[RFC] Haruhi; can we put this to bed finally?

[robkelk]

The last time this came up, there was so much heat between the various camps that it almost pulled the Fenspace Collective apart... so I can see why it hasn't come up since.

I like the idea of leaving Haruhi's nature as a matter of Canon Uncertainty And Doubt.

But if that really isn't an option any more, consider: The esper cabal and the time-travelers of Haruhi's universe would never have allowed the foo of Haruhi Suzumiya novels to be published - Haruhi might see them - but it's been established that they were published in the Fenspace universe. Also, the Professor built a Ryoko-bot as one of his three assistants based on fictional characters.

Here are some possibilities:

• Haruhi and the SOS-dan [size=smaller](Silly Digression: Haruhi and the SOS-dan, performing for one week only! As seen in the anime "Ky-On!")[/size] are biomodded 'scure-Fen who got really lucky. (Sometimes everybody rolls a natural 3 on three dice. It can happen.) Haruhi doesn't remember who she used to be, Mikuru probably also doesn't remember, the others have enough self-control that they might or might not remember their past lives but keep quiet about the past around others.
  
• The SOS-dan are the SOS-dan we've seen in the novels, either manga series, either anime series, or some fanfic, transplanted to Fenspace in some way. (Doug Sangnoir visited Fenspace, so it's possible.) Haruhi either doesn't remember the shift or never noticed it.
  
• The SOS-dan are the SOS-dan, but everyone's now normal, and handwavium is the physical manifestation of what used to be their powers. (Think the end of Disappearance, except things didn't quite get put right.) There's no longer a reason to keep anything hidden from Haruhi, hence the publication of the novels. WARNING: This option establishes time-travel is or was part of the setting, so I doubt Mal would okay it.
  
• The Professor built a compete set of SOS-dan 'bots, then forgot about doing so. (His writeup says he does things like that.) Ryoko stayed with him, the others left. This has the implication that there's a complete set of My-HiME and Gall Force characters running around in Fenspace, too.
  
• Other.
  

Of those, I like the "biomodded 'scure-Fen" option the best. Whatever the truth is, that's the one Noah Scott believes...
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Rob Kelk
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