The Bet (fan work)/Trivia

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Trivia about The Bet (fan work) includes:

  • Fanon Emigrant: Toltiir, cat-shaped elder god of mischief and the instigator of The Bet, effectively became a free-roaming character (much like Jenny Everywhere) used by any fan author in need of a Random Omnipotent Being with more personality than a wet paper towel. As of the 2020s he's still making appearances in fics by authors other than Sharp and his coterie, for fandoms as wide-ranging as Worm[1].
  • Shipping Wars: Sharp and many of the other writers of Bet stories were firmly in the anti-Akane camp of the often volatile Ranma ½ shipping conflict of the 1990s and early 2000s; consequently Akane Tendo comes off quite badly when she appears at all.
  • Shout-Out:
    • Right from the first Bet story there were frequent references to The Frantics' catchphrase "Boot to the head!", from their "Last Will and Temperament" and "Ti-kwon-leep" sketches.
  1. ↑ See The Worm Turns by "Greyff", from 2021.
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