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[[size 120%]][[span style="font-family: 'Berkshire Swash', cursive;"]]**Introduction**[[/span]][[/size]]
Welcome, tourist, to Wonder World! Tee emm. I'm Cat Emmet, loving and beloved tour guide of the great City of Sugar, the Town of the Talk, the Musical Metropolis -- oh, it goes by many names~! Truly, its reputation precedes it. But for the few of you who have yet to get the rundown -- perhaps pulled here by a friend, or worse -- well, we shouldn't talk about //that,// but you should know this city is one built out of the dreams of refugees. All who find themselves in dire straits are welcome here, oh I assure you! And I'm here to give you that //won//derful warm and whimsical welcome! From our train platform here, you have likely already noticed the visage of our //sharpest// skyscraper -- oh, and it //does// actually scrape the sky -- Wonder Tower, the home of the great Dr. Wondertainment, both the man and the myth alike! Well, a woman right now, but //man// and //myth// alliterate, and I haven't worked out a good alternative yet, tsk tsk! Whatever I think up, the next group of tourists will hear it, you can be sure.

But enough spiel, time for more spiel~! Wonder World! Tee emm, founded in the 12th Wonder Year by Chester Williams and Maria Herring, gifted to our great Wondertainments of yore by Capital R -- if you squint while we pass this intersection, you'll see his statue just over those buildings, more on that if you join my tour on Bluesday, and yes, I work Bluesdays -- I won't judge you for showing up if you don't judge me for being there~! But anyhow, Wonder World! Tee emm is an extradimensional space located somewhere semi-secret in Boston, that was created originally as extra floor space and storage space for the first Dr. Wondertainment storefront, Dr. Wondertainment's World of Whimsy! //That// version of the location was actually created as early as the //3rd// Wonder Year, which most people don't know, but it got its name -- and zoning laws -- in the 12th. Yes, we're walking through what was once a //closet.//

Impressive, isn't it? It was a combination of Maria Herring and Capital R's magic that allowed the space to expand so gratuitously, and then it was Chester's idea to create the sky and weather patterns to make it feel //outdoors!// Only, a nicer, more sanitary version of the outdoors, anyways. You people live with unscheduled rain and snow, don't you? Hoo-ah! I couldn't imagine. Never again will you be so taken off-guard in Wonder World! Tee emm. Our weather is actually democratic -- so, you can imagine it stays sunny most of the year, though our hearts do yearn for snow around the holidays. More about our governmental systems and voting booths on Peruseday -- what better place to peruse?

Ah, but here is our first stop for day one! Yes, this should give you the context you need to understand everything going forward. Welcome, my friends, to the Wonder World! Tee emm, Hysterically Hurtful Historical Society! Oh, don't be put off by the name -- see, "hurt" is a synonym of "smart"! Did you know that? And see, that's why //they're// the historians, and you and I aren't. Come inside, come inside!

Like any good historical society, it is cut up into sections based on eras! So what eras do we care about? Of course, with a world -- does that require a tee emm? -- with a world so //young,// our eras don't last much more than some decades. How do we identify them? Why, by the residing Dr. Wondertainment of course! Here you can tour our encyclopedic knowledge of the Chester, Cornelius, and Holly eras! Oh, and of course, our //so very// hurtful -- ah, who am I kidding, that word is weird to me too, my apologies my chronicling compatriots! Our very //sharp// and //exacting// historians have something of a soothsaying hobby, and you can even page through their speculations! That would be the Judy and Redd eras, and Everything After.

If you follow me, I'll give you a little rundown on our history, and maybe suggest to you some reading material, hmm? There's just about as much to learn as there is room in your head, and unless you're one of //these// bookworms that goes straight from the page to studying //sand// or whatever it is they do in their off hours, I doubt you'll be able to get through it all in one lifetime. (Well, one lifetime spent //well,// but don't let our ever-so //clever// historians hear that I said that!)

[[size 120%]][[span style="font-family: 'Berkshire Swash', cursive;"]]**Where to Start**[[/span]][[/size]]
Of course, I see some of the more energetic of you kicking your restless legs and some of these children, why, they're //yawning!// Yes, maybe I ought to give you an //abridged// version, give you a taste. If you're so restless to get going, maybe it's all you need -- but if you're rearing to read 'til your eyes turn pink, this might give you a good sense of whether our stories are worth your time -- though I warn you, there's only //one// right answer, and if I catch even the //hint// of disrespect on the lips of anyone in this tour group, you can kiss your vacation goodbye!

Oh, ahem, excuse me~! I seem to have lost my good manners for a moment. My sincerest apologies! In any case, here by the front desk is our selection of establishing works -- moments in our history that should give you a good rundown of what it's all about. Let's go through them, shall we?

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: [[span style="font-family: 'Berkshire Swash', cursive;"]]**[[[what-a-wonderful-world|And I Think To Myself...]]]**[[/span]] //by DarkStuff// : "Despite being an 'intermission' in a larger work (which will be discussed here shortly), this is really the best introduction to our city here, and does most of the legwork for setting the world stage. It's where I -- Cat Emmet -- am first named, even~! And in that fashion, it is once again a //tour// of the setting, a tour specifically of Wonder Tower, for once Judy Papill was just a tike and //someone// had to introduce her!"

: [[span style="font-family: 'Berkshire Swash', cursive;"]]**[[[Wonder World Dossier]]]**[[/span]] //by Uncle Nicolini// : "Oh why is //this// soggy thing lying around? Oh well... I can imagine why the historians put this one up front! It's no secret much of our audience is of a... //shadowy// inclination... perhaps some ties to //government,// even... and if you are more comfortable approaching this world from a clinical, //detached// perspective, well, firstly, I feel sorry for you -- but secondly, this might be just what you're looking for! It's a document we've lifted straight from the Foundation's databases -- and don't you //dare// let out a peep about that fact!"

