History Main / FixFic

* Creator/ColinBaker's Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse graphic novella "The Age of Chaos" is set on Yrkanos's home planet after his death, and acts partly as a fix-fic for the wildly EsotericHappyEnding of Peri's arc in "The Trial of a Time Lord", which had her marrying the barbaric alien warlord she was mostly scared of [[StrangledByTheRedString absolutely out of nowhere]]. The novella makes it clear that they did have a happy marriage, and features Peri (one of the franchise's most notorious [[DamselScrappy Damsel Scrappies]]) being a lot more badass than she ever was on TV.

* 2007 Chinese Drama ''Tian Xian Pei''（Known in english as ''Fairy Couple'') essentially offers a happier ending to the [[Myth/ChineseMythology Chinese myth]] of Dong Yong and the Seventh Fairy. Depending on the version of the myth, the original story either ends in a BittersweetEnding where the Seventh Fairy ends her marriage to Dong Yong and returns to heaven herself once his debt is paid and his son is born, or, in the more commonly known version, an outright DownerEnding where the Seventh Fairy is yanked back to heaven by the Jade Emperor against her will. ''Tian Xian Pei'' on the other hand, ends with Dong Yong being given a choice by the Jade Emperor to cultivate and ascend to heaven be with the Seventh Fairy or to have her become mortal by having her immortal essence sucked out of her body, they both choose the latter and live HappilyEverAfter as mortals.

* 2007 Chinese Drama ''Tian Xian Pei''（Known in english as ''Fairy Couple'') essentially offers a happier ending to the [[Myth/ChineseMythology Chinese myth]] of Dong Yong and the Seventh Fairy. Depending on the version of the myth, the original story either ends in a BittersweetEnding where the Seventh Fairy ends her marriage to Dong Yong and returns to heaven herself once his debt is paid and his son is born, or in the more commonly known version, an outright DownerEnding where the Seventh Fairy is yanked back to heaven by the Jade Emperor against her will. ''Tian Xian Pei'' on the other hand, ends with Dong Yong being given a choice by the Jade Emperor to cultivate and ascend to heaven be with the Seventh Fairy or to have her become mortal by having her immortal essence sucked out of her body, they both choose the latter and live HappilyEverAfter.

** The ''Literature/GauntsGhosts'' and ''Literature/CiaphasCain'' series are, essentially, the result of injecting the 40K [[CrapsackWorld setting]] with an enormous does of optimism and competence. Yes, there is always a new horror lurking around the corner and brutal death and destruction are everyday facts of life, but even after ten millennia of constant war the Imperium is still filled with brave men and women that are willing and able to defend the innocent against the scum of the galaxy. The former series even saw a reinvisioning of the Imperial Guard, lifting them out of complete and total RedShirt status, and into MauveShirt or even MenOfSherwood status within the fluff.

* Brian Garfield [[DisownedAdaptation hated]] the [[Film/DeathWish film adaptation]] of his novel ''Literature/DeathWish'', seeing it as glorifying [[VigilanteMan vigilante violence]] when his intent was to {{deconstruct|edCharacterArchetype}} it, portraying the protagonist Paul as SlowlySlippingIntoEvil. He responded by writing a sequel called ''Death Sentence'' (itself [[Film/DeathSentence later adapted to film]]) in which Paul was explicitly a VillainProtagonist.

* The final full ''Webcomic/ParadoxSpace'' comic, "Summerteen Romance", is an in-universe DeconReconSwitch of the concept. Karkat's future self deconstructs it as he points out how blatant, unrealistic and selective the story is in doling out the happiness and disrespects the original story by changing it just to suit their needs. However, the very last page reconstructs it when Karkat asks if wanting a happy ending for people they care about is really so wrong. Dave assure him it's not and that he did enjoy the story, showing that even if these kinds of stories aren't quite canon accurate or plausible, the happiness of reading them still gives them worth.

* Creator/JRRTolkien, no less, confirmed by WordOfGod that some plot elements of ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' are a Fix Fic for ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}''. When Tolkien saw the play as a child, he was was disappointed that "Birnam Wood do come to Dunsinane" turned out not to be a reference to the trees themselves attacking the castle; his own version became the March of the Ents. And the twisted interpretation of the prophecy about NoManOfWomanBorn made him wonder why it couldn't simply be fulfilled by having the killing done by a woman, as Éowyn does.

