#schrodinger's canon

[dontcallmecarrie]

On Echoes and Parallels

writer's block bites, but here, have some momentary introspection on birthdays .

Justin Hammer glared at the tiny box sitting on their desk, and the ridiculously shiny Rolex Daytona winked back.

Why on earth their father thought they’d like it, Justin had no idea— for one, they leaned more towards understated elegance and timeless styles. Steph had teased them more than once as a kid for dressing like an old man, but considering their family’s entire aesthetic was “different shades of old money”, they’d fit right in.

…but now they’d catch an earful for “being ungrateful” if they didn’t wear the watch that was the current bane of their existence, and that wasn’t even mentioning the whole ‘part of your late grandfather’s watch collection so show some respect, boy’ emotional snarl that was the true crux of the matter.

Because Justin could count on one hand how many memories they had of their grandfather, but the man, like all Hammers, had been a piece of work.

However, his untimely death before Justin had hit the double digits apparently wiped the slate clean. Of course, having an ironclad will probably helped, but it’d still taken the better part of a decade the man’s estate completely settled.

For as it turned out, all Hammers had their own vices, and while Justin’s father was skirtchasing, Humphrey Armitage Hammer’s had been collecting. Had he been any poorer, he probably would have been deemed a hoarder— but as it was, the Hammers probably could have turned over his storage units over to a museum or three without anyone batting an eye.

Or, well, mostly: Justin was 99% certain his art collection had stuff stolen by Nazis, considering how tight-lipped their parents got whenever the topic came up. His fountain pen collection was much more innocuous, but his coin, gun, and watch collections were probably worth more than the net worth of several countries put together.

Justin’s parents would had been more than happy to get rid of most it, but.

Apparently, that would make the family look bad, with people possibly going “look at how this man’s legacy is being squandered” and, of course, that would never stand. So, instead, now everything that had belonged to Grandfather went to storage, with the odd relic dusted off and flaunted. Such as, for instance, the shiny Rolex sitting on Justin’s desk.

They probably sounded spoiled, Justin knew; what other eighteen-year-old would complain about receiving their grandfather’s extremely expensive watch?

Except said grandfather had literally hundreds of watches just gathering dust in some storage facility, and it’d been Justin’s father who’d grabbed at random and shoved it at him with a gruff “congratulations, you’re a man now,” and called it a day.

Like they needed the extra headache after keeping the peace between their parents and Steph, especially today of all days. But if he didn’t show up to his own birthday party wearing it, Justin would catch hell from his father, and contend with his mother’s austere disapproval for the next decade.

Ugh. The only silver lining was that their attention span was next to nonexistent when it came to Justin, so so all he had to do was bear it today and conveniently ‘lose’ the watch afterwards— really, sometimes it paid off to be so estranged from parents who’d never quite forgiven him for not being a genius. With his luck, Justin could grab a fountain pen from storage, pretend his father had graciously picked it out, and nobody would either notice or care.

Which, predictably, is exactly what happened.

However, what no one could have predicted was what happened a couple of years later, when Tony Stark became an orphan one cold December night.

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That Christmas had been rough, but also alerted Justin to the fact that his rival was going to be facing his first birthday without his parents. And sure, he had Jarvis looking out for him, and Obadiah Stane, Justin couldn’t quite help but feel that they should be doing something too— come on, it was for Tony’s eighteenth birthday.

So, after they headed home after that Christmas, Justin got to thinking. Their plans for Steph were currently at a delicate stage, so they’d need to be careful no matter what they decided on. Not to mention their extremely limited budget— their parents would never approve of anything they did to even potentially benefit their rival, after all.

Then they caught a glimpse of the tiny box sitting in the darkest corner of the room, and had an idea.

While the watch wasn’t their style, that level of flashiness perfectly matched Tony’s. Not to mention that a Rolex was a perfectly respectable brand, and considering the rumors of Tony being fast-tracked to CEO? It’d probably be nothing compared to the actual genius he brought to the table, but every little bit helped when it came to stockbrokers and shareholders.

“Thanks, Justin.” Tony said, smile bright and an strange amount of amusement on his face considering everything, until— “is there a reason it has ‘Hammer’ engraved on it?”

Justin froze. Then, once the words registered, they forewent any semblance of dignity in favor of a facepalm because really, they should have expected this. “That— I am so sorry, it was my grandfather’s. He had a habit of putting his name on everything.”

“Your grandfather?” Tony repeated, and now his voice sounded strange. Which, fair, it wasn’t like Justin ever brought him up beyond a vague, ‘may he rest in peace’ manner and having him come up now was probably not their brightest moment.

