The Bin

The inferred appearance of The Recycling Bin from the abyss

## Appearance

#pseudo-bin for the most part appears to be an empty grayish void with some features that appear in the standard universe rarely appearing, like trees from #forest or buildings from #main-streets-west.

#recycling-bin is the biggest and most populated area in The Bin, it’s characterized by comatose, unused characters and non canon/failed arcs make up its entire background there is no longer any structures or objects outside of the characters.

#deeper-bin is the furthest portion of the bin, it takes a light shade of blue or an almost pitch black background. Visual distortions are much more apparent but due to the lighting, or lack there of it’s hard for a standard person to make out.

## Properties

#psuedo-bin is a gateway created by Reginald in The Depths of the Bin arc as an area connecting the “Real World” to the recycling bin and as such certain characters can pass through from the recycling bin into the real world, if they are a lead character or turned into a Goner by Reginald as seen with Goner Kid. Visual distortions or glitches are present, but have no effect on the people around them.

#recycling-bin itself renders underutilized or forgotten characters paralyzed or comatose indefinitely and in this state they will begin to rot and eventually fall down to #deeper-bin. There is a way to escape #recycling-bin as a character and that is to regain relevancy in some way shape or form or be utilized in a story event. #recycling-bin can also be emptied, dumping certain characters into the abyss. Any glitches or rips in the fabric of #recycling-bin lead to either the abyss or #deeper-bin.

#deeper-bin, as the final level of the recycling bin glitches and visual distortions have a big presence in the location, they can have a wide array of effects dependent on the being that makes contact with them. The only one present in the story so far is showing characters their future, as all characters will eventually fall into irrelevancy it always appears to be a dark one. There are also various gaps in the solid ground in #deeper-bin holes that lead to the abyss naturally appear in some areas or manually created by a powerful entity (this also applies to glitches). Staying in #deeper-bin for a significant period begins to have mental and physical affects on a normal being due to its proximity to the abyss, it begins to distort ones form and dissolve their memories and sense of self, eventually turning them into a lost soul and then eventually falling into the abyss and being forgotten to time, permanently.

In all levels of the #recycling-bin a being that’s powerful enough, or has the technology required to can manipulate certain aspects of the bin to fit their needs. Examples of this include opening a rip into the abyss or a lower level or manually opening holes in #deeper-bin.

## Inhabitants

#recycling-bin may be the most populated area in all of Stupider as the majority of characters are considered irrelevant to the story eventually, almost none of these characters are active however and no permanent resident can do anything, let alone move around outside of a few exceptions. The particularly irrelevant characters eventually make their way down to #deeper-bin where they are slowly turned into lost souls who have no distinctions, wills or conscious unless they are utilized in some way shape or form. If a character stays as a lost soul for a long enough period, or if the bin is emptied in some way they will be released into the abyss and lost forever.

On the contrary, many powerful entities are immune to its cycle and have access to the #recycling-bin or frequently use it for one reason or the other. Notable examples being Reginald, Yuri and Doofbus. Reginald in particular seems to frequently dump characters he deems irrelevant into #recycling bin and created the #psuedo-bin for his own ease of access. Yuri was trapped inside of the #recycling-bin but retained control of herself until she eventually freed herself. And Doofbus spontaneously appears there because he just can.

If a characters will or soul is strong enough they can withstand the effects of the bin and remain in #recycling-bin indefinitely, such as Henry or Monika.

## Trivia

• The Bin as a whole is shown as a windows recycling bin and some of its functions are referencing it