The Verse - TV Tropes. It is a crafted combination of setting- elements that define the rules for how the world works and sometimes provides for sharing of characters and continuity across more than one series. A Shared Universe refers to a fictional universe with multiple authors. Such things are often defined in the Universe Bible, the one true repository of canon. These bibles may be condensed to a Universe Compendium, or published as a Universe Concordance. Some universes, the shared variety especially, have a pretty strict and orderly Canon. Others, especially those with many authors, spread across different media and over a long period of time, go all over the place.
Most of them reside somewhere in- between. However, these spin- offs may or may not count as Canon. He, however, says someone simply put the word Enderverse on a book jacket, and Card was credited for it. I didn't coin that word. And yet because it's on the title of a book of mine, my name is attached as if I made it up. An earlier term coined by Robert A. Heinlein, ficton, has never gained much currency outside of Science Fiction circles; similarly, the related (but subtly different) term mythopoeia is mostly known to fans of J. Tolkien, who coined the term 1. For instance, the characters from two Dom Coms, or two Westerns, or even a Dom Com and an action drama can typically all bump into each other with no logical problem. But to declare that, say, Star Trek and Babylon 5 exist in the same world is very awkward because both have detailed future histories, catalogs of nearby alien races, and rules about physical laws which bear little to no resemblance to each other. This can be a headache for s. A Shared Universe refers to a fictional universe written by more than just one or two real- world creators or authors. Also not to be confused with Expanded Universe which refers to a kind of secondary canon to the main Canon, in other media. Spring 2016 Online Courses Priority registration begins on 11/16/15 Continuing student registration begins on 11/19/15. Television and the presidency: How the news affects our perceptions. Introduction; Elements of television news. Visual news; Narrative news; Authoratative news. JOURNEY OF THE UNIVERSE. This documentary film project and companion book is a collaboration of Swimme and historian of religions Mary Evelyn Tucker. See also the closely related term Canon. See also Canon Welding and Alternate Continuity. For a multitude of universes, realities and timelines; see The Multiverse. The DC Animated Universe has its basis in this continuity while the Tangent Comics and Wild. Storm comic book universes had connections to it. Following the most recent reboot of The DCU, Wildstorm's continuity has gotten subsumed into it. More recent movies exist under the DC Universe Animated Original Movies label, but with the exception of the two Superman/Batman films, all the movies before Justice League: War don't share continuity—and even afterwards, there's some not in that continuity, as Batman: Assault on Arkham is tied to the Batman: Arkham Series, not the universe started in War, and Justice League: Gods And Monsters is an Elseworlds. The Khaavren Romances series takes place over about a thousand years (Dragaerans are very long- lived), with the Vlad Taltos series some 4. The placement of Brokedown Palace in the timeline is uncertain; unlike the two others, it takes place outside the Empire. Matsumoto is known for not caring about continuity. The rule of thumb is that every time a character appears, somewhere in the Leijiverse, another part of the story is being invalidated.. While many other established, licensed verses have been peripherally tied to the MU (the worlds of The Elric Saga, Doctor Who, and the Transformers have all been shown to be part of the larger Marvel Multiverse), only Conan was integrated quite so solidly into Marvel Earth's history, with ties to the Serpent Crown, the evil wizard Kulan Gath, Namor's Atlantis, etc. Marvel no longer owns the comic book rights to Conan, and can no longer directly mention that section of Marvel Earth's history. Metabarons Universe. Metal Gear. My Little Pony Generation 4. Nasuverse, the 'Verse of Kinoko Nasu, including Fate/stay night, Tsukihime, Kara no Kyoukai, their sequels, spinoffs and some other writings. Notable because it is a unified universe, but contains only the tiniest of crossovers between the main lines. Also a massive headache in terms of canon, since while the several main franchises share a common universe, the main works are multipath games that are inherently Alternate Universes.. The basic Nick Verse is comprised of Drake & Josh, Zoey. Carly and Victorious. The extended Nick Verse also includes Big Time Rush and The Naked Brothers Band and every actor who played a role on any of those shows as well as the cast of All That due to a Throw It In attitude to continuity which means Celebrity Paradox is averted and all the characters who look like the stars are considered separate people. Also, RPM and possibly Jungle Fury take place in an alternate dimension. The Reactsverse. Shannara. The Slender Man Mythos The Spore Wiki Fiction Universe, a Shared Universe that developed on the Spore wiki. Often