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Question of the day thread number 2!
Purpura Lipstick:
I know I have done it in my stories, I wouldn't be able to tell you unless I re-read them though. I DO know that I consistently use Room 438 in all my stories if I need a hospital or a hotel room that is where they stay, room 438 ;) It is the only one I can tell you for sure I use to tie in my stories but I know I have more subtle ones in a few of my others.
Sakabelle:
Yessss, I love doing that! I've already said I do the room 1508 thing in the other thread. I've also made reference to a few of my stories in my other ones. The two Christmas stories I have aren't directly linked, but at one point Howie makes a remark about something that happened in the other story. I believe in Running Up That Hill I've also had the guys at some point make reference to a couple things that happen in other more reality based fics I've written. It's hard for me to stick my original characters into other fics though, because most of my original characters are girls who are Nick's love interest du jour. So it wouldn't make sense to have them show up really. But for other little references, yes, definitely!
In general I really enjoy it when authors do things like that. It's like a nice little nod to the people who are superfans and read/watch their entire catalogue. I also enjoy it when they do that on TV shows and have actors make reference to other characters they've played. They did that on How I Met Your Mother with Rachel Bilson. One of the characters asked her if she'd ever dated nerd guys before and she made the "Summer" face and said "Almost exclusively." Haha! I think they also made a joke with Alyson Hannigan in the vampire episode of that show.
Um anyway I totally derailed but yes, I love little nods like that!
Carter-Orange:
No, I've not done it (that I'm aware of), but I love to see it in a story. Like with the Stephen King one I'm reading, it's great seeing places and characters from one of his other books that I loved.
RokofAges75:
I haven't done it either, but I agree with Steph; it's fun to see other writers, like Stephen King, do it. I love finding those little Easter eggs.
I think it's a little harder to do with fanfic characters because, as Steph pointed out, we use the same main characters in every story, and most of our original characters are their love interests, so it doesn't make much sense for them to exist in each other's stories. It works better in Stephen King stories, since they almost all take place in Maine but have different characters - you can imagine Maine as this whole crazy Stephen King universe where they all exist and scary things happen to them LOL.
I don't think I've ever done it with my own characters, but I had the idea once to give cameos to my favorite original characters from other people's fanfics. I never did it though; it was either an idea for a story I haven't written yet, or I changed my mind. I don't even remember LOL. In my collabs, though, we include cameos by characters from other stuff - 00Carter has Mulder and Scully from The X-Files in one episode and characters from ER in another; Song for the Undead is using characters from British zombie movies, 28 Days Later and Shaun of the Dead. In that case, it's just a fun way to pay homage to the stuff that's inspired us.
Sakabelle:
Oh, I also realized that I always make Nick have this weird obsession with eating at Chili's. I don't know why I do that, as I'm pretty sure with the health kick he's been on lately, he would never eat there. But yeah... in every fic I've written, if they go to a restaurant, Nick is always really quick to want to go to Chili's and eat an awesome blossom, lol.
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