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A '''Period Fic''' usually takes the characters of any fandom and places them in a different time period than the setting of the story. It may involve time travel, but most of the time it doesn't. It's akin to a [[Period Piece]], but combined with either [[Fish Out of Temporal Water]] ''or'' reusing characters as in the [[Star System]].
A '''Period Fic''' usually takes the characters of a property and places them in a different time period than the setting of the story. It may involve time travel, but most of the time it doesn't. It's akin to a [[Period Piece]], but combined with either [[Fish Out of Temporal Water]] ''or'' reusing characters as in the [[Star System]].


May or may not include the [[Used Future]].
May or may not include the [[Used Future]].


While this is most commonly seen in [[Fan Works]], it is most certainly not ''limited'' to them.
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[[I Thought It Meant|Not about]] [[Averted Trope|averting]] [[No Periods, Period]].

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[[I Thought It Meant|Not about]] [[Averted Trope|averting]] [[No Periods, Period]]. Nor should it be confused with a [[Period Piece]].


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== [[Comic Books]] ==
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* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/67364/1/Rendezvous_with_Fate_An_Alternate_Universe_Fanfic Rendezvous With Fate]'' by iCe relocates ''[[Ranma ½]]'' to feudal Japan, and casts Akane as the time-traveling widow of Ryouga, who has accidentally come back in time and possessed the body of Ranma's estranged wife, Kodachi.
* ''[[Gotham By Gaslight]]'' is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotham_by_Gaslight a well-known "official" example], placing Batman (still Bruce Wayne) in a Victorian setting. Also had an animated adaptation.
* Similarly, the ''[[Marvel 1602]]'' miniseries by [[Neil Gaiman]] posits a timeline where the entire Marvel Universe kicked off more than three hundred and fifty years earlier than it did in the canonical 616 timeline.

== [[Fan Works]] ==
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* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/67364/1/Rendezvous_with_Fate_An_Alternate_Universe_Fanfic Rendezvous With Fate]'' by "iCe" relocates ''[[Ranma ½]]'' to feudal Japan, and casts Akane as the time-traveling widow of Ryouga, who has accidentally come back in time and possessed the body of Ranma's estranged wife, Kodachi.
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2531597/1/Golden_Day Golden Day]'' by Gondolier moves the plot of ''[[Phantom of the Opera]]'' to Hollywood in the Roaring Twenties—with good period research, no less.
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2531597/1/Golden_Day Golden Day]'' by Gondolier moves the plot of ''[[Phantom of the Opera]]'' to Hollywood in the Roaring Twenties—with good period research, no less.
* Starting a year or so ago{{when}}, there was a sudden explosion of Cartman/Kyle ''[[South Park]]'' fics set in Nazi Germany, with Kyle in a concentration camp, hiding in Stan's family's attic, or otherwise persecuted, and Cartman as a sadistic Hitler Youth.
* Starting a year or so ago{{when}}, there was a sudden explosion of Cartman/Kyle ''[[South Park]]'' fics set in Nazi Germany, with Kyle in a concentration camp, hiding in Stan's family's attic, or otherwise persecuted, and Cartman as a sadistic Hitler Youth.
* ''Scion: The Last Aeromancer'' is a story on Fanfic.net which turns ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' into a Western fantasy while keeping the plot mostly intact. However, the author hasn't updated for a very long time, so it's sadly a [[Dead Fic]].
* ''[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4271156/1/Scion-The-Last-Aeromancer Scion: The Last Aeromancer]'' is a story on Fanfic.net which turns ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' into a Western fantasy while keeping the plot mostly intact. However, the author hasn't updated it since 2008, so it's sadly a [[Dead Fic]].
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6102321/1/NGE_A_Century_Apart NGE: A Century Apart]'' answers the question, "What would happen if ''Evangelion'' took place 100 years earlier than it did in canon?"
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6102321/1/NGE_A_Century_Apart NGE: A Century Apart]'' answers the question, "What would happen if ''Evangelion'' took place 100 years earlier than it did in canon?"
* ''[http://web.archive.org/web/19991006034910/http://solo.abac.com/moonromance/o/matmon.htm Matrose Mond]'' by David H. Olivier sets the action of ''Sailor Moon'' in [[Nazi Germany]].
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/19991006034910/http://solo.abac.com/moonromance/o/matmon.htm Matrose Mond]'' by David H. Olivier sets the action of ''Sailor Moon'' in [[Nazi Germany]].

== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[The Phantom of the Paradise]]'' sets the story of ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]'' in the 1970s Los Angeles [[Glam Rock]] scene (with a smattering of details from other stories, like ''[[Faust]]'' and ''[[The Picture of Dorian Gray]]'', thrown in for extra flavor).


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Latest revision as of 20:45, 18 July 2023

A Period Fic usually takes the characters of a property and places them in a different time period than the setting of the story. It may involve time travel, but most of the time it doesn't. It's akin to a Period Piece, but combined with either Fish Out of Temporal Water or reusing characters as in the Star System.

May or may not include the Used Future.

While this is most commonly seen in Fan Works, it is most certainly not limited to them.

Not about averting No Periods, Period. Nor should it be confused with a Period Piece.

Examples of Period Fic include:

Comic Books

Fan Works

  • Rendezvous With Fate by "iCe" relocates Ranma ½ to feudal Japan, and casts Akane as the time-traveling widow of Ryouga, who has accidentally come back in time and possessed the body of Ranma's estranged wife, Kodachi.
  • Golden Day by Gondolier moves the plot of Phantom of the Opera to Hollywood in the Roaring Twenties—with good period research, no less.
  • Starting a year or so ago[when?], there was a sudden explosion of Cartman/Kyle South Park fics set in Nazi Germany, with Kyle in a concentration camp, hiding in Stan's family's attic, or otherwise persecuted, and Cartman as a sadistic Hitler Youth.
  • Scion: The Last Aeromancer is a story on Fanfic.net which turns Avatar: The Last Airbender into a Western fantasy while keeping the plot mostly intact. However, the author hasn't updated it since 2008, so it's sadly a Dead Fic.
  • NGE: A Century Apart answers the question, "What would happen if Evangelion took place 100 years earlier than it did in canon?"
  • Matrose Mond by David H. Olivier sets the action of Sailor Moon in Nazi Germany.

Film

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