[anonymous]

[ellectriclights.livejournal.com]

[ooc: all of Elle's comment are totally anonymous, I just fail at writing that every time ^^;]

Has anyone here been recognized by someone you've never seen before? Like, have you been told someone saw you on TV, the internet, or in a comic book or anything like that?

[the following was written a while after the first part]

Does a movie/comic book/TV show about people with advanced genetics that give them superpowers sound familiar to anybody? It probably takes place in Hartsdale, NY and/or Odessa, TX.

Comments

[usual oh-so-helpful anon]

[cnflctofintrst.livejournal.com]

It's a common occurrence. It seems that many in the institute exist as fictional characters in the worlds of others. Strangers claiming to be familiar with these people have been able to verify details of their lives, including closely guarded personal secrets.

Most of the the patients who recognize others come from twentieth century Earth, though those they recognize come from many different worlds and times. The usual mediums are novels, comic books, anime, and video games.

[anonymous]

[ellectriclights.livejournal.com]

Last time I checked, fictional characters didn't get up and walk around on their own. What with them being fictional. Is something like this actually possible?

And is it weird to think I talked to Uma Thurman yesterday?

[still anon]

[cnflctofintrst.livejournal.com]

Yes, that would be the assumption, but it's also possible that the person existed before the character. If there were some kind of partial connection between universes, the reality of one universe could become the fiction of another. Either is possible. There's no scientific precedent for such a thing, but we can't deny the evidence in front of us.

It's not weird, but it's far more likely that you talked to a character Uma Thurman played in a television show or movie.

[also still anon]

[ellectriclights.livejournal.com]

Okie-dokie :)

Thanks for the info, even if it doesn't make much sense. This whole "other universes" thing sounds a bit on the impossible side.

[secret-orchard.livejournal.com]

There were a few people who claimed to know me, but no one recognized my face.

[anonymous]

[ellectriclights.livejournal.com]

What's your name? Maybe I've heard of you too, big shot.

Re: [anonymous]

[secret-orchard.livejournal.com]

Armand St. Just. Who are you?

[anonymous]

[ellectriclights.livejournal.com]

Um, sorry, don't recognize it.

My name's Cindy.

Re: [anonymous]

[secret-orchard.livejournal.com]

That is fine with me. Everyone who did mentioned an old book, a history or historical novel.

I don't want to be recognized.

Please be careful, Miss Cindy.

[anonymous]

[ellectriclights.livejournal.com]

Thanks for your concern, Armand. I will be :)

[blurred-divide.livejournal.com]

I have.

[ellectriclights.livejournal.com]

Who're you?

[blurred-divide.livejournal.com]

Name's Angel. I guess it happened to you, too?

[ellectriclights.livejournal.com]

Kinda. Some guy said he saw me on TV, and I know no one's ever filmed me.

And yeah, your name sounds familiar. You're not... a gay vampire, are you?

[blurred-divide.livejournal.com]

It's happening to a number of people.

Oh God, what are they showing everyone on this sh No.

[ellectriclights.livejournal.com]

Can we rule out the possibility that most people here are clinically insane?

Oops. I only saw a few episodes of that show. There was a blonde guy who seemed I don't really watch things with vampires in them, they tend to be pretty geeky.

[blurred-divide.livejournal.com]

My guess is there are smaller dimensional variations than expected. I didn't think it was possible until now.

...Honestly, that's probably for the best.

[rope-victim.livejournal.com]

I was told I was a video game character. It was very... disconcerting. Especially because it was my second day. I think it's almost as bad as the nurses saying that who you are is a hallucination.

[constellates.livejournal.com]

Uhhh, I'm from a video game. I mean, I'm real and all, duh, but I'm in a video game character's body.

[unmocked-lawr.livejournal.com]

I was told I was a character from a book.

My doctor even gave me the book in question. I'm not sure what to think of it.

[diamondstorm]

Supposedly I'm a television show.

[heartcrown.livejournal.com]

I'm supposedly a video game character.

[her-lion.livejournal.com]

On the opposite end of the spectrum, I have recognized more than a handful of people that are fictional from where I come from.

The latter sounds vaguely familiar. Something a little like X-Men (if you've heard of that)?

[ellectriclights.livejournal.com]

They actually look and act like the fictional characters, not crazy people who think they're those fictional characters?

Yeah, people keep saying X-Men. It's not.

[forgot to mention this is anon, whoops.]

[her-lion.livejournal.com]

Yes. They also speak and think like the characters they are supposed to be, based upon their reactions.

The closest thing I can recall was a television show that first aired about a year ago from my time. Something about a villain that stole brains?

Re: [forgot to mention this is anon, whoops.]

[ellectriclights.livejournal.com]

That sounds a bit more like it. Any details you've got on this TV show would be great :)

[anon]

[her-lion.livejournal.com]

That's all I really remember. I never watched more than the pilot - and all the commercials just mentioned the "save the cheerleader, save the world" tagline, as well as the previously-mentioned villain.