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For Yugo: Well, I did a rec post of his canon's sequel here, and some clips of Phoenix in canon here.

Over-Time subs also has the entirety of his canon under the Kamen Rider Wizard tag here.

The Tvtropes article also gives a good idea of what his canon is like.

For Sherral: To be honest, Final Fantasy XII is something that has to be experienced, just for its theatricality - a lot of the time it really feels like a Shakespeare play turned into a video game.

So, cutscenes! this one of the Judges chatting is good. Gabranth, Ashe and Reddas confronting each other and shortly after Doctor Cid chewing all the scenery in sight are kind of amazing. (Spoilers for all of the above.)

Also, the opening cutscene is gorgeous, so there's that.

Also, again, Tvtropes article.

For Wan: Well, Legend of Korra is available in its entirety on Nwanime, as is The Last Airbender (both of which are excellent), and his own episodes, Beginnings (found here and here), require pretty much no context, form a complete story on their own, and can be watched in about forty minutes.

Also, once more, there's a good Tvtropes article for Legend of Korra.

Edited 2013-12-26 14:31 (UTC)

Random question: Is XII available on PS2 or just PS3?

Definitely available on PS2 - that's what I have it on.

ooooo. I'll keep that in mind. I really need a few more ps2 games.

Teja's canon is online in its entirety, linked by me here, with an added link to a very interesting article which, however, you'd have to send through Google Translate to make it comprehensible. The books, however, are a contemporary translation which is on Project Gutenberg, so anybody who dares brave a huge meandering 19th century historical novel can read that.-

All the other canons are much more easily to get at through mainstream or clandestine sources of your choice.-

I finally caved yesterday, and ordered Hannibal. God help me.

Oh! God help you indeed! Once you know the canon, you'll be able to tell how sneakily evil Hannibal really is, in interaction with everybody.

I'm looking forward to it!

I hope you'll enjoy it!

Villains By Necessity: Is out of print, alas. Some people have had luck with libraries/secondhand stores. For the rest, I have a PDF I'm willing to pass along, under the circumstances. (This thing ever gets reprinted, I'm buying a copy.)

Warehouse 13: There are DVDs of all four seasons to date; I'm not sure if Netflix/Amazon Prime have S4 yet, or what the streaming world looks like.

The Percy books, Discworld and Harry Potter are all mainstream enough to be in bookstores/libraries.

Once Upon a Time: The first two seasons are on DVD and seem to be all that's likely to feature Red in any fashion. :|

I would be interested in reading Villains By Necessity!

Sure thing! Email?

fractaldawn at gmail

I'm leaving Warehouse 13 to

minkhollow, and I'm sure that Les Mis will be covered by others.

Ender's Game is easily available in bookstores, and less easily available in used book stores (and there are pdfs floating about if you really hesitate to give Card money). I... somewhat hesitate to link to some of the sites, because the Ender fandom can be frelling scary sometimes. However, if you're into MOO/MUSH RP, Ansible is where I got my start with role-play in general. (it's mostly dead now, but I felt the need to have a link in this description.)

Rent is available in multiple ways. Soundtracks are available, as well as a filmed version of one of the last performances on Broadway. There is also the movie, and while it's good for icons, it's terrible for what I actually play off of. (1989? Really?) Also, there are many current local and school productions of it going on at various times. Support local theatre and go see a show! Seriously, do it.

If you are at all curious about Spider-Woman, now is the time to check her out and not just because Kelly Sue Deconnick is writing her...ok, maybe just because of that. Check out Captain Marvel (the new series with Carol Danvers), Avengers Assemble and, very soon, Secret Avengers. Some gems to wet your appetite:"Did you just call the Black Widow a princess?", "I do that. That is a thing I do." or "Is it about boys?"

Maybe more later, after tea.

Edited 2013-12-26 15:39 (UTC)

All 7 seasons of "Rescue Me" are available on Netflix. I think it's on Hulu as well, though last time I checked it was only the later seasons.

I always seem to link the same few clips whenever this topic comes up, but they're my favorite clips and to me they represent the best of what the show is about.

Tommy desperately trying to revive a girl while his family life goes to shit (this show is the Best at emotional musical sequences/motages, btw) -- http://youtu.be/tz1sBvcJ91c

The beauty that is Tommy & Lou -- http://youtu.be/WcQbDASnTHY

"Sandwich," in which Lou takes his food VERY SERIOUSLY -- http://youtu.be/JObbXZ4WEjQ

Edited 2013-12-26 15:56 (UTC)

Some day I think Jess and Lou should met and commune with sandwiches.

