History Main / OriginalFlavour

** WordOfGod is that Pessimal thought he was taking a big liberty by introducing the land of [[CanadaEh Aceria]] (with its {{Eagleland}}-like Lower States) to the Disc, as Pratchett had famously decreed that no part of the Disc should evoke any part of North America. And then, the posthumously published ''The Compleat Discworld Atlas'' introduced the Discworld's Canada/USA, called "The Great Outdoors"--''exactly'' in the blank space on the Mapp where Pessimal put his Aceria...

* The ''VideoGame/FalloutSonora'' total conversion GameMod for ''VideoGame/Fallout2'' as the straight forward ambition of being true to the graphical style, story, gameplay and especially quest design of the first two ''Fallout'' games, and the developers' dedication to achieve this goal shows throughout the entire game. The game essentially styles itself as an ElsewhereFic of sorts, taking several elements and cues from both the original games, and even some bits from their later sequel ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', but also slightly remixes them in a way that the story still feels fresh and original.

* Geraldine Brooks's ''Literature/{{March}}'' is a UsefulNotes/PulitzerPrize-winning take on ''Literature/LittleWomen'' from the perspective of patriarch Mr. March, who is offscreen for most of the original novel. The whole book is written in a sort of 19th-century style meant to emulate Alcott.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1Ri32923Iw&feature=youtu.be This original soundtrack]] is designed to capture the essence of the UsefulNotes/{{MSX}} ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}'' games' soundtracks.

** ''Fanfic/ADoorJam'' can be feel like an actual episode of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' due to its plot, pacing, and length.
** ''Fanfic/AhAintGotNoAckcent'' is another [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic FiM]] fanfic that could pass for an episode.
** ''Fanfic/{{Flutterspy}}'' can easily be seen as a part of the show.
** ''Fanfic/SunnySkiesAllDayLong'' could easily pass as an episode for the show

* ''Revenge of the Old Queen'' is a cleverly written fanfic for the ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow''.

Original Flavour has been the direct polar opposite of most other FanFic types at one time or another. Because of the widespread prevalence of labyrinthine FixFic and florid {{Shipping}}, Original Flavor can be ''incredibly'' rare. Fun is also found in a self-imposed challenge to see how far a writer can go out of the lines [[ArmedWithCanon without technically deviating from "canon"]], without becoming an overt {{Elseworld}}.

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* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' [[FanficRecs/{{Firefly}} fanfic writers]] seem to be obsessed with fulfilling this trope, a possible side effect of ''Firefly'' [[ScrewedByTheNetwork never getting enough of its own "Original Flavor" in the first place]].
** ''Fanfic/{{Forward}}'' captures the characters and the setting so well that many reviewers consider it as good as (or ''better'' than) an official {{Continuation}} of the series.
* Todd Smitts' ''Series/ColdCase'' [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/161464/t-smitts fanfics,]] written as conventional episodes of the series down to the use of music of the period in the flashbacks.
** Smitts and others also began to write a fictional [[{{Continuation}} 8th season]] after the series was cancelled, picking some of the lines left loose at the end and even proposing actors for the new roles. [[http://www.coldcasevirtualseason.net/ You can read it here.]]
* The Fanfic/ColinMallorySeries of ''Series/{{Sliders}}'' fanfics. Although it takes place in the fifth season, the plot of the fanfics are similar to the plot of the first season episodes.
* ''Fanfic/PowerRangersOceania'' is a ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' fanfic which emulates the typical format of a ''Power Rangers'' show.
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* [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/2485949 San Tropez]] by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/Breakinglight11/pseuds/Breakinglight11 Breakinglight11]] is a ''Radio/{{Cabin Pressure}}'' fan fic designed to be like just another episode of the series. Not only does it fit in with the continuity, the voices of the characters and the style of humor are a very close imitation of how original author John Finnemore writes them. San Tropez is even written in audio drama script format.
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* Though there are some things about the series that are different from the main canons that make up the crossover, the author of ''Fanfic/TokimekiPokeLiveAndTwinbee'' sticks as closely to the source material as possible regarding the battle mechanics, which follow those used in the ''{{Franchise/Pokemon}}'' games closely as well as the overall tone of the series being just as [[DarkerAndEdgier dark]] as ''Pokémon'' media outside the [[Anime/PokemonTheAnime anime]] can be at times like the games, ''Anime/PokemonOrigins'' and ''WebAnimation/PokemonGenerations'' and as action packed and filled with ShockingMoments as a [[ShonenDemographic Shonen]] anime/manga while also keeping the general [[{{Iyashikei}} lighthearted]] [[SliceOfLife atmosphere]] and focus on [[IdolSinger School Idols]] that ''Franchise/LoveLive'' has normally as well as the romantic atmosphere of ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial''!

