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|image            = Auteur in the City.jpg
|main character    = [[Auteur]]
|main character    = [[Auteur]]
|featuring        = [[Retconning Crocodile]]s
|featuring        = [[Retconning Crocodile]]s
|setting          = The [[Sanctum of the Heretic]], [[December]] [[2020]]
|setting          = The [[Sanctum of the Heretic]], [[New Year]]
|writer            = [[Aristide Twain]]
|writer            = Aristide Twain
|illustrator      = [[Aristide Twain]]
|illustrator      = [[Aristide Twain]]
|editor            = [[Lupan Evezan]]
|editor            = [[Lupan Evezan]]
|anthology        =  
|anthology        =  
|release date      = [[1 January (releases)|1 January]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]]
|release date      = 1 January 2021
|publisher        = Goblin Studios
|publisher        = Goblin Studios
|format            = Online short story
|format            = Online short story
|series            = ''[[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (series)|The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'' crossover short stories
|series            = ''[[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (series)|The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'' crossover fiction
|prev              = Auteur's Abecedarium (short story)
|prev              = Auteur's Abecedarium (short story)
|next              =  
|next              = Auteur and the Homeworld (short story)
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'''''Resurrection of the Author''''' was a [[2021 (releases)|2021]] online short story written and illustrated by [[Aristide Twain]], featuring the use of the ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]'' character [[Auteur]], commercially licensed from his creator [[Jacob Black]].
'''''Resurrection of the Author''''' was a [[2021 (releases)|2021]] online short story written and illustrated by [[Aristide Twain]] and featuring the ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]'' character [[Auteur]], commercially licensed from his creator [[Jayce Black]].


The story was also an official [[crossover]] between the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]] and the continuity of ''[[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (series)|The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'', on whose official website it was released as the final instalment of the series' 2020 Advent Calendar (alongside a simultaneous [[Issuu]] release). The story was actually the second DWU crossover in this Advent Calendar, and directly tied in with the first: ''[[Auteur's Abecedarium (short story)|Auteur's Abecedarium]]'' by Jacob Black.
The story was an official [[crossover]] between the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]] and the continuity of ''[[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (series)|The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'', on whose official website it was released as the final instalment of the series' [[2020 Copper-Colored Cupids Calendar|2020 Advent Calendar]] alongside a simultaneous [[Issuu]] release containing some unique content. ''Resurrection of the Author'' was the second DWU crossover published as part of the Advent Calendar and served as a [[prequel]] to the first, {{cite source|Auteur's Abecedarium (short story)}}.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
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== Plot ==
== Plot ==
[[Auteur]] is trapped in an empty [[Oxbow reality|oxbow timeline]], left behind after the "[[Noble-woman (Resurrection of the Author)|Noble-woman]]" through whom he had created a twisted parallel world managed to put Time back on track. Alone and dying, he breaks down crying — but actually cries [[ink]], and for a very practical purpose. He uses the ink and his finger to scrawl some ancient [[glyph]]s on the pavement, which state "This is only the beginning". He believes that, however long it may take, this will ensure that he eventually returns.
[[Auteur]] is trapped in an empty [[Oxbow reality|oxbow timeline]], left behind after the "[[Noble-woman (Resurrection of the Author)|Noble-woman]]" through whom he had created a twisted parallel world managed to put Time back on track. Alone and dying, he breaks down and cries [[ink]], which he uses to scrawl some ancient [[glyph]]s on the pavement with his finger, which state that "This is only the beginning". He believes that, however long it may take, this will ensure that he eventually returns.