referred to as the Galaxy Far, Far Away, or the GFFA for short. This was referenced in the Expanded Universe when a new government was named the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances (eventually the Galactic Alliance). This is the page for Star Wars new EU. This is the page for Star Wars old EU. Tolkien's Arda/Middle- earth: The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and The Silmarillion. Known for being wildly internally inconsistent; fortunately, no one much cares. Swann's Terran Confederacy verse contains the Moreau Series, the Hostile Takeover (Swann) series, and the Apotheosis Trilogy. And, in a larger sense, the entire CLAMP multiverse (as shown in Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle). OVA series, Tenchi Muyo! GXP, Tenchi Muyo: War on Geminar and, reportedly, Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure. Named after Turn A Gundam, which attempted to do this as a last hurrah for the franchise. So far consisting of, in rough chronological order. Noise. Blame! Blame^2. Netsphere Engineer When his later manga Biomega came out, it was widely believed to be an even earlier prequel, due to various similarities, including an organization known as Toha Heavy Industries appearing in both, but according to Word of God, Biomega has its own continuity. Love You, Love Hina, Itsudatte My Santa!, Hito Natsu No Kids Game, Mahou Sensei Negima! Also Mao- chan, the cast of which once visited the Hinata Inn (from Love Hina), where they (most probably) met Naru. There is only some overlapping here and there, though, and never enough to change plot lines. Nyarko- san, Miyamasanchi no Berutein and Valkyrie Works. Confirmation comes thanks to cameos both blatant and subtle (a radio show in Miyamasanchi no Berutein gets a write- in request from . With the addition of A Certain Scientific Accelerator, there's some discussion about expanding the name, but no one can really agree on anything that doesn't sound ridiculous. The Japanese version is usually . Frau Rabbit is also implied to exist as an in- universe series. A more in- depth explanation can be found translated here, but essentially, it consists of a large universe happening over thousands of years and divided into six specific eras during which the works take place centuries apart from each others: FORTH, AHEAD, EDGE, GENESIS, OBSTACLE and CITY. The official timelines goes. FORTH: The world as it is now. Comprises novels 4. Comprises novels 1. The discovery of a fuel from AHEAD allows for further development. This is when Horizon takes place. Currently in production, comprising novels 3. When the world rebuilds and destroys itself. Comprises an online card game and a light novel/manga series currently in production. When all the technologies developed from OBSTACLE come together, and, after the world was recreated countless times, a world that would not be destroyed is created. Comprises novels 1- 1. Presumably Inferno Cop is in too, since it's pretty obvious that's who Over Justice is anyway. Whether or not any other Studio Trigger or Hiroyuki Imaishi series' get in is yet to be seen, although this is already in the running for the most Crazy Awesome 'verse in history. The first few issues of their early titles had Continuity Nods to other titles, and there were a few outright crossovers. But as time went on, every Image partner focused on their own titles, creating de- facto sub- universes that had less and less to do with each other. Marc Silvestri's and Jim Lee's titles maintained their connections longer then others, but eventually, even that feel by the wayside. In 1. 99. 7, Wildstorm Universe, Top Cow Universe and Rob Lielfeld's Extreme Universe were written out of Image Universe via what can be best described as Reverse- Crisis on Infinite Earths in the Shattered Image mini- series (not to be confused with the more tongue- in- cheek Splitting Image mini- series). Since then, there have been a number of Image crossovers, but each creator was free to decide just how much that counts in their continuity. Pretty big for a fictional universe written by one guy. X, Electropolis and Terminal City, all created by Dean Motter. Rocky Hallelujah, the main character of PENG, is the younger brother of Sharknife's protagonist Caesar Hallelujah. Additionally, Scott Pilgrim makes a one- page cameo in PENG, so if you really want to, you could consider that series as part of the same universe as well. Strontium Dog was shoved in sideways in . Nobody's sure whether the Millsverse is part of it. Harlem Heroes is also part of the Dreddverse, at least in Broad Strokes, since Judge Giant is the grandson of Aeroball star John . The Dreddverse may be a subset, Depending on the Writer. It includes the main series Fables, Peter and Max: A Fables Novel, Jack of Fables, The Literals, Fables: 1. Nights of Snowfall, Fables: The Last Castle, Cinderella: Fables are Forever, Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love, Fairest, and a Telltale Games series that is confirmed to be canon. Somewhat notable amongst Fan Fic 'verses for having multiple authors and contradictory accounts. Arguments have been made for including Tale.
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