* In ''Manga/CodeGeassNightmareOfNunnally'', Lelouch gets PoweredArmor instead of a compelling voice, and the situation that leads up to [[spoiler:the Euphinator incident]] doesn't happen. Instead, she ends up becoming [[spoiler:the Empress of Britannia]]. The setting's kindness extends far further than that. Suzaku did not kill his father and is thus a true knight rather than a DeathSeeker. Neither Mao nor Rolo get anywhere near Shirley. Nunnally ends [[spoiler:fully recovered physically and even mentally]], and with a new friend who might possibly be more. The only named characters that die are [[spoiler:Genbu, Mao, Rolo, Marianne, Charles, Clovis, and possibly Darlton]], which in turn means that the other characters don't have to angst about their friends and family being wiped out. Lelouch [[spoiler:does take CC's code, which in this setting was probably a mercy]], but parts on good terms with Nunnally and didn't break any hearts when leaving. In a postscript, the author mentioned that he was impacted by the deaths of [[spoiler:Euphemia and Lelouch]] in canon, which compromised his objectivity. However, he also mentions that he doesn't know if this is positive or negative.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood'' is an example of this as Creator/JuddWinick, who wrote both the original comics story and this movie, considers the movie the better version.

* ''[[VideoGame/FateGrandOrder Fate/Grand Order's]]'' ''LightNovel/FateZero'' event, ''[[Recap/FateGrandOrderEvent11FateAccelZeroOrder Fate/Accel Zero Order]]'', is pretty much an in-character Fix Fic in which an older Waver tries to prevent most of the bad things that happen in the original story via his knowledge of time travel. Examples include [[spoiler:convincing Kayneth to drop out of the war and leave before any harm comes to him or Sola-Ui, Gilgamesh dying early on as everyone teams up against him, Kariya successfully saving Sakura after telling the others about what happened to her, Zouken dying at the climax, and Irisviel surviving the war.]] Unfortunately since it's a singularity none of the changes stick and history remains the way ''Zero'' depicted it, but Waver rests easy knowing that at least in one what-if version of events things worked out for the better.

* ''[[VideoGame/Persona5 Persona 5 Royal]]'' features an in-universe one and also deconstructs this trope. In the new 3rd semester, the Phantom Thieves are suddenly living in a world where all their worst traumas never happened: Ryuji's leg was never broken and he's the star of the track team, Morgana is a human, Ann's friend Shiho returns to Shujin, Yusuke is continuing his apprenticeship under a no longer abuive Madarame and displayed the Sayuri in a museum, Futaba's mother and [[spoiler: Haru's father]] never died, and Goro Akechi [[spoiler: survived his BolivianArmyEnding and had a HeelFaceTurn.]] [[spoiler: Except all of this is a LotusEaterMachine and only Joker and Akechi are aware, and Akechi is ''utterly disgusted'' at being let off scot-free for his actions and being forced to accept an artificial reality.]] The rest of the Thieves eventually realize that, although they've gone through a lot of trauma in their lives, [[MiseryBuildsCharacter pretending it didn't happen would be an injustice to their growth]] and actions over the past year, and resolve to reject the new reality.

* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion'' is basically a deconstruction of the Fix Fic trope. [[spoiler:Homura wishes to rewrite reality with ThePowerOfLove so that EveryoneLives, all for the sake of her dear Madoka's happiness. And her plan [[GoneHorriblyRight goes horribly right]] as she basically [[LoveMakesYouEvil becomes the Devil to Madoka's God in order to pull it off]].]] Of course, this [[BrokenBase divisive ending]] has inspired some straight examples where [[spoiler:either they patch up their differences or Homura never betrays Madoka in the first place]].
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''

** Double subverted with the ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' movies. [[spoiler: The setting is revealed to be an alternate timeline from the original ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' anime, and is seemingly a LighterAndSofter take. However, the Third Impact is started early and humanity is decimated, driving Shinji to near-insanity and giving Gendo even more leeway for his plans. In the end, however, Shinji has a reversal moment of his End of Evangelion ephihany and helps all of his friends instead of them helping him. After this, he's able to use the Spear of Gaius to undo the Third and possibly Second Impact, returning the world to normal and all the humans to life. He also creates another timeline without Angels or Evangelions, giving everyone there them a chance to live happier, normal lives]].

