Anyone who got all the references in this story, without Google or reading the comments, wins one hundred geek points.
(Because of the implied depth of coverage required to completely overlap a sample of someone else's reading/viewing.)
I figured part of the enjoyment would be getting together in the comments to work it out.
This is what I've got. I suspect some of the characters I couldn't place are from anime/manga, which I've never been interested in. Otherwise, in rot13:
Gur guerr vqragvpny-ybbxvat oblf: Gbz Fjvsg?
Gur zvqqyr-ntrq jbzna jvgu n "dhvgr crphyvne qrzrnabe": Nyvpr.
Gnyy zna jvgu n funirq urnq: Ybhvf Jh.
Obl jvgu gur fpne ba uvf sberurnq: Uneel Cbggre.
Zna jvgu gur fubpx bs lryybj unve: Wbua Pbafgnagvar.
Obl va benatr jvagre pbng: Xraal.
Gur gnyy zna jvgu chcvyf "yvxr fgnef va gur avtug": Qernz (gur Raqyrff).
Gur zna jub bayl fnvq "Trg ba jvgu v...
So I'd intended this story as a bit of utterly deranged fun, but it got out of control and ended up as a deep philosophical exploration, and now those of you who care will have to wade through the insanity. I'm sorry. I just can't seem to help myself.
I know that writing crossover fanfiction is considered one of the lower levels to which an author can sink. Alas, I've always been a sucker for audacity, and I am the sort of person who couldn't resist trying to top the entire... but never mind, you can see for yourself.
Click on to read my latest story and first fanfiction, a Vernor Vinge x Greg Egan crackfic.