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: Fic discussion

[(Anonymous)]

Eh, I think rules like this tend to be more of a hindrance than a help, especially to vibes-led writers. I love a good single-line oomph paragraph, but they only work if you use them sparingly. My advice would be more to work out what effect you’re going for, understand why that effect works and why it doesn’t, and then try to implement that in a way that works for your story.

Silly example:
“The wire tripped him up. And then he fell. And then he died.”
^ Each of those lines in their own paragraph is going to feel goofy, which maybe could work in a humourous piece. The first two together and the last alone would give some oomph to the death, for a more dramatic piece. But all in the one paragraph, as they’re all the same subject, feels flat and lifeless imo (actually that would probably work in a humourous piece too lol) But my point is you’ll make different choices based on the effect you want to create!

Re: Fic discussion

[(Anonymous)]

CYRT: True, which is why I said general.