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schrödinger's cat and other impossibilities by snarkivist for laurel_and_stars
Fandoms: Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types, Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
27 Aug 2026
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"It's really not about an actual cat, Rock. The whole experiment is meant to create a paradox, one where two incompatible states of being could theoretically exist at the same time. Yes or no, dead or alive. As long as nobody checks, it could be either. The point is possibility."
"Possibility like options, question?”
"Pretty much. Schrödinger's cat describes that in-between area – you only know which option you're getting if you check. If you don't-"
"Options coexist," Rocky chitters thoughtfully. Then, because we cannot go a full five minutes without pointing out mankind's shortcomings: "Human physics strange."
Can't argue with that.
"It's fun, though, isn't it? People have come up with all kinds of interpretations of Schrödinger's cat throughout the years, all the way up to alternate realities. Infinite potential. As long as you don't look."
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Ryland, Eva, and the agonising ordeal of possibility.
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though your eyes will need some time to adjust (to the overwhelming light surrounding us) by snarkivist for pookiescience
Fandoms: X-Men - All Media Types
08 Jun 2026
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“Bless you, Alex,” Charles says calmly, handing the boy a tissue as the kitchen table wobbles and collapses, taking everyone’s dinner plates down with it. Darwin's jacket smoulders quietly, smoke rising from its singed sleeve until he looks down and pats at it, smothering the embers.
“Aw man, I was looking forward to that lasagne,” Sean nudges the shattered glass dish with his foot. “Can’t you get sick when it’s the Professor's turn to cook?”
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the First Class team catches a cold. naturally, things only escalate from there.
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the violence it took to become this gentle by snarkivist
Fandoms: X-Men (Movieverse), X-Men (Alternate Timeline Movies), X-Men: First Class (2011) - Fandom
12 Mar 2025
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5 times Charles is a good parent to the First Class team (and one time that's a little different)
or: Charles and Erik set out to build a team of mutants to fight Shaw and accidentally acquire a family instead.
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to keep us both warm by snarkivist
Fandoms: X-Men: First Class (2011) - Fandom, X-Men (Alternate Timeline Movies)
05 Oct 2024
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"Alright," Erik puts his hands on his hips. "Jesus. Who came up with this, seriously? Why are the teaspoons all the way in the back - you drink so much tea, it doesn't make sense to have them... and the- ist das ein Feuerzeug? Why is it over there with the knives?"
"Can't help you there," Charles comments serenely. "Probably my mother, who prioritised accessibility of the corkscrew over most other things in life."
or: Charles doesn't take well to returning to his childhood home. Erik makes soup and rearranges the cutlery drawer.
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- Part 1 of abstract (psychopomp)
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all my love and terror (balanced there between those eyes) by snarkivist for little_bastard_being
Fandoms: X-Men (Alternate Timeline Movies), X-Men: First Class (2011) - Fandom
24 Sep 2024
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Erik is looming over him, a black hole of nothingness obscuring most of the sky, and can't he tell? Can't he tell that he is terrifying - a splintering lie of a person, a flat, unending pit in the fabric of reality, no more his Erik than a crude sketch, a second-hand description, a golem from the stories of Erik's childhood that he'd whispered to Charles at night sometimes, little pieces of his history shaped into gifts.
or: Charles experiences Shaw's death, a narrowly-averted war, and the disorienting powers of the helmet in rapid succession, and then gets shot. He deserves a little panic attack, as a treat.
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- Part 2 of abstract (psychopomp)
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abstract (psychopomp) by snarkivist
Fandom X-Men (Alternate Timeline Movies), X-Men: First Class (2011) - Fandom
05 Oct 2024
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make a scene by thegoldenappleofdiscord
Fandoms: とんがり帽子のアトリエ | Tongari Boushi no Atelier | Witch Hat Atelier (Manga)
18 Aug 2026
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oru highlights @oruhattingway • 1 clockmark ago
olruggio changed his commissions form link? tell me it isn't another hiatus
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he's going to be qifrey's WHAT.
