#interdimensional portal

[lucidpast]

Martha Mason shows off the "interdimensional portal" in her basement. Just one of the many remnants of the Transdimensional Temple Cult leader who used to own it.

The Transdimensional Temple was a small cult in Columbus, Ohio, that disbanded in 1984.

[object-obsession]

The Hero of Color City > MOST CHARACTERS

Inanimate Object Characters List | Entry: 12

Finally resuming the list, we have a movie in which almost all characters are crayons that came to life! Those are the sentient object characters of the movie... and also a (3D) drawing of a car, by the way. It was quite a fun watch.

Movie: The Hero of Color City (2014)

[monkeyandelf]

The Vatican’s Hidden Archives And The Mysterious "Connection Between Worlds" Experiment

On https://www.monkeyandelf.com/the-vaticans-hidden-archives-and-the-mysterious-connection-between-worlds-experiment/

The Vatican’s Hidden Archives And The Mysterious "Connection Between Worlds" Experiment

The Vatican, a bastion of history, faith, and secrecy, has long captivated the imagination of scholars, scientists, and conspiracy theorists alike. Rumors of its clandestine archives—vaults filled with ancient manuscripts, forbidden knowledge, and enigmatic artifacts—have fueled speculation for centuries. Among the most intriguing tales is one from the 1960s, when a group of European scientists, driven by curiosity and a thirst for truth, gained rare access to these archives.

What they uncovered was a 15th-century blueprint for a device called the “Connection Between Worlds,” an invention that blurred the lines between science, alchemy, and the supernatural.

The Vatican Archives: A Treasure Trove of Secrets

The Vatican Secret Archives, officially known as the Archivum Secretum Apostolicum Vaticanum, have long been shrouded in mystery. Established in the 17th century, these archives house millions of documents, from papal correspondences to ancient texts on theology, science, and engineering. Access is strictly controlled, granted only to select scholars under tight supervision. For many, this secrecy suggests the Vatican is hiding knowledge too dangerous or controversial for public consumption.

In the early 1960s, whispers of these hidden archives reached a group of French and British scientists. Frustrated by the Church’s opacity, they threatened to raise a public outcry, accusing the Vatican of suppressing scientific progress. To quell the unrest, Vatican officials reluctantly granted partial access to a select team of researchers. What they discovered would change their lives—and perhaps the course of history—forever.

A Glimpse into the Forbidden

Within the dimly lit vaults of the Vatican, the scientists found a staggering collection of texts. There were treatises on theology, alchemical manuscripts, and engineering diagrams that seemed centuries ahead of their time. Among these was a set of intricate drawings labeled La Connexion Entre Les Mondes—the “Connection Between Worlds.” Dated to the 15th century, the schematics described a complex, high-tech installation requiring rare materials, precise engineering, and, curiously, alchemical rituals.

The device was unlike anything the scientists had seen. Its design combined principles of physics, chemistry, and engineering with esoteric practices like alchemy and acoustic manipulation. The blueprints called for exotic substances—mercury, molten gold, nitric acid, and arsenic—along with chants and spells to activate the apparatus. Intrigued and emboldened, the team, led by French physicist Manuel Joubert, secured permission to extract a copy of the drawings and attempt to recreate the mysterious machine.

Rebuilding a 15th-Century Enigma

With the French government’s backing, the scientists relocated to a secret laboratory in the French Alps, a remote facility established during World War II. The rugged, isolated terrain provided the perfect cover for their ambitious project. Over several years, the team meticulously deciphered the alchemical symbols and cryptic instructions embedded in the drawings. Their goal: to construct a functional version of the “Connection Between Worlds.”

Decoding the Alchemical Puzzle

The blueprints were a labyrinth of complexity. The installation required a precise arrangement of mechanical components, including gears, conduits, and a central chamber where the alchemical process would unfold. The scientists sourced rare minerals and metals, translating medieval alchemical terms into modern chemical equivalents. Mercury and nitric acid were relatively straightforward, but other ingredients, like “flour of many minerals,” required extensive experimentation to replicate.