That could definitely be the start of an interesting friendship!

Urgh, I need to bring Lou in more often so he can make more acquaintances.

ReBoot for free: http://www.youtube.com/user/danielgfm
ReBoot in best quality: http://www.youtube.com/show/reboot (episodes listed in reverse order, so you're best off scrolling down to "Seasons") or http://www.amazon.com/ReBoot-Season-One-Episode-Tearing/dp/B004RDNIA0/

Extras:
Money for Nothing (not actually ReBoot but made by the same guys and inspired them to do it in the first place, plus there's a cameo): http://www.mtv.com/videos/dire-straits/18177/money-for-nothing.jhtml
Fast Forward: The Making of ReBoot (deals only with Season 1): http://purplemagpie.0catch.com/reboot/fastforward.avi
All the PlayStation game cutscenes (take place before Season 1 but include spoilers through Season 2): http://purplemagpie.0catch.com/reboot/psx/
ReBoot: The Ride (takes place sometime before Season 3 except that Dot's in her Season 3 outfit, I dunno):
Pre-show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk37afqku60
Ride: http://purplemagpie.0catch.com/reboot/imax/ride.avi (warning: is an IMAX ridefilm filmed from inside the theatre, not exactly the greatest viewing experience)

I will not link to the wiki, nor have anything to do with it. :-P

Edited 2013-12-26 16:07 (UTC)

For the Fallout games, the first two are available for dirt cheap at GOG.com. Fallout 1 and Fallout 2 are old-school top-down isometric grid RPGs, so they're very different from Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas. Alternatively, Fallout 1, 2, and Tactics are on Steam. Fallout 3 can be had on Steam, too, as can New Vegas.

More later. Got family stuff to do first.

Okay, for Half-Life, HL 2, the Episodes, and Half-Life: Opposing Force, stop by Steam. They're on holiday sale prices until January 2nd, so it's hard to go wrong.

Much of Santo's canon can be watched in chunks on Youtube. If you like what's in this four or five minute compilation from Santo vs the Martian Invasion, I would suggest buying it used on DVD from Amazon. If you want other Santo movies, be warned that many of the DVDs don't actually have English subtitles- mind you, I watched Santo and Blue Demon in Atlantis without subtitles and I don't think it could have made the movie any more enjoyable if I'd actually understood it. It's pretty easy to follow.

Team Fortress 2 is also on Steam. Be aware that it is an online game to be played with many people on servers and that your experience will vary. Also be aware that I haven't played it or read the extra canon material since before they put hats in the game, so I no longer really reflect canon at all in my play of Medic. (This is his RED counterpart's official video, fwiw.)

This is where you first get to interact with Varric in canon.. His canon can be had as a download for the PC here, and can be ordered for other platforms as well.

This is the commentary-free first twenty minutes or so of Edward Kenway's canon. Spoilers, of course, since the game only came out in mid-October. Gamestop will be happy to sell it to you, though it's not available for download.

This is the official trailer for Stacker Pentecost's canon. It can be purchased here. I have to warn you that I can't really recommend the novelization, as it was based on an earlier draft of the script and I don't like what Raleigh Becket was like in that draft.

This is how you first interact with Mordin Solus. And this is where he sings. Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3 can be had online.

Re: Stacker - don't forget the graphic novel, as that is the source of your user name for him.

Oh yes. Tales From Year Zero. I should note that some of the material in the comic conflicts with the movie, most notably Tendo Choi's account of the death of the Trespasser versus the 'six days, tanks, planes, missiles' number given in the movie- so where something in the comic is different I discount the comic in favor of the movie. But some of the background stuff really is outstanding and useful.

Knox: The 1989 Batman film is available in many formats, though no streaming yet. There is a lot of Batman stuff out there, but you don't need to know it to know Knox. (Ask for recommendations, though, if you want to get into the Bat in comics, though.)

Howard Stark: Captain America: The First Avenger streams on Netflix and Amazon Prime. The Agent Carter short is currently only to be found on the Iron Man 3 blu-ray set, though odds are it's on YouTube somewhere.

Cy: All five seasons of Teen Titans are on DVD, and often can be bought cheap at Amazon. The shorts that led into the current non-canon cartoon are all over the Internet courtesy of DC Comics.