Justin tried to keep their shoulders from hunching defensively. “Yes, my grandfather. If you don’t like it, I can…”

They trailed off for a moment, because their first thought was to say, ‘I can get you another one,’ except, well, they couldn’t. Not when their parents controlled so much of Justin’s finances, and they’d never approve of such an expense as a gift for Tony Stark of all people.

“No, don’t, it’s great! The man had good taste.” Tony said, interrupting Justin’s thoughts and visibly brightening as he went on.

“I thought you’d like it.” Justin said, and they hadn’t meant to let their voice sound so soft but it was the truth.

…a truth that ended up going much further than they’d expected, as Tony took to wearing that watch everywhere.

#No Hero [Downward Descending] #schrodinger's canon #3 am musings #my writing

[homestuckconfession]

I dont know who June egbert is or if its canon or fanon and at this point im too afraid to ask.

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#schrodinger's canon #homestuck confession #homestuck #june egbert #mod commentary

[tenshindon]

I would like to address the last anon directly. Nothing is canon. Toriyama doesn't know one single thing about the series. King Piccolo thrussy births creatures that are absolutely *not* Namekians as well as Piccolo Jr. Yaijirobe eats them. Its a free for all.

NOTHING but facts here you're SO right

#snap chats #schrodinger's canon

[sadfruittheatre]

I used to have the hardest fucking time drawing Flann’s ponytails because i could never get the shape right, but once when I was watching Pea draw, i was like “OH MY GOD THEY’RE JUST BANANAS“ and it clicked lmao

Then we went into Flannanas, and eventually got here. Is this canon? Nobody knows

#art #bragi #shitpost #maybe? #schrodinger's canon

[shitpostingkats]

“Riz has a tail, the Dimension 20 cast is just lying to us.” <- Unfun. Not sexy. Implies we’re owed a tailed Riz

“Riz has a tail in our collective hearts.” <- Inspiring. Transcendent. Brings the community together.

#adaines glasses and riz’s tail are my favorite things but we MUST NOT let ourselves engage in hating canon #the greatest joys of fanon is embracing their schrodingers cat nature #I love you creatchury and non creatchury Riz I love you glasses and no glasses Adaine I love you wavy hair and textured hair fabian #I love you the transient nature of fanon allowing indavidual artists to experiment and draw their own interpretations #fantasy high #dimension 20 #d20 #d20 fantasy high #dimension 20 fantasy high #fantasy high junior year #d20 fhjy #fhjy #riz gukgak

[hamartia-grander]

Wyll calling his lover his 'star'. Astarion's spawn ending being him adventuring and performing heroics of his own choice. Wyll naming his adopted daughter Lily. The flower Astarion's lover puts on his grave being a lily. Monster hunter turned monster and monster turned hunter. Can nobody hear me

#Clawing at the walls who was in the writer's room making all these decisions #Technically every relationship both exists and doesn't exist simultaneously (schrodinger's relationships) depending on how you play #But the narrative significance of wyllstarion being canon will always drive me crazy #Don't even get me started on shadowzel too my GOODNESS #wyllstarion #bloodpact #Wyll Ravengard #astarion ancunin #Astarion #Bg3 Wyll #bg3 astarion #Bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #baldur's gate 3

[evankinard]

we all talk a big game but I just know the second we get explicit confirmation of buddie canon every single 9-1-1 blog on my dash is instantly turning into ash

#thats our loadbearing non-canon queer ship #how will we be annoying without schrodinger's homoeroticism #911 fox #buddie #weewoo brainrot

[comradekatara]

my greatest flaw is that i would lowkey ship sokka/azula if i wasn’t so convinced that azula is a lesbian. bc just think about it. they’re both these hyper logical calculating masterminds with debilitating perfectionist complexes to hide their perceived worthlessness, so they’re constantly achieving, and while they never feel any real joy in winning, they get actually suicidal the second they fail at anything. they think everyone who can’t keep up with them is some sort of idiot because they refuse to live in a world where they are in fact more intelligent than most people, including the adults around them. they love making the most insufferable puns you’ve ever heard and get offended if no one laughs. they have daddy issues and mommy issues. they share so many of the things they have wrong with them. so like. just imagine how amazingly awful they would be as a couple. they would indisputably make each other worse , but in the most disastrously entertaining way possible.