: [[span style="font-family: 'Berkshire Swash', cursive;"]]**[[[Do They Know It's Christmas Time At All?]]]**[[/span]] //by Elenee FishTruck// : "This is a really lovely depiction of the Wondrous ways we have of finding peace here in this Singing City (that's another name for it, be sure to jot that down). In the face of devastation and depression, our go-to is to reach out and cheer people up! We're really very committed to making the world -- not just World! Tee emm -- a better place, eh? This gives a lot of insight into our motivations and inclinations, and besides, of all the places on earth, I think we're second only to the North Pole in keeping Christmas all year round, so I don't see why a holiday story should deter you from anything!"

: [[span style="font-family: 'Berkshire Swash', cursive;"]]**[[[Vend-a-Friend]]]**[[/span]] //by DarkStuff// : "Ahh, but it's not all sunshine and rainbows //all// the time, is it? Unfortunately not. Well, if ever you were curious what 'devastation and depression' we might be coping with, here is a detailed account of just what can happen when we lose our way. This, a story of a Toy Tinker lost in himself and trying to maintain his spark of goodness all the while, is, ironically, the //first// thing ever added to this archive. What humor these archivists have, eh? If you want to see where this whole archive came from, how our catalogue had started, then this is where to go, if you can stomach it! It's not a short read either -- though I've heard it's rather rewarding. I wouldn't know, of course. I have better ways to spend my time than to wallow!"
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[[size 120%]][[span style="font-family: 'Berkshire Swash', cursive;"]]**0th to 66th Wonder Years**[[/span]][[/size]]
Where better to start than where it all started? Oho~! You wouldn't think it by looking at me, but I actually met our great Chester Williams when I was but a wee kitten -- yes, I'm a bit older than I look, and don't let me catch you discussing it! Though our founder, Chester Williams, was the first official Wondertainment, it is said the title honorarily includes the cofounder Maria Herring. The two met in the early 20th Century -- the very first Wonder Year, in fact, 1910 to the **[**Come Back**]** -- in Boston, and became fast friends and business partners, and later even romantically intertwined, me//ow//! Chester was the face of the company, and Maria put the magic in the toys.

They were turbulent times, and a Black storeowner, //especially// one with a connection to a white woman... well, you can be sure that did not go unnoticed. While the brand was still getting its bearings, we regret to admit that we got involved with some //off-color// characters -- namely, the local magic mafia, the Chicago Spirit. (You'd think they'd stick to their namesake city, but luckily for us they had a little more reach than that!) Separating from their web was a //doozy,// but as the company grew, so did its self-sufficiency, in large part because of our accumulation of Wondrous individuals under our umbrella -- a process the Chicago Spirit attempted to stimy, in order to keep us dependent on their protection. Even into the modern day, there seems to be a lasting -- pardon my meat-language, but -- //beef// with the remnants of that old organization.

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 You can see our historians decorated this section of the archive with cardinal red, canary yellow, and plum purple! (We too are sad to learn that there wasn't a snappy bird-related c-word for purple.) Color is //very// important to us Wonders, so allow me to explain their meanings to the less artistically inclined of you. First it must be mentioned that the colors are Maria and Chester's colors -- in that order! Red was Maria's signature garb, quite possibly because no one in her position could resist the pun of "Red Herring," while purple was Chester's! Each, however, shared a propensity for yellow, and so that was their connecting theme.

Red, purple and gold are classically kingly and queenly colors, and so how better to honor our old king and queen! Not to mention, red is the color of passion, of which Maria was known for, and that passion //drove// the company's humble beginning and unprecedented success. It was also the passion shared between the refugees Wondertainment began to house -- the yellow itself representative of the warming sun, the comfort of company and basic warmth. Purple has to stand in for the magic and whimsy, Chester's arena -- not of literal magic, as was Maria's, but instead a magic of //character,// a magic of hope and aspiration and optimism. (Optimism, yes! I knew I forgot something about the yellow -- the same yellow as those little smiley faces you see everywhere, mm~?)


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[[SIZE 60%]]**Chester Williams by [*https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/raddagher-s-toon-zone Raddagher]**[[/size]]
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@@      @@01. **[[[The Workshop]]]** ~~ //by [[[Researcher Mathias's Colleague Protocol|RockTeethMothEyes]]] & [[[Uncle Nicolini Author Page|Uncle Nicolini]]]//
@@      @@02. **[[[Lord Blackwood in the Land of Wonder]]]** ~~ //by [[user Raddagher]] & [[[Uncle Nicolini Author Page|Uncle Nicolini]]]//
@@      @@03. **[[[extradimensional purchase wondertainment vacation spot|Extradimensional Purchase: "Wondertainment Vacation Spot!"]]]** ~~ //by [[[ellie3 gimmick free|Ellie3]]]//
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[[tab Cornelius Era]]
[[size 120%]][[span style="font-family: 'Berkshire Swash', cursive;"]]**67th to 89th Wonder Years**[[/size]][[/span]]
Ah, well, we don't //have// to do this section of the archive if you'd rather not -- the entrance is so small, it might be a nuisance to get our whole tour group inside anyways -- but, ah, oh, well, I see that some of you have already -- well if I want to keep the group together I suppose we must -- alright, alright! But let's not stay here too long, it makes my hair stand on end!

