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'''''Auteur's Abecedarium''''' was a [[2020 (releases)|2020]] online short story written and illustrated by [[Jacob Black]], featuring the licensed use of his ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]'' character [[Auteur]]. | '''''Auteur's Abecedarium''''' was a [[2020 (releases)|2020]] online short story written and illustrated by [[Jacob Black]], featuring the licensed use of his ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]'' character [[Auteur]]. | ||
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 part of the series' 2020 Advent Calendar. | 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 part of the series' 2020 Advent Calendar. A day later, a "slightly-augemented special edition" was released on [[Issuu]]. | ||
== | == Publisher's summary == | ||
=== Advent calendar version === | |||
Being an exclusive crossover interlude<br>to "''The Time of the Toymaker''";<br>wherein which it is proven that the<br>oral hygiene of gift horses ought to be<br>investigated with careful circumspection;<br>that the ''Doctor Who'' universe is overflowing with books<br>which, if read but once, will change everything;<br>and that [[Pythagoras-858]] should never be allowed<br>to leave the crew without supervision for any<br>extended periods of time if he likes to come back<br>to a [[Cupid Homeworld|homeworld]] that's still in one piece. | |||
=== Issuu version === | |||
Solo edition of the 2020 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 Jacob Black. This edition contains additional material not present in the website version. | |||
== Plot == | |||
A few days before [[Christmas]] in [[2020]], a [[gift]] is found in the [[Cupid Homeworld]], a [[pocket dimension]] inhabited by [[Clockwork Cherub]]s. One of them, [[Carter-1277]], tears off its wrapping and discovers that it is a large [[book]] — a freshly-written [[Autuer's Abecedarium|abecedarium]]. The Cherubs summon [[Lord]] [[Thymon]], a [[time-demon]] from [[the Void|the Void Between Worlds]], and ask for his opinion. | A few days before [[Christmas]] in [[2020]], a [[gift]] is found in the [[Cupid Homeworld]], a [[pocket dimension]] inhabited by [[Clockwork Cherub]]s. One of them, [[Carter-1277]], tears off its wrapping and discovers that it is a large [[book]] — a freshly-written [[Autuer's Abecedarium|abecedarium]]. The Cherubs summon [[Lord]] [[Thymon]], a [[time-demon]] from [[the Void|the Void Between Worlds]], and ask for his opinion. | ||
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However, partway through the reading, Celebration finds himself relaying an interdimensional warning, which describes itself as being broadcast "on all [[Psychic power|psychic]], [[telepathy|telepathic]] and [[metamedial network]]s", which implores whoever receives it not to let [[Auteur]] get access to one's reality's [[story]]. Celebration does not realise he has spoken anything other than the text of the book, but his audience are not so oblivious, and thus fail to laugh or applaud. | However, partway through the reading, Celebration finds himself relaying an interdimensional warning, which describes itself as being broadcast "on all [[Psychic power|psychic]], [[telepathy|telepathic]] and [[metamedial network]]s", which implores whoever receives it not to let [[Auteur]] get access to one's reality's [[story]]. Celebration does not realise he has spoken anything other than the text of the book, but his audience are not so oblivious, and thus fail to laugh or applaud. | ||
Without bothering to explain what has happened to Celebration, another Clockwork Cherub, [[Bibliophile-962]], confiscates the book, which he pledges to bury in one of the restricted sections of the [[Cupid Archives]]. Celebration then wins back the crowd by offering to invite them to a [[party]] at his home, where he promises [[cake]] for everyone. Thus, "and just like that, all was forgotten"... At least, "as far as the Cupids are concerned". | Without bothering to explain what has happened to Celebration, another Clockwork Cherub, [[Bibliophile-962]], confiscates the book, which he pledges to bury in one of the restricted sections of the [[Cupid Archives]]. Celebration then wins back the crowd by offering to invite them to a [[party]] at his home, where he promises [[cake]] for everyone. Thus, "and just like that, all was forgotten"... At least, "as far as the Cupids are concerned". Then, out of nowhere, strange laughter emanates... | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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=== Organisations === | === Organisations === | ||
* [[Pythagoras-858]] and [[Juliet-178]] are the top members of the [[Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]' [[Department of Problem-Solving]]. | * [[Pythagoras-858]] and [[Juliet-178]] are the top members of the [[Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]' [[Department of Problem-Solving]]. | ||
=== Retconning Crocodiles === | |||
* The Retconning Crocodiles, also known as the [[Collective of Retconning Crocodiles]], are [[metatemporal]] [[activist]]s. | |||
* As they are biologically crocodiles, they cannot write in an aesthetically pleasing manner. | |||
=== Species === | === Species === | ||
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* Thymon used to be the [[Embodiment]] of [[Time]] in the [[the Void|Void Between Worlds]]. | * Thymon used to be the [[Embodiment]] of [[Time]] in the [[the Void|Void Between Worlds]]. | ||
* [[Auteur]]'s book mentions the [[Multiverse]] as well as the [[Euclidean plane]], a world of "[[angle]]s, [[shape]]work and [[geometry|geometric]] sheen", inhabited by the [[Geometron]]s, who are "all angles and no [[mass]]". | * [[Auteur]]'s book mentions the [[Multiverse]] as well as the [[Euclidean plane]], a world of "[[angle]]s, [[shape]]work and [[geometry|geometric]] sheen", inhabited by the [[Geometron]]s, who are "all angles and no [[mass]]". | ||
=== Individuals === | |||
* [[Jacob Black (Auteur's Abecedarium)|Jacob Black]] provided an [[illustration]] of Auteur. | |||
* Auteur was played by [REDACTED] on the [[BBC]] television series, ''F''[REDACTED] ''P''[REDACTED], between [[2067]] and [[7898]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* The story was billed as an "exclusive crossover interlude" to the then-ongoing multi-chapter ''[[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (series)|Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'' prose story ''The Time of the Toymaker''. The story depicted an adventure by [[Juliet-178]] and [[Pythagoras-858]], referenced in ''Auteur's Abecedarium'' as being absent from the [[Cupid Homeworld]] on "official business", which suggests that ''Auteur's Abecedarium'', from the perspective of the Clockwork Cherubs' continuity, takes place concurrently to ''The Time of the Toymaker''. | * The story was billed as an "exclusive crossover interlude" to the then-ongoing multi-chapter ''[[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (series)|Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'' prose story ''The Time of the Toymaker''. The story depicted an adventure by [[Juliet-178]] and [[Pythagoras-858]], referenced in ''Auteur's Abecedarium'' as being absent from the [[Cupid Homeworld]] on "official business", which suggests that ''Auteur's Abecedarium'', from the perspective of the Clockwork Cherubs' continuity, takes place concurrently to ''The Time of the Toymaker''. | ||
* In the Issuu version, the addition of Auteur's laughter at the end of the story implies that he was narrating the story all along. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* {{elx|page url=https://thecrewofthecoppercoloredcupids.wordpress.com/2020/12/14/auteurs-abecedarium/|page name=''Auteur's Abecedarium''|website url=https://thecrewofthecoppercoloredcupids.wordpress.com/|website name=''The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids''}} | * {{elx|page url=https://thecrewofthecoppercoloredcupids.wordpress.com/2020/12/14/auteurs-abecedarium/|page name=''Auteur's Abecedarium''|website url=https://thecrewofthecoppercoloredcupids.wordpress.com/|website name=''The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids''}} | ||
* {{elx|page url=https://issuu.com/goblinstudios/docs/auteur_s_abecedarium_new_edition|page name=''Auteur's Abecedarium''|website url=https://issuu.com/goblinstudios|website name=Goblin Studios at Issuu}} | |||
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