#they would be SUCH a terrible couple. they would take over the world together. it would be awesome #pretty much every water / fire ship configuration involves them making each other worse #katara & zuko also have too many flaws in common #and katara & azula doesn’t work on any level but is SO juicy #both despite and because of that #the only exception is that sokka & zuko do make each other better unfortunately #I wish it could be a perfect quadrant delivering four different flavors of Nightmare Couple #but unfortunately zukka would work. really well actually #like canonically #azulasokka is still the funniest possible one tho #and I still think their friendship has the potential to be so awesome #just constant wordplay and bitching about idiots #toph mentions in passing what a trainwreck it would be if they ever dated #and sokka laughs until he cries while azula chuckles but is secretly thinking ‘why is that so funny? i would be a perfect gf...’ #azula #sokka #azula&sokka #unique kind of post for sokklas AND antisokklas #schrodingers sokkla

[madgoat212]

guys i do art i promise see see

i need to remember to post art here

#art dump #gillion tidestrider cured my art block #live laugh jay ferin #jrwi riptide #jrwi episode 21 spoilers #jrwi riptide spoilers #jrwi gillion #jrwi chip #jrwi show #chip bastard #jrwi fnc #schrodinger's ship #both funnier and more meaningful if canon or not canon #we don't know which it is yet #category 7 autism event

[disinheritoad]

I hope it's not them. I hope Chester and Norris aren't our Jmart. Haven't they suffered enough?

#Don't they deserve a little bit of rest? #I like my Schrodinger's canon #if we don't know what happened then maybe they're happy somewhere #instead of suffering all over again #the magnus archives #the magnus protocol #jonathan sims #the archivist #tma jmart #tma podcast #tmagp #martin blackwood

[locke-esque-monster]

You know what I find really fascinating about the destiel confession? The entire discourse about if it's canon or not.

Let's ignore those who say Cas's speech wasn't romantic love for the purposes of this post (though I beg them to try to limitus test I've seen of giving that speech to a platonic friend or relative and it not being uncomfortably weird).

I'm talking about how the argument I've seen, both by Destiel shippers and non-shippers it isn't canon if Dean never responded.

And like yeah - that's fascinating.

First because it means everyone has their own definition of canon. Is it someone confessing their love to the person they're in love with? Is it both parties confessing? Is it a physical action like a kiss or sex? Do you have to have both the love confession and the physical act or will only one suffice? Is it someone acknowledging to themselves or another 3rd party their love for someone even if it's not to the person in question?

We all have our own definition of canon intrinsically and this one happens to fall in an incredibly loose gray area.

And that's because there's the other limbo of this confession in Dean's lack of response. I actually can think of no other example of a show that does anything like this (though if they exist I'd love to know). Any other show would have something definitive at some point of Dean acknowledging the sentiment. Dean confessing back. Dean telling Cas he loves him, but as a friend. Dean telling someone after Cas's death he was in love with Cas. Dean being confused by Cas's confession and him dealing with that love after the fact that he doesn't share. Dean acknowledging afterwards he doesn't know how he feels about Cas's confession. Quite literally - any verbal acknowledgement either during or after the fact this confession happened.

And it doesn't exist. It's Schrodinger's confession. Or maybe Schrodinger's response. We all (Destiel shippers) assume the cat is dead because all evidence points to the fact (it's been in the box 3 years after all). But there are factions pointing to the lack of proof because it isn't official because we haven't looked in the box. And frankly, a lot of people would love to look in the box, find out definitively, but it's not an option on the table. The box isn't in our hands to check.

So instead we treat it like a knock of "Shave and a haircut" without the two knock response. If there's a call, there has to be a response. And we all fill in what we assume the last two knocks are based on our own individual definitions of canon and fight over why our knocks don't match someone else's.

And, on top of that, Cas's confession is all about the being and not having. We can be in the moment and enjoy this ship is canon. But we also can't actually have it (it being a concrete response, a kiss, a happy ending) as much as Cas couldn't. It's prophetic - breaking the 4th wall by accident - it's something almost not quite nothing - regardless there's something about the parallel here that's telling about the ship itself.

So yes, while the shipper in me is eternally torn between this being somehow both terrible and great, the English major/secret TV critic in me finds this terribly fascinating.

#credit to a comment i saw today that called destiel only “canon” if you consider a stalker confessing their love a relationship #my soul died a little #like even if you don't ship it that's a disservice to cas's character and memory #and that inspired me clicking some existing discorse i had on the subject into me trying to understand that kind of response #or at least general fandom discourse bouncing around in my brain for awhile #spn meta #spn #supernatural discourse #supernatural #destiel #deancas #castiel #dean winchester #nov 5th #november 5th #november 5 2020 #schrodinger's cat

[dontcallmecarrie]

The first time Tony canceled on Justin Hammer, it was a shock.

