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Live Kennedy Universe
| Tropes and genres | |
|---|---|
| Synonym(s) | Denialfic |
| Related tropes/genres | Alternate Universe |
| See also | She's Not Dead, Curse, What Curse? |
| Related articles on Fanlore. | |
A Live Kennedy Universe does not refer to an alternative universe in which President John F. Kennedy and/or his brother Robert were never assassinated.
In Hornblower TV fandom, a Live Kennedy Universe (or LKU) is a kind of AU in which Archie Kennedy does not die at the end of "Retribution".
Compare "DKU", or "Dead Kennedy Universe", which is shorthand for a canon-compliant Hornblower story, not an alternative universe created by the Dead Kennedys.
Long Live the King is a collection of links to gen stories of this type.