Jun 2008 Archive, part c

I'm not entirely sure how much use it'll be, but there you are~ 8DD

I'm Le Jai, and am also a newb. :3 JulyFlame recruited me.

Welcome~! Everyone here, as I'm sure you've noticed, is nice and fun and good times~ And I'm not entirely sure if that last sentence made any sense whatsoever, but there you are.

The towel's convenient and... well... I think it came out a bit different than most. So I can't predict what it'll do, but what it does shall be convenient.
For whom, I can't for the life of me predict.

So... welcome here, and it should be 'who is standing behind me' or 'who's standing behind me' not 'whose standing behind me', FYI, and sorry for nitpicking so early on.

May your edged weapons stay sharp! And if you don't have any, have a titanium spork called Resplendently, and may that stay sharp! And if you do have edged weapons, have the spork anyway ^^

C

have some lembas :)

Take a Blumble-flavored ice cube (shaped like a Sue), a couple bottle of Blumble and enjoy your stay at the Board!

I'm sure you'll fit right in with all the other insane people here...(including myself, of course)
I gift you with psychic paper. Very useful for getting into parties uninvited. Just don't let your mind wander when you're using it...

It is a monster made out of an old sock, but don't worry I washed it first!

*hugs fellow fan of the Fëanorians* After all, it's much safer than hugging them.

Hail and well met, and other such phrases. Welcome.

*hands over bag of pebbles and a Random Shiny Object*

These are my gifts for you as a newbie. Throw the pebbles at Sues and marvel at the shininess of the Shiny Object.

Always nice to have new faces around. Silmarillion-fandom! AWESOME!

Now...I'm guessing you'll want to write for the PPC at some point?

Here's the info you'll need.

First of all, you should spend about a month hanging around on the Board. Let everyone get to know you. Join in with discussions. During that time, check out some of the PPC stuff that's been written. A good place to look for stuff is the PPC Wiki, found here:

http://ppcwiki.wikilot.com/wiki/Main_Page

Make sure to read the Original Series, and have a look at Huinesoron's work- the Reorganisation/ Crashing Down and the DOGA website, mainly. (He's the main chronicler of PPC history, as well as doing about a million and one other projects. Strange person he is, but we all love him to bits for it. Links on the wiki.)

Also during that time, think yourself up an Agent or two. If you're working with someone, then one Agent each might be a good idea. Think about what Department you might like to go into- is it just Mary Sues, or are there other things that bother you, like Bad Slash or Technical Errors?

Then, once your month or so is up, post on the Board asking for Permission. Include brief descriptions of your Agents and a sample of your writing so the Permission Givers can get a feel for your style. Then wait a bit. Within the next few days, you should get a reply from a Permission Giver. Once Permission is granted, write away!

Note: if anyone gives you links to something called C*l*br**n, That Series, Littlefoot x Cera or anything called Legendary Badfic, for the love of everything sacred, DO NOT CLICK THAT LINK. They are called Legendary Badfic for a reason. You can find summaries of them on the Wiki, but even those could melt your brain.

Lovely to have you. Welcome to the insanity.

Use it to shut the mouths of particularly annoying 'Sues.

Welcome!

I gift you with an egg whisk--it's gold-plated, and, hey, it whisks eggs! Use it for good and not evil.

Welcome to the insanity!

Welcome, welcome! Hail, newcomer! I gift thee with duct tape and a jar of wasabi, good for burning out nasty Sue eyes.

Nice to have more insane people along for the ride. Looking forward to jamming alongside you! ^.^

Do you know anyone who is really named Ariel? Because I do, and it was quite odd to see the unusual name of my very close friend ... here.

So, ah, anyway...I give you cherries and punch. They're from Xanth, which means they're fun, because they explode and, well, punch.

And is "Ariel" really a Quenya construction? Are you sure you're not naming yourself after one of Uranus's moons?

Sweet, Silm fan! The Fëanorians are beyond awesome.

I gift you with a harpsichord. Because harpsichords make everything better.

And a plover is a bird. This will make sense later.

Welcome, Ariel! Is that after the mermaid, the Shakespeare character, or something else? I give you some cake that was once timeline-defying and is now just a bit stale. But it's chocolate, and everyone knows chocolate never really gets stale.

...which I am, of course. (Don't tell anyone. xD)

So yay! Another Silm person! ^_^

(I'd present you with a complementary silmaril replica, but I understand that the Fëanorians have those under copyright too, the sneaky bastards. So you get an iguana instead.)