The most perplexing element was the use of “acoustic influence”—specific chants or phrases to be recited during the device’s operation. These were not prayers or religious incantations but seemingly random, melodious words designed to resonate with the materials. The scientists hypothesized that the sounds might induce vibrations to stabilize or enhance the chemical reactions, a concept that echoed modern studies in sonochemistry.

The Construction Process

By 1964, after three years of painstaking work, the installation was complete. The structure was a towering, intricate assembly of metal and glass, resembling a steampunk relic from a forgotten era. At its core was a circular chamber where the alchemical mixture would be processed. The team prepared the fuel: a volatile blend of mercury, molten gold, nitric acid, arsenic, and ground minerals. With bated breath, Manuel Joubert initiated the experiment.

The Experiment: A Portal to the Unknown

The activation of the “Connection Between Worlds” was a spectacle unlike any other. As the scientists followed the ancient instructions, the chamber hummed with energy. The alchemical mixture was heated, stirred, and subjected to the prescribed chants. Slowly, the components coalesced into a shimmering, multi-component sphere. The team watched in awe as the sphere began to glow, first faintly, then with increasing intensity.

A Luminous Transformation

Within minutes, a single luminous dot appeared at the sphere’s center. More dots followed, multiplying like stars in a night sky. The mineral grains within the sphere began to emit a radiant light, transforming the artifact into a glowing orb that pulsed with energy. The scientists were mesmerized, their scientific skepticism giving way to wonder.

Then, the unexpected happened. Cracks spiderwebbed across the sphere’s surface. With a sound like breaking glass, it shattered, leaving behind a shimmering, phantom-like trail. The fragments seemed to dissolve into the air, replaced by an expanding, iridescent sphere that filled the installation’s circular frame. Before the team’s eyes, an energy tunnel—or what appeared to be a portal—formed, its edges crackling with otherworldly light.

The Other Side

Peering into the portal, the scientists saw a swirling, infinite void. Shapes began to emerge—human-like silhouettes moving toward the opening. As they drew closer, their forms became clearer, and the team’s awe turned to horror. The figures were not human. They were pale, gray, and faceless, their bodies flowing like liquid beneath a thin, humanoid shell. Their elongated fingers and featureless visages exuded an unsettling, alien presence.

The entities stepped through the portal, crossing into the laboratory. Their first act was one of aggression. One of Joubert’s assistants, caught off guard, was attacked, and chaos erupted. The creatures moved with eerie fluidity, their intentions unclear but unmistakably hostile. The laboratory descended into panic as the team scrambled to respond.

The Aftermath: A Covert Operation

The experiment’s catastrophic outcome prompted an immediate response. Military forces and specialized equipment were dispatched to the French Alps, where a secretive operation unfolded over two weeks. Details of the mission remain classified, but rumors suggest a desperate effort to contain the breach and neutralize the entities. The laboratory was dismantled, and the installation’s remnants were destroyed or hidden away.

Manuel Joubert, the only known survivor to speak publicly, retired from science shortly after. Haunted by the experience, he became a recluse, refusing to discuss the experiment further. Some speculate he was silenced by authorities, while others believe he chose solitude to grapple with the moral weight of his discovery.

A Legend or a Warning?

Skeptics dismiss Joubert’s account as a fabrication, a cautionary tale spun from the fevered imagination of a disgraced scientist. Yet, the story’s details—the Vatican’s secrecy, the advanced technology of a 15th-century device, and the chilling encounter with otherworldly beings—resonate with those who believe humanity has only scratched the surface of the universe’s mysteries. Could the “Connection Between Worlds” have been a genuine attempt to bridge dimensions, or was it a dangerous misstep into realms best left untouched?

Why the Secrecy Persists

The Vatican’s archives remain a closely guarded enigma, accessible only to a select few. If Joubert’s story is true, it raises profound questions about what else lies hidden in those vaults. Are there other devices, texts, or artifacts that could upend our understanding of science, history, or reality itself? The Church’s reticence suggests a fear not of public panic but of the consequences of unveiling truths too vast or perilous for humanity to handle.

The Ethical Dilemma

The experiment in the French Alps underscores the dangers of tampering with knowledge beyond our comprehension. The scientists’ ambition to unlock the secrets of the “Connection Between Worlds” led to unintended consequences, raising ethical questions about the pursuit of forbidden knowledge. Should humanity strive to uncover every mystery, or are some secrets better left buried?

