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{{WIP}}While the OS-tan community cannot agree on a single OS-tan setting or continuity, many writers and artists have created, within their stories, OS-tan universes that have definitive settings, backgrounds and mechanics. It is unlikely these stories are a part of a single continuity - however, some share elements that hint at them being related, and a number are confirmed as belonging to a shared continuity.  
{{WIP}}While the OS-tan community cannot agree on a single OS-tan setting or continuity, many writers and artists have created, within their stories, OS-tan universes that have definitive settings, backgrounds and mechanics. It is unlikely these stories are a part of a single continuity - however, some share elements that hint at them being related, and a number are confirmed as belonging to a shared continuity.  


The first prominent continuity to arise in the OS-tan fan community was that of the "Fantasy culture" setting. Largely imagined by former OSC artist C-chan and laid out in his Annex Project, it featured a cast built mostly of OS- and program-tans, with a few humans included. Under this view of the OS-tan universe, OS-tan are almost entirely female and a ruling class; their assistants, program-tans, are divided between male and female. Humans are largely limited to industry leaders, and portrayed as the creators and bosses of the OS-tans. Other defining characteristics of this continuity include: Pure hardware-tans are all but ignored; the earlier an OS-tan was built, the more antiquated its appearance and behavior is; and the mainframes are cast as a race of giants. The earliest character in this continuity is EXEC-tan.  
The first prominent continuity to arise in the OS-tan fan community was that of the "Fantasy culture" setting. Largely imagined by former OSC artist C-chan and laid out in his Annex Project, it featured a cast built mostly of OS- and program-tans, with a few humans included. Under this view of the OS-tan universe, OS-tan are almost entirely female and a ruling class; their assistants, program-tans, are divided between male and female. Humans are largely limited to industry leaders, and portrayed as the creators and bosses of the OS-tans. Other defining characteristics of this continuity include: hardware-tans being all but ignored; older OS-tans appearing more antiquated and having simpler ways of thinking; mainframes being cast as a race of giants; and almost no attention given to real-world locations. The earliest character in this continuity is EXEC-tan.  


Among the first OS-tan stories to employ a variant of the "real world" setting is OSC user Bella's Linux-tan comic. While most of the characters are OS-tans, humans are featured as well. The setting seems to be largely real-world, with differences typical to the real world-based theory of OS-tan setting: such as OS-tans possessing magical powers; as well as a few characteristics borrowed from the "fantasy culture" theory, like -tans grouping into factions that function largely independent of human society. The relationship between the real world and the world of the OS-tans was not detailed at any length, nor was OS-tan society outside of a few factions (mostly the Unix and Linux-tans).  
Among the first OS-tan stories to employ a variant of the "real world" setting is OSC user Bella's Linux-tan comic. While most of the characters are OS-tans, humans are featured as well. The setting seems to be largely real-world, with differences typical to the real world-based theory of OS-tan setting such as OS-tans possessing magical powers; as well as a few characteristics borrowed from the "fantasy culture" theory, like -tans grouping into factions that function largely independent of human society. The relationship between the real world and the world of the OS-tans was not detailed at any length, nor was OS-tan society outside of a few factions (mostly the Unix and Linux-tans).  


The SAGE-tan chronicles, authored by Stewartsage, is perhaps the story that codified the "real world" theory as we know it today. In it, the setting of the OS-tans is plainly a variant of our own universe - in fact, the only major difference between this OS-tan universe and the real world appears to be the presence of the OS-tans (subsequently forms of high-technology or magic). It is the first story to be set upon a geographically-correct world, with -tans explicitly hailing from real settings and belonging to factual organizations - companies, universities, and the military.






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