Which it really shouldn’t have, because Justin had been the one to encourage him to give the Avengers a chance, so they should have expected—

Really, it was a silly little thing, meeting up for drinks and a meal just to show off. Besides, it’s not like Tony even intended to cancel, even, but. Well, Tony probably forgot he was talking to Justin, who was a regular CEO and was most definitely not a genius or a superhero for whom the world would bend over backwards to make things work. Justin, who had a flight to Dubai in 14 hours so this was the only time they would’ve been able to make it.

Which meant they had to cancel. Which was fine, it wasn’t anything important. Really.

It’s just...they’d been doing it for decades now, ever since Tony had preened at a gala and talked about building a dummy at MIT and Justin had raised an eyebrow and mentioned being part of student council. Hope had rolled her eyes but smirked into her not-champagne flute, and that...

It wasn’t much, Justin knew. But that exchange had been the highlight of Justin’s winter break, because the Hammers got along like oil and water the few times they were all together, and everyone always, always turned to Justin to fix it.

And then Tony’s parents died, and he’d needed someone and it’s only now that Justin realized just how much of their life had been built around their rivalry. Around one of the few people Justin could trust, who was on even terms with them, the closest thing they had to a friend when the rest of the world demanded so, so much—

Just like Steph.

Neither of them needed Justin anymore, not really; not when Tony’s new friends were good people with no blood on their hands, not when Steph had long since outgrown her need for a guardian.

The realization was nothing less than a gut punch.

Justin quietly called to cancel their reservation, and stayed home.

Alone. Like always, these days.

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The second time Tony canceled on Justin, it was. Not great.

More of a disappointment than anything else, but to be expected, considering the mess the Avengers were dealing with. So it wasn’t really a surprise when Tony called to say he wouldn’t be able to make it, and that better luck next time, and Justin smiled and said all the usual pleasantries before the call ended and they were left with a too-silent apartment and no one to care about their latest jump in the stock market.

.

The third time Tony canceled on them, Justin wasn’t even surprised anymore.

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The time after that, however, came with a fortunate change of pace: as Justin moved to put away their phone, they paused, and turned their head with a wry smile.

Loki was still new to this ‘not-PA’ business, and Ivan had been spending a bit too much time in his workshop than was healthy...

“Well, that happened— would either of you be interested in coming with me to that new place downtown?”

Ivan frowned thoughtfully for a second, before shrugging. “Sure, why not.”

Loki’s eyes were sharp as he glanced at them. “You’re upset.”

This time, it was Justin’s turn to shrug. “Plans fell through. For what it’s worth, it’s supposed to have pretty good food and the reservation’s for a private room.”

“Who?” Loki demanded, leaning in ever so slightly, and boy if that wasn’t Justin’s cue to take a few emotional steps back.

“Nothing major, life happens. Do you want to come with, or not?”

“Yes.” Loki said after a moment, with a decisive nod. “I would love to.”

It wasn’t what Justin had originally planned, but they had a great evening nevertheless.

.

The phone Justin constantly kept at his side quietly buzzed for the first time in months.

‘I am coming. When can we meet?’ Read the text, and Justin’s breath caught for a moment.

Victor’s message could only be about the upcoming summit, and that— oh dear. Justin was going to be busy with shareholders most of the week of, and before that was contract reviews, and other than the gala they were booked solid before the summit and Victor would be in pretty much the same state when it started...

Wait, no: there was one evening that could work.

Except it was technically already booked, but Tony wouldn’t mind if they canceled just this once, right?

#No Hero [Downward Descending] #No Hero [And Not Made Of Stone] #3 am musings #schrodinger's canon #take that writer's block

[currentlyonstandbi]

yes i want tomgreg to be canon because it'll be hilarious no i don't want tomgreg to be canon because the 2nd hand embarrassment will kill me on the spot what's not clicking

#canon would be so funny becasue there's so many people out there who are picking up on 0% of the tension #and it'll inflict unending psychic damage #but on the other hand the cringe will also inflict psychic damage on every single tomgreg stan as well #total catch 22 y'know #succession #tomgreg #best case scenario they maintain the schrodinger's homoerotic tension vibe they've got going on and never elaborate #tom wambsgans #greg hirsch #nicholas braun #matthew mcfayden #succession season 4

[kraviolis]

When did Luz first met Amity?

