I remember when at least parts of the Harry Potter fandom called them AT for Alternate Timeline, leading to the category on some sites "ARs, ATs, and other AUs".
By the way, I am right there with you about White Collar prompting more total AUs out there. With A:tLA, it was all "What if Zuko didn't have Iroh? What if Toph discovered Aang?" but with White Collar, I'm like "What if Neal were a dragon?" I don't know whether this is because White Collar lends itself to this, or whether I just always feel the need for magic when I fic.
On the other hand, I've written a fair number of commentfic total AUs and fusions for A:tLA, including the Hufflepuff Zuko verse, which got kind of big. Left to my own devices, I write alternate timeline fics, but then people prompt me.
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Date: 2014-09-18 04:02 pm (UTC)By the way, I am right there with you about White Collar prompting more total AUs out there. With A:tLA, it was all "What if Zuko didn't have Iroh? What if Toph discovered Aang?" but with White Collar, I'm like "What if Neal were a dragon?" I don't know whether this is because White Collar lends itself to this, or whether I just always feel the need for magic when I fic.
On the other hand, I've written a fair number of commentfic total AUs and fusions for A:tLA, including the Hufflepuff Zuko verse, which got kind of big. Left to my own devices, I write alternate timeline fics, but then people prompt me.