Ahem. So~! Chester was planning on handing the title of Wondertainment to Maria when he passed, but Maria -- despite her nigh-magical vitality -- succumbed to a fate never released to the public. Needless to say, it was tragic -- and it must have been doubly so, to have remained private between herself and Chester, but the public simply knows that it took only a few months for Maria's health to dwindle and then for her to finally pass. Chester followed her shortly thereafter, perhaps of heartbreak, it's hard to say. In his will, he left the title to an up-and-coming Publicity Puppy -- and I should say, he //earns// the title of a dog -- someone known for their knack in advertising and business relations. His name was Cornelius Młynarczyk, and he became our second ever Wondertainment.

Among other things, he was the creative mind behind our local musical superstars, the Little Misters, so perhaps that should tell you //something// about where his head was at. Of course, at the time, people didn't really know any better, and their predicament was a celebrated success, all the while they suffered behind the scenes. Still today, Wondertainment has a strict no-sentience policy for toys! And, of course, the Little Misters are, legally, no longer toys themselves. 

Cornelius' time as Wondertainment was thankfully brief, though he's generally regarded as Chester's last mistake -- surely, our great Dr. Wondertainment the First had perception for seeing the good and Wondrous in people, and it was the heartbreak and his failing health that hid Cornelius' nature from his sight. After Cornelius' passing in the 89th Wonder Year, even more ludicrous things were discovered about his time as Dr. Wondertainment, including some... well, maybe I shouldn't give you such a negative impression of our company so soon~!

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The historians colored this section a //fitting// ash gray, sickly green and //noxious// purple. Well okay, the purple is more dark than noxious, but it's a corruption of the original purple is what I am saying! Undoubtedly, the gray represents the atmosphere that hung in the air of Wonder World! Tee emm, during this period of time. Things seemed blotted, the way clouded. The green alternatively speaks both to the sick feeling in everyone's stomachs, and that which drove Cornelius most: //money.// Well okay sure, our dollars are pink, but that hardly matters -- well okay yes, most people didn't //literally// know the horrid things happening in Wonder Tower during the Cornelius era until well afterwards, but surely everyone knew //something!// Bits and pieces, however, shrouded in mystery -- yes, purple, the color of twilight, dim lighting, and thus the unknown. No one knew quite enough to be //afraid,// no, just felt dim awareness that something was wrong, and so that's why these colors are so dim, dim, dim. Dim in the loss of our lights, Maria and Chester, and the replacement of their warm candles with Cornelius' cold and efficient fluorescence.

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[[SIZE 60%]]**Dr. Cornelius M. Wondertainment by [[user FAR From Official 1]]**[[/size]]
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@@      @@03. **[[[SCP-2923|X-Men Syndrome]]]** ~~ //by [[[Shaggydredlocks]]]//
@@      @@04. **[[[We Stopped Making Socks Cornelius|We Stopped Making Socks (But What if We Made Something Better?)]]]** ~~ //by [[[ellie3 gimmick free|Ellie3]]]//
@@      @@05. **[[[SCP-4046|What do you want to be when you grow up?]]]** ~~ //by [[[Uncle Nicolini Author Page|Uncle Nicolini]]]//
@@      @@06. **[[[When It Rains, It Pours]]]** ~~ //by [[[Captain Kirby's Personal File|Captain Kirby]]]//
@@      @@07. **[[[i-get-it|I Get It]]]** ~~ //by [[[Dr. K. Stuff's Personnel File|DarkStuff]]]//
@@      @@08. **[[[SCP-5057|Señor Taste]]]** ~~ //by [[[Uncle Nicolini Author Page|Uncle Nicolini]]]//
@@      @@09. **[[[the-good-ending|The Good Ending]]]** ~~ //by [[[Uncle Nicolini Author Page|Uncle Nicolini]]]//
@@      @@10. **[[[Spread the Word]]]** ~~ //by [[[this page intentionally left blank|HarryBlank]]]//

[[size 120%]][[span style="font-family: 'Berkshire Swash', cursive;"]]**A Mysterious Nook**[[/span]][[/size]]
Hm? What is it, oh curious tourist? Oh, this? ...Hmm, I must admit, I don't think I've seen this plaque, probably because it's buried in the back of my least favorite part of the archive. Oh, so I'm supposed to know //everything?// Well let me tell you, //this// isn't part of my tour! I'm here to spread Wonder and fantastic stories of glory and hope, not dreary retellings of old egoists' dreams of themselves! Yes, this is coming back to me, I remember these books -- these are compiled from the //delusions// of Cornelius. See, he had this idea that he was indispensable to the company //before// he became Wondertainment, and I suppose getting the helm made his head grow five times as large. Here, he talks about how //he// is actually responsible for the creation of the company, and speaks gibberish about timelines and alternate realities, which we more modern magicians agree is preposterous. But if you want to feed his ego in the afterlife, go right ahead -- if nothing else, it must be a good character study.

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Unfortunately, the historians seem to have taken this section seriously enough to reinforce the themes of color. If I were to guess... no, I'm sure I know. Gray smoke, green skin and purple heads. Well I don't want to be //morbid,// but purple, the color of bruising, of inner injury, that which Cornelius probably so fondly recalls in these memoirs, his //tortured past// and why everything he did was so important and just. Well sure, I don't deny that Cornelius had some wound, somewhere //deep// and //irreparable,// but that hardly seems to excuse anything. Smoke for his industry, green for his poisoned intents. There, that's what I have to say about //this//. I'll be taking my leave, and you can follow if you like -- I won't waste another second in this piteous tribute to the worst Wondertainment there was.

