Editing Parallel universes in fiction (section)

==Fan fiction==
In [[fan fiction]], parallel universes are commonly used as a setting for a story that departs from the official [[Canon (fiction)|canon]] of the [[fictional universe]] that the fan work is based on. Such works are usually referred to as "alternate universe" works, often abbreviated to "AU".<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Finn |first=Kavita Mudan |last2=McCall |first2=Jessica |date=2016 |title=Exit, pursued by a fan: Shakespeare, Fandom, and the Lure of the Alternate Universe |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26382275 |journal=Critical Survey |volume=28 |issue=2 |pages=27–38 |issn=0011-1570}}</ref> Common motivations for writing such stories are to either explore alternative narrative possibilities not depicted in the original media, or to "fix" plot points which were disliked by the [[fandom]].<ref>{{cite thesis |last= Koning |first= A. J. |date= June 25, 2015 |title= THE FAMOUS AND THEIR FOLLOWERS FANFICTION AS AN ALTERNATIVE FORM OF LITERARY CRITICISM |url= https://studenttheses.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/20.500.12932/20326/BAThesis%20Janieke%20Koning%203858863.pdf?sequence=1 |type= BA |chapter= Chapter 3 A Quest For Family |publisher= Utrecht University}}</ref>