Media

The world in which Halcyon City and the Big Team reside and our world are alike in many ways, but in others, not so much. As such, analogues of many forms of popular (and not so popular) media exist, usually with minor twists. The following is a list of such media franchises. It is by no means exhaustive.

## Literature

### The Legends of King Arthur

The stories of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table exist as they do in our world, but have a slightly different light in the context of those figures actually existing in the Otherworld known as Avalon. Several figures from these legends have appeared in Halcyon, such as Lancelot and Galahad.

TV
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### Dave Galaxy

###### Real-life counterpart: Steven Universe

A cartoon show about a young boy who is half human and half gem, and watched over by a family of immortal alien gems. Popular for its tasteful depiction of non binary and lgbt experiences, Dave Galaxy has recently come under criticism by some claiming that the alien species depicted in the show is a parody of Glamazonia. The show's creators claim any resemblance is purely accidental.

### Hemingway Lubberdook 420

###### Real-life counterpart: Anderson Cooper 360

A cable news show on Halcyon City News Network which commonly features a segment wherein decent, stable Halcyonites are called on as guest experts and are then blindsided by adversarial whack-jobs. Hemingway Lubberdook creates the outward appearance of journalism but has been known to use misleading, dirty tricks. He's also smug. And handsome.

### The Magpie Estate

###### Real-life counterpart: The Owl House

A cartoon about a human who avoids their summer camp to instead find a magical world and learn how to be a witch. It's very gay.

## Movies

### Twylite

###### Real-life counterpart: Twilight and its sequels. See Twylite: Battle Royale below.

the Twylite movies are movie adaptations of Twylite: Battle Royale, the popular battle royale game. In the movies, the main character of the game goes to school and competes for a human's affections with numerous other vampires (and werewolves, hinting at a possible expansion to the videogame).

## Social Media

### BeTube

###### Real-life counterpart: YouTube

An online video-sharing platform where anyone can upload and comment on videos. Launched in 2005 with the slogan "Be Yourself."

### Chitter

###### Real-life counterpart: Twitter

A microblogging and social media platform launched in 2006 around the concept of restricting messages to 140 characters, though this was doubled in 2019.

## Video Games

### Guilds and Guardians

###### Real-life counterpart: League of Legends

Guilds and Guardians (abbreviated GaG) is a multiplayer online battle arena, or MOBA, videogame developed by Rito Games. It is massively popular and has editions on PC, console, and even mobile devices.

#### Characters in GaG

* Jane Hunter, a vampire hunter hero and Jungler archetype. Her art was done by Indi Vella.
* Alucarda, an AD Carry archetype vampire hero. She and Jane Hunter have a... complicated relationship.
* Jay Fox, a time-traveling skateboarder. His voice actor is Roy Cooke.

### Twylite: Battle Royale

###### Real-life counterpart: Fortnite: Battle Royale, Twilight and its sequels

Twylite is an online video game developed by Exotic Games in which up to 100 players fight to be the last one standing in a spooky world of creatures and cryptids. The game is popularly advertised with its mascot Twylite, a vampire that sparkles in the sun.

### Hut Seal

###### Real-life counterpart: Club Penguin

Hut Seal is a massively multiplayer online game developed for children, in which players used cartoon seal-like avatars and played in a winter-set virtual world.

### The Witcher III

The Witcher III is exactly how it is in real life.

### The Legend of Adlez

###### Real-life counterpart: The Legend of Zelda

The Legend of Adlez is a fantasy action-adventure game series developed by Bitendo, in which the player plays Chain, a non-binary elf-like protagonist issued the task of rescuing princess Adlez.

### Bitendo Verse

###### Real-life counterpart: Nintendo Switch

The Bitendo Verse is Bitendo's latest gaming console, a device that can go from mobile to docked/classic console mode.

## Tabletop Role-Playing Games

### Ruins & Revenants

###### Real-life counterpart: Dungeons & Dragons

Ruins & Revenants (commonly abbreviated as R&R) is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game originally designed by Lionel Lylax, in which a group of players create a single character, commonly of a fantasy race such as elves or gnomes, and a class such as barbarian or wizard, and travel through a world created and controlled by another played known as a Ruin Master.

## Collectible Card Games

### Arcana: United

###### Real-life counterpart: Magic: The Gathering

Arcana: United is a the world's most popular collectible card game, originally designed by Robert Arbuckle. Well known for the many, many formats of play, Arcana: United has players collect cards to build powerful decks, or Tomes, filled with strange creatures, powerful spells, to find out who the stronger Realmhopper is.