Centuries later, three [[Retconning Crocodile]]s arrive in the oxbow timeline, scouting it out to see if it would make a suitable base. They find Auteur and awaken him, physically regressing his body to an earlier point in his lifetime to be able to converse with him. They demonstrate to him that they have an understanding of the universe that is compatible with his, and make him an offer: they will resurrect him more lastingly, if he agrees to help them try to get the better of the [[Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]].  
Centuries later, three [[Retconning Crocodile]]s arrive in the oxbow timeline, scouting it out to see if it would make a suitable base. They find Auteur and awaken him, physically regressing his body to an earlier point in his lifetime to be able to converse with him. They demonstrate to him that they have an understanding of the universe that is compatible with his and make an offer; they will resurrect him more lastingly if he agrees to help them try to get the better of the [[Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]].


Flattered, Auteur agrees. Because they "want [him] at his best", the Crocodiles regress him back along his timeline once again, having him carry out the work during his imprisonment in the [[Shadow Spire]]. Once this is done, Auteur wakes up, alone but now in a revitalised body — finding that he once again has his [[shadow-weapon|shadow-skin]], and that even his old [[grimoire]] has been returned to him. Surprised at the Crocodiles having seemingly made no attempt to trick him out of his just deserts, Auteur soon discovers that he has indeed been outsmarted — the Crocodiles have deposited him back where he started, in the crumbling oxbow timeline, which scholars will one day call the [[Sanctum of the Heretic]].
Flattered, Auteur agrees. Because they "want [him] at his best", the Crocodiles regress him back along his timeline once again, having him carry out the work during his imprisonment in the [[Shadow Spire]]. Once this is done, Auteur wakes up, alone but now in a revitalised body; he once again has his [[shadow-weapon|shadow-skin]] and his old [[grimoire]] has been returned to him. Surprised at the Crocodiles having seemingly made no attempt to trick him out of his just deserts, Auteur soon discovers that he has indeed been outsmarted; the Crocodiles have deposited him back where he started, in the crumbling oxbow timeline, which scholars will one day call the [[Sanctum of the Heretic]].


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* [[Noble-woman (Resurrection of the Author)|Noble-woman]]
* [[Noble-woman (Resurrection of the Author)|Noble-woman]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Events ===
=== Events ===
* The [[First Auction in Heaven]] happened during a period in [[N-Space|the Third Universe]]'s history that the [[Retconning Crocodile]]s call "its temporal [[Wilderness Years]]", an era characterised by [[time|temporal warfare]], wanton [[retconning]], and plentiful "flotsam and jetsam of history".
* The [[First Auction in Heaven]] happened during a period in [[N-Space|the Third Universe]]'s history that the [[Retconning Crocodile]]s call "its temporal [[Wilderness Years]]", an era characterised by [[time|temporal warfare]], wanton [[retconning]] and plentiful "flotsam and jetsam of history".


=== Individuals ===
=== Individuals ===
* The [[Retconning Crocodile]]s claim that [[the Creator (Resurrection of the Author)|the Creator]] of the [[Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]] was the equivalent of "a lovechild of [[Urizen]] and [[Nikola Tesla]]" if that child had then "pursued a double career in [[robotics]] and [[biodata|biodata-manipulation]]".
* [[Auteur]]'s right [[femur]] is cracked, his [[rib]]s held together with nothing but "[[tape]] and [[wish]]es of good [[luck]]".
* [[Auteur]] is described by the Crocodiles as having once beena Lord of the Third Universe… a [[Sun Builder]]", further defining him as "a living sprocket in its celestial machinery".
* Auteur likes to think of himself as "a dread [[villain]]".
* Auteur likes to think of himself as "a dread [[villain]]".
* The Crocodiles wear [[silk]] [[robe]]s and [[Gold (colour)|golden]] [[fez]]zes.
* The Crocodiles claim that [[Cupida Hartnell|the Creator]] of the [[Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]] was a [[genius]], in Auteur's terms, as if  "a lovechild of [[Urizen]] and [[Nikola Tesla]]" had "pursued a double career in [[robotics]] and [[biodata|biodata-manipulation]]".
* Auteur is described by the Crocodiles as having once been a Lord of the [[Third Universe]]… a [[Sun Builder]]", further defining him as "a living sprocket in its celestial machinery".
* [[David Bradley (in-universe)|David Bradley]] played [[Auteur]] thanks to a [[rubber]] [[mask]] in the [[200th Anniversary Special]] of ''F''[REDACTED] ''P''[REDACTED] in [[6267]].


