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== [[Fan Fiction]] ==

* One example is the ''[http://www.lop.shoesforindustry.net/ Lust Over Pendle]'' series of ''[[Harry Potter]]'' fanfiction by A.J. Hall, a series of suspense/mystery novels using [[Draco in Leather Pants|Draco]] and Neville as a [[Slash Fic|couple]] solving mysteries, effectively turning them into the [[Hardy Boys]]. Magic is hardly mentioned at all, everyone constantly interacts with [[Muggles]] and one climax features a "magical" nuclear device that doesn't seem very magical at all. In other words, if you changed the name and dropped what little premise of magic actually included in the story, you'd have a pretty good original novel. With the premise sticking halfway to it, readers keep on forgetting that this is supposed to be a [[Harry Potter]] fanfiction even ''with'' the names used.

** A lot of ''Harry Potter'' fanfiction goes even further, keeping the characters' names, [[Out of Character|changing their personalities]] and setting it in the Muggle world. Either that or a generic fantasy/medieval world with no mention of Hogwarts or wizards ([http://pottersues.livejournal.com/572600.html Hermione is a water nymph who loves Prince Draco!]).

* In ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' fandom, the fics that fall into this trope the most frequently are...''not'' the human AU ones, the majority of which actually at least try to keep the characters IC and their relationships reminiscent of their canon ones, even in [[High School AU]] (which was actually originated by ''the author himself''!). No, the fics that most often invoke this trope are the ones that ''do'' keep the "characters are [[Anthropomorphic Personification]]s of nations" premise...but completely rewrite the characters' personalities (often [[Ron the Death Eater|for the worse]]) for the sake of "historical accuracy" (i.e. "fitting the fanwriters' own ideas about history, even if they directly contradict established APH canon" or even "using [[Historical Villain Upgrade|'history']] as an excuse to make a character [[Die for Our Ship]] or become [[Ron the Death Eater]]"), to the point where the characters are essentially national [[Anthropomorphic Personification]]s that were created by someone other than the series' author.

** The most prominent examples of this are the [[Dark Fic]]s ''[[All He Ever Wanted]]'' and ''The Chosen End''. It isn't even subjective opinion; the [[Word of God|authors themselves]] have admitted that their fics' characterizations don't match up with the canon ones. In AHEW's case, one of the authors later admitted that they began writing the fic when they didn't have a good grasp on the Hetalia characters and that their characterization of Prussia in particular turned out to not match up with Hetalia canon at all. In TCE's case, the author went on record saying that she wrote the characters differently from canon and even once outright said that she would [[Die for Our Ship|hate England solely because he was in love with America (and hence a threat to Russia/America, the fic's main pairing)]] if she wasn't able to [[Ship Mates|pair him out of the way with France]]...and even with ''that'' modifier, you can still sense her dislike of England at various parts of the fic.

* While ''[[The Return (fanfic)|The Return]]'' is very well written and interesting, it has almost nothing whatsoever to do with its ostensible sources, [[Ranma ½]] and [[Sailor Moon]]. The Ranma elements suffer from changed setting and skillset, and all the characters' personalities being utterly destroyed and transformed into something [[Blue and Orange Morality|other]] ''in-story'', while the Sailor Moon characters come out with personalities and abilities more or less intact, but story tone so dark as to make it almost unrecognizable.

* Similarly, ''[[On a Clear Day You Can See Forever]]'' is a great story, but Ranma's been drastically changed by having almost literally been through hell, and the 'parallel' universe that the [[Sailor Moon]] characters are from is a dark [[Urban Fantasy]] complete with gods, mages, vampires, werewolves, and airships, with only lingering archetypal resemblances to the source material.

* The ''[[Homestuck]]'' fandom has spun off all sorts of bizarre [[A Us]] with little resemblance to the original other than the names and descriptions of characters. [[High School AU|High school]], [[Film Noir|noir]], [[Bedlam House|asylum]], [[Troll Cops|cop drama]], you name it.

* The entire 'uberfic' movement within the ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess|Xena]]'' fandom quite often (but not always) even did away with the ''names'' of the canon characters, and simply wrote original fiction with characters who archetypally resembled Xena and Gabrielle. Many of these stories ''did'' go on to be published as small-press fiction. If you encounter a lesbian romance that features a strong dark-haired woman with a painful past and an innocent blonde who believes in helping others and has had an unsatisfying relationship with an ex-or-dead husband, you've probably found an Uber.

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