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Watchful Eye
Trending with Olruggio of the Torch, Qifrey
or: olruggio and qifrey, through the lense of witchly social media.
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08 Sep 2026
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oru highlights @oruhattingway • 1 clockmark agoolruggio changed his commissions form link? tell me it isn't another hiatus
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oru highlights @oruhattingway • 1 sec ago
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he's going to be qifrey's WHAT.
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or: olruggio and qifrey, through the lense of witchly social media.
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through a circle that ever returneth in to the self-same spot
'The only component that Essek had ever used, before Caleb, was pearl. Essek’s hands look nothing like Caleb’s. And they hurt.'
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26 Aug 2026
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the conqueror worm
neinofthem (jeyneofpoole)through a circle that ever returneth in to the self-same spot
'The only component that Essek had ever used, before Caleb, was pearl. Essek’s hands look nothing like Caleb’s. And they hurt.'
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Essek has a moment to consider that gravity-based trust exercises have never worked for him, and then the spell hits. He leans back into it, falls, falls.
(In which Essek is resurrected by the Mighty Nein and framed for innocence.)
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sleeping in the shadow of an other self
nonwalEssek has a moment to consider that gravity-based trust exercises have never worked for him, and then the spell hits. He leans back into it, falls, falls.
(In which Essek is resurrected by the Mighty Nein and framed for innocence.)
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Essek is shaking once he’s sat there for twenty minutes. He’s thirsty. He wants to walk over to the jug of cold water on the table by the door. He needs to get up. He can’t.
He won't cry. It’s stupid to cry over this.
Verin gurgles.
“I hate you.” Essek curls his fingers around his elbows. “I hate you. I hate you.”For as long as Essek can remember, he has been cursed to obey. He has managed, in his own way, to mitigate the consequences of the curse while pursuing his academic and personal desires. It is only after being commanded to act as a guide for the Mighty Nein that it becomes a true complication.
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obedience
dawl_and_dappleEssek is shaking once he’s sat there for twenty minutes. He’s thirsty. He wants to walk over to the jug of cold water on the table by the door. He needs to get up. He can’t.
He won't cry. It’s stupid to cry over this.
Verin gurgles.
“I hate you.” Essek curls his fingers around his elbows. “I hate you. I hate you.”For as long as Essek can remember, he has been cursed to obey. He has managed, in his own way, to mitigate the consequences of the curse while pursuing his academic and personal desires. It is only after being commanded to act as a guide for the Mighty Nein that it becomes a true complication.
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OPERATION: HOT BOI LIBERATION (or: How I Spent My Spring Break in Rexxentrum, by Verin of Den Thelyss) by CatgirlTheCrazy
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
17 Apr 2022
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The more Verin dug into it, the more convinced he became. Essek had spent an inordinate amount of time with the Mighty Nein when they came to Rosohna. Done all sorts of strange favors for them. Ferried them all over Wildemount. Arranged visits with prisoners in the Dungeon of Penance. Let them dig up his yard. Descended into Aeor with them, unaccompanied. Accepted invitations to dinner. Let one of them hug him. In public. More than once.
Mind control. It had to be.
Verin gets it into his head that Essek has been kidnapped by the Mighty Nein (specifically Caleb), and sets out on a solo rescue mission to Rexxentrum.
Hijinks ensue.
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OPERATION: HOT BOI LIBERATION (or: How I Spent My Spring Break in Rexxentrum, by Verin of Den Thelyss)
CatgirlTheCrazyThe more Verin dug into it, the more convinced he became. Essek had spent an inordinate amount of time with the Mighty Nein when they came to Rosohna. Done all sorts of strange favors for them. Ferried them all over Wildemount. Arranged visits with prisoners in the Dungeon of Penance. Let them dig up his yard. Descended into Aeor with them, unaccompanied. Accepted invitations to dinner. Let one of them hug him. In public. More than once.
Mind control. It had to be.
Verin gets it into his head that Essek has been kidnapped by the Mighty Nein (specifically Caleb), and sets out on a solo rescue mission to Rexxentrum.
Hijinks ensue.