=== Locations ===
=== Locations ===
* The [[Sanctum of the Heretic]]'s [[sky]] is "[[red]]dened by [[Temporal paradox|paradox]]". It is disdainfully referred to by one of the Crocodiles as "[[Beetle]] [[Faeces|dung]]".
* Only "jagged silhoutte[s]" of [[London]]'s [[building]]s and [[skyscraper]]s are left standing in the [[Sanctum of the Heretic]], with its [[sky]] "[[red]]dened by [[Temporal paradox|paradox]]".
* The Crocodiles determine by [[smell]] that the Sanctum of the Heretic is "off-brand" and one disdainfully refers to it as "[[Beetle]] [[Faeces|dung]]".


=== Organisations ===
=== Organisations ===
* The [[Retconning Crocodile]]s belong to the [[Collective of Retconning Crocodiles]].
* One Crocodile refers to the [[Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]] as "the blasted [[Clockwork Cherub|cherubs]]".


=== Universes ===
=== Universes ===
* The [[Cupid Homeworld]] is a [[pocket dimension]].
* The [[Cupid Homeworld]] is a permanent [[pocket dimension]].
* Although now dwelling in the [[Time Sewers]], the Crocodiles claim to have originated in the [[Prime Universe (Auteur's Abecedarium)|Prime Universe]], like the [[Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]].
* Although now dwelling in the [[Time Sewers]], the Crocodiles claim to have originated in the [[Prime Universe (Auteur's Abecedarium)|Prime Universe]], like the Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This story acted as a sequel to [[Aristide Twain]]'s ''[[w:c:Lockdown:A Better World (short story)|A Better World]]'', released as part of the official ''[[Doctor Who: Lockdown!]]'' event in [[November (releases)|November]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]]. In that short story [[Auteur|the Auteur]] attempted to prevent the [[Donna Noble|Noble-woman]] from returning to her original timeline but she managed to thwart him, this story picks up immediately after with the Auteur trapped in a decaying [[Donna's World|Unreality]].
* As well as being a [[prequel]] to {{cite source|Auteur's Abecedarium (short story)}}, this story also acted as a [[sequel]] to the ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]'' story {{cite source|Going Once, Going Twice (short story)}} and the [[Aristide Twain]]-penned story ''[[w:c:Lockdown:A Better World (short story)|A Better World]]'', released as part of the official ''[[Doctor Who: Lockdown!]]'' event in conjunction with the tweetalong of {{cite source|Turn Left (TV story)}} in [[November (releases)|November]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]]. In the latter short story [[Auteur]] attempted to prevent the [[Donna Noble|Noble-woman]] from returning to her original timeline but she managed to thwart him. This story picks up immediately after, with Auteur trapped in a decaying [[Sanctum of the Heretic|Unreality]].
* [[w:c:Lockdown:Cornelius Blanc|Cornelius Blanc]] revealed that while he was writing his own ''Doctor Who: Lockdown!'' story, ''[[w:c:Lockdown:LINDA United (short story)|LINDA United]]'', he had intended for the titular [[w:c:Lockdown:Linda Moss|Linda]] to have escaped through the same alternate version of Earth as created by the Auteur. Aristide Twain later illustrated the sequel to this story, ''[[w:c:Lockdown:The Jack Who Stole Christmas (short story)|The Jack Who Stole Christmas]]''. [https://pastebin.com/Y02fpcJy]
* [[w:c:Lockdown:Cornelius Blanc|Cornelius Blanc]] revealed that while he was writing his own ''Doctor Who: Lockdown!'' story, ''[[w:c:Lockdown:LINDA United (short story)|LINDA United]]'', he had intended for the titular [[w:c:Lockdown:Linda Moss|Linda]] to have escaped through the same alternate version of Earth as created by Auteur. Aristide Twain later illustrated the sequel to this story, ''[[w:c:Lockdown:The Jack Who Stole Christmas (short story)|The Jack Who Stole Christmas]]''. <ref>[https://pastebin.com/Y02fpcJy Pastebin]</ref>
* The "scholarly note" giving its name to the [[Sanctum of the Heretic]] and mentioning the actor [[David Bradley (Resurrection of the Author)|David Bradley]] is unique to the ebook/Issuu version of the story, not being present in the website version.
* [[David Bradley]] is better known to ''Doctor Who'' fans in the real world for having portrayed the [[First Doctor]] in various media from 2017 onwards. He is said to be active in the year [[6267]] and is addressed as "the Right Venerable Sir David Bradley, Res.", suggesting that Bradley has been [[resurrection|resurrected]] by the [[63rd century]].
* Bradley is better-known to ''Doctor Who'' fans [[David Bradley|in the real world]] for having portrayed the [[First Doctor]] in various media from 2017 onwards. Bradley is said to be active in the year [[6267]] and is addressed as "the Right Venerable Sir David Bradley, Res.", suggesting that Bradley has been [[resurrection|resurrected]] by the [[63rd century]].
* The title of this story is a joke based on the term from 20th century literary criticism introduced by {{w|Roland Barthes}}, "death of the author".
* The title of this story is a joke based on the term from 20th century literary criticism introduced by {{w|Roland Barthes}}, "death of the author".


