Talk:The Crikeytown Cancellations (short story): Difference between revisions

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{{quote|You silly billies, you’re in a Faction Paradox anthology about their magic time prison! Why don’t you just ask Faction Paradox for help?|THE READER (off-panel)}}
{{quote|You silly billies, you’re in a Faction Paradox anthology about their magic time prison! Why don’t you just ask Faction Paradox for help?|THE READER (off-panel)}}
{{quote|Groan! Fine, I’ll have Faction Paradox written into this. Can’t believe I’ve got to fix someone’s plot again…!|EDITOR}}
{{quote|Groan! Fine, I’ll have Faction Paradox written into this. Can’t believe I’ve got to fix someone’s plot again…!|EDITOR}}
::::I mean, they're very obviously characters ''called'' The Reader and Editor interacting with the metafictional conceit that this is a comic as opposed to a story. Hence why it reminds me of [[Life-Cycle (short story)|Life-Cycle]]. It's a weird thing. [[User:Najawin|Najawin]] [[User talk:Najawin|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 15:18, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
::::I mean, they're very obviously characters ''called'' The Reader and Editor interacting with the metafictional conceit that this is a comic as opposed to a story. Hence why it reminds me of [[Life-Cycle (short story)|Life-Cycle]] more than [[Attack of the Graske (video game)|Attack of the Graske]]. It's a weird thing. [[User:Najawin|Najawin]] [[User talk:Najawin|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 15:18, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

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So this is a weird one

Probably not invalid, but really hard to summarize. Also, does anyone know if there's precedent for including "the editor" and "the reader" as characters in a valid source? Reminds me a lot of Life-Cycle in some ways. Najawin 08:38, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

Well there is Human (Attack of the Graske). Could I have more context about this story please? 09:40, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
I did say "valid source". It's written like it's an old time comic. Specifically in reference to The Beano. The story basically goes:
Panel X [Short description of what Panel X looks like]
Dialogue between two characters in Panel X
And then you repeat. It does this for 97 panels. It's a comic, but written out, kinda? It's fairly weird, in terms of DWU stories. Najawin 14:45, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
Well apart from Human (Attack of the Graske) and maybe TARDIS Wiki, I can't think of anything comparable to a reader or editor being part of the Wikification. How come we would need a page on the editor, anyway?
And to be clear, the short story is a transcription of a non-existent comic? 14:51, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
Yeah, the comic doesn't exist afaik. Maybe in the print book? (I doubt it.)
We need a page for the editor because they're in the story, as is the reader.

You silly billies, you’re in a Faction Paradox anthology about their magic time prison! Why don’t you just ask Faction Paradox for help?THE READER (off-panel)

Groan! Fine, I’ll have Faction Paradox written into this. Can’t believe I’ve got to fix someone’s plot again…!EDITOR

I mean, they're very obviously characters called The Reader and Editor interacting with the metafictional conceit that this is a comic as opposed to a story. Hence why it reminds me of Life-Cycle more than Attack of the Graske. It's a weird thing. Najawin 15:18, 3 October 2022 (UTC)