Talk:The Crikeytown Cancellations (short story)

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?

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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?

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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)

Ohhhhh, I thought you were talking about in-universe Wiki editors, not a book editor. In that case, I'd point you to Narrator (Iris Wildthyme and the Unholy Ghost) and Category:Doctor Who (The Thief of Sherwood) crew, the latter of which has weird hybrid-real-world-slash-fictional characters.

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18:18, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

I'm honestly not sure any of those are analogous. Does the Narrator interact with Iris while narrating? Because the characters directly comment on the Editor's existence. Najawin ☎ 20:19, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

Oh, just saw the talk page.

however he is also acknowledged by as Iris Wildthyme as a person as well

Kinda works. Still not quite the same thing, but close. Najawin ☎ 20:21, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

/Does that stretch+finger-crack thing/ So let's try this. Anyone have any thoughts on the basic format I've thrown up? I'll probably not end up doing X1-(X+1)0 as the range for all of them, but it's just proof of concept. Najawin ☎ 03:16, 10 October 2022 (UTC)