Okay, after going through the stuff hysteriumredux sent me in email, let me clarify a little bit what I consider qualifies as a source:
If it's already a source for The Secret Return of Alex Mack, I don't want to list it here unless it has a completely new and different contribution that doesn't appear there.
Likewise, existing characters from Secret Return don't need to be documented. Also characters from The Secret World of Alex Mack who didn't appear in Secret Return but have shown up in later works. They're already subsumed under the contribution of Secret Return to the Teraverse.
Also and especially, any and all DC Universe material is similarly assumed, because of the construction of the Teraverse. No need to document every character or name from DC.
If it exists in-universe, it probably isn't a source. If a character gets an alias from a work, that work isn't a source (although it may count as an in-universe work that affects the plot).
I do want to list in-universe works that have an effect on the story. Please identify them as such, or list them separately. (For instance, hysterium has an orangutan named "Zaius" and reasonably lists "Planet of the Apes" as a source -- but he doesn't tell me if Zaius is the Zaius native to the Teraverse, or an ordinary orangutan named for a character in a movie.)
You don't need to list real and/or historical personages. I'm only tracking fictional works that contribute to the 'verse.
I hope this actually makes things easier for anyone else who has yet to work up a list.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
If it's already a source for The Secret Return of Alex Mack, I don't want to list it here unless it has a completely new and different contribution that doesn't appear there.
Likewise, existing characters from Secret Return don't need to be documented. Also characters from The Secret World of Alex Mack who didn't appear in Secret Return but have shown up in later works. They're already subsumed under the contribution of Secret Return to the Teraverse.
Also and especially, any and all DC Universe material is similarly assumed, because of the construction of the Teraverse. No need to document every character or name from DC.
If it exists in-universe, it probably isn't a source. If a character gets an alias from a work, that work isn't a source (although it may count as an in-universe work that affects the plot).
I do want to list in-universe works that have an effect on the story. Please identify them as such, or list them separately. (For instance, hysterium has an orangutan named "Zaius" and reasonably lists "Planet of the Apes" as a source -- but he doesn't tell me if Zaius is the Zaius native to the Teraverse, or an ordinary orangutan named for a character in a movie.)
You don't need to list real and/or historical personages. I'm only tracking fictional works that contribute to the 'verse.
I hope this actually makes things easier for anyone else who has yet to work up a list.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.