The Role of Alchemy

The device’s reliance on alchemy—a discipline often dismissed as pseudoscience—adds another layer of intrigue. Modern science has begun to explore the intersections of sound, vibration, and material science, suggesting that the ancients may have possessed knowledge we are only now rediscovering. Could alchemy hold the key to technologies or phenomena we have yet to fully understand?

[uapro]

Gary Lesley, ladies and gentlemen

[vintage-tigre]

[bet-on-me-13]

Amity is a Dimensional Dump

So! Amity Park is a hub of weirdness of all sorts, mostly undead, but there are also a bunch of Multiversal oddities connected to the small town.

There are the minor anomalies. 5th Street has a bad habit of slipping into the Backrooms, Old Lady Jenkin's House sometimes has snow in summer, and of course the Night Sky had a 20% chance of swapping views to another Galaxy. Danny likes that one a lot.

But the biggest Anomaly is how many Multiversal Travellers get lost there.

They are always finding somebody wandering the streets with no idea where they are, and have to help them find their reality of origin. Other times they decide to stay for various reasons, ranging from a bad home life to being the only survivors of a Dead Universe. Half of the population if Amity was made up of the descendants of Lost Travelers, so their DNA was really a mixed bag.

Danny was flying over town when he spotted a Blur on the ground below.

He flew down to intercept, and found a boy in red and yellow panicking over his situation.

"Hey! Can I help you?" He called out.

The boy looked up, and gasped "Are you a Hero? I need help getting back to the Justice League!"

Danny chuckled, "Which one?"

The boy looked confused, "The Adult One? I guess?"

"Not what I meant, sorry. I mean, which Dimension are you from?" He clarified.

"Dimensions? What is going on!?" He shouted.

"Okay, let's calm down and restart. My name is Danny, who are you?" He introduced himself.

The boy took a deep breath, calming himself, before saying, "Okay, my name is Kid Flash, but you can just call me Wally."

[itsbasicallycanon]

very self-indulgent

[karinhart]

i watched a bunch of muppet movies and then i started rewatching gravity falls and that's all i'm gonna say about this

[letmeinimafairy]

A spontaneous painting inspired by stone's colors. Huge tall bridges, endless and shifting from one to another, leading you through different lands. A common motif in my dreams, and for me it often starts with a railway bridge.

Available

[largishcat]

the real problem with having an office job is that you all don’t have the exact same job as me because i have a million #relatable posts that would do numbers except they’re only funny to someone who knows all the same niche internal acronyms so i just have to post them on the team slack and get four laugh-crying reacts

[irfrenchfries]

Ford @forduary week 3 (portal Ford let’s goooo) I really wanted to do a piece of Ford earning his wanted poster. So here we go- Ford stealing parts from a space ship for the quantum destabilizer.

[Image description: digital art of Ford from Gravity Falls in his portal era, with a black hood pulled over his head and a small flashlight held between his teeth. He's pulling wires out of a panel on the side of a saucer-style UFO, looking nervously over his shoulder. He seems to be in some kind of alien hangar, with a red light emanating from above the door. End description.]

[shallowseeker]

The first time they come back through the rift, Cas is being so chivalrous, asking if everyone else is all right:

CAS: "Are you all right?"

DEAN: "No, Cas!"

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But the second time, it's so much worse. Dean would give anything to get annoyed with Cas again.

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Which is why the original Tombstone script gets me. It’s like the bookend that should’ve been…

As if it's how it was supposed to be when Cas got through the rift, same ole' Cas asking if everyone else was okay, and checking on how Jack's emergence went:

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12x23 // 13x06 writers' draft

[tinfoil-jones]

Jerk Ford AU: Silliness V

If you mean Watchdog Ford by @nowimjustastranger, whom is sometimes called "Guard Dog Ford" Those two aren't friends. They just happen to run into each other a statistically impossible amount of times in the multiverse.

Any and all reports that they've saved each other skin at least once, and hang out sometimes are just rumours spread by their mutual ally (ALLY not friend) the Anti-Ford.

If you mean Guard Ford from the AU by @skeptiql... it's their AU, I'm not imposing on it.

