Making Plot Out Of Nonesense

I've been thinking a bit about stories like "Alice in Wonderland" & "Yume Nikki", stories that aren't stories.

To my understanding; both of these media were made without a plot in mind. The experiance you were supposed to get from them was nonesense. And both sucseed in this; "Alice in Wonderland" is in a way better of for being a "it's all a dream" story, cause otherwise it would've only been whimsy & frustration. "Yume Nikki" has a diffrent tone from "Alice", but still ends up going the same, only the unclearity of it's a dream or not helps the tone.

But

people still try to get logical stories from them.

From grimdark theories to fluffy fanfic; people try to grab the looks and/or symbolism that exists in these media and make a story with plot out of it.

I just, am fasinated with how much people like to tell stories. How much people love making refrences or allusions to things they enjoy. And it makes me wonder if when the 2 intersect, with a story without plot;

At what point is the original story lost in the new covering?

Fandom Snowflake Challenge 2024; Challenge #8

Skipped to 8 cause reasons ._.

Talk about a current fannish project (fic, art, vid, crochet, funko pop village) (that you are creating or enjoying)

Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I'm working on a couple things;

• 2 coms; 40sedoretu & 100quadrantedships (with help from ysabetwordsmith, who has some neat stories/poetry!). On boths coms it's explained what they're about (spoiler: it's esoteric romance systems), but here's me talking a bit about both systems. I think they're both fun ways to re-examine romance (and maybe more familair than you think).


• An AU I'm calling "Mercy And Other Paraphernalia". In short the meat of it is "Alternian troll kids flee to Earth, shock & shenanigans ensue". I'm planning on writing short stories, meta-notes & a roleplay analysis of media in this AU.


• On the more (relatively) simple end of things; an OMORI & Yume Nikki crossover series of short stories. Nothing supernatural or anything, just kids trying to figuer out life while dealing with mental health issues.

AllBingo Card(s)

Used the bingo generator from allbingo to create a bingo-card;

autumn leaves	love like a weapon to a warm body	open secret	fortune has favorites	dream // nightmare
became something beyond yourself	diamond-dust	goodbye lullaby	familiar stranger	for you i would die // you want me to live
perfect vs flaws // kintsugi	strawberry candy	FREE SPACE	the hollowed seer	how big how blue how beautiful
this is what they call you	something new // something old	all of this feels like coming home	mirrored self	what fate can’t make of us
the sky is empty	every pale moon love // every rotten hate	pastels and neon	mother winter	nothing for the vultures

Coul've Been Worse {FREE SPACE // fanfic: OMORI × Yume Nikki}
Sometimes, Hate Is Love Without A Place To Rest {all of this feels like coming home // fanfic: OMORI}

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