%%* The [[Creator/DaisukeMoriyama manga version]] of ''Manga/ChronoCrusade''. (What does it fix?)
* ''Manga/{{Metamorphosis}}'': A Website/{{Reddit}} user created an alternate ending called "I'm Gonna Fix That Girl" where Saki is saved at the last minute from her [[DrivenToSuicide suicide by heroin overdose]] by [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Josuke Higashikata]], who uses his Stand Crazy Diamond to cure her by reversing her overdose and healing her injuries. It ends with a scene of Saki and her daughter together, several years in the future.

* Sometime during 1980, Marvel published a pretty reprehensible ''Comicbook/TheAvengers'' story involving ComicBook/MsMarvel, in which the Earth's Mightiest Heroes have no problem with another character essentially raping her and brainwashing her into loving him and having his child ([[http://www.cracked.com/article_17626_the-5-creepiest-sex-scenes-in-comics_p2.html discussed here]] probably NSFW). Creator/ChrisClaremont was so disgusted with that story that he wrote Avengers Annual #10, where Ms. Marvel [[WhatTheHellHero calls the Avengers out on their bullshit]]. And to drive the further point home, Marcus the one who raped Carol in the first place instantly becomes ash.
* ''Comicbook/FinalCrisis: Legion of Three Worlds'' is essentially a fix fic by Creator/GeoffJohns, simultaneously clearing up the ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' continuity boggle '''and''' bringing back two unfairly dead characters [[ComicBook/TheFlash Kid Flash]] and ComicBook/{{Superboy}}, the latter of which Johns had to kill off in ''Comicbook/InfiniteCrisis''. (It was either Superboy or ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}, so all things considered...)
** It should be noted, though, that there were a number of things Geoff included that just caused more continuity errors. Such as the original Fatal Five being a part of the Legion of Super-Villains, even though, if this was supposed to be the "original" Legion, two were dead and one was neutralized. Sorcerer's World being intact after it was destroyed. Timber Wolf and Lightning Lass being a couple again. No mention of the Ranzz children. Andromeda being with the Reboot Legion in Limbo despite not being a member of the team when they were trapped, and the fact that there were members missing from the Threeboot Legion (Gazelle, Dream Girl) and some were added back after they left (Princess Projectra, Timber Wolf). There's also the fact that there were now two different sets of the Nolan twins (Ferro Lad and his brother), born in the present and future of New Earth, and a bigger continuity snarl concerning Impulse's mother and grandfather.
*** First, Geoff has stated outright that the "restored" OG Legion diverted from the original stories during Crisis on Infinite Earths, shortly after #14 of volume three (when Tellus, Magnetic Kid, Quislet, and Polar Boy joined the team and Projectra took up the Sensor Girl costume identity). As such, only broad strokes of what happened from #15-63 happened and moreso, Magic Wars never happened, since that storyline and its fall-out (IE the United Planets basically collapsed economically because of it) is basically what caused the "Five Year Gap" to happen.
*** Second, Andromeda rejoined the reboot Legion off-screen between the end of ''the Legion'' and the ''Legion/Teen Titans Special'' and thus went into Limbo with the team.

* ''Manga/{{Metamorphosis}}'': A Website/{{Reddit}} user created an alternate ending called "I'm Gonna Fix That Girl" where Saki is saved at the last minute from her [[DrivenToSuicide suicide by heroin overdose]] by [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Josuke Higashikata]], who uses his Stand to cure her. It ends with a scene of Saki and her daughter together, several years in the future.

Sometimes the fans think that the PowersThatBe screwed it. Maybe they've [[TheChrisCarterEffect wasted the storyline]], or they went for [[ClicheStorm the obvious]] when a [[BetterThanCanon better solution]] should have been favored. Maybe they [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter didn't focus on a certain character enough]]. Maybe they've [[{{Shipping}} paired the wrong couple]] together, or they don't even understand who the [[DracoInLeatherPants true hero]] of the story should be. Or, even worse, they've [[DroppedABridgeOnHim killed]]/[[CharacterDerailment derailed]] the best/most important character, or given the story an ending that is [[AudienceAlienatingEnding unsatisfying for whatever reason]].

