"What is justice, and how does one live justly? Socrates wondered that, and now he's dead. But if he were alive, he'd be jealous that he didn't write this particular examination of one of the fundamental questions of life. Rub it in his ancient Greek face by immersing yourself in this potpourri of over a dozen different worlds running into each other, where deep philosophical inquiry repeatedly trips over bear-punching, batshit insanity, dirty jokes, and stealth puns bad enough to make you reach for some hemlock tea."
—The author's summary of the fanfic
Scrableverse: A Fic for All and None
is a Massive Multiplayer Crossover fanfiction (Could be a Deconstruction Crossover) written by Vilborg about justice, the meaning of existence, and bear-punching. It mainly follows Nepeta Leijon and Kankri Vantas from Homestuck.
Scrambleverse: A Fic for All and None contains examples of:
- Adaptational Villainy: Kankri becomes the Big Bad with a Knight Templar that he didn't have in Homestuck.
- Above Good and Evil: Discussed in-depth in-Universe by Kankri.
- A God Am I: C. C. asks Kankri why he would make himself God. Kankri replies with "Why n9t? Ap9the9sis seems pretty entertaining."
- All for Nothing: Kankri's Cessation of Existence Assimilation Plot succeeds and it's Exactly What It Says on the Tin.
- All Stories Are Real Somewhere: Implied.
- Bloodless Carnage: Justified in it being a death in Minecraft. Red Spy stabs Steve and he disintegrates into exp.
- Department of Redundancy Department: Chapter 5's note mention that the Death Note is from Death Note.
- Did I Just Say That Out Loud?: Played straight and acts as a Sexual Euphemism.
":33 < only one purrson is allowed to tie me up,” she asserted, standing up to face the guard, “and you are not – shit did i just say that out loud?”
— Nepeta
- Devour the Dragon: Kankri writes Herobrine's name in the Death Note, having gotten everything he needed from him.
- Downer Ending: Despite Nepeta's best attempts, Kankri still goes ahead with his plan and brings about the end of everything.Kankri's arms remained at his sides as he regarded her. “Y9u have made y9ur peace. 6ut I will n9t accept it. I h9pe y9u have enj9yed the sh9w, 6ecause it's curtain call.” Kankri stretched his arms out and looked up into the starless night sky. “Let there 6e darkness,” he announced to the universe.
- Electronic Eyes: Fluttershy is described as having a robotic red eye connected to the rest of her cybernetics.
- Infodump: Invoked by a lot of characters. Notably when Fluttershy and Kankri explain what happened when the different worlds began crossing over.
- Enemy Rising Behind:Nepeta: hmmm, if i were a spy, where would i want to be?Red Spy: Right behind you.
- Evil Gloating: Played straight a lot with Kankri. Chapter 7, the one where he does a Motive Rant to C.C. from Code Geass after taking her code, is called 'Nature Abhors a Monologue'.
- Faking the Dead: Red Spy is thought to have died from the Death Note, but he faked his death with the Dead Ringer.
- Fetch Quest: Lampshaded by Nepeta when she is asked to retrieve Merasmus' hat.
- Hypocritical Humor: Kankri calls Fluttershy 'Pony Plato' despite having been in the middle of a philosophical speech himself.
- Juxtaposition Gag: May or may not be intentional.Events take place in the world of Minecraft. Equestria is the world of My Little Pony. Kankri quotes Nietzsche. Fluttershy's questions parallel Plato's Republic.—Chapter 4 notes
- Out-of-Character Moment: Applying to the author.I'm so sorry. My Immortal is the worst fanfiction ever written.— Chapter 6 notes
- Painting the Medium: In Interlude 1: Mystery Magic Theater 3000, the writing quality decreases exponentially to parody My Immortal.
- Played for Drama: Normally Massive Multiplayer Crossover fics are Played for Laughs, but this one is taken seriously, albeit with a few Juxtaposition Gag.
- Puppy-Dog Eyes: Invoked by Nepeta to great success. The red spy describes it as "his dark and twisted heart being assuaged, his very soul melting out through his eyes. It was as if he was transfixed, those cute, kitten eyes boring deep into his soul, until he had come to his last defenses, locked himself deep inside, and turned around to find himself still face-to-face with those abyssal ruptures into another dimension, a dimension filled only with sugar and spice and bunnies and kittens and rainbows. An inexplicable horror crawled over him, and as he fell further into himself he screamed without a sound."
- Scenery Dissonance: If you use your imagination, a lot of the settings in which the events of the story are taking place will clash with the dialogue. Such as having a philosophy debate in Minecraft.
- Shout-Out:
- Fluttershy, who is a Cyborg in this, says, "Terminator Come with me if you want to live,]] mister tentacles!"
- Karkat ends up in My Immortal.
- 'Kankri smiled and leaned back against the railing. “Let me tell y9u a69ut 6eing stuck at h9me."'
- Kankri mentions Aslan from The Chronicles of Narnia as a 'god who appears to children in the form of a lion.'
- Vriska mentions sending Pinkie Pie to the Rainbow Factory.
