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[RT][FF] "The World Is Your Oyster, The Universe Is Your Namesake" has updated... Again.
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Author: u/mhd-hbd Writes 'The World is Your Oyster, The Universe is Your Namesake'*
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URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/rational/comments/3eylzx/rtff_the_world_is_your_oyster_the_universe_is/
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Score: 12
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Created: 2015-07-28T23:16:49
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Steven Universe fanfic by yours truly. Steven starts asking questions and using available magical devices to full effect.
Hard-ish Science-Fantasy, Soft-munchkin, and very character-driven.
Now with 12 additional chapters, and almost 40K words, because I am a very fast writer with nothing to do.
Comments:
u/logrusmage [+3] *
This is great. I honestly have no idea what chapter I'm on because the site went down. Really hope it comes back up so I can read the rest!!
u/mhd-hbd [+2] Writes 'The World is Your Oyster, The Universe is Your Namesake'*
:D :D
u/logrusmage [+3] *
That's what the newest update leaves me on!!! Aaaaaaah. Yeah, definitely will be reading this.
u/mhd-hbd [+2] Writes 'The World is Your Oyster, The Universe is Your Namesake'*
Glad to hear it :D
u/logrusmage [+3] *
I need more. This was satisfying my SU addiction... I'm fiending now. Listening to Stronger Than You on repeat.
u/mhd-hbd [+1] Writes 'The World is Your Oyster, The Universe is Your Namesake'*
Don't worry. I write quickly and voluminously.
u/nerdguy1138 [+4] GNU Terry Pratchett*
You are a cliffhanger-leaving, chapter-spewing machine! 12 chapters in one update!! And relationship drama! Whoo!!! Great story so far.
u/mhd-hbd [+2] Writes 'The World is Your Oyster, The Universe is Your Namesake'*
Thank you for the high praise :D
u/FeepingCreature [+4] GCV Literally The Entire Culture*
Every me is fully me. Every me is fully me. Hah! My mantra is shorter! :D [edit] Site is down again. :( [edit] Site went back up! And cliffhanger :(
u/mhd-hbd [+4] Writes 'The World is Your Oyster, The Universe is Your Namesake'*
The problem is that the Clones are impermanent, and qualitatively different. And your bitter tears of hanging on my cliffs only makes me stronger. :P
u/FeepingCreature [+1] GCV Literally The Entire Culture*
Nah, the trick is that you can have a room that contains more than 100% me. So it wouldn't even matter which clone dies, as long as one survives, if we ran on Waves Arisen rules instead - ie. it can defer the decision of which me becomes "final me". Not a practical difference in this scenario, but the lack of clear differentiation might have prevented the weird divergence of this arc.
u/mhd-hbd [+2] Writes 'The World is Your Oyster, The Universe is Your Namesake'*
The problem is that the clones /are/ smoke and mirrors. They dissipate after an hour or two. They can be un-made by the wand. If the wand breaks they disappear. There's a number of other disadvantages too. Connie herself is still vital. The clones are expendable. True duplication is so broken it's not even funny. I have to limit my characters in some way, right?
u/FeepingCreature [+0] GCV Literally The Entire Culture*
No yeah, definitely. But it's like... your mantra "hard-codes" the smoke-and-mirrors-ness. (Old programmer joke: "No ethical programmer should ever write a routine such as
bombBaghdad(). At the least, the city should be specified as a parameter...") The correct behavior should arise naturally from the fact that some of my selves happen to be ephemeral.
u/mhd-hbd [+3] Writes 'The World is Your Oyster, The Universe is Your Namesake'*
May I remind you that Connie is twelve years old and has no advanced rationalist training? And don't worry. There will be problems. Who do you think I am?
u/FeepingCreature [+1] GCV Literally The Entire Culture*
Far from me to imply that what she's doing isn't an impressive bit of self-hacking. Also: yay... problems... :worries:
u/ArmokGoB [+2] *
There is nothing preventing her from just making a new mantra and using that for true cloning if she gains that capability, so not really.
u/FeepingCreature [+1] GCV Literally The Entire Culture*
I agree. Though I'm comparing mantras, not character potential.
u/nerdguy1138 [+3] GNU Terry Pratchett*
I am absolutely loving this story!
u/mhd-hbd [+2] Writes 'The World is Your Oyster, The Universe is Your Namesake'*
:D
u/Nevereatcars [+3] The Greatest Is Behind*
/r/Homestuck wants me to watch this show. /r/anime wants me to watch this show. Does /r/rational want me to watch this show now? Fine, dammit. I'll watch the show.
u/mhd-hbd [+2] Writes 'The World is Your Oyster, The Universe is Your Namesake'*
Have fun. You can catch all the goodies at The World of Steven Universe (click the "Episodes (English)" drop-down menu at the top, then "SU (season 1)" and the rest should be obvious. Make sure to have an adblocker.)
u/logrusmage [+2] *
Yes. Watch. Now. It's amazing. Rebecca Sugar is an Elizer level god of creation.
u/Prezombie [+1] *
How much SU should one watch before reading this?
u/mhd-hbd [+1] Writes 'The World is Your Oyster, The Universe is Your Namesake'*
It says in the initial authors note: The plot starts after the episode Reformed in season 2, which is episode 57 overall. Then chapter 9 details modifications to the events of StevenBomb 2.0 (episodes 58–62) and chapter 26 details StevenBomb 3/Week of Sardonyx (episodes 63-67.)