Huzzah for a fellow Silmarillion fan! Our section is for the most part blessedly free of Sues, but I've seen a couple crop up lately. Who's your favourite character, then?

~Enelya

Nice! The mission, of course, not the Sue. The Sue was made of epic fail. ^.^

My MSN is webmaster@lynxihez.co.uk for anyone who is interested, but I don't have a microphone, unfortunately. Also, does anyone mind if I randomly add them on MSN?

my skype id is RosieCW (i think....I've not used Skype for a while). MSN is rosemary21(at)hotmail.com

Anyone interested in another go for Sunday?

For Saturday's, we finished off Brown Dragonrider of Pern and got through two of the playscripts. Neshomeh ended up voicing the SO for this, and Jai played Mortic. I'm sorry, hS, but everyone else agreed she did a better Mortic than you. :P

We held off on Eye of Argon for Pigeon (who wasn't able to join in), so we still have that left over.

This one lasted about six hours before everyone left.

But for MSN messenger: fanwriter_sedri@hotmail.com

Skype: fanwritersedri

(presuming Skype WORKS for me this time...)

Started just now, in case anyone is curious.

But I'm using a computer that's not mine, in a hotel, so I can't. Sadly. Plus, the parental units would disapprove.
But if anyone wants to send me a transcript of the conversation... *hint hint*

IM contact info:
GMail: InklingSaysSo (at) gmail (dot) com.
Yahoo: instantannoyance (at) gmail (dot) com.

I may be a bit late to the discussion as I'm on the west coast, but I'm definitely in.

The only IM client I'm on is Gtalk ( Techno.Dann(at)gmail(dot)com ), and my Skype username is Techno-Dann . (How original).

Heck, I could get on now, but I'm eating.

Ahem. My contact information is as follows:

MSN (and e-mail) = exswyzie14 (at) yahoo (dot) com
Skype = Neshomeh
AIM = invisible if I don't add you first, but: ElJenn

~Neshomeh, having rice and chicken with cream of mushroom soup spooned over it.

My Skype username is cassie5squared.

MSN: cassie5square(at)hotmail.com

Googletalk/email: cassie.dramateacher(at)googlemail.com

The more the merrier! (and insaner)

Haha, beat you, Cassie!

For those very confused people who care to know, I was one of those stuck reading badfic last night. And I ended up being the first to have to try and figure out how to pronounce "Agafnd". It ended up sounding like a curse word, which instigated much hilarity.

Anyway, on Skype I be waffles.of.doom or Sara, depending on what you're typing in.

And I promise that tonight I'll use my brother's headphones again, so that no one gets the ocean in surround sound. XD

Please hurt it like it hurts us, precious... Gah, it hurts. I think my biggest issue is the fact that the author establish Telmar as an actual city kingdom in that world. If they had even READ the books, they'd know the 'Telmarines' are from the Real-World Earth, and were originally villagers fleeing from pirates *Mutters*.

I'm looking forward to your dealing with this one. Make the exorcisms as painful as possible for the ghosts... *Mutters again as his eye begins to twitch*

Awesome stuff.

Huh. Imagine that.

Feel free to take it off.

That is absolutely legendary. Whoever that guy is (and a fan of the PPC too, I see), I salute you for your works in trying to save canon. Please join the PPC now - we need you here.

... is that anyway can make alteration to it. So if you think something should be taken of the Unclaimed Badfic list, take it off. If others don't agree to the change they will put it back on.

I've been thinking of transferring my agents to there. They're actually rather well written. Not great, but decent. It's all a little... odd but this IS set in Nerima. Admitably, I'm not familiar with Sailor Moon or Eva but Akane's Keyblade seems more like a crossover parody than anything else.

Bah. My Immortal is just... *shudders*.

Never seen this before, but it sounds quite...not good. I think I'll go read it, as long as it doesn't do anything bad to my mental health (which is already pretty bad thanks to certain Feanorian muses). ANYWAY...being new and all, I can't offer much help in saying whether or not its been PPC'd, but I'll definitely go read it and be appaled by those evil Mary Sues.

A very famous troll, at that. As in, quite possibly the most famous troll in the HP fandom. It was reported on Pottersues a couple of years back before being uncovered as such - that's the only reason I know it's a troll. Most of the earlier reviews are actually funnier than the fic, if you look. I don't blame you for thinking it's genuine, though, it had me fooled for ages. :P

Well, if the fic hasn't completely slammed the canons out of character, you could always just give them a warning. But if they make a bunch of other mistakes with grammar and common sense, then it's probably enough to kill them off towards the end of it.

