Copaline Archive

Old scrolls and tangents from the cloud forest.

[copaline]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

CHAPTER 5: A Game of Cards

It's 1982 in dimension 46'\_UP5DN and our favorite Dealer has arrived to study Bill's interest in this backwater dimension. She had intended to remain a neutral observer, but seeing Dr. Pine's descent into madness proved to be too difficult to ignore.

A Young Ford Fix-It Fic for Punedrr.

(Takes Place Between Chapters 8 and 9 of Horror Vacui. This is what Leaf was up to, but it's also essentially a one-shot.)

This week: Tell us how you REALLY feel about your brother, Stan!

[cerastes]

People don’t even say w00t anymore.

[cerastes]

This sux00rz…

[kingcatnine]

we need to instill a new storytelling rule of thumb into people called "show don't tweet" where we encourage them to put all pertinent canon information into the actual story and its official supplemental material instead of using reddit AMAs as lore dlcs

[afreemanlearns]

[copaline]

The sheer laziness of just stapling random facts at the end of your movie or book that you couldn't be bothered to incorporate into your world building.

The fuck is that?

You made what you made, and if it's lacking or sucks then too bad. That's what you made!

Do better next time!

[killerspaghettiarts]

Caine's Old Roomie....

... Alot of people really liked this post on the clock app, so I think it'd probably be a good time to share it on here. Enjoy!

[silayter]

Sorry for being M.I.A. I forgot I was an artist

[auroradiation]

[orpheuslament]

this recent trend of teenagers using genAI chatbots to talk to fictional characters is fucking grim. what you should be doing is roleplaying on private messages with your friends until the lines between you & the characters begin to blur & you develop some very complex & confusing feelings for each other that culminate in a massive fallout you dont have the tools to process nor understand

[viewparadise]

And it should occur to you years later that maybe you both made it real weird but you're way past the point of wanting to ask the friend about it because you don't want it to be weird again. It builds character!!!

[zeroperks]

what if a shrimp was a baby..........................

[threshergirltail]

Discord is a popular Tumblr extension where you can feel even weirder about never messaging your mutuals that you want to talk to

[charlesoberonn]

[gotouhitori]

What?

[supreme-leader-stoat]

No, What's on second.

[winter-wise]

Some of the 2010s-era Loki stans were annoying but some of them were very justified. They put Tom Hiddleston in handcuffs and a muzzle. Then they put him in chains and a collar. Then they had him look waifishly sad in a prison cell. Then they put him in handcuffs again. Then they chained him up again. Where else were teenage girls going to see that.

[thelooniemoonie]

"autistic people need instructions for every simple task" okay how about we talk about the neurotypicals not following clear instructions. what do you mean it didn't work the way you wanted, i gave you the instructions. oh you didn't follow them? you didn't see where i clearly indicated the directions you were supposed to follow for this task? and you're shocked it didn't turn out right? you decided to pull a Jared I'm 19 and go rogue? you're surprised the road less travelled isn't fucking paved because no one travels it? do you get off on this

[thelooniemoonie]

nice try but that doesn't work on me. appreciate the attempt tho <3

[sketchyfletch]

Anybody who has spent any time working in retail, hospitality or IT can tell you that a not-inconsiderable number of NT people cannot follow a fucking instruction if you wrote it down on a piece of paper and stapled it to their forehead

[catalystcomet-archive-deactivat]

hello this is my favorite video ever please please

[catalystcomet-archive-deactivat]

el muchacho monday

[yesmeowstress]

"Give up control" this, "you're totally under my command" that. What about aggressively trusting and safe hypno. What if I made them brainless and empty with the promise that everything is okay and that I love them. What if I held them gently and reassured them the entire time What Then

[copaline]

@sunsetofdoom pspspspsps

[lesbianalicent]

[bubobubosibericus]

Claiming AI would have ravaged us while posting from the grok website is some mad work

[copaline]

[innerchildabortionclinic]

Legendary

[stanzvomit]

[nat-20s]

I can’t speak for other social media webbed sites but I really enjoy how tumblr seems to just completely spin a wheel on whatever media is hot right now. Like yeah sometimes it’s a new show that’s big and actively coming out but also sometimes there will be a solid month where half my dash is Columbo memes. Defy authority. Get really into an book from the 1800s. Watch shows that haven’t aired in 40 years. Celebrate the anniversary of the Boston Molasses Flood. Become unmarketable

[nonasuch]

oh shit i almost missed it!