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coalie ([personal profile] coalcube) wrote in [community profile] coaltide2023-12-25 08:12 am

Morbane's coal

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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Re: Untherius:

(Anonymous) 2023-12-25 08:09 pm (UTC)(link)
They can, but it's so boring. Surely there must be something more interesting in the collection than this?

Re: Untherius:

(Anonymous) 2023-12-25 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
https://coaltide.dreamwidth.org/7360.html?thread=14899392#cmt14899392

Re: Untherius:

(Anonymous) 2023-12-25 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Then just mute the thread and move on.

Re: Untherius:

(Anonymous) 2023-12-25 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Hi fishspeakers. Now fuck off.

Re: Untherius:

(Anonymous) 2023-12-25 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
The link is only replying to people jam watsoning with "hi fishspeakers" and fucking up the DW search. You didn't notice?

Re: Untherius:

(Anonymous) 2023-12-25 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
https://coaltide.dreamwidth.org/7360.html?thread=14899392#cmt14899392

Re: Untherius:

(Anonymous) 2023-12-25 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Pretty sure the original person asking for treats was fishspeakers too. It made no sense for anyone to be writing those people treats in the first place when we had no idea if she even offered those fandoms.

Re: Untherius:

(Anonymous) 2023-12-25 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
cyrt

That was my implication, yes.

(Anonymous) 2023-12-25 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Can we stop talking about fishspeakers now? This wank is so boring and pathetic. I'm assuming anyone else saying anything about her is her trying to start up wank.

(Anonymous) 2023-12-25 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
What's good in the collection, coalie? Or what else is bad?

Re: Fic recs

(Anonymous) 2023-12-25 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
The author needs to learn about line breaks, but this Lower Decks fic is very cute and true to the show.

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/yuletide2023/works/52343911

(Anonymous) 2023-12-25 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes. I’m still working on a Madness treat, anyone else?

(Anonymous) 2023-12-25 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
You are all so fucking exhausting God bless. Can someone cum up with some fun wank now please

Re: Vague about bad fics in the collection

(Anonymous) 2023-12-25 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Please link! You still have plausible deniability if you link and later write - someone else might be equally horrified and moved to the same response.

(Anonymous) 2023-12-25 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
I thought about it but I ran out of inspiration, unfortunately.

(Anonymous) 2023-12-25 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
What counts as fun wank

(Anonymous) 2023-12-25 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
whoever ran to modcall at FFA is a fucking narc and no one likes you

(Anonymous) 2023-12-25 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Hi fishspeakers.

Re: Fic recs

(Anonymous) 2023-12-25 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes??? It's rpf, dumbass

(Anonymous) 2023-12-25 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
idk how you can be so stupid all the time it must be exhausting

Re: Fic discussion

(Anonymous) 2023-12-25 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't even dislike the Legally Blonde fic but it feels exactly the same as every other Elle/Vivian Legally Blonde fic I've read for Yuletide for the last 5+ years. I'd love for next year's writers to do something dramatically different. Or even just set the bulk of the fic after the movie or something.

(Anonymous) 2023-12-25 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Yep! Trying to finish two today, but if I can't get them done in time for Madness, maybe I'll stick them in the Late Treat Bonanza collection instead.

Re: Untherius:

(Anonymous) 2023-12-25 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
https://coaltide.dreamwidth.org/7360.html?thread=14899392#cmt14899392

Re: Untherius:

(Anonymous) 2023-12-25 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
God, yes. You have my sword!

Re: Wordcount

(Anonymous) 2023-12-25 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Nah, stats are cool and a fine yuletide tradition. Some ppl can get weird over numbers but it's interesting information to have and since I don't want to do the work I'm glad someone else steps in.