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An alternative universe (also known as AU, alternate universe, alternative timeline, alternate timeline, alternative reality, alternate reality, parallel universe, or multiverse) is a setting for a work of fan fiction that departs from the canon of the fictional universe that the fan work is based on.
The movie also deals with alternate universes. 2007 Pirates of the Caribbean: At the World's End: Jerry Bruckheimer: King George II of Great Britain with the help of Lord Cutler Beckett carries out a coup abolishing the British Constitution causing the British Empire to return to absolutism and persecute pirates and the people associated with ...
Archive of Our Own (AO3) is a nonprofit open source repository for fanfiction and other fanworks contributed by users. The site was created in 2008 by the Organization for Transformative Works and went into open beta in 2009 and continues to be in beta. [2]
Uberfic (short for uber fanfic, uberXena) or simply uber, über, or ueber (from German: über-, for 'over-' or 'supra-') is a genre of alternate universe fan fiction in which characters or events are portrayed somewhat closely to original canon but usually in a different time period, place, or reality, many times featuring the ancestors, descendants, or reincarnations of canon characters ...
Alternate history, a genre of fiction consisting of stories that are set in worlds in which historical events unfold differently from the real world; Alternate universe (fan fiction), fiction by fan authors that deliberately alters facts of the canonical universe they are writing about
Xing Li, a software developer from Alhambra, California, created FanFiction.Net in 1998. [3] Initially made by Xing Li as a school project, the site was created as a not-for-profit repository for fan-created stories that revolved around characters from popular literature, films, television, anime, and video games. [4]
The Organization for Transformative Works offers the following services and platforms to fans in a myriad of fandoms: . Archive of Our Own (AO3): An open-source, non-commercial, non-profit, multi-fandom web archive built by fans for hosting fan fiction and for embedding other fanwork, including fan art, fan videos, and podfic.
"Alternate universe" is definitely the more common phrasing in my experience; I've only ever seen "alternative universe" used once in a fandom/fanfiction context, other than the title of this page of course, and I assumed it was just a typo or mis-wording of some sort rather than the way some people actually say it. Also, if you search for ...