[[size 120%]][[span style="font-family: 'Berkshire Swash', cursive;"]]**Wondermaker Era Writings**[[/span]][[/size]]
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[[tab Holly Era]]
[[size 120%]][[span style="font-family: 'Berkshire Swash', cursive;"]]**90th to 131st Wonder Years**[[/span]][[/size]]
No, I wouldn't want to //celebrate// someone's passing from this life to the next, but is it really so mean to say the end of Cornelius Wondertainment's time in office came as a boon to the company? In his will, he left the title to a distant relation -- thankfully distant enough, she doesn't seem to carry any of his neuroses -- Holly Light, our newest and current Dr. Wondertainment! The first some-odd years of her time in the helm have seen her mostly worrying about undoing the damages Cornelius did to the company's internal workings and public image, but it's beginning to look better and better, and we're seeing really //successful// new products again -- well, not to say Cornelius wasn't good at making commercially viable //products,// but let's say that there's //heart// in them again, and our tune has changed here in Wonder World! Tee emm.

Oh, I wouldn't like to give you such a //color// so early, but it wouldn't be fair not to tell you the truth, and the truth is that our current era is marked by a great deal of anxiety. Surely, should it be able to get so dreary, so gray so fast... well, we're all just a bit worried about what's stopping it from happening again! Holly's made a quick solution, she's instated that successors are no longer singularly appointed by the previous Wondertainment, but instead elected by the Board of Directors. I'll say, I acknowledge its use, but I've always been partial to //whims// -- the whole codification makes the new election just so much less //dramatic,// so it looks like our history might forever carry a bit more gravitas than our present.

Is it the natural trajectory for excitement to abate, for fervor to falter? Well, if it //is,// then you may be joining us at just the right time in history -- when things are still fresh, exciting, new! But while we're working to make things safer, nicer, more humane. A perfect balance -- it may come only once a millennium, so drink it up~!

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The first you will notice are the baby pink and blue! Yes, our Holly Wondertainment has this //motherly// quality about her that we're honoring by... well now it sounds weird as I say it out loud, but by painting ourselves as her babies. Well, thinking over it, maybe I'll talk to the archivists about that one, but it //did// sound good in my head, I swear. The pink is the return of Maria's passion, but this time in a fashion that doesn't also suggest a fight or a fire, just simple loving passion. The blue -- well, the //blues!// -- are representative of the serenity felt when one has a strong, forward-thinking leader again! The powdery blue is symbolic both of the sky, cleared from Cornelius' ash -- the blue of clear //vision// -- and also of the gentleness with which we are held in this tender era. These colors promise safety and warmth once more -- even //safer// than Chester's era, where once we were hounded by radicals and mobsters alike!

Hmm, it occurs to me, is it good to give Holly such a motherly quality, when Maria is so clearly the mother of Wondertainment? Perhaps Maria is like the mother bear, willing to tear into any incoming threat, and Holly is more like the... what's a gentle mother animal... hmm, come to think of it, animals //tend// to defend their young with ferocity, if they defend them at all. Maybe she's like a -- eugh -- a mother dog. I'm unsure, and I'm losing confidence in the comparison by the second, so we're going to call it off there~!

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[[SIZE 60%]]**Judy "the Tongue" Papill & Dr. Holly L. Wondertainment by [*https://katlovesshrimp.tumblr.com/ katlovesshrimp]** //(NSFW warning)// [[/size]]
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> [[span style="font-family: 'Berkshire Swash', cursive;"]]The **[[[Vend-a-Friend]]]** Series[[/span]] ~~ //by [[[Dr. K. Stuff's Personnel File|DarkStuff]]]//
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> @@      @@02. **[[[To Think I've Spent My Whole Life Waiting]]]**
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> @@      @@04. **[[[You Can't Win Them All]]]**
> @@      @@05. **[[[Be Strange or Be Forgotten]]]**
> @@      @@06. **[[[Sometimes the Best Intentions Need Redemption|Sometimes the Best Intentions are in Need of Redemption]]]**
> @@      @@07. **[[[Life's a Show]]]**
> @@      @@08. **[[[...And I'm the Star!]]]**
> @@      @@09. **[[[Back in Habit]]]**
> @@      @@10. **[[[Pepper's Lament]]]**
> @@      @@11. **[[[Souls & Somas]]]**
> @@      @@12. **[[[Deceptive Cadence]]]**
> @@      @@13. **[[[What a Wonderful World|And I Think To Myself...]]]** //(technically set in the Cornelius era)//
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> @@      @@15. **[[[Holding an Umbrella|Holding an Umbrella but the Sun's Still Shining]]]**
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@@      @@02. **[[[Wonder World Dossier]]]** ~~ //by [[[Uncle Nicolini Author Page|Uncle Nicolini]]]//
@@      @@03. **[[[City of Wonder™]]]** ~~ //by [[[DrChandra's Author Page|DrChandra]]]//
@@      @@04. **[[[SCP-3879|Musical Jolly Ape™ by Dr. Wondertainment]]]** ~~ //by [[[Uncle Nicolini Author Page|Uncle Nicolini]]]//
@@      @@05. **[[[nobody-s-observations-on-temporal-displacement-family-and-wa|Nobody's Observations on Temporal Displacement, Family, and Waffles]]]** ~~ //by [[[HotColes]]] & [[[DrAnnoyingDog]]]//
@@      @@06. **[[[SCP-2983|Choco-Wonder Explosion Marshmallow Bites!™ by Dr. Wondertainment]]]** ~~ //by [[[Dr. K. Stuff's Personnel File|DarkStuff]]] & [[[Uncle Nicolini Author Page|Uncle Nicolini]]]//
@@      @@07. **[[[We're All Mad Here]]]** ~~ //by [[[DrChandra's Author Page|DrChandra]]]//
@@      @@08. **[[[phoenix-a-la-mode|Phoenix à La Mode]]]** ~~ //by [[[Researcher Mathias's Colleague Protocol|RockTeethMothEyes]]] & [[[Uncle Nicolini Author Page|Uncle Nicolini]]]//
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Nicolini]]]//
@@      @@10. **[[[wilsons-orientation|Wilson's Wildlife Solutions Orientation]]]** ~~ //by [[[Uncle Nicolini Author Page|Uncle Nicolini]]]//
@@      @@11. **[[[borne-on-the-fm-waves-of-the-heart|Borne on the FM Waves of the Heart]]]** //by [[[Uncle Nicolini Author Page|Uncle Nicolini]]]//
@@     @@12. **[[[Two Coffins]]]**~~ //by [[[Uncle Nicolini Author Page|Uncle Nicolini]]]//
> [[span style="font-family: 'Berkshire Swash', cursive;"]]The **[[[Take It Away, My Darling|Stories My Dad Told Me]]]** Series[[/span]] ~~ //by [[[Dr. K. Stuff's Personnel File|DarkStuff]]] & [[[Uncle Nicolini Author Page|Uncle Nicolini]]]//
> @@      @@01. **[[[Elliot and Edna|Elliot & Edna Had a Son Named Tim]]]**
> @@      @@02. **[[[Dad Goes to the Zoo]]]**
> @@      @@03. **[[[Blake Tillerson]]]**
> @@      @@04. **[[[Diving in the San Diego Sea]]]**
> @@      @@05. **[[[The Beginnings of Love]]]**
> @@      @@06. **[[[and the endings thereof|& the Endings Thereof]]]**
> @@      @@07. **[[[Alice Özdemir]]]**
> @@      @@08. **[[[Anders & Robin]]]**
> @@      @@09. **[[[Wilson's Wildlife Shelter]]]**
> @@      @@10. **[[[Letters from Oregon]]]**
> @@      @@11. **[[[Audrey Fuchs]]]**
> @@      @@12. **[[[The Supervisors]]]**
> @@      @@13. **[[[Disconnect]]]**
> @@      @@14. **[[[Fae Goes to the Shelter]]]**
> @@      @@15. **[[[The Years Between]]]**
> @@      @@16. **[[[Tim Wilson]]]**
> @@      @@17. **[[[Escapism I]]]**

