Other Side

1.1.1. One line

1.1.2. Properties

1.2.1. Meta

1.2.2. Time

1.2.3. References

1. Primary
   
   1. X-Files   video_series
      

      Without aliens.

   2. Marvel's Netflix television series   video_series comics
      

      Low-grade superheroes: Jessica Jones, Daredevil, Iron Fist, The Defenders, The Punisher, Luke Cage

   3. Gotham TV series   video_series
      
   4. American Gods   book video_series
      
   5. Happy!   video_series comics
      
   6. Fringe   video_series
      
   7. Misfits   video_series
      
   8. S.H.I.E.L.D.    video_series comics
      

      But low-grade heroes.

   9. Control    game
      
   10. Otherside Picnic    manga animation_series
       
   11. [RESEARCH] Stranger Things   video_series
       
   12. [RESEARCH] Ghost in the Shell    animation_series movie manga
       
   13. [RESEARCH] Deus Ex   video_game
       
   14. [RESEARCH] Alan Wake   video_game
       
   15. [RESEARCH] Unbreakable    movie
       
   16. [RESEARCH] A Master of Djinn   book
       
2. Secondary
   
   1. SCP Foundation   game
      
   2. The Craft    movie
      
   3. Mieruko Chan    manga animation_series
      
   4. Doom Patrol    video_series comics
      
   5. Wellington Paranormal   video_series
      
   6. Warhouse 13   video_series video_series
      
   7. John Constantine   movie comics
      
   8. Mononoke don't confuse with "Princess Mononoke"   animation_series
      
   9. Lockwood & Co.   video_series
      
   10. Blade    movie comics
       
   11. Watchmen   movie
       
   12. Torchwood   video_series
       
   13. First Wave   video_series
       
   14. The Blacklist    video_series
       
   15. Sin City   movie
       
   16. Made in Abyss   animation_series manga video_game movie
       
   17. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children    movie
       
   18. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency    video_series
       
   19. X-Men   comics movie video_series animated_series
       
   20. Night_Watch   book movies
       
   21. Roadside Picnic   book
       
   22. Metro 2033-x    video_game book
       
   23. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.    video_game
       
   24. Utopia    video_series
       
   25. [RESEARCH] Carnival Row    video_series
       
   26. [RESEARCH] Spriggan   animation_series managa movie video_game
       
   27. [RESEARCH] Heroes   video_series
       
   28. [RESEARCH] The Lost Room    video_series
       
   29. [RESEARCH] Gateway    book
       
   30. [RESEARCH] The Boys    video_series
       
   31. [RESEARCH] John Wick    movie
       
   32. [RESEARCH] The Dresden Files    video_series book
       
   33. [RESEARCH] Kolchak: The Night Stalker   video_series
       

       Tremendous influence on X-Files.

   34. [RESEARCH] Twin Peaks   video_series
       
   35. [RESEARCH] Hellraiser   movie comics
       
3. Other references on a separate page.
   

1.2.4. Heroes

1. Primary
   
   1. Investigator (journalist, detective, special agent, advocate, lawyer)
      

      Fox Mulder, Dana Scully, Jessica Jones, Jim Gordon, Harvey Bullock, Nick Sax (Happy!)

   2. Low-grade hero/villain (mutants, psychic)
      

      Daredevil, Harley Quinn, Punisher, Shadow Moon (American Gods)

   3. Adventurer/freelancer
      

      The Lone Gunmen (X-Files), Iron Fist, Selina Kyle, Sorawo Kamikoshi (Otherside Picnic)

   4. Mentor/experienced leader
      

      Phil Coulson, Walter Skinner, Alfred Pennyworth

   5. Puppeteer
      

      Smoking Man, Riddler, Raymond Reddington, Mr. Wednesday (American Gods), Ra's al Ghul, Purple Man

   6. Scientist/engineer/mechanic specialized in paranormal
      

      Walter Bishop, Leo Fitz, Jemma Simmons, Hugo Strange

   7. Folclore creature (vampire, werewolf, zombie, ghost)
      

      Mad Sweeney (leprecon), Happy (imagenery friend), Solomon Grundy (zombie)

