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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Re: Potentially Fresh Wank?

[(Anonymous)]

With the details in their letter in mind, I still would've never written them a fic where their fave is humiliated so badly and gets such a downer ending. Captured, imprisoned, toenails falling off, sure, whatever, but then I'd make his plan work and get him the hell away from there. From what I remember, Raistlin in canon is intelligent and it would've been plausible to write that.

The recip could've just rejected the fic instead of leaving that comment, but maybe they're not that up to date with Yuletide etiquette?

Re: Potentially Fresh Wank?

[(Anonymous)]

The problem with Yuletide etiquette is that there is no readily available giant billboard to tell you the Proper and Only Correct Manner in Which to Handle or Speak of a Badly Failed Gift that did not Break Listed DNWs.

It can be very much learn as you go, and learn the hard way, if you find yourself in this situation.

Re: Potentially Fresh Wank?

[(Anonymous)]

SA

Case in point upthread.

Re: Potentially Fresh Wank?

[(Anonymous)]

The only "rule" is to be normal and polite like you would in any other social situation where gifting is involved. If you haven't cooked your brain on exchange wank, it's very easy to understand.

Re: Potentially Fresh Wank?

[(Anonymous)]

And of course that's universal and has no pitfalls of its own.

Re: Potentially Fresh Wank?

[(Anonymous)]

No, I neither said nor implied that.

Re: Potentially Fresh Wank?

[(Anonymous)]

Then which specific set of social conventions did you have in mind?

Re: Potentially Fresh Wank?

[(Anonymous)]

Cannot agree with this at all. Bad endings are part and parcel of the darkfic genre. Plenty of people put some version of "DNWs: hopeless endings" in their letters for that very reason. Recip should have done that if they couldn't handle their fave being magically enslaved as a sentient undead.