> [[span style="font-family: 'Berkshire Swash', cursive;"]]The **[[[Take It Away, My Darling|Stories I Tell Myself]]]** Series[[/span]] ~~ //by [[[Dr. K. Stuff's Personnel File|DarkStuff]]]//
> @@      @@01. **[[[Tim and Audrey|Tim & Audrey Had a Daughter Named Fae]]]**
> @@      @@02. **[[[The Old New]]]**
> @@      @@03. **[[[Out of Stasis]]]**
> @@      @@04. **[[[Old Connections]]]**
> @@      @@05. **[[[The Fundraiser]]]**
> @@      @@06. **[[[A Welcome Distraction]]]**
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[[tab Judy Era]]
[[size 120%]][[span style="font-family: 'Berkshire Swash', cursive;"]]**132nd to 154th Wonder Years**[[/span]][[/size]]
Ah, and you'll see, we're now into the world of the future! Put on your speculacles -- that's speculating spectacles, was that clear? You're the first group I've tried that on -- oh anyways, put them on and walk through this door, and we'll catch a glimpse of what might come to be! And oh, woe is me, it seems the historians have confirmed my worst suspicions -- yes, yes, the future of Wonder World! Tee emm, might as well lose the exclamation point in its name!

It's projected that in some decades, Holly might lose the light within her, and instead of waiting until her passing for the position to change heads, Holly will step down. The Board of Directors will then appoint her successor, Judy the Tongue -- the first non-Publicity Puppy to hold the title, if you don't count Chester -- but, although he precedes the department, wasn't he a Puppy by virtue of being the face? Chester, the first Publicity Puppy, Maria, the first Toy Tinker? That's my perspective, anyhow. But Judy is a Candy Catalyst, a member of our Sweets Department! Isn't that novel? It's she who will have the practical approach of Cornelius' bookishness, but with the humanitarian edge of Holly's motherly rule, and we will discover that the combination of these aspects will open a window into a future we may not have wished to ever see.

Is it better to peter out with hope and naivety? How precious our innocence that we will lose! Is it worth it? To live lives of mundanity, instead of suffering only some years at our ends when we have to face what we've put off facing all the rest of the while? Why, I think //I'd// rather be ignorant. Damn my tour-guiding job, enlightening me to the contents of this archive! But, ah, I've put it off long enough.

Wonder World! Tee emm, is a city of refugees. Refugees from what, exactly? Well, from the Veil and the ever-hungry, ever-hunting organizations that support it. From the eyes of greedy governments who want our special powers for themselves, from those who want to keep us out of the public eye. Well, we may have escaped their hair-pulling, but they -- let's name them, shall we? The SCP Foundation, the Global Occult Coalition, //they// have hindered our ability to do business forever, and it is Judy who will realize that our stated goal, to reach as many children as possible, to enrich the lives of the many, is better attained by... oh, it's nearly too horrible to say. Why don't you just read some, will you? My voice will fail me should I say it out loud. Let me tell you, I'm glad to be an old cat -- maybe I can spend my nine lives before the worst should come to pass, eh?