Kirk: Star Trek is everywhere. The remastered TV show is on Netflix and many other services. The second, third and fourth films (and Generations) are on Netflix, and the sixth is on Amazon Prime. And Memory Alpha is an amazing resource for all things Trek.

Gibbs: The first PotC is on Netflix, and I suspect the others are coming.

Charlie: The entire run of his monthly comic has been reprinted. Sadly, the first book is out of print, but the the other five are reasonably priced by Amazon. The quarterly Question comic and the handful of specials with Charlie are long since gone, at least until DC puts every comic it ever published up for sale at Comixology. 52, the story that passed the mask from Charlie to Renee, IS available for sale at Comixology, and also in a series of four books. And there is a very good (if no longer updated) resource for all things related to Charlie and Renee, .

Oops. That last link is http://www.vicsage.com.

Eriond, Belgariad/Mallorean: Support your local bookstore if at all possible by buying the books. They are available in individual volumes, but guess what! Progress has been made! First half of Belgariad, second half of Belgariad, first half of Mallorean, second half of Mallorean, Belgarath the Sorcerer, Polgara the Sorceress. (And if you're like me and enjoy very dry worldbuilding info: The Rivan Codex.) There are probably sketchy PDFs floating around.

Henry Mills, Once Upon a Time: The first two season are on Netflix, some of the third on Hulu. I'm sure individual episodes are also available for purchase and download. They are probably sketchily available online.

Lois Lane, Smallville: The 10 seasons are on DVD and Season 11--written by Bryan Miller, so miraculously it doesn't suck, it's actually really, really good ~~(better than the show)~~--is on Comixology. And I'm sure they're sketchily online too.

Tavi, Codex Alera: Support your local bookstore! There are six books: Furies of Calderon, Academ's Fury, Cursor's Fury, Captain's Fury, Princeps' Fury, First Lord's Fury. They are, of course, also in eBook format. There are also PDFs. I recommend talking to me.

This is a great site (free streaming!) for current TV and I haven't had any problems with it: http://www.couchtuner.eu/once-upon-a-time/

Edited 2013-12-27 16:38 (UTC)

Stiles Stilinski, Teen Wolf: At the moment, the entire series is available for streaming here on MTV's website. (This probably only works if you're in the US. Episodes may be available internationally through whatever network airs the show in your country.) There are only 36 episodes so far, so it's easily marathonable, if that's your thing. (It's also available on DVD.)

For a much shorter intro, here's the video that's part of the reason I thought watching this stupid show was a good idea in the first place.

Important disclaimer: TW starts out as a silly show about teenage werewolves, but then the showrunner decided to try to actually make it be a horror show. So once you get attached to the silly characters, terrible things will happen to all of them \o/

Lady Mary Crawley, Downton Abbey: I think Downtown is currently streaming on Amazon Prime? IDK, I'm still cursing them for taking S1 off Netflix. (Again, not sure of availability outside the US.) And, of course, in the US, S4 is about to start airing in January. (Like TW, it's also available on DVD.)

If you prefer the text-based options, TWOP recaps Downton Abbey or try the much more succinct Wikipedia page.

Carol Danvers, Marvel Comics (616 Universe): The entire run of Kelly Sue DeConnick's Captain Marvel is available for purchase at Comixology, or you can get the printed trades at bookstores and libraries. I also recommend Avengers Assemble, also by DeConnick.

That covers Carol's recent canon well, but for the full history, I recommend just reading a wiki synopsis. I like the Comicvine one pretty well.

Dude. I didn't know TW was available for stream. I might have to check that out.

You have made me fall in love with Stiles.

(And possibly that Allison is now my AU grown-up Christina)

I tend to forget it's available myself. I was relying on Netflix to rewatch canon, and they don't have it anymore, so thank goodness for MTV.com.

And thank you! Stiles is a very lovable guy. :)

Lunar is common as dirt. It's been around for 20 years and has five different games telling the story Mia takes part in, the most current one being the release for iOS. If you have an Apple device, the app for that is only $7 and looks to be the same as the PSone remake. Otherwise, it's been released on SegaCD, PSone, GBA, and PSP.

Princess Tutu is also easy to find. The entire series is currently available on Hulu with no subscription necessary. For further information on Lohengrin, I semi-recommend the opera by Wagner. The story is interesting and the music superb but I know it can be hard to sit and watch a 3+hour opera.