You can either mention that there's no more story, but the Sues are ridiculously upstaging the canon characters enough to be sporked, or you can just kill them off with what's been given and pretend like it's some kind of screwed up ending(Example:'Look, the Words stop because the author has failed. I think we should kill them before they run out.').

I guess it's really up to you. It probably depends on how severely out of character the characters actually were. Something completely opposite of what they're character would do, and supposing there were a lot of them, would easily be enough to charge 'em I reckon.
I tihnk you can also charge them for making the Canon Characters disappear, if it was set in an important area to those characters, or at an important time. I.e.: Battle of Helm's Deep and Aragorn wasn't there, stuff like that. Then of course, there is the charge for just being a 'Sue. Maybe you could kill them, and claim you were 'nipping it in the bud' before they could turn into full-blown 'Sues?

... near the start of the 'fic, and he/she/it should be in there. Unless Legal decide otherwise.

hS

Hail and welcome, newcomer! We are most glad to have you. Here, I gift you with duct tape and wasabi to burn out nasty Sue eyes.

It's like a pocketknife, just better disguised. Of course, beware that someone might try to eat it.

Lovely to have you here.

I present you with a bag of pebbles and a Random Shiny Object. Throw the pebbles at Sues and gaze in awe at the shininess of the Shiny Object.

I gift you with an egg whisk--it's shiny, gold-plated, and, hey, it whisks eggs! Use it for good and not evil.

Welcome to the insanity! XD

Have some Xanth cherries and punch. Careful, most of the cherries explode and the punch does violently, so don't use them around people you like. Ahlen wa sahlen, and welcome!

Useful stuff, just don't let your mind wander when you use it. Do you have any interest in contributing to the PPC?

*hands block of Blumble ice*

What fandoms do you plan to work in?

Have some lembas (from my Lothlorien supplier).

*gives you a cat* Named Bob. He has mittens.

Fandoms?

Welcome! See, the Baby Penguin has two uses; it's so cute, you can distract 'Sues, and when you need a fix, there you go!

I gift you a white one with black ears.

Welcome to the PPC! *High five*

Welcome! Yes, I already said welcome on LJ, but I'm saying it again. Welcome, Wilkommen, Bienvenu, Bienvenidos, et cetera.

Hi there! I'm new-ish too. And new people get gifts, so let's see...what should I give you? Hmm...how about a ptarmigan, because they're cute and the name is fun to say^^

Welcome to da random insanity :D

Hope you enjoy it here!

...probably let word of mouth take care of it unless it's really immediately a case of the agent blowing the place up or, eg, running around with a flamethrower...

Check the lists of Slain and Claimed Badfic on the wiki, skim through the mission archives, and so forth. But if you're pretty sure no one's done it, then go ahead.

That's where some people find the fics that they PPC, in fact; they see it on one of the Sue Reports.

My first thought was "Student Government Association?"

I'm familiar with seasons 3 and 4. I read it, and...well...they don't seem badly ooc, but the Sue...
Gmail's justtthedoctor, if you want another reader.

The OOCness of it makes me cry.

Can we implode that universe and just reinstate the true one?

I can help you out on the charge list.

Leto

Might I borrow/adopt/foster the mini-Reapers at my Fanfiction University for Doctor Who?

Could I have Inarra Scerra? Please?

Gore, dark, humour, & 'warm and fluffy feeling'... nope, I can't make sense of it. Bleh.

Or maybe some other exercise? Doesn't have to be outside.

I turn away from the computer, stare around at my room for a bit, then look back at the screen and the cursed little blinky thingy. Then I get up and have a string cheese Because I Do. And then usually staring around various rooms in my house helps, I dunno why. Although, thing is, I haven't had a chance to be in your situation, 'cos the worst writer's block I got was for some random crap story for English class that wasn't even worth much anyway. Um. Yeah.

*being completely unhelpful*

Uni essays, for example, tend to be a case of "just write SOMETHING" and, indeed, a deadline tends to motivate me, but depending on what class it's for, sometimes I have the entire thing done weeks in advance; if I enjoy the subject. (Amusingly, I wrote an essay for English a few weeks ago that I didn't like, only to have my tutor ask if they could have a copy to use as an example of an A quality essay!)