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Is it just me, or do these colors look a little faded, a little desaturated? It was foreshadowed in Holly's sky blue, wasn't it? Well, these colors are a fuchsia, minty green, and stark white. I should hardly need to tell you why a //minty// green was used, given the origins of this era's head honcho! That said, the green is in reference to growth as well. But look at me, going out of order! The //first// color is fuchsia -- a hot pink, the color of //love,// the love that Judy undoubtedly feels for her predecessor and partner Holly, as well as the love she has for Wonder World! Tee emm, and all of its inhabitants. It is because of this love, the most vibrant of the three colors, that we see her push for growth, for the expansion of Wondertainment's faculties... which then leads to the bleak white color of bone, the final and least saturated of the colors, as the means to attain this end are discovered to drain Wondertainment of its colors.

Well, indeed, white is also the color of the oppressor, of the Foundation, isn't it? Just like Cornelius' gray was also the color of the Factory, our horrible, brief collaborator. At the very least, Judy leads with love -- whereas Cornelius' //first// color was ash -- but don't they both have green at their core? Growth -- money? The similarity is uncomfortable, and in those Judy era days, things may seem to improve by one hand and degrade by another.

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@@     @@02. **[[[Amarilla y Morada y Maravilla]]]** ~~ //by JNColossus//
@@      @@03. **[[[SCP-629|Mr. Brass]]]** ~~ //by [[[Dr. K. Stuff's Personnel File|DarkStuff]]]//
@@      @@04. **[[[SCP-7292|Legacy of Love]]]** ~~ //by [[[ralliston-s-authorpage|Ralliston]]]//

> [[span style="font-family: 'Berkshire Swash', cursive;"]]The **You Made It** Series[[/span]] ~~ //by [[[Dr. K. Stuff's Personnel File|DarkStuff]]]//
> @@      @@01. **[[[New Life]]]**

@@      @@05. **[[[Austin "Aggy" Genadew]]]** ~~ //by [[[Dr. K. Stuff's Personnel File|DarkStuff]]] & [[[DeviantDharma's Author Page|DeviantDharma]]]//
@@      @@06. **[[[The Really Really Real Adventures in Capitalism]]]** ~~ //by [[[Dr. K. Stuff's Personnel File|DarkStuff]]]//
@@      @@07. **[[[Curtain Call]]]** ~~ //by [[[Dr. K. Stuff's Personnel File|DarkStuff]]]//
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[[tab Redd Era]]
[[size 120%]][[span style="font-family: 'Berkshire Swash', cursive;"]]**156th to 157th Wonder Years**[[/span]][[/size]]
Oh, but perhaps I should not have been so hasty to say the //worst//, for there are yet more horrible fates! Oh, I shudder to say it, but... it appears Judy will be the first and //last// Wondertainment to be elected by the Board of Directors, as an //outsider// will come in and overtake the company, a Lady Redd, then Lady Redd Wondertainment. In all honesty, the tales in this section of the archive are so worrisome and harrowing, I just don't find I have the heart for them! These chronicles surely highlight the //hurtful// nature of the historians, as surely, reading them does //smart.//

Thankfully, nothing so terrible could actually happen, and we can chalk these imaginings up to the pessimism of the archivists. They clearly have lost their minds, confining themselves to their studies day in and day out, tricking themselves into seeing ghosts! (I don't believe in such silly things.) They believe Redd Wondertainment will truly set her sights on using the company and Wonder World! Tee emm as a whole as a base for her militaristic operations against the Foundation, and she will be aiming to destroy the company after its resources have been used up for her own personal gain. Why, they've prophesized our apocalypse, don't you see? That //has// to be bad luck, and if it //should// come to pass and I'm here to see it, I know without a shadow of a doubt who //I'm// blaming!

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Is it any surprise the main color is //red?//  And not the red of passion -- a crimson, ah, well, excuse my language, but a //bloody// red. The red of anger and war, and on its other side is the hopeless black of destruction and ruin. Truly, the Redd era promises only pain and loss. I think these historians had really to keep to their specialty and stay in the past! They have only the //worst// ideas of the future.

What? The green? Ah well, that's where I agree with the historians the //least!// This green, I might call it a pear green, is supposed to represent a kind of //renewal.// Like grasses rise in the aftermath of a wildfire, below the charred remains of the conventions that are will grow a bed of new life, fertilized by that which left it. It promises that the change, though violent and tumultuous, will not be without its silver linings. Well, green linings. Will not be without its mossy, green linings. Whatever, I don't have much //attachment// to this interpretation, let us say. And so soon! They didn't even have the decency to prognosticate a later end? And could they not display such disloyalty, discussing //hope// in the wake of the destruction of everything we hold dear!?

Ah... sorry, that was an embarrassing display of emotion! Hm, perhaps I will just leave you to it. I've got to go... breathe a little.

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[[size 120%]][[span style="font-family: 'Berkshire Swash', cursive;"]]**Redd Era Writings**[[/span]][[/size]]
No writings yet... perhaps //you// could fix that!
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[[tab & Everything After]]
[[size 120%]][[span style="font-family: 'Berkshire Swash', cursive;"]]**158th Wonder Year and On**[[/span]][[/size]]
Not even the chroniclers have a clear idea on what happens after that. Maybe this is simply peering too far into the future -- or maybe their appetites are sated by writing our own destruction, and ideas of happily-ever-afters don't much catch their interest. Tsk tsk, I say, if that is the case, and let me tell you, I don't find the notion that it //isn't// particularly convincing.

But surely, life //must// go on, so there are stories to be told here as there are for any point in history. What does the future hold for Wondertainment? Who next might hold the title, if anyone? What will the company do, should it still exist? The archivists seem open to suggestion here.

