Secondly, fanfics not revolving around cannon characters.
Come on, let’s face it, all Fanfiction revolves around cannon characters, or at least an OC who frequently encounters cannon characters. While there is nothing wrong with this, it would be refreshing to see a story purely about the OCs and not the cannon characters. It wouldn’t be like most Fanfiction, it would be more like fiction set in the world of the anime. Of course, it might be hard not to include cannon characters in some way. Perhaps it is best to give them cameos (meaning major characters take the role of minor characters). For example, you may want to show the current Kage as the one handing out missions in a Naruto fic. Another way to give characters a cameo is to have them randomly intervene in combat. Example:
The giant spider posed menacingly over Hideo. He saw its fangs go closer to his throat, and he closed his eyes, waiting for the release of death. But it never came. Instead, he only felt the abnormally large arachnid being quickly pulled away. Hideo opened his eyes and looked around. The spider had been by a giant toad, and on the back of that toad was none other than…….
“JIRAIYA THE TOAD SAGE!?!?”
“The one and only, kiddo!”
Hedio began to laugh at his incredibly good luck. The Sound ninja who had summoned the spider, however, was not so amused. “Damn you, Sannin!” he shouted, attempting to tackle him. But the Master of Warty Amphibians was too fast and hit him squarely in the gut.
“Rasengan!”
The Sound ninja went flying backwards, crashed into a tree, and fell to the ground. The Sound ninja lifted his head, only to have the tree that he hit fall on him This made Hideo laugh even harder as he stood up and brushed himself off. “Well, well, Jiraiya, they certainly don’t call you a legend for nothing!”
“Of course not! I earned that title! What are you doing so far from the Leaf, boy?”
“Oh, just a little D-ranked mission….running this scroll to the Sand…” Hideo said, holding up the blue scroll.
“Ah, so you’re doing Tsunade’s shopping!”
“What?!?! This is a shopping list?”
“Not exactly….”
“I suppose I should thank you for saving my ass like that…..”
“Ah, think nothing of it. I’ll do anything to help a little gennin. Now go on, deliver your little shopping list, don’t want to keep Tsunade waiting!”
And so the 2 ninja parted ways.
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Third, we gave ‘get-together’ Fanfiction. This is where characters have get togethers you normally wouldn’t see in cannon. In these fanfics, you can easily make the worst of enemies the best of friends and perform multiple crossovers. Here’s an example with the theme of ‘Guy’s Night’:
“Inuyasha!”
“Ichigo!”
The two swordsmen gave each other props and the red head let the half demon in. Following him were Miroku and Shippo. Inuyasha instantly headed over to the food table.
Meanwhile, over at the villains gone good table, Gaara was again recounting his childhood tragedies.
“60 plus assassins…all when I was between ages 6 and 10. That’s at least 8 a year, and at least 1 every 45 days or so. And they were all sent by my father. My own damn father!”
Kankuro shook his head, while Sesshomaru continued on with his own discussion with Mayuri. “So there I am, awaiting to see what my father left me. I’m thinking it’s some awesome blade of hell raising, but then I get it and I ask the safekeeper what it does. The guy says ‘It brings people back from the dead.’ And I’m like ‘You mean like in a zombie or vampire way?’ and he says ‘No, just in a normal, they were the same way they were when they were alive, kind of way.’ So I get really pissed and try to cut him down, but it turns out he wasn’t lying……”
“Hey, Inuyasha!” The half demon lifted his head at the sound of Bankotsu’s voice. “Get over here, man! I reserved you a spot at the ‘Big Ass Swords’ Table!”
The half demon leaped to the designated chair. “Ah…now this IS the Big Ass Swords Table! Kenpachi Zaraki, Kisame Hoshigaki, Zabuza Momochi, Cloud, Renji Abarai, Ichigo Kurosaki, Sephiroth, Dante, Vergil, Nero…..who the hell are those two?”
Issun jumped down from the white wolf’s head and boldly announced “I am Issun Boushi, the Celestial Envoy, and this here is Amateratsu, the greatest of all gods! And in case you’re wondering, the big lunk over there is Susano.
“Well, okay then, Issun Boushi, the Celestial Envoy, what are you doing at this table? You clearly do not have a Big Ass Sword.”
“Well, it’s big in proportion to me!”
All of the men at the table instantly raised their blades.
“Wow…those are some big swords…well, I better be going now.”
Inuyasha felt someone tugging at his pant leg, and looked down to see Shippo. “I hate to complain, but what are we doing here anyways?” He was instantly kicked in the face and sent flying across the room. He shook his head, and went over to Miroku to ask the same question.
“Well, this tavern has a huge TV screen, so we all thought it would be the best place to see the mecha-football game.”
And I’d go on further, but that would take too long.
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Finally, I’ve noticed some Q&A fics showing up lately. That’s great, but it’s not all it can be. What about getting the characters in a room and just talking with them about…...stuff? On that note, I would like to present to you all the concept of:
Marcus Wolfe’s Real Man Anime Talk Show! By Men, For Men Because Marcus Damn Well Feels Like It!
Whenever Marcus damn well feels like it, he will get up to five male anime characters, put them in the same room, sit down, and talk…..about man stuff. Events in various animes will be discussed, the advantages and disadvantages of fame debated, and we shall finally determine whether filler really is a necessary evil. Also, fan questions may or may not answered based on the quality of the question, whether or not the character is on the show, and whether or not Marcus damn well feels like it.