2. Secondary
   
   1. Corrupted worker (politician, policeman, judge, priest)
      
   2. Mindless mutant
      
   3. Con artist
      
   4. Illegal trader (artifacts, information, weapons, drugs)
      
   5. Gray-moral entrepreneur (Tony Stark, Raymond Reddington, Saul Goodman)
      
   6. Hacker
      
   7. Representative of power (boss at work, agent of government/secret organization/corporation)
      
   8. Doctor/paramedic
      

      Clairy Temple, Leslie Thompkins

   9. Person with two lives / alter ego
      
   10. Permanently injured person (mentally or physically): PTSD, amnesia.
       
   11. Familiar/pet from the other side
       
   12. Double agent
       
   13. Weirdness magnet
       
   14. Cyborg/AI
       
   15. Dangerous prisoner
       
   16. Incidental companion
       
   17. Priest/exorcist/cultist
       
   18. Reformed villain
       
   19. Spirit of the place (city, building, bridge, forest, etc.)
       

1.2.5. Stories

1. Primary
   
   1. Dangerous and dirty job to be done
      
   2. Investigation of the anomaly incident(s)
      
   3. Expedition to the unknown / treasure hunting
      
   4. Vigilantes vs criminals
      
   5. Find and neutralize
      
   6. Conspiracy vs publicity
      
   7. Con
      
   8. City bands/cults fighting for control over the city
      
   9. Adapting to paranormal / taming new powers
      
2. Secondary
   
   1. Rescue mission
      
   2. Damsel in distress
      
   3. Path to success/riches (by any means)
      
   4. Changing of person's moral / corruption
      
   5. Tensions between countries because of powerful artifacts
      
   6. Fairy tale/meme becoming real
      
   7. Quest for unlimited powers
      
   8. Industrial espionage
      
   9. Long tail of the past
      

      Consequences of the past actions/mistakes.

   10. Fall of the state institutions
       
   11. The good of a society vs the good of an individual
       
   12. Segregation
       

1.2.6. Signs

1. Locations
   
   1. Concrete jungles
      
   2. Business/editorial/detective office
      
   3. Parallel dimension
      
   4. Secret hideout
      
   5. Laboratory/workshop/warehouse (legal/illegal/secret/abadoned/gigantic)
      
   6. Hospital/psychiatric hospital
      
   7. Safehouse/"neutral" territory
      
   8. Library
      
2. Artifacts
   
   1. Special military/force equipment
      
   2. Investigator's equipment
      

      Mood board, white board, clothes, notebook, pen, badge.

   3. Ordinary thing that is an artifact
      
   4. Homemade equipment from artifacts
      
   5. Map of the other side
      
   6. Hi-tech implants
      
   7. Superpower drugs
      
   8. Legendary artifact: Holy Grail, Pandora's Box, Philosopher's Stone, Excalibur, etc.
      
   9. Computers with AI based on artifacts
      
3. Biological anomalies
   
   1. Acquired deformities
      
   2. Small mutations
      

      Fangs, increased hairiness, changed eye color, horns, tail.

   3. Manifestations of the paranormal
      

      Ideal beauty/ugliness, wings, hooves, noticeable changes in the skin, breathing fire, ghost body.

   4. Strong allergy on something
      
   5. Prostheses/body built with artifacts
      
   6. Genetic heritage of mutations
      
4. Psychological anomalies
   
   1. Popular mental disorders
      
   2. Hallucinations
      
   3. Obsessions
      
   4. Addiction
      
5. Other
   
   1. Gray morality
      
   2. A Price to pay for a power/wish
      
   3. Technology based on artifacts
      
   4. Physical/logical anomalies
      
   5. Dark market
      
   6. Secret organizations
      
   7. Burocracy attributes: papers, outdated equipment, old cars, old buildings
      
   8. Portals
      
   9. Secrets: signs, ciphers, codes, passwords, diaries
      
   10. Access levels
       
   11. Police cordons
       
   12. Military operations
       
   13. Special transport
       
   14. Life of a "Pirate Ship"
       

       Days of the FBI, newspaper editorial office, detective agency.

   15. Collective consciousness breakthrough into the real world
       

1.2.7. Real world anchors

1. Real places
   
2. Folklore creatures
   
3. Memes as the modern folklore / manifestation of paranormal
   
4. Corruption
   
5. Equality
   
6. Diversity
   

1.2.8. Conflicts

1. Old ways vs new ways
   

   Civilization on the edge of phase shift because of disruptive changes.

2. Institutions & organizations fight over control on society.
   

   Nobody should take total advantage.

3. Personal-level conflicts
   

   How almost common people deal with the changes.