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The colors here are black and white -- and as I've heard it described, this is not to paint the future in a drab monochrome, no. The idea is that this is a //canvas.// Unpainted, untouched. Anything can go here. Take out your paint brush, and use whichever colors you want. There is no established theme of the future, it must just be imagined. Here, you are free to imagine it. Well, isn't that nice? I guess this place might not be as saddening as my first impression.

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No writings yet... what do you say, eh, archivist?
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[[tab Etc.]]
[[size 120%]][[span style="font-family: 'Berkshire Swash', cursive;"]]**Everything & Everything Else**[[/span]][[/size]]
On our way back to the lobby, I'll just point out the alphabetically ordered catalogue at the front desk. If for whatever reason you've found yourself looking for a book and you aren't able to find it among the shelves, you can check if the archives has it here. Besides, it's nice to look over it and get a sense of just how //big// this place is!

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[[size 120%]][[span style="font-family: 'Berkshire Swash', cursive;"]]**The Timeline**[[/span]][[/size]]
We understand that the timeline of events is a little difficult to follow, so here's just straight up a timeline of events!

[[collapsible show="+ The Story So Far" hide="- The Story So Far"]]
||~ Year||~ Event||~ Description||
||1909 (0th Wonder Year)||Origins||Dr. Wondertainment's World of Whimsy is founded by Chester Williams in Boston, Massachusetts.||
||1911 (2nd Wonder Year)||Maria Herring||Chester Williams meets Maria Herring, a thaumaturge and member of the Serpent's Hand.||
||1912 (3rd Wonder Year)||The Magic Begins||Maria brings members of the Serpent's Hand into the fold as employees for herself and Chester. The ASCI begin investigating the anomalous toys appearing in Boston.||
||1915 (6th Wonder Year)||Growing the Business||The basement of the toyshop becomes a spatial anomaly due to the constant use of magic within it, allowing for nearly infinite storage.||
||1917 (8th Wonder Year)||World War I||The United States enters World War I and Chester is drafted to serve in the Armed Forces. He leaves Maria in charge of the toyshop until his return.||
||1918 (9th Wonder Year)||World War I Ends||WWI ends, Chester is discharged, and he returns to the toyshop.||
||1924 (15th Wonder Year)||Romance||Chester and Maria become romantically entangled.||
||1925-1928 (16th-19th Wonder Years)||Hate ||The KKK and other white supremacist groups begin to target Chester and Maria for being an openly interracial couple.||
||1929 (20th Wonder Year)||The Spirit||The Chicago Spirit discovers the toyshop during a racketeering operation in the neighborhood, and begins to use the basement as storage for alcohol and weapons. The Great Depression begins.||
||1932 (23rd Wonder Year)||Exorcism||Chester and Maria drive the Chicago Spirit out of the toyshop by force. In fear of retaliation, they contact Capital R and through him, acquire the extradimensional location that would become Wonder World™.||
||1939 (30th Wonder Year)||Grey No More||Wonder World™ continues to produce toys for the children of the world, trying to help them get through the Great Depression. The Depression ends in 1939 following the repealing of Prohibition. The Chicago Spirit is disbanded.||
||1941 (32nd Wonder Year)||World War II||The United States enters World War II. Wonder World™ acts as a safe haven for many Europeans fleeing the onset of the 7th Occult War/WWII. Wonder World™ continues to create toys for children to distract them from the war.||
||1944 (35th Wonder Year)||Cornelius Młynarczyk ||Cornelius Młynarczyk is born to Polish-Jewish immigrants, both members of the Serpent's Hand, in Wonder World™.||
||1945 (36th Wonder Year)||World War II Ends||World War II ends. The Global Occult Coalition's Council of 108 is formed.||
||1947 (38th Wonder Year)||PENTAGRAM||PENTAGRAM, the United States Department Defense anomalous division, is founded by President Truman.||
||1956 (47th Wonder Year)||Tim Wilson||Tim Wilson is born to Elliot and Edna Wilson in San Diego, California.||
||1966 (57th Wonder Year)||A Graduation||Cornelius Młynarczyk graduates from Wonder University, having studied Alchemy and Thaumaturgy.||
||1970 (61st Wonder Year)||The Aging Entertainer||Chester is diagnosed with Leukemia. He and Maria begin seeking a replacement to head Wonder World!™||
||1975 (66th Wonder Year)||Tragedy||Maria Herring passes suddenly and without public explanation. Her departure precipitates a rapid decline for heartbroken Chester.||
||1976 (67th Wonder Year)||The First Passing of the Torch||Chester passes, and Cornelius Młynarczyk is appointed as the successive Dr. Wondertainment in his will, ushering in a strained era of Wondertainment company activities and Wonder World!™ anxieties.||
||1980 (71st Wonder Year)||The Debut Album||The Wondertainment-sponsored children's band The Little Misters make their self-titled debut album, thus beginning their long and incredibly prolific career.||
||1986 (77th Wonder Year)||Genesis||Justine (later Jay) Everwood and Felix (later Faeowynn) Wilson are born.||
||1999 (90th Wonder Year)||The Second Passing of the Torch||Cornelius passes after a years-long struggle with an unknown illness compounding lifelong chronic health issues. In his will, he appoints a Holly Light, his niece, as the next Dr. Wondertainment. Holly's first motion as Dr. Wondertainment is to make further Dr. Wondertainment appointments be the duty of the Wondertainment Board of Directors. She begins a long process of cultural recovery in Wonder World!™'s damaged sense of self.||
||2001 (92nd Wonder Year)||Vend-a-Friend||A coworker dispute ends with Brainy Brian taking a paid vacation to cool off, which ends in disaster as he takes the opportunity to kill (and convert) a number of children in the name of Wondertainment. The aftermath shakes the Wondrous citizens, it goes down in history as their first big tragedy.||
||2002 (93rd Wonder Year)||Metamorphosis||Faeowynn Wilson begins her transition into womanhood.||
||2004 (95th Wonder Year)||Moving On Up||Jay Everwood graduates from university early with honors, holding a Bachelor's in communications and is scooped up by the Foundation to further pursue their education within their anomalous studies program.||
||2008 (99th Wonder Year)||The Ursus Maritimus Incident||The Ursus Maritimus Incident occurs in Boring, Oregon, and the Boring Agreement is signed between the Foundation, UIU, and Wilson's Wildlife Solutions.||
||2013 (104th Wonder Year)||Boring's New Resident||Faeowynn Wilson permanently moves to Boring after initially planning to only confront her father.||
||2024 (115th Wonder Year)||Tim's Time Is Up||Tim Wilson passes away after suffering a heart attack while hiking alone. Faeowynn takes over the Center from him.||
||2041 (132nd Wonder Year)||The Word of the Day Is Hope||Holly retires as Dr. Wondertainment and Judy Papill is elected into the position by the Board. The Wondertainment Company begins to release non-anomalous products and operate as a standard company, leading to Dr. Everwood interviewing Holly. They retire after this. ||
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[[size 120%]][[span style="font-family: 'Berkshire Swash', cursive;"]]**The Writer's Guide**[[/span]][[/size]]
Ah, must I finally break the fourth wall? So be it, this section would be //rather// difficult to write in obfuscated terms! If you've gotten this far, you probably have a good idea of how you might write for this setting already, but let us take this moment to make some things very clear.

