Morbane's coal

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In quantum wankchanics, Morbane's coal is a thought experiment, sometimes described as a paradox, of quantum wankerposition. In the thought experiment, a hypothetical gift may be considered simultaneously both the fic of your dreams (TFOYD) and coal, while it is unread state, as a result of its fate being linked to a random subatomic event that may or may not occur.

The Coaltide interpretation implies that, after a while, the gift is simultaneously TFOYD and coal. Yet, when a coalie clicks on their gift, the coalie sees the gift either TFOYD or coal, not both TFOYD and coal. This poses the question of when exactly quantum wankerposition ends and reality resolves into one possibility or the other.

Madness Opens: Tuesday 26 December
Author Reveals: Monday 1 January


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Comments

Re: tangents

[(Anonymous)]

+1

Thanks to ayrt, because I had no idea what we were talking about.

[(Anonymous)]

is myling the user who reeks of nordic privilege

Re: Who got a lot of treats?

[(Anonymous)]

My treat recip. Four in the main collection and one in Madness.

[(Anonymous)]

The what

Re: Just over wordcount

[(Anonymous)]

You've heard of dewclaws, but are you ready for forearm sacs??

[(Anonymous)]

Does anyone else find the Yuletide discord mods insufferable?

Re: Fic recs

[(Anonymous)]

Aww, same. Sometimes I miss some of the old school stuff like the old emoticons. =D

Re: Vague about bad fics in the collection

[(Anonymous)]

Drop a hint in a day or two?

[(Anonymous)]

What's that supposed to mean?

Re: tangents

[(Anonymous)]

I don’t really understand which side they’re coming down on with the username thing but you can’t make yourself like something even as you appreciate the effort.

Re: Wordcount

[(Anonymous)]

This has absolutely nothing to do with popularity. Do you think there aren’t fics of any length that get very little attention?

Re: tangents

[(Anonymous)]

dc

gaslighting no; manipulative arguments, twisting the truth, etc, those happen all the time on anon. i think that’s what cyrt means.

anyway this whole fight is fucking stupid! who cares!

[(Anonymous)]

More people commented in general, not sure about the kudos though. I always wistfully remember my first yuletide, waking up Christmas morning to at least half a dozen comments already, and that was not in a big-for-yt fandom.

Re: Vague about bad fics in the collection

[(Anonymous)]

Nah.

Re: Vague about bad fics in the collection

[(Anonymous)]

Inept.

Re: Yuletide Madness: 4 Hours To Go

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you for your service, coalie! I hope your Madness treats are a delightful surprise for your recipients in a few hours!

Re: 3T1L

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not one the writers on this fandom but thanks for leaving this comment on these stories. I enjoyed hearing you pov on them.

Re: Yuletide Madness: 4 Hours To Go

[(Anonymous)]

Madness treat: posted!

Now, sleep.

Re: Vague about bad fics in the collection

[(Anonymous)]

He has a thing about high heels??!! It doesn’t really matter but dear God, someone probably thought a fic I wrote was written by him at some point, based on the fandom and…something of that.

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you for this and the other comment coalie. I laughed when I read the first one.

Re: Vague about bad fics in the collection

[(Anonymous)]

This is about one obvious wanker who frequently targets and stalks one harmless person because they have friends with shared fandoms and this makes them “cliquey.” If you don’t recognize the context it doesn’t matter.

Re: Rabbit?

[(Anonymous)]

nah it's some dumb meme, ignore it.

[(Anonymous)]

wheres all the butt fic

Re: tangents

[(Anonymous)]

And here in the wild we have a repeated illustration of an idiot who does not know that words mean things.

Re: How was your gift?

[(Anonymous)]

Oh no!