## [RT] Ninja Trails: Kung-fu Battle Wizards in the Real World

* Author: u/None *
* URL: https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/ninja-trails-kung-fu-battle-wizards-in-the-real-world.34807/
* Score: 11

* Created: 2017-01-04T12:47:25

### Post:

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### Comments:

> **u/xamueljones** [+2]  *My arch-enemy is entropy* (an hour later)
> 
> This is beautiful and I love how the omakes of *this* quest qualifies as fanfiction of fanfiction of fanfiction.

>> **u/None** [+5]  (22 hours later)
>> 
>> [deleted]

>>> **u/PeridexisErrant** [+3]  *put aside fear for courage, and death for life* (a day later)
>>> 
>>> There's *Orders of Magnitude*, a fan-prequel to *Significant Digits*, a fan-sequel to *Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality*, a fanfic of *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*.  
>>> 
>>> That's a layer deeper even before fic and omake of *Orders* is considered...

>>>> **u/eaglejarl** [+2]  (2 days later)
>>>> 
>>>> If we're considering canon to be level one then this is level four; Naruto -> MfD -> omake of MfD -> quest based off of omake. 
>>>> 
>>>> There was also:
>>>> 
>>>> HP -> HPMOR -> Following the Phoenix -> Squiring the Phoenix

>> **u/None** [+1]  (2 hours later)
>> 
>> Pretty sure it's only two level deep?

>>> **u/xamueljones** [+1]  *My arch-enemy is entropy* (3 hours later)
>>> 
>>> Yes, the quest itself is two levels deep, I was referring to the omakes of this quest which are three levels deep.
>>> 
>>> Here's a meta-joke, see if you can figure out the punchline:
>>> 
>>> I'm
>>> 
>>> So
>>> 
>>> Meta
>>> 
>>> Even
>>> 
>>> This
>>> 
>>> Acronym

>>>> **u/None** [+1]  (11 hours later)
>>>> 
>>>> I thought the original quest is level one since it is a fanfic of canon?

>>>>> **u/None** [+1]  (13 hours later)
>>>>> 
>>>>> [deleted]

>>>>>> **u/eaglejarl** [+1]  (2 days later)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Well, Ninja Trails is based off an omake of MfD, so it should get one extra layer.

>>>> **u/eaglejarl** [+1]  (15 hours later)
>>>> 
>>>> Is Meta

>>>> **u/PeridexisErrant** [+1]  *put aside fear for courage, and death for life* (a day later)
>>>> 
>>>> [Hofstader](https://xkcd.com/917): "this is the reference implementation of the self-referential joke"

>>>>> **u/xkcd_transcriber** [+1]  (a day later)
>>>>> 
>>>>> [Image](http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/hofstadter.png)
>>>>> 
>>>>> [Mobile](https://m.xkcd.com/917/)
>>>>> 
>>>>> **Title:** Hofstadter
>>>>> 
>>>>> **Title-text:** "This is the reference implementation of the self\-referential joke\."
>>>>> 
>>>>> [Comic Explanation](https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/917#Explanation)
>>>>> 
>>>>> **Stats:** This comic has been referenced 970 times, representing 0.6792% of referenced xkcds.
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