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- In fact, these two plots are so popular in MGS fan fiction that almost every male MGS fan writer has taken on the former, and almost every female MGS fan writer has taken on the latter.
Source: Fanfic Fuel -
Nice bit of Fridge Brilliance, here: Zettai Ryoukai is an extremely popular fetish in Japan, and Catherine is a actually a succubus who has taken the form of the protagonist's ideal woman.
Source: Zettai Ryouiki -
Settings are often some variant of the standard fantasy setting (of varying levels of "yeah, we nicked this straight out of The Silmarillion"), possibly with a dash of Alternate History, or taken directly from a popular RPG.
Source: LARP
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