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| rdfs:comment | - The High School AU is an Alternate Universe Fic that may or may not resemble the original universe its a Fan Fiction of, but the main premise is that most or all of the characters from whatever universe the story draws from are in an academic setting. Usually, this happens to be high school. It is (in theory) the opposite of the Self-Insert Fic- instead of putting themselves in a fictional universe, the writer brings fictional characters into a setting which they can write about knowledgeably, though some writers may insert original characters or even Author Avatars into this kind of reprised universe.
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| abstract | - The High School AU is an Alternate Universe Fic that may or may not resemble the original universe its a Fan Fiction of, but the main premise is that most or all of the characters from whatever universe the story draws from are in an academic setting. Usually, this happens to be high school. It is (in theory) the opposite of the Self-Insert Fic- instead of putting themselves in a fictional universe, the writer brings fictional characters into a setting which they can write about knowledgeably, though some writers may insert original characters or even Author Avatars into this kind of reprised universe. This type of story may also occasionally remove anything and everything unusual in the original premise, though this is not nessecarily a requirement. Also, especially for the amateur fanfiction community, a High School AU is often a way to write romance fanfiction between two characters in a more socially comfortable position (for the characters and even the author to variable degrees, depending on the fandom derived from). This is the most common form of Alternate Universe Fic, for good or ill, mostly because it is an easy setting to write for. Some High School AU stories may take a series that never took place in a high school and transplant the characters there. A variant on this is to take a series where a high school was part of the setting, and makes it the primary setting. Another variant is taking a show with characters that were elementary or lower grammar school age and transplanting them to a high school setting. A rarer variation is to also attempt to transplant the storyline. This works better with storylines that are effectively independent of the setting. This is especially likely to happen when the cast of a series functions as a Commedia dell'Arte Troupe. A subtrope of Transplanted Character Fic. Compare Spinoff Babies. Examples of High School AU include:
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