IntroductionMost fiction books
that take place in the here & now are usualy assumed
(and presented) as all being part of our reality. Of
course, it can't be true for all since they often
contradict one another. After all, many
books and movie taking place during the same timeframe
use fictional heads of states and since they cannot all
occupy the same position at the same time, it follows
that every single work of fictions must be, a priori,
taking place in its own self-contain reality (no matter how similar to ours it might be).
However, sometime work can be easily linked together
within a single continuity when the method of publication
clearly identify it as such: a tv serie, a book marked
"volume 1, 2, etc...", a group of movies using
the same main actor playing the same character. In other
cases, the link is more subtil but still clear enough
that there is no ambiguity: the action take place in the
same fictional city, a secondary character appears in
every instance, an unique object is shown, a specific
fictional event is refered to, etc ...
So sometime, "strings" of fictional works can
be created by linking together various works which, at
first sight, might not have been and this is what you will
in this section. As works starts to accrue, it is interesting
to note the number of specific elements within a given
continuity and the "distinctiveness" that is
created as well as the speculation regarding the impact
it might have on unmentioned aspect. For example, the
existence of a fictional city means that it either replace
a know city within our world or occupy land which is
empty here. If the city is large enough (such as gotham
city, metropolic or edge city) it would, in the first
case, slightly change the history and culture of that
timeline (as naming pratices are based on specific
events) and in the second cases would imply difference in
population (a large amount of municipal citizens means
either less person in other cities or more people in a
country).
Note that the link only apply to the
particular work mentioned and not to the many
incarnations it might have had (batman from the 1989
movie and its sequels would be considered to be a
different character then the one from the 1966 tv serie.)
Also note that parodies and imaginary stories (from the
point of view of the characters) are not included in the
following due to their nature (in "the
simpsons", characters from the x-files guest star in
an episode while in another one, a reference is made to the
show itself).
Finaly, for the sake of brievity these procedures have
been followed:
- if there is multiple
instance of confirmed links with a particular
show, only the earliest will be noted.
- if a work is a spinoff, no
other type of link with the show where it
originate will be noted. (mentioning a crossover
would be redundant)
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