im actually on the fence about this one!!!

see, the AU mostly follows the same story as in canon but with some obvious adjustments to luz's characterization/relationships & some story beats (such as like. any of her interactions with anyone from the emperor's coven) so theoretically luz WOULD meet amity in the same place, aka unofficially meets her as willow's fake abomination but officially meets her at the covention

but i also REALLY love the idea of luz and amity meeting way earlier. ive mentioned before my HC about the emperor's coven having a big fancy charity gala for samhain on the BI (here's a link to that post) and how the blights are always on the coven's guestlist...

i think it would be so cute if odalia and alador took amity along with them to one when amity was like 9-10 (both of them having the ulterior motive to introduce her to lilith clawthorne to see if she might take amity on as a protege) and she ends up meeting luz there (luz was only allowed to go if she promised to stick right next to hunter & to keep her ears covered)

i like the idea that theyre quick friends (bcus amity is so lonely after being forced to stop being friends with willow) and have a super fun night together and then part ways at the end and dont see each other until years later. when they do meet again, they dont recognize each other as their one-night friend until luz helps amity to restore willow's memories and she sees baby amity with her brown hair.

and of course, upon the realization that luz was literally also amity's first crush, it only makes amity crush on luz even harder.

#anonymous #qna #toh #lumity #little lamb au #i might make both versions of this canon to the AU. schrodinger's lumity #*luz voice* hahaha you had a crush on me after knowing me for only 3 hours thats soooo embarrassing #*amity voice* luz we're literally girlfriends.

[silverlistenstothings]

I really want to learn more about Hermie’s family, but I don’t want to learn more about Jodie and Scam’s relationship. Don’t get me wrong, I’m absolutely not against whatever they have going on and I love the beautiful stories this fandom has woven but I also recognize the hilarity of Anthony Burch telling us that Jodie Foster and Scam Actually had a serious enough relationship to have a child and then completely refusing to elaborate.

#I want to know everything about these guys. I’m enraptured by the ambiguity. you know what I mean #it’s schrodingers relationship dynamic. nothing is canon so everything is canon #scamster #jodie foster #scam actually #dungeons and daddies #silver tongue (talk tag) #dndads

[shitpostingkats]

Hasajkldska @soul-matter hope you don't mind if I make this it's own post because your question made me realized I have never coherently explained my groupchat au

The yugioh groupchat au is the bucket where I throw all my headcanons and imaginary oneshots involving the yugioh protags. The basics of the au are that all the yugioh protagonists are in a discord server together, ad have the special kind of ride-or-die friendship found between long distance internet friends who have met in person maybe twice if they're lucky. Yugi started the gc (he's the moderator) with Jaden and Yusei after the events of Bonds Beyond Time (for the sake of this au, the gaps between series is getting squished so there's no time travel involved), as a way to keep in touch. Now, whenever they find another kid with trauma, a knack for cardgames, and frightening knowledge of the cosmos, they shoot 'em an invite. I went into a little more detail here

Other fun facts about this au:

It has an entire expanded lore and cosmology because I can't help myself. The bois have an entire channel dedicated to trying to figure out how it works. It's mostly just a record of wild things Jaden has said offhand and then refused to elaborate on.

Part of the reason they never see each other outside of international tournaments is that only Yugi and Jaden actually live in the states (and with Jaden, he spends half his time traveling or in the dark world so who knows where that boy is at any given time). Yusei and Yusaku (and probably the sevens and go rush kids, haven't decided yet) are in Japan, Yuya is in Mexico, and Yuma is in the Philippines.

Occasionally, Astral will pop in while he's visiting Yuma, but he's notorious for not remembering to log out of Yuma's accounts, leaving everyone to wonder if the person in the gc at 2am asking "do pigeons have feelings?" is an alien, or just a very sleep deprived Yuma.

Jaden and Yuya like to pester Yusaku to write them a plugin that enables keyboard support for the Eldritch Language Of The Damned that they both are fluent in.

Yusaku refuses to do this.

#secret headcanon that may not be canon once I watch Vrains: #Ai is trapped there as a bot because Yusaku decreed that Naughty Ai Must Go To The GC To Atone For Their Crimes #no one give me anymore spoilers than I already have but that is schrodingers headcanon for now #yugioh #yugioh gc au #ygo #yugioh dm #yugioh gx #yugioh 5ds #yugioh zexal #yugioh arc v #yugioh vrains #yugi moto #jaden yuki #yuki judai #yusei fudo #yuma tsukumo #yuya sakaki #yusaku fujiki