** Creator/MattStover's ''Literature/RevengeOfTheSith'' novelization is commonly held up as BetterThanCanon, and makes a number of small tweaks so the story hangs together better. Among other things, [[spoiler:Padmé's death is not due to "losing the will to live", but because Anakin's ForceChoke inflicted damage that the medical droids tending her couldn't detect since they weren't designed for humans]].

* Sometime during 1980, Marvel published a pretty reprehensible ''Comicbook/TheAvengers'' story involving Ms. Marvel, in which the Earth's Mightiest Heroes have no problem with another character essentially raping her and brainwashing her into loving him and having his child ([[http://www.cracked.com/article_17626_the-5-creepiest-sex-scenes-in-comics_p2.html discussed here]] probably NSFW). Chris Claremont was so disgusted with that story that he wrote Avengers Annual #10, where Ms. Marvel [[WhatTheHellHero calls the Avengers out on their bullshit]]. And to drive the further point home, Marcus the one who raped Carol in the first place instantly becomes ash.

* ''Literature/EndoAndKobayashiLive'' has the two title characters creating a FixFic for the villainess Lieselotte of the FictionalVideoGame ''Love Me Magically!'' InUniverse, flying by the seat of their pants, because the main male love interest [[NoInnerFourthWall can hear their commentary]].

* ''Literature/RinkitinkInOz'' was the 10th book in Creator/LFrankBaum's ''Literature/LandOfOz'' series, but began life a decade earlier as a stand-alone fantasy book that had nothing to do with Oz, and went unpublished for unknown reasons. L. Frank Baum, in need of a quick idea for his yearly Oz books, revived the story and hastily tacked on an Oz-related ending, having Dorothy and Princess Ozma suddenly become involved in the plot and rescue the heroes in a DeusExMachina that actually became very unpopular with Oz fans over the ensuing decades. However, the original manuscript is long lost. To celebrate the centennial of the book, a legally published Fix Fic, ''King Rinkitink'', was authored by Andrew J. Heller and released in 2017 with the backing of the International Wizard of Oz Club, in an attempt to bring the story back to what the original manuscript may have been like, sans any Oz elements. This being long after the book had passed into the PublicDomain made publishing the FixFic legal, and is about as official as can be in modern times since the original publisher long ago ceased to exist, making the International Wizard of Oz Club one of the only authorities on Oz canon.

** Kevin J. Anderson's own "Darksaber" - terrible as it is frequently judged to be - could itself be regarded as a FixFic for Barbara Hambly's "Children of the Jedi" in that it breaks up the Luke/Callista relationship in the second book of a three-book series. Returning to Hambly as author for the third, "Planet of Twilight", still kept Callista around as a protagonist of the book but at least finished by writing her out of Luke's life and out of the series for good (until the New Jedi Order series at least).

* ''Literature/EndoAndKobayashiLive'' has the two title characters creating a FixFic for the villainess Lieselotte of the game ''Love Me Magically!'' InUniverse, flying by the seat of their pants, because the main male love interest can hear their commentary.

* ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'' is a visual novel game with a [[AnyoneCanDie high body count]]. The creators apparently anticipated this trope, as the original game has a hidden ending where EveryoneLives. [[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair The sequel]] includes an unlockable WhatIf story called ''LightNovel/DanganronpaIf'', which explains how it ([[CanonDiscontinuity could have]]) happened.

* Marvel launched a Fix Fic aimed at one of comics' greatest {{dork age}}s, the Spider-Man Clone Saga, a six-part series named, appropriately, ''Spider-Man: The REAL Clone Saga''. It's written by Tom [=DeFalco=], who was one of the editors of the original disaster and purports to "explore the story as it was originally conceived". The mini-series took several liberties and pot-shots at the Saga and later developments in Spider-Man books, climaxing with the message that Peter Parker should be a proud father by this point in his life.

* Done in ''VisualNovel/{{Ever17}}'', where [[spoiler:in the best ending, Blick Winkel, the reader, travels back in time to make sure Takeshi and Coco live until the events in 2034.]]

