up on Chuuten and has chosen a successor to continue it.
* The ''[http://www.nsamo.net/SME/ Sailor Moon Expanded]'' community was a prime example of a
* [http://www.sterman.org/ Richard Lawson] created two such
** ''Thy Inward Love'' is a [[Continuation]] fic that picks up at the end of the ''Ranma'' manga and attempts to resolve the series' [[Love Dodecahedron]] and corresponding web of honor entanglements; in addition to the main storyline there are several prequels and side stories, and a sequel series.
** ''Thy Outward Part'' is an [[Alternate Universe Fic]] where Ranma is locked in female form permanently in the wake of a different, more tragic outcome to the Chisuiton arc of the manga. Pushed away by a homophobic Akane, Ranma goes to college alone and unhappy, until she meets a young man who finds her attractive and wants to learn martial arts from her. Long thought to be "closed", this 'verse was recently revived when Lawson started writing stories in it again.
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* ''[[Megatokyo]]'' has spawned at least three Fan Verses to date. The oldest is the ''[[Megatokyo]]: the Clans'' game that started in 2001 on the [[Megatokyo]] Forum, and which is ''still'' going (look for threads labled [Mt:tC] in the RP subforum). More recently is the Story Discussion Fanworks game that is hosted off site in its own dedicated forum. Most recently is the energetic [[Megatokyo Campfire Story]] that can be found in the fanart subforum.
* In ''[[Naruto]]'' fandom, the Lace and Strawberries or Saki-chan Fan Verse, started by Asuka Kureru or Askerian. The basic premise is Sasuke dealing with his issues via cross-dressing as a Gothic Lolita that goes by the name of Saki. Not actually crack. While she has written only three fics in this verse, the number of fan-fan works has possibly reached triple digits, and includes writers such as chibirisu-chan, ice-dark elf, and crazy-toffee.
* ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya/Fanfic Recs|The Continuance of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' by Hejin57. This series branches directly off the anime adaptation of ''The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya''. Starting with ''The Attraction of Haruhi Suzumiya'', this story has already seen three completed sequels, and another already in the works. Set for six stories in total, this fanfic series easily qualifies as a
* ''[[One Piece]]'' has one in the [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2913725/1/One_Piece_The_Crew_of_the_Axe Crew of the Axe Universe] due to the main fanfic crossing over with several other fics, and those fics crossing over with more fics.
* Ashamed as I am to bring this up, I can hardly believe it hasn't been here yet. It's very much a fetish fanfic crossover, but it's been around for a long time and spawned many storylines, including multiple interactive "Choose Your Own Adventure" style stories. It's the very NSFW fanverse [[Fanfic/Wild Horses And Pokegirls|Wild Horses And Pokegirls]] where Ranma is sent to a very twisted Pokemon altverse where, at some point in history, women were crossed with pokemon so that now, everyone has some level of poke DNA, and very few girls look human, especially after puberty. Those that do, don't usually stay that way for long.
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== Comic Books ==
* ''[[The Private Diary of Elizabeth Quatermain]]'' is an ''[[LXG]]'' fic series which picks up where the movie left off. The OC narrator is Quatermain's perfectly ordinary, un-powered daughter, who ended up living with the League when {{spoiler|his death}} caused her to lose her home and her place in London society. It took four years to write and stretched across five complete multi-chapter stories, plus a handful of side scenes and alternate points of view. The final installment crossed over with the same author's [[A Study in Charlotte (Darth Wiki)|unfinished Sherlock Holmes fanfic]], thus indicating that the two stories take place in the same continuity. Additionally, a few other people on [[Fan Fiction]].net actually wrote fanfic ''about'' the LXG fanfic, a phenomenon which perhaps merits its own trope.
