History Trivia / Intercom

*** And ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', as expressed in the ending Author's Note of Chapter 18.

* WordOfGod: The author provides this both in the author's notes and right here on ThisVeryWiki.

* AscendedFanon: This fic has an...interesting relationship with Fanon. It actually doesn't incorporate common crossover fanon like Bing Bong going to FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends and doesn't seem to lean towards making Riley an Astronaut. However, often bits of the reviews get incorporated into the next couple chapters whether intentionally or unintentionally. One obvious instance is when Tropers/EricW joked that Disgust would say that the first school day while Riley could hear the emotions was "a C minus," paying homage to Disgust having a confused rating system. However, in the very next chapter (chapter 12), Disgust then says verbatim, "Scale of 1 to 10, this day so far has been a C minus."

** There was a '''''huge''''' gap in between chapters 25 and 26, with the latter chapter not being posted until almost a year after the former.
* SeriesHiatus: The story went on a long hiatus (and by "long", we mean it didn't update in almost a ''whole year'') following chapter 25. WordOfGod stated that it was due to a severe lack of motivation.

** Here's a big one: there's actually [[http://www.meltingasphalt.com/hallucinated-gods/ a theory]] saying that in ancient times, it was common (as in near-universal) for people to hallucinate voices in their heads, that served purposes such as warning them about danger, and were actually for all intents and purposes fully-fledged intelligent beings. While people thought of them as "gods", this served the same purpose as the "gut feelings" people get about things today—that is, instead of (or maybe in addition to) just getting a feeling, they'll actually hear a voice telling them something like "Run!" In short? This theory basically says that ''people used to literally hear their emotions as intelligent beings in their heads.'' In real life. Is that accurate enough for you?

** Here's a big one: there's actually [[http://www.meltingasphalt.com/hallucinated-gods/ a theory]] saying that in ancient times, it was common (as in near-universal) for people to hallucinate voices in their heads, that served purposes such as warning them about danger, and were actually for all intents and purposes fully-fledged intelligent beings. While people thought of them as "gods", this served the same purpose as the "gut feelings" people get about things today—that is, instead of (or maybe in addition to) just getting a feeling, they'll actually hear a voice telling them something like "Run!" In short? This theory basically says that ''people used to literally hear their emotions as intelligent beings in their heads.'' In real life. Is that AccidentallyAccurate enough for you?

* AccidentallyAccurate:

* SeriesHiatus: Considering that the story hasn't updated in almost a year, this seems to be the current case.

* AccidentallyAccurate: Surely wondering whether or not having the beings of your MentalWorld help you on a test is considered cheating would never crop up in our lives, right? [[https://community.tulpa.info/thread-poll-is-using-a-tulpa-on-an-exam-considered-cheating Well, assuming]] [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Tulpas/comments/1mzcma/ tulpas are real...]] The entire scenario of the story, right down to Riley deciding to [[spoiler: not bring back Bing Bong]] in Chapter 17 to prevent an identity crisis, turns out to be very much related to tulpas. (Author added) It can really be surprising just how close the actual experiences of people with tulpas can get to some of what happens in this story. People with tulpas have very close friends who, while existing only in their minds, can think and act on their own. Many even create entire worlds where their tulpas live, and visit them there in various ways, including lucid dreaming. While there are certainly many important differences (namely that tulpas are as much a product of imagination as Bing Bong is), this is incredibly similar to the experience Riley has talking to her emotions and visiting her Mind World.

* AccidentallyAccurate: Surely wondering whether or not having the beings of your MentalWorld help you on a test is considered cheating would never crop up in our lives, right? [[https://community.tulpa.info/thread-poll-is-using-a-tulpa-on-an-exam-considered-cheating Well, assuming]] [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Tulpas/comments/1mzcma/ tulpas are real...]]
** The entire scenario of the story, right down to Riley deciding to [[spoiler: not bring back Bing Bong]] in Chapter 17 to prevent an identity crisis, turns out to be very much related to tulpas. (Author added)
*** It can really be surprising just how close the actual experiences of people with tulpas can get to some of what happens in this story. People with tulpas have very close friends who, while existing only in their minds, can think and act on their own. Many even create entire worlds where their tulpas live, and visit them there in various ways, including lucid dreaming. While there are certainly many important differences (namely that tulpas are as much a product of imagination as Bing Bong is), this is incredibly similar to the experience Riley has talking to her emotions and visiting her Mind World.

