The Canon Expies Meme

[espigeonage]

SAVE THE EARTH is a world tragically devoid of some of our most beloved works of fiction! (good thing too, otherwise reincarnates would be even more fucked up!) Or rather, they exist until someone apps from them, at which point they retroactively don't. But don't feel too bad for this Earth's inhabitants - just as no niche in nature is left open long before life fills it, other, similar fiction has taken the places of the canons we know!

Okay, so since we're all playing modern AUs most of them are familiar with pop culture, right? But since some are off-limits, we've got to get creative. Comment with a little about the expy - or expies, maybe there's more than one - of your character's canon. Or other canons. It can be more or less similar, by the same or different authors, have suspiciously similar titles or anything else! Be as straightforwards or detailed as you wish.

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Final Fantasy series

[ursoreckless]

Swords & Machines is a series of games by InASquare that are about friendship, protecting the environment and really cool graphics. Each game in the series is set on separate planets (save for Seven-b, Ten-b and Twelve-b) but all have similar elements. Magic can be used by collecting core powers - though the names for these core powers varies - technology is viewed as being okay if handled properly, and over the top fighting sequences and side quests that are funner than the main storyline also appear. The most popular main characters of the series varies depending on who you are talking to, but the most recognizable villain by even non-gamers is the tall, voluminous femme fatal Serphatina.

She even has a theme song and there are hints that she may appear in another sequel of Seven as a playable character thanks to InASquare's demo of the new fighting system for their Versus game in the last Gamer conference earlier this year.

[depolarized]

...I just snorted when I realized that would be "S&M X" for FF10 and "S&M7: Crisis Core". This gets worse when Serphatina's doubtless fabulous double Ds in black leather cross harness gets involved.

/Riku swears he did not choose his look based on this thing.

[ursoreckless]

Something like this?

XD Yeah, I realized what I wrote the next day while working and had to snicker a lot.

[depolarized]

on my way to bed but.

YES. THAT IS PERFECT. COME, SHOU, LET US INVITE ALL OUR FRIENDS AND PLAY S&M X HD.

[ursoreckless]

I HAVE A 52 INCH SCREEN TV AND SURROUND SOUND. IT WILL BE A BLAST

[depolarized]

LET THE S&Ming BEGIN.

[ursoreckless]

It should happen in game. A huge VERSUS party full of S&Ming.

[depolarized]

ooh Shou can invite people over to relax maybe? And pseudo-meet up strategy meeting thing like what Arthur/Merlin were doing. Just have the second meeting at Shou's place and then Suddenly S&M! xD

[ursoreckless]

He could. He's got a huge apartment with an open floor plan and a lot of oddities and space for just chilling out in. People can look at his bizarre thing for skulls, collections of religious texts and manga, and even his huge tv.

[depolarized]

Bonus if he calls it an "S&M Party" :|a

And lol, Riku might rifle through your manga if he's healed by then. xD

[ursoreckless]

Haha an S&M party and have people mistake it for something else 83

Oh Riku might find some of those a bit funny since he collects some rather romantic manga among the normal action ones

[depolarized]

Yeeep. And only geeks like Riku will figure out what he means. xD Start going: "are you going to the Shou's S&M Party?" oor just chatting normally like "sounds good, should I bring anything?"

...You collect magical girl manga don't you, Shou. No denials. Or just the slice of life shoujo/jyosei manga. Is it in the original japanese?

[ursoreckless]

It would be a little bit of fun after everything settles a little :3

Magic girl AND shouji/jyosei manga. One particular series he has memorized completely in fact. And yes it will all be in Japanese.

[depolarized]

Yup yup, he needs to talk with someone about it in the video post using ambiguous wording for maximum misunderstanding horror. ;>

Ooh, what series is that? Is it skip beat? The One? XD

[ursoreckless]

Oh dear. I should have him toss a post up about how relaxing it can be and so on :3

Banana Fish is one and I was thinking something like Sailor Moon-ish and there is always Playful Kiss and even The Wallflower.