Good Time Chinese Restaurant: Difference between revisions
mNo edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
A restaurant in [[Lawndale]] that has a "dimensional wormhole" in back, according to [[Cupid]] in "[[Depth Takes a Holiday]]." Easily the most notorious establishment in town, at least in the view of ''Daria'' fandom, Good Time has been used in numerous fanfics to create [[crossover]] stories or allow exploration of [[alternate universe|parallel Dariaverses]], much as it was used to link Lawndale with [[Holiday Island]]. |
A restaurant in [[Lawndale]] that has a "dimensional wormhole" in back, according to [[Cupid]] in the controversial third-season ''Daria'' episode, "[[Depth Takes a Holiday]]." Easily the most notorious establishment in town, at least in the view of ''Daria'' fandom, Good Time has been used in numerous fanfics to create [[crossover]] stories or allow exploration of [[alternate universe|parallel Dariaverses]], much as it was used to link Lawndale with [[Holiday Island]]. |
||
Stories making use of the cross-universal nature of the wormhole include those by the following authors: |
Stories making use of the cross-universal nature of the wormhole date back to at least 1999 and include those by the following authors (in alphabetical order): |
||
* [[ |
* [[Dervish]]: "[[Call of Quinnthulhu]]" |
||
* [[Firah]]: "[[See You In The Funny Papers]]" |
|||
* [[Richard Lobinske]]: "[[Holiday Kombat]]" ([[crossover]] with ''Mortal Kombat''), "[[Three]]" |
|||
* [[Lycissa]]: "[[Second Chances]]" and its sequel, "[[End of the Line]]" |
* [[Lycissa]]: "[[Second Chances]]" and its sequel, "[[End of the Line]]" |
||
* [[Medea42]]: "[[The Slacker Within]]" |
|||
* [[Mystik Slacker]]: "[[A Warrior Maid of Lawndale]]" ([[crossover]] with Edgar Rice Burroughs's Barsoom novels) |
|||
* [[Nemo Blank]]: "[[Restrain Jane Lane! or, Stupid Cupid]]" |
|||
* [[RedPanther]]: "[[Essay of Exile II: Return to Lawndale]]" |
|||
* [[SoulfulZen]]: "[[A Curse of Bad Timing]]" |
|||
* [[TAG]]: "[[Guys' Night Out]]," "[[A Hard Days' Night]]," "[[Illusions]]," "[[Luuuv Story]]," "[[Scarlett]]" |
* [[TAG]]: "[[Guys' Night Out]]," "[[A Hard Days' Night]]," "[[Illusions]]," "[[Luuuv Story]]," "[[Scarlett]]" |
||
"Illusions" established the idea that the wormhole is produced by an alien artifact embedded in the rear wall of the restaurant, an idea used also in "Guys' Night Out," "Second Chances," and "End of the Line." |
The rationale for the wormhole's existence varies from tale to tale. "Illusions" established the idea that the wormhole is produced by an ancient alien artifact embedded in the rear wall of the restaurant, an idea used also in "Guys' Night Out," "Second Chances," and "End of the Line." |
||
So far as is known, the only fanfic author in recent times to '''not''' use Good Time as an interdimensional way station is Richard Lobinske, who postulated in the [[Last Summer]] story, "[[Comforting a Confused Soul]]," that Daria made up all the events of "[[Depth Takes a Holiday]]" as part of a fantasy story she wrote, which she shows to Jane while they dine at Good Time. A mundane Good Time resurfaces in "[[Lindy and the Knight]]" and "[[The Last Piece Falls]]" in his [[Falling Into College]] series. |
|||
See also: [[Alternate Universe]], [[Daria Multiverse]], [[Off-Canon Canon]]. |
See also: [[Alternate Universe]], [[Daria Multiverse]], [[Off-Canon Canon]]. |
||
Revision as of 23:06, 2 August 2007
A restaurant in Lawndale that has a "dimensional wormhole" in back, according to Cupid in the controversial third-season Daria episode, "Depth Takes a Holiday." Easily the most notorious establishment in town, at least in the view of Daria fandom, Good Time has been used in numerous fanfics to create crossover stories or allow exploration of parallel Dariaverses, much as it was used to link Lawndale with Holiday Island.
Stories making use of the cross-universal nature of the wormhole date back to at least 1999 and include those by the following authors (in alphabetical order):
- Dervish: "Call of Quinnthulhu"
- Firah: "See You In The Funny Papers"
- Richard Lobinske: "Holiday Kombat" (crossover with Mortal Kombat), "Three"
- Lycissa: "Second Chances" and its sequel, "End of the Line"
- Medea42: "The Slacker Within"
- Mystik Slacker: "A Warrior Maid of Lawndale" (crossover with Edgar Rice Burroughs's Barsoom novels)
- Nemo Blank: "Restrain Jane Lane! or, Stupid Cupid"
- RedPanther: "Essay of Exile II: Return to Lawndale"
- SoulfulZen: "A Curse of Bad Timing"
- TAG: "Guys' Night Out," "A Hard Days' Night," "Illusions," "Luuuv Story," "Scarlett"
The rationale for the wormhole's existence varies from tale to tale. "Illusions" established the idea that the wormhole is produced by an ancient alien artifact embedded in the rear wall of the restaurant, an idea used also in "Guys' Night Out," "Second Chances," and "End of the Line."
So far as is known, the only fanfic author in recent times to not use Good Time as an interdimensional way station is Richard Lobinske, who postulated in the Last Summer story, "Comforting a Confused Soul," that Daria made up all the events of "Depth Takes a Holiday" as part of a fantasy story she wrote, which she shows to Jane while they dine at Good Time. A mundane Good Time resurfaces in "Lindy and the Knight" and "The Last Piece Falls" in his Falling Into College series.
See also: Alternate Universe, Daria Multiverse, Off-Canon Canon.