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* The [[Retconning Crocodile]]s claim that they attended the [[First Auction in Heaven]] before erasing all traces of their visit from Time to avoid being drawn into its universe's [[War in Heaven|then-ongoing temporal conflicts]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Going Once, Going Twice (short story)|Going Once, Going Twice]]'')
* The [[Retconning Crocodile]]s claim that they attended the [[First Auction in Heaven]] before erasing all traces of their visit from Time to avoid being drawn into its universe's [[War in Heaven|then-ongoing temporal conflicts]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Going Once, Going Twice (short story)|Going Once, Going Twice]]'')
* Auteur's universe is spoken of by the [[Retconning Crocodile]]s as "the Third Universe". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Quinnis (audio story)|Quinnis]]'')
* Auteur's universe is spoken of by the [[Retconning Crocodile]]s as "the Third Universe". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Quinnis (audio story)|Quinnis]]'')
* Auteur was played by [REDACTED] on the [[BBC]] television series, ''F''[REDACTED] ''P''[REDACTED], between [[2067]] and [[7898]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Auteur's Abecedarium (short story)|Auteur's Abecedarium]]'')
* Auteur was played by [REDACTED] on the [[BBC (in-universe)|BBC]] television series, ''F''[REDACTED] ''P''[REDACTED], between [[2067]] and [[7898]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Auteur's Abecedarium (short story)|Auteur's Abecedarium]]'')
 
=== Continuity to non-valid sources ===
* This story contained several references to [[NOTCOVERED]]: {{cite source|A Better World (short story)}}, which leant heavily on the events of [[TV]]: {{cite source|Turn Left (TV story)}}:
** [[Auteur]] was incorrect in believing that the [[Noble-woman (Resurrection of the Author)|Noble-woman]] would choose [[Sanctum of the Heretic|a world of her own]] over the [[life]] of [[Noble-woman's alien guardian|her alien guardian]], heavily implied to be [[Donna Noble]] and the [[Tenth Doctor]] respectively.
** Auteur had vandalised a "[[Sad and ancient thing (Resurrection of the Author)|sad and ancient thing]]", implied to be [[the Doctor's TARDIS]], in an effort to prevent the Noble-woman from reneging on her choice.
** The Noble-woman has suceeded in putting the [[timeline]] which Auteur had unravelled back together again, with her core [[Memory|memories]] returning to her original self in the main timeline.
* The [[Retconning Crocodile]]s mention they have been attempting to uproot or subvert the [[Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]] "for [[year]]s" to no avail. Prior hostile encounters between the two factions including those seen in [[NOTCOVERED]]: {{cite source|Time Loops & Treachery (comic story)}} and [[NOTCOVERED]]: {{cite source|Multiverse Mayhem (video game)}}.
* They also note that it is as though the Crew's "[[story]] and [[identity]] are nailed down to the very floor of the [[Multiverse]]". The Crocodiles had previously broken the [[fourth wall]] in [[NOTCOVERED]]: {{cite source|Contact! Or, Mirror, Mirror, on the Fourth Wall (video game)}} in an effort to find out if they were the main characters, sensing that the Cupids were occupying that place if told no.