Perhaps the central theme of What a Wonderful World is this, introduced as early as Vend-a-Friend: that there is no other time to be happy. That if you are searching for beauty, you must be prepared to find it now. That if you hope to experience joy, you must be prepared to experience joy now. That there is reason to live, from the tall to the small. It asks that you look upon bleak prospects and smile. It asks that you experience loss and find worth in what you still have. It asks that you find meaning in suffering. It is about life in the apocalypse, it is about surviving the worst of everything.

In somewhat less spiritually-toned words, this canon is mostly about character-driven works, and slower, more ponderous storytelling. It is asking, in an overtly magical, whimsical world, what motivates people. It is a canon largely about building community and building connections, altruistic motives (and those motives nearby), and surviving suffering. It is about the coexistence of atrocities with genuine joy. It is a canon of whiplash: it is about characters that exist in horrible circumstances finding peace, and it is about characters living lives of comfort finding dismay. Ideologically, it is opposed to apathy, it promotes ecstasy as revolution. It is openly political, and discusses industrialization, climate change, authoritarian government, bigotry and more.

To write in What a Wonderful World, I think a good exercise would be to first think about what motivates you, what makes you happy, what you are looking for, and write about that.

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However, there is more lore to this canon than that, and while the majority of works are character-driven, there is a larger plot. If you want to write plot-heavy works, I commend you! Your best resource is simply to read what is written. If you're so gung-ho as to be thinking of writing for the Wondermaker Era or the Redd Era -- or Everything After -- then I recommend you read this [[[a-wonderful-world-contingency|essay]]], written by me. There is a lot of planned plot and lore in this canon that has yet to make it to the site, and this essay goes over that. Be warned though: it is not very approachable. To read this and then write based on it is absolutely going above-and-beyond, but very much recommended for writing in the aforementioned eras, which are the most plot-heavy in the canon.

Should you venture there, good luck, and absolutely feel free to reach out to myself ([[*user DarkStuff]]) or [[*user Uncle Nicolini]] for clarifications on the canon. 

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[[size 120%]][[span style="font-family: 'Berkshire Swash', cursive;"]]**Honorable Mentions**[[/span]][[/size]]
There are articles here that aren't perfectly canon, but that make mention of canon conventions or otherwise reference What a Wonderful World directly. It feels wrong to exclude them from the hub, so we'd like to show them to you here. Take a gander and enjoy!

[[collapsible show="+ Honorable Mentions" hide="- Honorable Mentions"]]
: [[span style="font-family: 'Berkshire Swash', cursive;"]]**[[[Somatic Backups]]]**[[/span]] //by DrChandra// : "Mentions characters from Vend-a-Friend, but paints MC&D in a direction contrary to the What a Wonderful World MC&D."

: [[span style="font-family: 'Berkshire Swash', cursive;"]]**[[[liz-the-gm-s-proposal|A Simple Toymaker]]]**[[/span]] //by Liz The GM// : "Intentionally exists in no canons, but makes mention of Wonder World!™ and Vend-a-Friend."

: [[span style="font-family: 'Berkshire Swash', cursive;"]]**[[[coming out to the woods|I Don't Get It, But I'll Figure It Out.]]]**[[/span]] //by Uncle Nicolini// : "Used to be in the canon, until Nico and I realized that the representation of Faeowynn's relationship with her dad was inaccurate. It has now been replaced by another tale, but it would feel wrong to not include it on the hub somewhere, as it was written for this canon. Check it out! It's heartwarming."

: [[span style="font-family: 'Berkshire Swash', cursive;"]]**[http://scp-int.wikidot.com/scp-003-int Wishful Chocolate]**[[/span]] //by Einer von Rabe & Dr Lekter// : "Tagged with the canon due to a nice little reference right at the end, but I'm unsure that it actually fits in with the chronology here (specifically because of the representation of Isabel -- er, Minisabel, as it were, heehee). Still, very cute article, and worthy of being represented on this hub somewhere, so it's going here!"
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