My current personal battle with Writer's Block isn't academic at all, though - I'm stuck on a scene for my Stardust fanfic. I've been stuck on this scene for about two months. If I could, I would go and work on a later scene - and I'm sorely tempted to try anyway - but my usual writing style is a very steady flow from one scene to the next, and writing out of order can completely ruin that. So I avoid it, if I can.

And yes, there's a deadline for this, too - of sorts. It's self-imposed and Guilt (which also deserves its capital) is constantly tormenting me; when I first started writing, I updated every second week or so. Now it's been months. I don't ever want to be one of those authors who just fizzles out and is never heard from, but it's so HARD. *sniffle*

Sorry, I ramble. For you, Crystal, I think what the others have said before me will help as much as anything I can say; a good outline helps a great deal, and personally, if I don't know what to write I just start, randomly, anywhere, and write and write and let it start flowing. Usually I get to some sort of sensible result which can then be edited and reshaped into the outline.

Also, as you've said, this is a draft. Don't panic too much; it's not your final version.

...I found the best way to get past writers block was to write out first the rough outline of the thesis, i.e. all the chapter headings. Then under each chapter heading I wrote out the subheadings, so for my Geological Setting chapter I had subheadings 'Location of Field Area', 'Geological History' 'Lithostratigaphy' etc. Then under each subheading there may have been yet another set of subheadings, and then finally I wrote out bullet points of what needed to be said in each section. Then even if it wasn't in prose yet, I had down exactly what needed to be in each place. And often looking at the list of bullet points brought up some inspiration.

I find that energy drinks are incredibly helpful when trying to write past a wall. (tea, sometimes, too.) I don't know why, but they do something to my mind-- especially Monster, with ginseng extract. You kind of have to force yourself to stay sitting and writing, though: then all the energy comes out that way. Given, it takes a bit of editing afterwards, but it's worth it.

Also, classical music can help, a lot. Or not necessarily classical, but something without lyrics; lyrical music is often way too easy to sing along with, and not write at all, which is... well, bad.

Good luck!

I write at night. I usually find I'm not motivated during the day, but when it hits around 8pm-9pm, I can churn out words like nobody's business. I'll even go to 2am if I'm on a roll. Basically, once I get started at night, there's nearly no stopping me. Doesn't guarantee the highest quality, but I've never gotten lower than a B+ off of it.

I find that my mother shouting at me to finish that paper or else is very helpful. Also, writing the end first.

If you have any music that reminds you of your topic, listening to that can help. (Perhaps Young Frankenstein? It's science-y.)

If I had Writer's Block I'd usually end up waiting until it was a Write or Fail situation; it is amazing how quick I'd get an essay done if my grade for the class was on the line. I'd get the three pages out in about an hour, including time for picking out evidence from the book (and occasionally rereading the book) and proofreading the essay.

But I don't think that'd work for your thesis draft.

I also split it into several bits. If I get stuck on one section, I jump to the next, and the next and the next, until I reach the end. By that time, I've got more ideas about the beginning. Hope this helps!

First, I spend about an hour staring blankly at the computer screen (why this is important, I don't know, but it appears to be part of my de-Writer's Blocking).
Second, I treat myself to a bunch of chocolate and tell myself it's okay, I'm not a failure.
Once I'm bloated on chocolate, I return to my computer and write something else for a while, generally something that is so terribly written I'd be ashamed to show my face anywhere were it to get out somehow.
Then, I just go back to whatever it was I was working on and usually my Writer's Block is gone. I have no idea why. I hope it works for you. The masters thesis is a nasty one. Good luck, sounds like an interesting thesis.

Helen of Pylos

*grin* Given all the extra time, Lir and Lia can finally actually -do- something.

Thanks for posting it! Woot for motivation!

Agent Supernumerary looked Savitri and Leo up one way and down the other and raised an eyebrow. "Did you two actually polish your CADs? And I thought my partner was bad. Oh well. Welcome to the DIC, newbies."

... Yeah, Permission granted. {= ) Just a couple of things to keep in mind, though: First, it's Implausible Crossovers. The Department of Improbabilities is something different.

Second, don't try too hard. A couple of places in your sample are a little wordy, like "innumerable amounts of loving friends." Just "innumerable loving friends" would do, and it would save you from misusing the word "amount" with something that requires the word "number." Remember, you measure amounts and count numbers.

Another example of wordiness is "For much of my childhood, I saw this as inspiring as each year coincided by fireworks illuminating my passing age." I'm actually not sure what you're going for here, but I'll make a guess: "The celebration and fireworks coinciding with my birthday inspired me during much of my childhood." Sometimes, "poetic" language has to be abandoned in favor of language that gets the point across.