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{elx|page url=https://thecrewofthecoppercoloredcupids.wordpress.com/2021/01/01/resurrection-of-the-author/|page name=''Resurrection of the Author''|website url=https://thecrewofthecoppercoloredcupids.wordpress.com/|website name=''The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids''}}
* {{elx|page url=https://thecrewofthecoppercoloredcupids.wordpress.com/2021/01/01/resurrection-of-the-author/|page name=''Resurrection of the Author''|website url=https://thecrewofthecoppercoloredcupids.wordpress.com/|website name=''The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids''}}
* {{elx|page url=https://issuu.com/goblinstudios/docs/resurrection_of_the_author|page name=''Resurrection of the Author''|website url=https://issuu.com/goblinstudios|website name=Goblin Studios at Issuu}}
* {{elx|page url=https://issuu.com/goblinstudios/docs/resurrection_of_the_author|page name=''Resurrection of the Author''|website url=https://issuu.com/goblinstudios|website name=Goblin Studios at Issuu}}
== Footnotes ==
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Resurrection of the Author was a 2021 online short story written and illustrated by Aristide Twain and featuring the Faction Paradox character Auteur, commercially licensed from his creator Jayce Black.

The story was an official crossover between the Doctor Who universe and the continuity of The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids, on whose official website it was released as the final instalment of the series' 2020 Advent Calendar alongside a simultaneous Issuu release containing some unique content. Resurrection of the Author was the second DWU crossover published as part of the Advent Calendar and served as a prequel to the first, Auteur's Abecedarium [+]Loading...["Auteur's Abecedarium (short story)"].

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Issuu version[[edit] | [edit source]]

Solo edition of the 2021 New Year's Day crossover between "The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids" and the "Doctor Who" universe, featuring a licensed appearance by the DWU character of Auteur. Written & illustrated by Aristide Twain. This edition contains additional material not present in the website version.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Auteur is trapped in an empty oxbow timeline, left behind after the "Noble-woman" through whom he had created a twisted parallel world managed to put Time back on track. Alone and dying, he breaks down and cries ink, which he uses to scrawl some ancient glyphs on the pavement with his finger, which state that "This is only the beginning". He believes that, however long it may take, this will ensure that he eventually returns.

Centuries later, three Retconning Crocodiles arrive in the oxbow timeline, scouting it out to see if it would make a suitable base. They find Auteur and awaken him, physically regressing his body to an earlier point in his lifetime to be able to converse with him. They demonstrate to him that they have an understanding of the universe that is compatible with his and make an offer; they will resurrect him more lastingly if he agrees to help them try to get the better of the Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids.

Flattered, Auteur agrees. Because they "want [him] at his best", the Crocodiles regress him back along his timeline once again, having him carry out the work during his imprisonment in the Shadow Spire. Once this is done, Auteur wakes up, alone but now in a revitalised body; he once again has his shadow-skin and his old grimoire has been returned to him. Surprised at the Crocodiles having seemingly made no attempt to trick him out of his just deserts, Auteur soon discovers that he has indeed been outsmarted; the Crocodiles have deposited him back where he started, in the crumbling oxbow timeline, which scholars will one day call the Sanctum of the Heretic.

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