* Though there are some things about the series that are different from the main canons that make up the crossover, the author of ''Fanfic/TokimekiPokeLiveAndTwinbee'' sticks as closely to the source material as possible regarding the battle mechanics, which follow those used in the ''{{Franchise/Pokemon}}'' games closely as well as the overall tone of the series being just as [[DarkerAndEdgier dark]] as ''Pokémon'' media outside the [[{{Anime/Pokemon}} anime]] can be at times like the games, ''Anime/PokemonOrigins'' and ''WebAnimation/PokemonGenerations'' and as action packed and filled with ShockingMoments as a [[ShonenDemographic Shonen]] anime/manga while also keeping the general [[{{Iyashikei}} lighthearted]] [[SliceOfLife atmosphere]] and focus on [[IdolSinger School Idols]] that ''Franchise/LoveLive'' has normally as well as the romantic atmosphere of ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial''!

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':

* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'', despite being a MegaCrossover is particularly noted for keeping many of the various characters very much in character (so long, that is, as their backgrounds remain broadly the same. Outside of canon ''Harry Potter'' and ''Avengers'' characters, there are few that haven't had a little spin put on them) while those chapters from the point of view [[FirstPersonSmartass Harry]] [[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Dresden]] are regarded as being downright uncanny in their mimicking of [[Creator/JimButcher the original author's]] SignatureStyle.

* Online FanFic pioneer Ryan Mathews once participated in a hoax wherein an unfinished ''LightNovel/DirtyPair'' fanfiction was released on Usenet as the purported "transcript" of a lost [[OriginalVideoAnimation OVA]]. Apparently, it was Original Flavour enough for those who read it -- the record shows some of the readers engaged in several weeks of frantic research.
* The ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' fanfic entitled ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4988226 The Love Affair of Nagato Yuki]]'' (whose [[NonIndicativeName title]] doesn't prepare you for [[DidntSeeThatComing the various surprises inside]]--well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin except]] [[FanPreferredCouple one]]), received various praises comparing it with both the series and the novels.

* ''Fanfic/OfScienceAndMagics'' is one for the ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' franchise, with Touma becoming childhood friends with Mikoto.

* There were several light novels based on ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure [=JoJo's=] Bizarre Adventure]]'', with one of them being commissioned by Hirohiko Araki himself, but by far the most popular one for its faithfulness would be ''LightNovel/PurpleHazeFeedback'', which serves as an epilogue to [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Part 5]] whilst also tying it back to previous parts and expanding on loose plot threads that were left open to interpretation. Readers have praised the novel for retaining the wacky, yet comprehensive narrative that [=JoJo=] is known for, to the point of having some [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments kickass action scenes]] described in words only. It also helps that it focuses on [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter Pannacotta Fugo]], whom Araki regrets not having done more with, and although he didn't write it, Araki contributed some really nice art to ''PHF''.

* ''Alice Through the Needle's Eye'' is a Fan Sequel to Creator/LewisCarroll's ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'' that perfectly mimics Caroll's style.

* ''FanFic/TheOllivanderChildren'' attempts to write in the style of the later ''Literature/HarryPotter'' books, or that failing, some of the best fanfiction - such as seen [[http://www.sugarquill.net/read.php?storyid=191&chapno=1 Harry Potter and the Society of Orpheus and Bacchus]] and ''[[http://www.sugarquill.net/read.php?storyid=304&chapno=1 Interwoven.]]''