* Perhaps the single most successful and best-known offical example of Fix Fic is the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' series; they quite often take series that are seen as "good but flawed", such as ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' or ''[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam]]'', and then proceed to "correct" what the fandom (and sometimes the professional critics) identify as narrative problems in the individual stories when making the MassiveMultiplayerCrossover plots for the games. Examples include having [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji]] become a much more mature, rational person due to more human contact or fixing some of the issues with ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Gundam SEED Destiny]]''. Other times they simply provide the "best" scenario possible from ambiguous works, such as Amuro and Char surviving their final showdown in ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Char's Counterattack]]'', or preventing tragic character deaths such as [[spoiler:''[[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Gai Daigoji]]'' or ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Elpe Puru]]]]''.
** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ'' deserves special mention, as the first game fixes the massive BrokenBase that is ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEedDestiny Gundam SEED Destiny]]'' by having everyone involved act more intelligently and treats both Kira and Shinn's sides as equally good and heroic. Then ''Z2 Saisei-Hen'' went and fixed ''Anime/CodeGeass'' by [[spoiler:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbMxufJKDqo letting the player decide whether or not to betray Lelouch, and thus ultimately prevent Zero Requiem from happening]].]] On the other hand, ''Z2 Hakai-hen'' doesn't let the player prevent the "big three" plotline deaths of [[spoiler:[[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 the original Lockon Stratos]], and [[Anime/CodeGeass Euphemia li Britannia]]. The latter [[UnexplainedRecovery ultimately shows up, alive and well]], as Suzaku mopes post-FLEIJA explosion.]]
** It's takes on ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ'' typically does a good job of evening out the odd tone and pacing spikes the actual show suffered, and as a result of its MassivelyMultiplayerCrossover nature, allows the ''ZZ'' cast to interact with the ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam 0079]]'' and ''Zeta'' casts like Tomino & crew originally intended. Moreover, for those moments where levity ''is'' appropriate, ''SRW'' provides the ''ZZ'' kids with entire casts of other shows to bounce off of, rather than just each other. The overall effect is tremendously impactful on ''ZZ'''s narrative, and ''ZZ'' was typically held up as ''the'' example of "the Gundam show ''SRW'' fixed" before ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ SRW Z]]'' came along with its sweeping changes to ''SEED Destiny''.
** Another anime that was often considered fixed by the series, aside of ''SEED Destiny'', is ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Prince of Darkness'' movie, which was widely considered a FranchiseKiller and being an incomplete story. When the movie gets into ''Super Robot Wars'', you can always expect the story to continue 'as intended', Akito and Yurika finally get freed from the hell they were suddenly put into and [[EarnYourHappyEnding earn themselves their happy end as a loving couple]] with Akito making efforts to move past his DarkerAndEdgier persona. The KarmaHoudiniWarranty treatment on certain villains as noted below are also applied all the time.
** Keep in mind, at least at first, the whole nature of this trope was for [[CompetitiveBalance balance reasons]], as being too faithful to each series' storyline will definitely cause to end the game with very few characters, especially from series who normally ends with [[DownerEnding very dark]] or [[BittersweetEnding bittersweet conclusions]], but later this become one of the most striking features of the whole franchise.
** On the other hand, the franchise has go to the ''opposite'' direction and they also outright killed characters who are supposed to survive at the end of their series, normally villains who [[KarmaHoudini didn't get what they deserve in their original series]] like [[spoiler:[[Anime/AfterWarGundamX The Frost Bros.]], [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Haruki Kusakabe]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam Katejina Loos]]]] (through she is portrayed much more sympathetically in most media she appears in and considering [[AFateWorseThanDeath what became of her in her own series]], death would be a ''mercy'' for [[spoiler: Katejina]]).
** Also, in Banpresto's defense, [[spoiler:Kamina's death]] was entirely justified by the fact that his death has a significant impact on the characters and the storyline rather than the insignificant and pointless deaths like those featured in Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny.
** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Char Aznable]] deserves an special mention regarding this as being Char not only one of the most popular characters of the whole ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' franchise, but also one of the most influential of ''all anime history'', how much of his fate is handled compared with how he ends in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack'' [[spoiler:when he and Amuro dies during the final battle]] varies depending of the game:
*** In the classical continuity, Char [[spoiler:lives because the events of the movie never happens and he still sticks with his Quattro's persona from ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'']].