If there is a cosmic security guard out there monitoring the Fordverse, considering that all Jerk Ford does in the multiverse is be a total jerk to everyone and cause trouble (and then get banned from dimensions for the two aforementioned reasons), I imagine reactions to him are typically going to be:

He's not heinous, malicious, or evil, he's just a really big jerk for no good reason.

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Me and @nowimjustastranger are in the process of proper crossover, don't worry.

In the meantime...

Pre-Weirdmageddon:

Jerk Ford: Watch, this is Stanley. Stanley, this is Watchdog Ford and Lee.

Watchdog Ford: ...

Lee: ...

Stan: Well heya pal. It's nice to see Stanford's made more friends! I knew he had it in him to be nice and compassionate.

Jerk Ford: Stanley, I swear to God.

Watchdog Ford:...You're-

Lee: You're tall.

Stan: *looks between Watchdog Ford and Jerk Ford in an exaggerated up-and-down to annoy his brother*

Stan: *to Watchdog Ford* So are you.

Lee: *grinning* Oh, we're going to get along just fine. Let's chat.

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Watchdog Ford: You... You aren't suffering?

Stan: If you don't call grading two hundred student assignments without assistance suffering, then sure.

Lee: ...nothings wrong?

Stan: Right now, no. I did miss my brother for the thirty years he was gone. It wasn't easy... the townsfolk truly believed I murdered him, and thought that was a good thing. And then acted like I was wrong for missing him.

Lee: So everything went okay for you?

Stan: I don't know what to tell you, pal- excluding not having Stanford in my life for thirty years and the issues that comes with that, things are going fine. If I'm having trouble I can just ask someone for help, and if I have problems emotionally I have friends and family that would lend me an ear or two. Also, I am medicated and seeing a therapist for stuff.

Lee: ...

Meanwhile Jerk Ford is in the corner sipping from his #1 Big Brother mug, and Watchdog Ford gets suspiciously misty eyed.

[Dialogue primarily by @tearosepedall]

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It's a misconception at that Jerk Ford does not experience empathy (or at least not any for anyone besides his twin brother). This misconception is one of the reasons why The Ford Hate Club is always tripped up by him - they don't understand him. They think he's unfeeling with little to no emotional intelligence.

He has a surprising amount of empathy, you can see in this post he even says that most other Fords do not hate their Stanley, what they really have is resentment.

Jerk Ford just uses that empathy to know how to get under peoples skin and really hurt their feelings. Can't hurt feelings very well if you don't know what they are or how they work!

What he does lack is compassion, as in he doesn't help, support, or uplift people. That's a Stanley thing.

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Jerk Ford: Your attack misses.

Dipper: Misses?! With my bonuses I had a total of twenty-three to hit!

Jerk Ford: That doesn't even touch the monsters THAC0.

Dipper: THAC0? Great Uncle Ford, 3.5 Edition is over! It's armour class now!

Jerk Ford: I'm the DM, and I rule your attack misses.

Dipper: *flips the battlemap, forgetting that the infinity dice is there*

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Jerk Ford had such a bad habit of getting engrossed into his research and study that he would overlook things like finances (and showering). Stanley managed the finances between himself and and his brother, and he did send money back to the family, not millions but it was something.

Jerk Ford also had most of the money because he had his grant, and also a few patents, but Jerk Ford only cared about anamolies and terrorizing humanity so money wasn't something he thought about very much as long as their basic needs were being met.

When he lived back in Glass Shard Beach with his family, however...

"We should go graffiti Pines Pawns."

"Hell no, dude."

"What, you scared of Old Man Pines?"

"Forget Old Man Pines, don't know know what his son did to Crampelter? We don't need to be on his sh*t list."

[hitracks]

a spare joko please...

My unconventional ass Joko design. His mascot just reminds me of fraggles so much. He’s like a little puppet thing …. Just a weird Little Guy….

[uapro]

[spenjelly]

So does like… cps not exist in dp?

Cause like.

…

As someone who grew up with the threat of cps. I feel like a mandated reporter ought to have had smth to mandatorially report. Even if they didn’t know about Danny’s alter ego.

Also the fentons are totally fake scientists who know nothing about the scientific process or how to properly form theories and experiments.