* SeriesHiatus: Considering that the story hasn't updated in over half a year, this seems to be the current case.

* SeriesHiatus: Considering that the story hasn't updated in over five months, this seems to be the current case.

* SeriesHiatus: Considering that the story hasn't updated in over four months, this seems to be the current case.

** As of late, chapters have started taking over a couple months to be posted, which has resulted in AwesomenessWithdrawal for a few readers. Though the author has tried to justify her lack of updates, such as taking vacations, having computer issues, lack of motivation, and currently being busy writing a novel.

** As of late, chapters have started taking over a month or two to be posted, which has resulted in AwesomenessWithdrawal for a few readers. Though the author has tried to justify her lack of updates, such as taking vacations, having computer issues, lack of motivation, and being busy writing a novel.

** Then again, chapter 16 was about twice the length of a normal chapter and could have been (and almost was) split into two.
** The wait for chapter 17 was even longer, taking more than a month and a half.
** Chapter 20 was delayed due to going on vacation [[OhCrap and the computer having crashed upon returning]].
** The wait for Chapter 23 took over a month, due to both a brief lack of motivation and working on a novel.
** The wait for Chapter 25 so far took the longest time, with over two months (over ''four'' months if you don't consider chapter 24 official). The author claims that this was due to a long string of events that occurred (i.e. getting sick, going on vacation, motivation lack, playing ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', etc.).

* HilariousInHindsight: This line from the ''WesternAnimation/{{Inside Out}}'' WebVideo/{{Honest Trailer|s}} that makes you wonder if the makers of Honest Trailers read ''Intercom'';
--> “A film that teaches kids they aren’t responsible for their actions, it’s just tiny people inside their heads pushing their brain buttons. You know, there's a word for that; schizophrenia!"

** The wait for Chapter 25 so far took the longest time, with over two months (over ''four'' months if you don't consider chapter 24 official). The author claims that this was due to a long string of events that occurred (i.e. getting sick, going on the vacation, playing ''Undertale'', etc.).

** The wait for Chapter 25 has so far taken the longest time, with over two months now (over ''four'' months if you don't consider chapter 24 official). The fact that chapter 23 ended on a rather massive cliffhanger certainly doesn't help.

** The wait for Chapter 25 has so far taken the longest time, with over two months now (over ''three'' months if you don't consider chapter 24 official). The fact that chapter 23 ended on a rather massive cliffhanger certainly doesn't help.

** Chapter 25 has taken almost two months now (over ''three'' months if you don't consider chapter 24 official). The fact that chapter 23 ended on a rather massive cliffhanger certainly doesn't help.

** Chapter 25 has taken over a month now (over ''two'' months if you don't consider chapter 24 official). The fact that chapter 23 ended on a rather massive cliffhanger certainly doesn't help.

** For the story's One Year Anniversary, we got a peek at what ''Intercom'' originally was before the author saw the movie. The original version of ''Intercom'' was less "friendship drama" and more "psychological-thriller-madness-horror, and was arguably ''even darker'' than the final product. As it had been mostly written before the author had seen the movie and knew how Dream Productions really worked, it had a lot of focus on nightmares that caused SanitySlippage in Riley, and featured as an antagonist a Dream!Riley who was basically canon Riley combined with the Joker.

** For the story's One Year Anniversary, we got a peek at what ''Intercom'' originally was before the author saw the movie. The original version of ''Intercom'' was "less friendship drama and more psychological-thriller-madness-horror", and was arguably ''even darker'' than the final product. As it had been mostly written before the author had seen the movie and knew how Dream Productions really worked, it had a lot of focus on nightmares that caused SanitySlippage in Riley, and featured as an antagonist a Dream!Riley who was basically canon Riley combined with the Joker.

*** [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Oh, and at that point the author thought Riley's last name was Anderson instead of Andersen.

** For the story's One Year Anniversary, we got a handful of cut material, including a fight between Riley and Tracy, (who was called Sarah at the time) a scene where Riley runs away, (which the author cut after seeing the movie) and a NightmareSequence where Riley sees a future version of herself, driven completely mad by her emotions.

** Chapter 25 has taken over a month now (over ''two'' months if you don't consider chapter 24 official).

** Chapter 25 has taken about a month now (over two months if you don't consider chapter 24 official).