*** The [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Alpha continuity]] is the only one when follows the movie continuity [[spoiler:and Char finally bites the dust for real, while for obvious reasons Amuro lives. And even then, the reason why he pulled the movie's actions can count as a fix: Rather than the reasoning being 'all of the sudden', ''Alpha Gaiden'' gave him a solid reason why he pulled his actions in the movie: after seeing the [[Anime/TurnAGundam Black History]] where mankind continued to gleefully commit mistakes, Char became disillusioned and thought the Axis drop was the only solution to fix it]].
*** The [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ Z continuity]] has an interesting twist of the events of the movie, due of the inclusion of [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Full Frontal]]: [[spoiler:not only Char survives, but also he has a change of heart as well, and the events of the movie are now carried by Full Frontal instead, so the players are now being able to get rid of him without guilt. In a way, Char's change of heart might be something of a 'fix' from how he ended up in the Alpha continuity. Char witnessed the Black History containing his alternate self doing the Axis Drop, but instead of ending up disillusioned, [[FutureMeScaresMe he became so scared with that vision that he swore to never sink to that kind of low.]] One SuperDickery stint later, and turns out [[IGaveMyWord he kept his word.]]]]
*** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsV'' pulls another twist on this: [[spoiler:Unlike previous games, Char is already dead, and not only Full Frontal had a [[HeelFaceTurn change of heart]], but also [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Jerid Mesa and even Yazan Gable]], the latter is an AxCrazy psycho with no redeemable features whatsoever]].
*** In the ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAdvance Advance]]'' continuity: [[spoiler:Char never moved past his Quattro persona, but the Axis Drop event became the final stage of the game, except this time it was done by Vindel Mauser and the Shadow Mirrors. Char as Quattro is present in stopping it with the other heroes and when asked why he wouldn't do what he did in the movie, Char's reply was simply "I'm just Quattro Bajeena. That's all."]]
*** Similarly in ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsT T]]'' continuity, [[spoiler:Char never planned the Axis Drop and was convinced to join the T3 quicker than expected. Still, [[Anime/GunXSword The Claw]] used Axis anyway to execute his [[AssimilationPlot Time of Happiness plot]], and Ame Presbund pins the blame of Axis-dropping to T3, strengthened with the fact that both Char and [[Anime/MobileSuitZZGundam Haman Karn]] were amongst the group so it gave the accusations some credibilities since people thought 'That's what Char would've done'. Naturally, Char isn't amused.]]
*** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars30'' takes this an interesting route: [[spoiler:in this continuity, Char's already pulled it off, but he and Amuro survived and were put into hiding. However, Char realizes what he did was a really stupid thing and he feels that the ghost of the Red Comet needs to put laid to rest, reclaiming his Quattro Bajeena identity and trying to force Zeon remnants and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamNarrative Zoltan Akkanen]] to stop]].
** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsX'' does this for the ''Anime/CrossAnge'' plotline, including the ending in the IF Route.
*** While the X-Cross fleet still need to fight against sudden dragon attacks, they're not as frequent as in ''V'' and the protagonists aren't interested in ensuring kills.
*** The attack on Arzenal is changed again. [[spoiler:Salamandinay's encounters with [[Anime/MashinHeroWataruSeries Wataru]] draw her to X-Cross' side long before she would have destroyed it. Instead, Embryo recruits the Diamond Rose Knights by stealth, and has them lead an easily-repulsed assault alongside himself, corrupted dragons, and Atlantean forces.]]
*** [[spoiler:After Aura tells her about Embryo, Sylvia’s deep regret causes her to stand up without needing her older sister. After the final battle, she agrees to make amends and they become sisters again.]]
*** Norma’s AntiMagic does not counter all magic; it only disrupts Dracunium-based magic used by Mana and the Dragons.

** In the book Wickham runs off with Lydia, nearly ruining her, and Darcy pays for them to be married (as it's the only way to salvage everyone's reputation). Here Wickham gets beaten up by Darcy and given an ArmourPiercingSlap from the Elizabeth and Lydia analogues.

*** And given [[Literature/NewJediOrder what came]] [[Literature/LegacyOfTheForce afterward]], some wish it had been, as it would have avoided DependingOnTheWriter, WriterOnBoard, ArmedWithCanon ShipToShipCombat...not to mention, [[spoiler:killing off Zahn's characters]]. ''Literature/FateOfTheJedi'' was intended as a series-long Fix Fic for ''Literature/LegacyOfTheForce'', but didn't quite work out. The fans haven't rejected it as totally as Legacy, but the series still turned out decidedly unpopular, fixing superficial issues but ignoring more serious ones.