What If (glossary term)

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See also:	episode tag, alternative universe, missing scene, for want of a nail, butterfly effect
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Some fandoms use the phrase what if for fanworks that ask this question and then go on to imagine a possible result. The end product may be an alternative universe, a missing scene or another speculation. Similar to the Marvel comics various lines of What if comics, which ask experimental questions separate of comics canon

Meta

• The Society for the Rescue of Fictional Characters ; archive link by janni (2005)

Resources

• What-If works on AO3