[OOC][PLOT] Planning for Arc 1 - Arrivals

[robkelk]

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In a related but-not-really question -- are the Phantomhives natives of this dimension?  Could my SI learn of Ciel through fiction?  Could some of my people from other universes know of him though fiction?

I just realized I missed this part of the post. Going in reverse order:

It's canon that Sailor Moon exists in the Toradora! universe, and both Haruhi Suzumiya and Full Metal Panic! exist in the Lucky Star universe. I see no reason not to generalize that, especially in universes remarkably similar to our own. (So, yeah, why not have Tomo and Osaka recognize Ciel - or Akari - from a manga?) I've even added an off-the-cuff comment to one story about my SI re-reading a Discworld book and justifying it as research.

I got the Sailor Senshi to be willing to talk to my SI by showing Ami a copy of the Sailor Moon manga, so that precedent has been set.

As for who is and isn't a native of this worldline... I think Blackaeronaut would be better able to answer that one. His post in this thread on 2018-03-19, 06:25 seems to indicate that either everybody's a native or nobody is.