Evidence Post for 2016
Nominations are now closed, so please do not add evidence for fandoms that have not already been mentioned here.
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- The fandom you have nominated is closely related to another ( Read more... )
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Possible issue with the fandom/characters: Closely-related to World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE
Evidence for why this fandom/characters should be considered eligible:
Is it published in a different medium?
Yes. NXT is a weekly program that streams online on the WWE Network (a paid subscription service) and on a slight delay on Hulu; other WWE programming airs on basic cable and pay-per-view.
Is it marketed as a separate series or distinct sub-series?
Yes. NXT is the "developmental territory" for the main WWE roster, analogous to the minor league affiliates of an MLB team. Performers/characters are in training for and may eventually graduate to the main roster, but are in the meantime having matches the results of which don't impact the other levels of the company. In addition to the weekly episode, the promotion runs its own schedule of house show live performances separate from the main WWE roster, and t-shirts and other merchandise for NXT characters are sold in a separate NXT category in the official webstore.
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Possible issue with the fandom/characters: Closely related to World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE
Evidence for why this fandom/characters should be considered eligible:
Is it published in a different medium?
Yes. Immortals is a tablet/smartphone fighting game; other WWE programming takes place in basic cable and pay-per-view broadcasts.
Does it feature an alternate universe to the other canons, or significantly divergent events?
Yes. This ~1-minute opening credit sequence sets up the game's premise, which is that magical/supernatural shenanigans opened "doorways to infinite other worlds" and dragged together alternate-universe versions of the characters from a variety of fantasy/sci-fi flavored parallel dimensions. The nominated characters are distinct from their WWE counterparts, who are not pirates, Roman soldiers, barbarian queens, or cyborgs in their existence in the WWE kayfabe universe.
Does it make sense even if you don't know much about the other canons?Yes. Gameplay is not altered ( ... )
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Possible issue with the fandom: No existing canonical & might be confusing to google
Possibly confusing because the basic story exists with the same title in several other media (specifically a John Collier short story, an audio recording by Vincent Price, and a made-for-tv movie musical by Stephen Sondheim) which might come up earlier in google results.
I'm specifically nominating the radio play because that adaptation includes some specific details and characterization not present in the other versions that I'd like to incorporate in my requests/prompts. As far as I can tell, there's no existing tag for either the radio play or any other medium on AO3.
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Reason to be included separately: Unique characterization, use of characters, and application of themes
Distinction:The original run of Teen Titans ended in 1973, with a brief revival from 1976-1978. Then, in the 80's a new series began, penned By Marv Wolfman and George Perez, introducing all-new characters to be permanent team members. Wolfman's time as head writer of Teen Titans put a new twist on an old idea. Whereas the members of the previous Titans teams where mostly the teen sidekicks of famous superheroes, these new members were characters that stood on their own. Cyborg, Raven, and Starfire were Wolfman-Perez original characters, with no history of superheroics at the time they joined the team. Robin, Kid Flash, and Wonder Girl, were, of course, sidekicks of various members of the Justice League. Changeling was an oddity (and would continue to be) as he was the lone survivor of a superhero team that sacrificed their lives to terrorists to protect a small village ( ... )
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Starfire was either a generic sexy warrior with the emphasis on sex, or, much more frustratingly, sneeringly depicted as a deluded loser who'd never truly had the chance with Nightwing she thought she (despite dating him for close to a decade in RL). Cyborg, much like Marvel's Thing, would ( ... )
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Thanks for doing all the work!
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Agreed that later installments did the Titans a disservice. While I admit that the first animated cartoon series was what brought me into the Titans comics and then the overall DCU, it certainly was no Justice League Unlimited. I think a lot of people give undue credence to the show out of childhood nostalgia.
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