Mother 3 is where things get sticky, however. The game was released in Japan on the GBA and hasn't seen the light of day anywhere else with the exception of including the New Pork City stage and Lucas as a playable character in Super Smash Brothers Brawl. Despite multiple petitions, Nintendo had kept mum about the Mother series since the failed release of Mother 2, known in the west as Earthbound. A group of Mother/Earthbound fans took it upon themselves to translate the game and they have some patches available for whatever system or language you need. In keeping with their spirit, I'm not going to link any roms myself and encourage anyone interested to support the original creators by purchasing official Mother 3 merch. (Though I know it's tough all over so don't feel too guilty. Nintendo hasn't been breathing down the fans' necks, so retribution is doubtful. But Shigesato Itoi is an awesome guy and deserves some love.) In more exciting news, Nintendo has finally answered the fans' wishes and brought Earthbound to the Wii U Virtual Console earlier this year. It's $10 in the Nintendo eShop and well worth it.

I actually experienced Mother 3 on Youtube via Let's Plays. I don't know anyone/your opinion of them (some people have issues with it) but that is also a good way to get a feel for the story.

I do wish there was a way to get it completely legally, though.

ahahaha, same here, to tell the truth. I use LPs for canon review all the time. Along with that, I spent a lot of time growing up watching other people play video games before I started playing them myself, so LPs feel nostalgic to me.

I don't particularly mind emulators and roms, especially when they're the ONLY way to get a game like Mother 3, but they're not my preferred method of video game intake. I like using the proper game systems/controllers/my tv instead of my computer whenever possible. (Not to rag on PC gaming. I just prefer controller over keyboard.)

Well, of course there is the actual game Runescape which is an entirely browser based MMORPG, and access to paid content isn't very expensive. Its about an $7.50 per month subscription, but a small part of the game is free. I spend most of my time in the free part of the game because I am a cheap bastard. :P

Of course it is a MMORPG, so it gets grindy in spots. The game devs are doing their best to correct this while veteran players complain about their nostalgia and walking uphill in the snow both ways, but it still isn't a gentle intro to canon. So, instead, I present a project I am excited for, and it is an attempt to play through the game's quests in a somewhat coherent way timeline wise (and spacewise, trying to avoid Warehouse 13'esque insta-travel problems). So here's the Grand Questing Marathon. Still it is a several hour long timesuck and it is not finished yet. It thankfully starts with the Troll Warzone tutorial and not the timeline breaking Ashville tutorial. However, most quests are about [PLAYER CHARACTER] and thus are set in the year 169 Fifth Age onward. I play Fairy Fixit and to an extent Evil Chicken from there but I play Amascut as coming in from about the year 153 Fifth Age or much much earlier.

So, a quicker and more complete introduction to Runescape lore is the historical timeline being worked on at the unofficial Runescape wiki. I don't agree with some of the dates but whatever. Also there are two officially approved books/fics by Tom S. Church which the devs have declared canon. Betrayal at Falador, Return to Canifis, and Legacy of Blood are available on Amazon and the Jagex store, and probably a few other places.

One note though, what the game devs are doing with the main character of those books in the current New God Wars [cutscenes ahoy! also, player characters in ridiculous costumes] storyline has the author and some of the readers scratching their heads a bit. So if you read the books and then play the game, you might be a tad bit confused as well if you meet her in game.

Edited 2013-12-27 00:18 (UTC)

The Waco Kid, Blazing Saddles: Blazing Saddles is available in many formats wherever movies and videos are sold, including streaming on Amazon and YouTube.

Leela, Doctor Who: Unless I'm terribly mistaken, Auntie Beeb has released all of Leela's stories on DVD, if you're interested in obtaining her portion of the vast Doctor Who canon through legal channels. Big Finish also has their Gallifrey line of audio plays featuring Leela and Romana.

Kane, Command & Conquer: All the games released in the C&C franchise in its first decade of existence are available here. It's missing the third Tiberium game (which is good, despite being by EA), and the expansion pack for Generals (which makes it a far better experience), but you'll be getting in on some classic RTS action. For more info on how I choose to imagine C&C as a fleshed-out world, check out this awesome fan novelization of the third - AND FINAL - game in the Tiberium subfranchise.

Garyn & Caius, The Elder Scrolls: All five Elder Scrolls games are now available in a bundle for $60. That's an great bargain for any five games that are at all good, much less one of the great game franchises of all time. (In my opinion, anyway). A lot of lore can be gleaned just by looking carefully and reading some of the in-game books. If you want to familiarize yourselves with the general lore, particularly the parts that I personally find interesting, start with this guide. The helpful folks on that forum and on /r/teslore can answer questions you have. But The Imperial Library is your best friend if lore knowledge is what you seek.

