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[aaaaaaaagh_sky]

once again courtesy of boston_bruiser's mun: summarize your canon in five words. Or your character. Either one.

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[innerbrat]

Vampire Slaying IN THE FUTURE.
Support Group For Broken Superheroines.
Broken people do great violence.
Satire masquerading as parodic fantasy.
Girls fight with big swords.
British gentleman saves French aristocrats.
Pirates! Pirates! Pirates! Pirates! Pirates!

[fightingthecage.livejournal.com]

Courtesy of Sam Tyler, Gene Hunt in five words - 'overweight, over-the-hill, nicotine-stained, borderline-alcoholic homophobe'.

Alex has also had a go - difficult, stubborn, obnoxious, misogynistic and reckless human being'.

He is just fine with both descriptions.

As for canon itself - I'll go for Ode to Old-fashioned policing. Which isn't entirely accurate, but it's sort of what it became.

[innerbrat]

I thought it'd be more "ode to classic police tv."

[fightingthecage.livejournal.com]

That too! Though, at least in fandom (and some parts of the media), there seemed to be a lot of, 'wish things were still that way!' It also uncovered a fair few complaints that modern day police officers have about their job, complaints that got raised politicallly.

There were, of course, just as many cries of, 'glad things have moved on now'. Which is a good thing too.

[aeons_crackshot]

Hm. Annabelle's canon is the Adventure! part of White Wolf's Trinity Universe (TU). It's very much a pulp adventure type setting.

An Indiana Jones Trilogy RPG

Death-rays? Dinosaurs? We've got 'em!

The TU before the DOOM!

[venusadept_2]

For Felix: World-saving - not as expected.

For Kain: WANT SHINY We must save the crystals or orbs or the moon, whatever. Heel Face Revolving Door.

For Fluttersy: "I wondered what friendship was." Paraphrasing canonical descriptions, what?

[sardonicynic]

→ 24: "WHO ARE YOU WORKING FOR?"
→ 3:10 to Yuma: Goddamn trains -- always running late.
→ Justified: It's always justified in Harlan.

[minkhollow]

Sneakers: Setec Astronomy: Not A Company
Dr. Horrible: Even villains need clean laundry.
Villains By Necessity: Good is not always Right.
Percy Jackson: Greco-Roman mythology meets modern America.

and for Warehouse 13, it's only four words, but I still think Jack said it best: We retrieve dangerous objects.

[a1enzo]

Tron, no humans, terrible puns.

[no_vampires_plz]

Like the '80s, but AWESOME.

[yakalskovich]

Goths fight Greeks; most die.

Thief chases hitman, wins psychologically.

Tell the future, know yourself.

Woman screws everyone, plotline suffers.

Leonardo da Vinci wears sneakers.

What Debi said about Discworld.

Mum has visions, daughters too.

Don't use computers for voting.

Warning: mermaids may eat people!

Oldest abstract concept of justice.

[saphyria.livejournal.com]

Bending the rules by counting hyphenated words as a single word...

Old Kingdom series: Dysfunctional families save the world.
Yrael: Middle-child syndrome at its worst.

Sunshine: Flour, eggs, sugar, chocolate, vampires.
Rae: Screw destiny. More cinnamon rolls. Bakin', stakin', reluctant world-saver.

Slayers: Evil delays meal, is vanquished.
Zelgadiss: "Heartless sorcerer-swordsman" suits him fine.

[spooky-lemur.livejournal.com]

Perky teen erased from reality. (Val von Doom)

Four explorers protecting the world. (Fantastic Four, both Bens)

Catch me if you can. (Rincewind)

Kid power saving the world. (Julie Finster & PS238)

[crazyfurries.livejournal.com]

Without power comes great decisions (Tyler)

[sdelmonte]

Exploring space in a big ship.

Super teens save the world.

Super soldier saves the world.

Guy in batsuit kicks butt.

Guy in mask cracks wise.

(Can't top Debi's summation of PotC.)

[ceitfianna]

Will and Robin Hood-For England and Robin

Saph said the Old Kingdom very well but I'll do another try-Zombies, magic and wrong destinies

Debi put the Discworld best

3:10 to Yuma: I think Crys got it best

Becoming Jane: Jane Austen's might have been

Narnia-Another world in a wardrobe

The Pirate King-Being an English pirate

This is hard.

[bodldops.livejournal.com]

*sigh* I had all of mine done when my iPod forgot what it was doing and erased everything. I'll get them back up later.

Time 'n' Relative Disasters In Space - Doctor Who

[oxfordtweed]

Venture Bros: Middle-aged, Johnny Quest on drugs.

Spaced: Hates dogs, bamboo, and lightning.

Big Nothing: Of course it didn't work.

Hot Fuzz: Old people are fucking scary (Actually, I think I've used that one before, but it's still accurate).

Sherlock: Little brothers are such trouble.

Invisible Thread: Saving the world with magic.

Cabin Pressure: Nothing ever goes as planned.

Hitchhiker's Guide: Sod the plans an improvise.

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang: Wrong. Every shade of wrong.

[genarti]

Gundam Wing: Giant robots, teens with trauma.
Firefly: Cowboys (plus friends) in spaaaaaace.
Claymore: Heh. Who's a monster now? (Alternately: Debi already put it well.)
X-Men: World fears protagonists. Wonder why?

[craftylildoodlepumpkin]

Cops happily blow up stuff
Alas, psychic detective isn't psychic
Bounty hunter finds coming things