* Batman has an epic series known as the "Cat Tales" universe which some people think of as better than some of the published stuff. It has lots of awesomeness for many characters, but the main thread is attempting to create a realistic romance between Batman and Catwoman without sacrificing any of their characters' awesomeness. This is mixed in with liberal amounts of drama, humor, believable character development, and tons of great action. The first story is ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/224334/1/A_Girlrs_Gotta_Protect_Her_Reputation A Girl's Gotta Protect Her Reputation].'' And best of all, the author is still going strong after 54 stories and ''nine years''
** Also has a fair number if sidestories in the same verse co-authored by others, fan-art and its own website, [http://catwoman-cattales.com/ here]
* There is a fanfic version of the [[Marvel Universe]] that puts much more of an emphasis on lesser-known heroes and villains, such as the 1990s superhero ''Sleepwalker'', rather than mainstays such as [[Spider-Man]], the [[Fantastic Four]] or [[Captain America (comics)]], who usually guest star in the C-listers' own stories rather than get the main spotlight. Many aspects are also heavily reimagined, such as Gwen Stacy being alive and well as Peter Parker's one true love, and Mary Jane Watson developing her own spider-powers as Spider-Woman, with her own rogues gallery and supporting cast entirely separate from Peter's.
* There are several fanfics written by the same author using [[DC Comics]] heroes set during the 1940s mixing elements of modern continuity with [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] tropes. [[Word of God]] says the basic impetus of this retro-style
* On [[Live Journal]], the DC Universe RP of [http://community.livejournal.com/jla_watchtower JLA Watchtower] and its spinoff [[DC Nation]] has been going strong since 2004, using a combination of adapted DC Comics storylines and original plots. There have also been "flashback" posts that go into earlier parts of DC continuity.
* The best-known ''[[Watchmen (comics)|Watchmen]]'' fanverse is a magnificent [http://etherati.livejournal.com/26738.html Zombie AU], of all things.
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== Literature ==
* The [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1550595/Thanfiction DAYDverse], a darker take on [[Harry Potter]] started by Thanfiction and expanded upon, with the primary protagonist being [[Badass|Neville Longbottom]]. [[Dumbledore's Army and the Year of Darkness|Starts with a parallel story to ''HarryPotter and the Deathly Hallows'' and continues with the second of three books called "Sluagh," as well as numerous one-shots, missing scenes, and character profiles]].
** On the subject of ''[[Harry Potter]]'' fic, the ''[[Dangerverse]]'' arguably qualifies as a
* Author bedlamsbard on LJ has at the very least
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** Ellen Brand's ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' fics and her ''Detective Conan'' "Unprofessional Opinion" series are actually set in the Personality Conflicts [[Expanded Universe]].
** Dead Fic averted! Eleven years passed between ''Allied Powers'' and ''Hide and Seek'', but Personality Conflicts is being updated again.
* [[Star Traks]] - This is a parody
* ''[[Ambassadors of Liberty]]'' is a ''Stargate'' RP site with several other settings in the pipelines.
* [[Live Journal]] author [http://miggy.livejournal.com miggy] has provided ''[[Glee]]'' with the [http://miggy.livejournal.com/tag/fanfiction:%20glee:%20mostverse Mostverse], a small but growing set of [[Continuation]] stories mostly centered around Rachel and Kurt going to college in the [[Big Applesauce]] and rooming together. It's remarkably in-character, not to mention [[Original Flavor]].
* All of the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' stories on [[Rich's Comix Blog|Richs Comix Blog]] ([[Shrug of God|possibly]] with the exception of [[Guest Strip|Landry Walker]]'s "Seeds of Destruction") are built around the same continuity as the blog's best-known fic ''[[The 10 Doctors]]''. This universe excludes the [[Doctor Who Expanded Universe]]; and thanks to [[Crossover
== Tabletop Games ==
* The now-defunct ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'' was the largest [[Shared World]] ''[[Champions]]''
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== Web Comics ==
* There are several fanfics by the same author with ''[[Terinu]]'' set in the period prior to the canon storyline, set just after the Varn Dominion's conquest of the Earth, one set in Vulpine Prime's past just prior to ''their'' conquest by the Dominion, and a notable crossover with the Season Five ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' team. At least a couple of fanfics by other authors have crossed over OC's, and a couple of bits of Fanon were incorporated into the main storyline by author Peta Hewitt.