--- AND MY UPCOMING PUP

Thenardier, Les Miserables: The book (which is mostly what I'll be playing off of) is available on Wikisource. I'm sure everybody already knows this. Go read, if you haven't already.

Edited 2013-12-27 02:49 (UTC)

Alanna of Trebond: Alanna is from the Song of the Lioness quartet by the fabulous Tamora Pierce. I have yet to see a bookstore not stock the Alanna books, or the following two quartets starring Daine and Kel, and they are usually in at my local libraries as well. I highly recommend them! (Try to ignore the covers.)

For information on the series, Wikipedia is a good start. For information on all of Tortall in incredible detail, this site collecting information from Tammy's talks over the years is the BEST THING EVER.

Elizabeth Turner: As Alex said, the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie is on Netflix with the others probably on the way. I've also seen them pop up on ABC Family fairly regularly.

Grace Hanadarko: All of Saving Grace is on Netflix! As for why I love this show and this character so much, I refer you to these vid links I have collected in her journal.

Thayet: See Alanna's section.

Doctor Evil: Um. I have the Austin Powers DVDs. I don't know if the movies are streaming anywhere, but here. Watch this. Good.

Jim Craig: The Man From Snowy River is also on Netflix! In the meantime, here's scenes from the movie set to A.B. (Banjo) Paterson's poem. It's gorgeous.

Alan is invited to a Millitimed Christmas breakfast: http://milliways-bar.dreamwidth.org/25319563.html.

I'm not really sure, for Golden Sun. I could link you to the wiki, or to a couple of Let's Plays (far from the only ones out there, just the ones I've noticed and enjoyed), but beyond that... I'm pretty sure you can find the games on ebay, although you'll need a GBA or something compatible to play them. (Dark Dawn is for the DS, and thus somewhat more likely to show up in game stores, but is not canon for my character.)

It's much the same for FFIV, except that I don't have any LPers for it off the top of my head and it shares a wiki with the other however-many games the series has. Also it's had eight US releases to date, if you include the Virtual Console one.

As for My Little Pony, where do I even start? The problem, amusingly, is that it has such broad appeal, so as soon as you venture away from canon itself you start getting crossovers with everything else imaginable. (From what I understand, there's not a single thing on Netflix that cannot give MLP as a recommendation.) Perhaps I should point you here, on the network's site, where can be found the latest episode, as well as a selection of musical numbers and promotional clips dating all the way back to the beginning. (Those last may also be a form of compatibility test; the ones after Season 1 are severely out of order, and I don't think Twilight would easily stand for that.) You can also find episodes on Youtube, though you may have to be clever and/or persistent because Hasbro sometimes cracks down on those. Leesha may have more to say if she responds here.

bagginsofbagend: The Hobbit is available in bookstores everywhere. There's also a charming animated version by Rankin-Bass that's available on DVD, and a live-action adaptation on DVD (and I'm sure streaming as well) and in theaters. Iiiiiiiii'm going to assume that all us nerds know the basic premise of the whole Middle Earth thing.

ice_king: Adventure Time is on the Cartoon Network. You can watch clips and full-lenth episodes here, though it's probably region-locked. TVTropes here. It's...weird. Very very good, but weird.

dragons_emrys: Merlin is available on DVD, and I'm sure streaming as well. It's five seasons, and is a closed canon. Basically, it's the answer to "What if Merlin and Arthur were young men together?" The first three season are hit-or-miss; the last two pile on the angst. TVTropes page!

holy_or_broken: Kings is on DVD and streaming video through Amazon and iTunes. The TVTropes page explains it well. It's also basically the story of David from the Bible, so if you know that, you have a general idea of the plot.

fivepointohgpa: As

alexiscartwheel mentioned, Teen Wolf is available (to certain regions) on MTV.com.

thekidfrombrooklyn: The Marvel Cinematic Universe is on DVD and streaming, and the latest installment is in theaters. TVTropes page on Captain America: The First Avenger. The next chapter of Captain America's story will be released next April. This is my favorite vid about Steve: The War Was In Color.

goodnight_nightvale: Welcome To Night Vale is available through the podcast section of the iTunes store, as well as other podcast services like Stitcher and Soundcloud. You can also find transcripts collected here. Here be the TVTropes page. The creators have said it's basically the story of a place where all conspiracy theories are true. Have fun :D.

Edited 2013-12-27 04:20 (UTC)

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