Department of Improbable AUs

Department of Improbable AUs by PoorCynic on 2010-09-08 21:04:00 UTC

Question by The 9th Blue Mage on 2010-09-14 06:01:00 UTC Reply

What does the Rubin Vase represent in order for it to be connected to The Improbable AUs Department, anyway? I can understand the other two choices (the lightning and the broken mirror), but I'm just wondering about the vase.
(No offense to anyone).

A rubin vase. by Sedri on 2010-09-11 04:26:00 UTC Reply

It just seems so appropriate.
Lightning bolts... by Callista on 2010-09-11 03:26:00 UTC Reply

...because it was my idea and I'm awful like that. :)
Vase. (nm) by Chliever on 2010-09-11 02:11:00 UTC Reply
two lightening bolts striking at the same point (nm) by Miah on 2010-09-11 00:55:00 UTC Reply

I will change my vote to rubin vase... by Miah on 2010-09-12 16:06:00 UTC Reply

for the Department of Improbable AU, and cast the vote for twin lightening strikes hitting the same place for the Department of Improbabilities.
I find it amusing that the voting is not only stuck at... by Miah on 2010-09-11 07:49:00 UTC Reply

three each, but that they came in perfectly alternated.

Yes, there is that. Annoying, no? But unintentional. by Sedri on 2010-09-11 10:33:00 UTC Reply

Is a compromise possible? A rubin vase sort of image made with lightning bolts?

That sounds good, if someone would be able to draw it. (nm) by Miah on 2010-09-11 22:59:00 UTC Reply

I could try. by Sedri on 2010-09-11 23:42:00 UTC Reply

I'd have to sketch it and scan it, and I'm in a bit of a hurry now. Later today, maybe, or tomorrow.

It'd help if anyone has any specific ideas about how to arrange it.

I'm afraid it's not working. by Sedri on 2010-09-12 05:14:00 UTC Reply

The rubin vase effect needs a shared border between two images to make the effect, and I haven't been able to make anything out of the borders of two lightning bolts except two lightning bolts - everything else comes out looking like abstract art. I'll keep trying, but don't bet on it.

As a side note, I stand by my original vote for the rubin vase.

Rubin vase by DL_Blanca on 2010-09-10 21:38:00 UTC Reply

eventhough the two lightningbolts could be good as well.
I vote for two lightning bolts. by Neshomeh on 2010-09-10 19:08:00 UTC Reply

If it ends up being a rubin vase, though, I think it should be an odd-shaped one--maybe with a unicorn horn, or something. If possible.

~Neshomeh + $0.02

I guess I don't need to post this... by Elemarth on 2010-09-10 00:53:00 UTC Reply

Because my agents are going to be in Improbable AU (whenever I actually get to write about them... things are getting in the way), I was going to ask just this question! Also, how the missions work. I read a bit of despatch and thought it sounded similar: the canon has to be neuralized and portalled back to wherever he/she belongs.

I like the question mark a lot, second the mirror (not sure how you'd put it on, though), but not the other three. I guess maybe the coin. I don't have ideas myself.

Please make sure I don't get left out of this, because whenever I can write (soon I hope), this will be my department!
Two lightning bolts by Calista on 2010-09-09 23:37:00 UTC Reply

If you want a simple image, two lightning bolts--for the phrase "lightning strikes twice in the same place", meaning an extremely unlikely event. Of course, lightning does strike some places repeatedly (depending on elevation and location)--but improbable AUs are actually highly probable because there are so many badfic writers! I think it kinda fits.

A little like your balanced-on-edge coin, but doesn't take a 3-d image. And not so continuum-specific as the whale/petunias idea.

Maybe a.. Ohp, wait, you already said it. (nm) by Nielymoon on 2010-09-09 03:17:00 UTC Reply
Venus with Pluto for a moon. (nm) by Tawaki on 2010-09-09 01:51:00 UTC Reply
Hmm, I like the rubin vase by Sedri on 2010-09-09 00:03:00 UTC Reply

I also like the mirror for its more direct symbolism, but it would be a rather hard thing to embroider on a flash patch - unless you want agents to actually have small mirrors on their shoulders, which may or may not be a Good Idea.

I also like the sperm whale and bowl of petunias ;) (Though in all fairness, maybe that should be just for DIAU agents that work in Hitchhiker's fics, as it's rather fandom-specific, and no other flash patch that I know of has something from a particular fandom on it.)
A rubin vase by Silverwind on 2010-09-08 23:30:00 UTC Reply

Sounds nice and easy to me, then again I have been making flash patches so I am a tad bit bias towards simple symbols.
Expanding on your mirror idea... by AmitiRequiem on 2010-09-08 23:07:00 UTC Reply

A cracked mirror, perhaps? It's bad luck, and it portrays the crudiness of improbable crossovers! *is then shot for explaining the joke*

Sorry, that was me not triple-checking my post. >.o by AmitiRequiem on 2010-09-09 00:14:00 UTC Reply

The suggestion still stands, at least. I had the right idea but used the wrong words.

Two ill-fitting puzzle pieces? I like your coin idea, too. (nm) by doctorlit on 2010-09-08 21:44:00 UTC Reply
A sperm whale and a bowl of petunias. (nm) by Callista on 2010-09-08 21:32:00 UTC Reply

Ehh... by PoorCynic on 2010-09-09 00:09:00 UTC Reply

It's a bit too continuum specific, as Sedri mentioned in her post. That's why I didn't post my full idea for the mirror (that it should have a goatee in it). I think we should shoot for something a little more general.
*grins* I second that. (nm) by Gen on 2010-09-08 22:36:00 UTC Reply