Stupid Object Canon

This is a writing guide for Stupid Objects written by Brila. Primarily, it's a list of suggestions if you're stuck. Don't let me ruin your fun.

Rules

There is no canon

You can ignore anything on here if it makes for a weirder story.

The researchers are normal

Their roleplay fursonas can be demigod furries, and everyone can refer to them as such, but researchers are not anomalous. If they were anomalous, they would be in the box.

Don't answer the practical questions

It's debatable how much of this is real versus fringe conspiracy theory. That should always be kept in question. If you're willing to brave the horrors, paranormal conspiracy subreddits are a good reference point: everyone talks about Bigfoot and the Mandela Effect as if it's real, because it's real to them.

I personally think it's a great idea to make up bullshit questions to give answers to, though.

"We don't know if magic is real, but we know how it works."

There is no -J

The tone of SOC is strange, haphazard, and neurodivergent, but not every article needs to be a joke with a punchline. Some mundane, sad, or scary articles could go a long way in making the funny ones funnier.

We do not have D classes

Experiments are performed on fellow researchers or not at all. Primarily the Stupid Objects Collection was born out of my desire for containment fiction that didn't rely on literal slavery.

We are broke

SOC has no funding to speak of because it is not a real agency. You can use the word "funding" to sound more serious, but everyone will know you mean your researcher's furry porn commission revenue.

My personal interpretation is that SOC is an international online group parallel to our own. Obviously that's a bit limiting for "experiments", but Stupid Object Borrowers sets up a good precedent for SOCs being mailed back and forth. Sometimes there is a building and I think that's funny too so it's possible there's different points in time where we get more money.

Don't use your real name

I don't imagine this going anywhere, but I never do, so I have to add this for futureproofing. People have been weird about boundaries with confic since the dawn of time and I can't expect this to be any different if it takes off.

Some of us have been making researcher characters that are obviously just them with their name blacked out, and I think that's a good compromise for discouraging RPF. It might be good to make some reusable "open" characters in the future.