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** '''[[Alternate History]]''' - Where the author takes one point of time, one event in the universe and changes the outcome of it radically, such as an important decision, or who won an important fight, and continues from that point. Sometimes called a ''Divergence Fic''.
** '''Character Facets''' - The author speculates on what would happen if a single facet of a character's enviroment was different about them, or may blatantly ignore a [[Word of God]] statement, for example, what if a character was blind, or had a little brother in the show right from the start.
* '''[[Continuation]]''' - There are also the [[Continuation]] fics written before the series has finished, which are [[Jossed|rendered AU]] when new episodes in canon contradict the events of the fic. This is more of an [[Alternate Continuity]], as the opening paragraph mentions, but tends to be considered AU too. Retrospectively, these fics become the [[What If]] variaton mentioned above, but are written from a different stance. (''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' ficdom was particularly prone to these until after the publication of ''[[Harry Potter
Full-blown AU fic is tricky, as it should require a fair notion of the original series itself, making it harder to read for some casual fans. There's also the major danger of the [[Transplanted Character Fic]], because if you change the plot too much the story's not so much a [[Fanfic]] as an original story with familiar names. On the plus side, rookie fans who might suffer from [[Continuity Lock Out]] in the canon series because they only found it after it became established may be able to enjoy AU fics, particularly if they actually explain a lot of the universe and don't [[Fan Myopia|assume that you know all the important things already]]. Trying to follow ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' when you first start watching in its fifth season, with all the [[Character Development]] that's taken place up to that point, is a lot harder than cutting your teeth on an AU fic that starts out with the Scoobies in high school and doesn't require any advance knowledge of the setting.
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* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist: Threads of Time|Fullmetal Alchemist Threads of Time]]'' focuses on the notion of Alphonse attaching Edward's soul to a suit of armor, and Alphonse obtaining automail limbs.
* ''[[Fan Fic/Zeon Quest|Zeon Quest]]'' is a Gundam AU fic focusing on how one soldier has managed to already permanently alter the Universal Century.
* ''[[Freefall (fanfic)|Freefall]]'' is a real-world AU crossover fic of [[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]] and ''[[
* ''[[Nerima Magistra Nelly Magi]]'' is a retelling of [[Mahou Sensei Negima]] with [[Gender Flip|every character's gender reversed]].
* ''[[Though a Bird Can't Fly]], That Doesn't Mean It Never Will'' is a [[One Piece]] "What If?" fic in which Zoro's childhood rival Kuina is blinded instead of killed in her tragic accident. She grows up to be a [[Blind Weaponmaster]] who ends up joining the Marines in order to track down Zoro and find out why he's become a pirate.
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