* '''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1895209/A-A-Pessimal A.A. Pessimal]]'s''' work in the ''Franchise/{{Discworld}}'' and ''Literature/GoodOmens'' fanfic universes is essentially Original Flavour fan fiction. Even when introducing and elaborating on concepts which have not yet appeared in the canon, Pessimal is at pains to explain they are firmly rooted there and will show his working. For instance, "Rimwards Howondaland" - a Discworld {{expy}} of [[UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra South Africa]] - is kind of there in the canon, as he collated eight or nine clear hints in the published books that point to its existence. Terry Pratchett just hasn't developed it past those few hints and throwaway jokes. Noting, not unreasonably, that originally the Discworld Australia was no more than three or four throwaway gags which paved the way for its later introduction, [[Creator/AAPessimal Pessimal]] felt at liberty to introduce Southern Africa to the Discworld. The author also focuses on bit-part players and incidental characters in the canon, some of whom have not even had one line yet, as so much more can be creatively done with them.
** WordOfGod is that Pessimal thought he was taking a big liberty by introducing the land of [[CanadaEh Aceria]] (with its {{Eagleland}}-like Lower States) to the Disc, as Pratchett had famously decreed that no part of the Disc should evoke any part of North America. And then, the posthumously published ''The Compleat Discworld Atlas'' introduced the Discworld's Canada/USA, called "The Great Outdoors" - ''exactly'' in the blank space on the Mapp where Pessimal put his Aceria...

If you are writing an Original Flavour fic, you (usually) don't introduce or kill core characters, revise continuity, or do anything that is non-canon beyond the events of your story. To an extent, it is possible to pull off and still maintain this trope, but only if it's in a way that the canon itself could have evolved (as opposed to anything drastic). Original Flavor is exactly like writing a spec script you could submit to the showrunner, but not necessarily in script form.

* Rich Drushel added to ''Literature/BoredOfTheRings'' parodies of ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'''s [[http://users.stargate.net/~drushel/b_app_a.html Appendix A]] and [[http://users.stargate.net/~drushel/b_scour.html Scouring of the Shire]]. The latter is intended to be fitted into the text between the final two chapters.

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** ''VideoGame/TamrielRebuilt'', a massive GameMod for ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'', seeks to recreate the rest of the province of Morrowind (despite ''Morrowind''[='s=] title, it restricts the action to the island of Vvardenfell), while adhering as closely to the official lore as possible (or more accurately, official lore ''around the time of Morrowind'', to stick closer to the style and feel of ''Morrowind'' and not have to worry about integrating retcons from later games), aiming to feel more like an official ExpansionPack, than a game mod. The associated ''Project Tamriel'' mods aim to create other Tamrielic provinces in the same spirit, although the "around the time of ''Morrowind''" clause can obscure it for people familiar with the Cyrodiil of ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]'' and the Skyrim of ''Skyrim''.

** In a similar vein to ''Tamriel Rebuilt'', there is also the massive multi-team GameMod, ''VideoGame/BeyondSkyrim'' for ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'', which seeks to recreate most of the continent of Tamriel, (and even a few places beyond) for the player to explore. Like ''Tamriel Rebuilt'', developers of the different mods have it as their stated goal to stick as closely as possible both to to the official lore and the style of ''Skyrim'' to ensure that the mods integrate more or less seamlessly with the base game and appear like they could be official DLC.

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7197943/1/The-New-Teen-Titans-Play-The-Muppet-Show The New Teen Titans play The Muppet Show]]'' is written out like a normal episode of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', with the ComicBook/TeenTitans playing the part of the celebrity guests.

* ''Webcomic/DragonBallMultiverse'' is a webcomic with an art style in the tournament chapters very similar to official art from ''Manga/DragonBall'', Akira Toriyama. However, later chapters have been drawn by several different artist, each putting their own spin on certain facial expressions.