* The ''[[Homestuck]]'' fandom has a few. For instance, there's the [http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?34044 TROLL!COPS] AU, which puts the characters in a [[Cop Show]]-like modern setting. Or the [http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?34445 Population series]
* Inonibird's [[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater|MGS3]] universe from [[The Cobra Days]] became so popular that other fans started writing in the same universe. Some notable fics to come out of it include [http://KaruLeonnese.deviantart.com/art/Strange-Wind-44011251 "Strange Wind"] and Ryuichifox's art and writings about the Fear and the Fury.
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* [[That Guy With The Glasses]] fandom tends to be, strangely, a breeding ground for this (and they're mostly [[Dark Fic]] for some reason). There's [[That Guy with the Glasses in Space]], [[Escargoancitizen and Friends]], [http://freya-sacksen.livejournal.com/13076.html a verse where Linkara is a Vampire Hunter], [http://community.livejournal.com/tgwtg_fic/tag/au:%20victorian!verse a Victorian AU], [[Fan Fic/Hookerverse|a Hooker!Verse]], [http://community.livejournal.com/tgwtg_fic/tag/au:%20genderswapped!verse a verse for their genderswapped doubles], [http://taekarado.livejournal.com/21601.html?thread=456033#t456033 a Hypno!Verse where Insano has brainwashed everyone] and an [http://mediocredunces.livejournal.com/tag/universe:%20crazy-for-you AU where Linkara has snapped because of a creepy obsession with Spoony].
* ''[[Fanfic/Cumberholmes|Cumberholmes]]'' is a fanverse based on a group of roleplayers on [[Twitter]], and their interpretation of the characters.
* In general, all of the fanfiction written for a particular genre by [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/390166/Michael2 Michael2] takes place in the same
* Fan Author Allronix usually keeps a single continuity per fandom, meaning most of her stories for a given universe ''will'' tie together.
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* An [http://tgs.gargoyles-fans.org/ impressive collaborative series] was written for the [[Gargoyles]] series. What was notable about this was it based its story arcs on [[Word of God]] information about the future of the cartoon series, had it not been canceled. It included three "seasons" for the main Gargoyles stories, but also branched out with Brooklyn's time travel stories, the adventures of King Arthur and the London clan, and the story of the Scotland clan before its destruction.
* The [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2050803/1/Arthur_Goes_Fourth Arthur Goes Fourth] fan-verse. Yes, an ''[[Arthur (animation)|Arthur]]'' fanverse. It has two spin-offs, each set in a different grade.
* ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' has [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1868950/Artisan_Brown three] [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1339005/ prominent] [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1454908/Consuelo_Higdon authors] who influence each other and built their own
* The ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'' fandom has a couple of its own, started as a [[Continuity|continuous]] series of [[Fanfic]] and often picked up by other authors than the original one. The first one was the series ''[[Fanfic/The Adventures Of Gadget Hackwrench|The Adventures Of Gadget Hackwrench]]'' which, after the success of the epic hallmark ''[[Fanfic/Rhyme And Reason|Rhyme And Reason]]'', encouraged Rangerphiles to start writing and sort of launched the Ranger fandom's rich [[Fanfic]] tradition. The most famous example, however, is ''[[The Nowakverse]]''. Others are, for instance, ''Chip Noir Dale's Rescue Rangers'' or ''[[The Midnightverse]]''.
== Unorganized examples ==
* The "Fanfic Domain", created by fanfiction.net's [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1162566/Crazyeight Crazyeight], is both
* In the early days of the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' cartoons (specifically ''[[Sonic Sat AM]]''), several [[Big Name Fan
* Possibly the largest
* There is a whole fanfic universe, written by one author meshing every piece of fiction she knows into a whole multiverse. This is infact lampshaded in this part of the story: Firestar looked at the middle-aged twoleg in the brown hoodie. "Since when did the forest be so close to your "HQ" and "Riverdale"? Are you messing with my head, twoleg?" The twoleg replied "It's not my fault, it's GOD'S fault for mashing every piece of fiction together!" ...And to think her fanfics were pulled off of Fanfiction.net...
* ''[[The Aethion Expanded Multiverse]]'' is a universe where any Bionicle fanfic writer can put their own work in and be considered "fanon" for the universe.
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