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|range = 2024 Copper-Colored Cupids Calendar (series) | |range = 2024 Copper-Colored Cupids Calendar (series) | ||
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|image = | |image = Copper-Colored Advent Calender 2023 corrupted.png | ||
|main character = [[Jenny Everywhere (38167th Universe)|Jenny Everywhere]], [[Rosanna Marlow|Rosana]], [[Tirion]] | |main character = [[Jenny Everywhere (38167th Universe)|Jenny Everywhere]], [[Rosanna Marlow|Rosana]], [[Tirion]] | ||
|enemy = | |enemy = | ||
|setting = [[Cupid Homeworld]] | |setting = [[Cupid Homeworld]], [[December]] [[2024]] | ||
|writer = Aristide Twain, Lupan Evezan, Thien Valdram | |writer = Aristide Twain, Lupan Evezan, Thien Valdram | ||
|illustrator = [[Aristide Twain]] | |illustrator = [[Aristide Twain]] | ||
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=== Poetry Corner === | === Poetry Corner === | ||
[[Critic-833]] provides a back-and-forth set of seven poems, each one a response to the last. The back-and-forth is between [[Versifier-693]], who wrote the first poem, "[[An Ode to Clouds]]", and [[Bard-237]], who wrote such poems as "[[A Response to an Ode to Clouds]]". Critic-833 notes that the final poem, "[[An Ode to Clouds, Part II]]", won the [[Copper-Colored Composition Award]] for Excellent Poetic Achievement by the [[Department of Poetry]]. This poem will be included in an upcoming anthology of Versifier-693's best works, and Bard-237's next response is "expected to be a hotly-anticipated event for the [[Cupid Theater]]". | [[Critic-833]] provides a back-and-forth set of seven poems, each one a response to the last. The back-and-forth is between [[Versifier-693]], who wrote the first poem, "[[An Ode to Clouds]]", and [[Bard-237]], who wrote such poems as "[[A Response to an Ode to Clouds]]". Critic-833 notes that the final poem, "[[An Ode to Clouds, Part II]]", won the [[Copper-Colored Composition Award]] for Excellent Poetic Achievement by the [[Department of Poetry]]. This poem will be included in an upcoming anthology of Versifier-693's best works, and Bard-237's next response is "expected to be a hotly-anticipated event for the [[Cupid Theater]]". | ||
== Characters == | |||
* [[Conspiracy-1263]] | |||
* [[Santa Claus]] | |||
* [[Technician-042]] | |||
* [[Technophile-963]] | |||
* [[Marksmanship-522]] | |||
* [[Jenny Everywhere (38167th Universe)|Jenny Everywhere]] | |||
* [[Journalist-649]] | |||
* [[Nostradamus-066]] | |||
* [[Rosanna Marlow]] | |||
* [[Tirion]] | |||
* [[Freelancer-672]] | |||
* [[Versifier-693]] | |||
* [[Bard-237]] | |||
* [[Critic-833]] | |||
== Worldbuilding == | == Worldbuilding == | ||
' | * The last update on the [[2023 Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids Advent Calendar]] took place on [[2 December]] [[2023]]. | ||
* The arrival of [[Santa Claus]] on the [[Cupid Homeworld]] led to a "notorious" series of events. | |||
* The disappearance of all records of the Homeworld's first [[desktop computer]], attributed to an internal filing error, may have been caused by either a [[Chronon Flea]] infestation or [[Retconning Crocodile|Crocodilian]] interference. | |||
* The [[Cupid Archives]] are subject to the [[mood swing|mood-swings]] of the [[Mechanical Sphinx]]. | |||
** [[Prefect]] [[Pythagoras-858]] of the [[Department of Problem-Solving]] has repeatedly tried to convince the [[Cupid Parliament]] to allow record-keeping in other locations, but this is readily dismissed by the [[Department of Permits]] and the [[Department of Discipline]], in accordance with [[Article 7 (Cupid Homeworld)|Article 7]], Section B-9-Delta, of the best practices of either the Department of Discipline or [[Department of Documentation|Documentation]] (simply "D.O.D."), first formulated in [[1961]] and ratified in Parliament in [[1998]]. | |||
* The [[Department of Home Equipment]] claims that the number of [[personal computer]]s on the Homeworld remains in the double digits. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* [[Rosanna Marlow]] is described as a "premiere" researcher rather than a premier one | * [[Rosanna Marlow]] is described as a "premiere" researcher rather than a premier one. As one of the writers of this story, [[Aristide Twain]], is [[French]], there could have been confusion with the French word "première", from which both words are derived (as adjectives in [[English language|English]] are invariable). | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* [[Rosanna Marlow]] and [[Tirion]] first appeared in [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dinosaur in the Snow (short story)}}. | * [[Rosanna Marlow]] and [[Tirion]] first appeared in [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dinosaur in the Snow (short story)}}. | ||
* [[Chronon Flea]]s, from ''The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids'', were first mentioned in the [[DWU]] in [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Out of the Box (short story)}}, where [[Box (When to Die)|Box]] discovers that they have eaten through a document on "the dangers Chronon Fleas presented for archives". | |||
* The [[Retconning Crocodile]]s, also from ''The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids'', were first mentioned in the DWU in [[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Worthy Successor (short story)}} and first appeared in [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Resurrection of the Author (short story)}}. | |||
== Gallery == | |||
<gallery> | |||
Cupid Courier background.jpg|Background | |||
Cupid Courier logo.png|''[[The Cupid Courier]]'' [[logo]] | |||
Copper-Colored Advent Calender 2023 corrupted.png|"Christmas Calendar Conundrum Cracked!" | |||
The Book of the Snowstorm IU.png|''[[The Book of the Snowstorm (in-universe)|The Book of the Snowstorm]]'' | |||
Jenny with a chalkboard.png|[[Jenny Everywhere (38167th Universe)|Jenny Everywhere]] with a [[chalkboard]]. | |||
Nostramadus's Backwards Horoscopes.png|"Nostramadus's Backwards Horoscopes" | |||
Tirion.png|[[Tirion]] | |||
Rosanna Marlow.png|[[Rosanna Marlow]] | |||
</gallery> | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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[[Category:2024 short stories]] | [[Category:2024 short stories]] | ||
[[Category:Web-based short stories]] | [[Category:Web-based short stories]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Crossovers with non-DWU series]] | ||
[[Category:Sources set in 2024]] | |||
