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If they keep it coherent and get enough interest, '''Fan Verse''' writers can single-handedly influence [[Fanon]], possibly to the point of being [[Ascended Fanon|canonized]] as an [[Expanded Universe]].

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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.

* [http://www.sterman.org/ Richard Lawson] created two such Fan Verses for ''[[Ranma ½]]'' during the late 1990s:

** ''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.

** Lawson has also written a series of five ''[[All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku]]'' fics that describe the remarkable life and evolution of the ostensibly comedic title character.

* There is a ''Digimon'' fanfic series that goes like this: The first two season are one continuity, while the third, fourth and fifth all get their own, outside of the elements of Ryo and his OC Ben (an American Chosen/Tamer) which serve as continuity links between the Adventure and Tamers worlds. They have been on a long hiatus, and there may not be any more.

* 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 Fan Verse. All the stories in the series are great, too!

* ''[[Arceus Archives]]'', otherwise known as the Archiverse, is one of these to the Pokémon fandom.

 

== 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.

** 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.

== 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]].

* Author bedlamsbard on LJ has at the very least two—no, wait, working on ''three'' Narniaverses—Warsverse, Petaverse, and now possibly Casverse. Also Dustverse, which is really a continuation of Warsverse. I think. And every single one of them is freakishly amazingly written. Particularly Dustverse.

 

** 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.

* ''[[Ambassadors of Liberty]]'' is a ''Stargate'' RP site with several other settings in the pipelines.

* [[LiveJournal]] 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]].

* The "Fanfic Domain", created by fanfiction.net's [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1162566/Crazyeight Crazyeight], is both Fan Verse and metafictional masterpiece. One of its central premises is that authors are bodily transported to the Fanfic Domain and meet characters face-to-face; canon events actually happened to the characters and they actually experience the fanfics into which they are written. Enter [[Fan Dumb]], and with it, plot.

* In the early days of the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' cartoons (specifically ''[[Sonic Sat AM]]''), several [[Big Name Fan]]s, such as Bookshire Draftwood and Dan Drazen, did this. In fact, they did it in such a way that their own verses could theoretically fit into each other's with little difficulty. These Fan Verses got so large and popular that dozens of other writers over the years contributed with episodic stories that could also slip right in, culminating in a pretty massive web with hundreds of connected stories.

* 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.