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sequences (which has also been explored and developed by other authors) also utilize and interweave numerous otherwise unrelated fictional characters into a rich family history by speculating familial connections between them (such as a blood-relationship between
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properties that have different owners). Some crossovers are not explained at all. Others are absurd or simply impossible within the fictional setting, and have to be ignored by the series' respective
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to the fictional world of a program. Characters from a fictional television series may appear on a stylized version of an established non-fictional television series, such as
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History of Jane Austen Fandom
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