Auteur's Abecedarium (short story): Difference between revisions

{{Infobox Story SMW

|writer            = Jayce Black

|illustrator      = [[Jayce Black]]

|release date      = 14 December 2020

|series            = ''[[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (series)|The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'' crossover fiction

}}{{store variant data|var=Issuu edition}}

'''''Auteur's Abecedarium''''' was a [[2020 (releases)|2020]] online short story written and illustrated by [[Jayce Black]], featuring the licensed use of their ''[[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. A day later, a "slightly-augmented special edition" was released on [[Issuu]].

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 Jayce Black. This edition contains additional material not present in the website version.

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 [[Auteur's Abecedarium|abecedarium]]. The Cherubs summon [[Lord]] [[Thymon]], a [[time-demon]] from [[the Void|the Void Between Worlds]], and ask for his opinion.

== Worldbuilding ==

* [[Auteur]]'s book mentions "[[Atlantis]], sunk beneath the [[mire]]" as well as the terms "[[Aeris]]" and "[[Arisian]]" under the [[Letter (alphabet)|letter]] [[A]].

* [[Pythagoras-858]] is the [[Prefect]] of the [[Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]' [[Department of Problem-Solving]].

* [[Celebration-665]] is a member of the [[Department of Festivities]] while Thespian belongs to the [[Department of Live Performances]].

* The Retconning Crocodiles, also known as the [[Collective of Retconning Crocodiles]], are [[metatemporal activist]]s.

* The [[handwriting]] of the Crocodiles is not aesthetically pleasing.

* Auteur's Abecedarium is recognised by [[Thymon]] as hailing from "the [[N-Space|Third Universe]]", as opposed to the [[Prime Universe (Auteur's Abecedarium)|Prime Universe]].

* [[Auteur]]'s book mentions the [[Multiverse]].

* The [[Euclidean Plane]] is a world of "[[angle]]s, [[shape]]work and [[geometry|geometric]] sheen", inhabited by the [[Geometron]]s, who are "all [[angle]]s and no [[mass]]".

* [[Jayce Black (in-universe)|Jayce Black]] provided an [[illustration]] of Auteur.

* Auteur was played by [REDACTED] on the [[BBC (in-universe)|BBC]] television series, ''F''[REDACTED] ''P''[REDACTED], between [[2067]] and [[7898]].

* 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 {{cite source|The Time of the Toymaker (novel)}}. 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''.

* [[Auteur]] describes himself in the [[Auteur's Abecedarium|Abecedarium]] as "scribbling in [[Shadow Spire|his Spire]]". His [[shadow]] [[skin]] is mentioned. ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|A Bloody (And Public) Domaine (short story)}})

* The [[Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]] are familiar with [[Retconning Crocodile]]s, who were previously referenced in [[PROSE]]: {{cite source|A Worthy Successor (short story)}})

* The [[N-Space|home universe]] of Auteur and his book is recognised by [[Thymon|Lord Thymon]] as "the Third Universe". ([[AUDIO]]: {{cite source|Quinnis (audio story)}})

* The origin of the Abecedarium is explained in [[PROSE]]: {{cite source|Resurrection of the Author (short story)}}.

* [[Auteur]] is aware of the [[Interdimensional Black Market]]. He would later claim to be acquainted with [[Queen of the Interdimensional Black Market|its Queen]] in [[PROSE]]: {{cite source|The Cactus and the Corpse (short story)}}.

 

* [[Pythagoras-858]] and [[Juliet-178]]'s "official business" away from the [[Cupid Homeworld]] was depicted in [[NOTCOVERED]]: {{cite source|The Time of the Toymaker (novel)}}.

* The [[Detraxxi]] were first seen in [[NOTCOVERED]]: {{cite source|Planet of the Shapeshifters (short story)}}.

* The [[Geometron]]s and the [[Euclidean Plane]] were first introduced in [[NOTCOVERED]]: {{cite source|The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (webcast)}}.

* The [[Martian invasion of Earth|war]] involving the [[Wellsian]]s "stopped by their own [[blood]]'s revolt" was depicted in [[NOTCOVERED]]: {{cite source|The Wellsians (webcast)}}.

[[Category:Crossovers with non-DWU series]]