Talk:Xanadu (setting)

From Shifti

I'm working on something, and had to ask - The Real Stark Industries mentioned on this page, what story did it first come up in? Or any stories, really? I'm a fan of it, Project X, and any of the other post-Event organizations that keep getting hinted at. --Joysweeper 23:43, 3 July 2008 (EDT)

I forget the name of it, but the story is unfinished. Basically a guy creates an "Iron Man" suit and plays it as the "Robot" version that Stark used during the period when he was paralyzed. He comes out of it as Tony Stark... ShadowWolf 00:01, 4 July 2008 (EDT)

"Liquid Courage", right? If I remember right, that was more immediate aftermath than months-and-years down the line. There were... superheroes of middling power, a mention of some kind of comics club, DBZ characters, and the mice from Pinky and the Brain. I don't remember if he actually set anything up. But I'm sure I saw something in a different story...--Joysweeper 00:23, 4 July 2008 (EDT)

"Liquid Courage" is the original source, as far as I know. I'm pretty sure I've mentioned the name in some of my Xanadu stuff. User:Michael Bard 01:20, 4 July 2008

Hmm. Okay, thank you! --Joysweeper 21:59, 5 July 2008 (EDT)

I am just wondering but for a video game character what is deemed critical for them? Let's take the sniper from Team Fortress 2 for example, (casual gamer here) Would he see the ingame HUD,take large amounts of punishments by normal means (as in take a couple bullets and still stand up), and comes fully equipped with his sniper rifle, smg, and kukri? Ubermensch 23:24, 14 August 2008 (EDT)

It's all about the perception of the person wearing the costume. If he sees his costume character as someone who could take punishment that would kill normal people, then yes.

--Alex Warlorn

Here's a thought: If the original event was caused by an artifact, surely a similar object could cause it to happen again? This could provide and opening for expanding on the original story, although it may complicate things. I don't know, I was just thinking.MCMackers 20:17, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

A Raven Mask, holding the power of the Native American trickster diety, was the trigger for Xanadu. Something that powerful would be almost impossible to find a copy of, and in any case the setting focuses on the results of the Xanadu event so a similar artifact may be out of place in it. --Lloyd Brunnel 20:22, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Fair enough. I was just thinking though, the world would be changed by these events, but the source has to come from somewhere- The event could be triggered again by harnessing what caused it, if anyone could figure it out- Maybe the guy who had the mask in the first place (Eric?) would have an idea.MCMackers 20:32, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

I believe that such an event would be a violation of the settings rules in that it would bring about a change that needs to be noticed/mentioned by other authors. There have been other events that have gained that status - such as the appearance of Dr. Sands - but most other events are "take it or leave it" deals. This would be one of those events that people would have to remember and start mentioning after the story. So no, it can't be done without breaking the rules. -- ShadowWolf 23:10, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

If you've got your heart set on writing a story like that, though, go right ahead. Just have a note at the top saying that this is a Xanadu alternate universe and not, uh, "canon". Alternate universes are useful for sidestepping rules. You just have to make it clear that they are alternate, and something is fundamentally different. Although if you're doing that and someone doesn't like it, you might as well change names and specifics and have the disclaimer saying the story is inspired by Xanadu. Or say it's a story someone in-universe wrote. That means it can be safely disregarded. --Joysweeper 05:05, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Certainly that is the one solution that allows for that. So if you want to do what you've asked about, go ahead and write the story, but clearly flag it as non-canon when you post it. (and screw people that would complain about a story flagged as being non-canon) -- ShadowWolf 07:59, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Alternate universe is a perfectly good solution. And has been pointed out, having another Xanadu incident happen WOULD violate the 'needs to be mentioned' clause. There were lots of Xanadu victims, a VERY large number, people didn't even need to be in costume in theory, a matter of perception and performance. There have been people able to TF others before in costume like manner, a hippie shaman who 'gained the wisdom I only thought I had before' who could use face painting to invoke their totem. An anthro costume maker whose costumers afterwards could TF people due to the phrasing on his business card. And of course Sly Fox able to toonify someone if it was in tune with a joke. But perhaps someone who could do ANY costume TF would be world breaking. On that note, it could be something from Xanadu itself, but another diety mask would open WAY TOO MANY doors. Could be someone who got costume supplies unwittingly from Xanadu? Since they didn't APPEAR TO TF or cause TFs, people might have assumed them harmless and been lost in the system then sold off, since they had vampires, vulcans, dragons, and storm troopers to worry about. --Alex_Warlorn 5:37 PM, 16 October 2009 (PST)

Just giving my stamp of approval to the "alternate universe" approach as well if that's even needed. Xanadu started out as an alternate to an earlier story universe I wanted to write in but couldn't due to various rules and restrictions, so that sort of thing has a fine tradition behind it. :) Bryan 04:08, 17 October 2009 (UTC)