Anyway, I second the cheer for more people working crossovers. We are writing for a terribly under-represented department. Are there any particular continua you're interested in?

~Neshomeh

Here's hoping you get Permission. And I'm friending you, by the way.

I'm not a permission giver, I just wanted to say hooray for more Disentanglers.

Why is everybody East Coast. D: This makes me sad that I moved -- as does the thunderstorm currently going on in Boston.

Bay Area here.

and I can drive wherever this summer.

I seem to be the sole Utahn thus far, and I'm more-or-less limited to Salt Lake City for the next many moons, so it's likely I would be unable to attend, but it seems an interesting idea.

One for the northwest, one for... wherever the second concentration is, somewhere in the middle, and one for New England? New York actually sounds pretty good from here.

Maybe one for New York and one for DC, even?

I've got summer classes until August 8th or so, following which I plan to head down to the NYC area until class starts again in the fall.



Also, I deny the fact that Boston exists and I refuse to travel there.

Especially with a vehicle.

A Californian here, too. :P
I do think my parents would freak if I went to a Gathering.

I'm in Minnesota for most of the summer, but I'll be starting college in Northampton, Massachusetts in late August.

Me and Chavert both live near Washington DC, although it seems like not a lot of others do. :(

I'm in Wisconsin, and my car status is uncertain for any given part of the year, though it is becoming more likely. I do bemoan the condition of the public transportation quite often.

...or, rather, New York City. The real Big Wahoonie.

Anyway. Uh. My parents would freak out, I think, so yeah. And going to anywhere out of state is totally out of the question because they're all RAH GAS MILEAGE MY AGE MAKES ME DIFFICULT and stuff. xD

I've noticed that the most likely location for an American Gathering would be up in New England; I know for sure that there are several PPCers who are or will be centered around Boston.

I myself am in West Texas. D:

I'm in Philadelphia until the end of July, when I will return home to Michigan.

If anybody knows a good way to get from Philadelphia to wherever a bunch of people can meet, I'm all for it. Alternatively, people more familiar with the area could come here. There's a lot of stuff to do around here, and I've not even scratched the surface yet.

Chicago is a pretty good meeting place for anyone whose state shares a border with Lake Michigan.

~Neshomeh

Don't know if I'd be able to make it, though. I vote for Washington DC, just because it's close by it has a lot of museums/touristy stuff/things to laugh at.

my parents probably won't allow me to go if it is far away, AKA outside of the Chicago area. *sigh* I would love to go though.

~Zoe~

I'm in Vermont. But I can't travel after the 7th. Will probably not go. Great idea, though.

Sounds like fun. Count me in, hopefully!
I'm in New Jersey.

From Connecticut, here, and open on any day except Saturday, and willing to travel a fair distance.

Who else is around here? Any suggestions on where, when?

Sorry for the delay.

Best line: We had had an oath, signed in chocolate and dreams ....

Most confusing line: For it was said, done, written, and made to be that way; the last one walks with just memories of a life once led and dreams of a life that will be, and, as ominous music plays, a villain sheds chains and a hero fades to dust, for so it was.

Advice: Pretty much the same thing I told SealRat--don't overdo it. Also, if your agent is closely based on yourself, be careful not to get sucked into simply reacting to badfics, because you'll miss half the humor that way. I know this because I noticed myself doing the same thing recently. I have to make at least two passes at writing a mission: first to react, then to spork.

Prognosis: Nothing that writing a few PPC fics won't improve. So have at it!

~Neshomeh

Wait, Dafydd retired. Whoops.

Um... Yeah, my point no longer stands. But that seems closeish to a new character; if Dafydd was a different character, then I bet this one is too.

But I might be wrong.

--C, -$0.02 +a grain of salt

That the Suethor is really a BadParodyer?

(Tawaki already used his mother-name, and we have to go for maximum geekiness.)

One concern, though--would having two Maglor replacements in the PPC be kind of confusing? Although if they don't look anything alike...

"Maglor's" phrases would not compute for anyone in Arda. Unless this is Very Secret Diaries version 2.0, you have a CR.

You guys are the best!

Admittedly that's very late of me...

*starts singing* Se gustan, son novios, se... What? They sing that all the time at me. Can't I sing it at Boarders?

That aside, I wish you... I wish you... *racks brain for a clever way to say something* I wish you many many many times more fortune in your relationship than any of my classmates have had in theirs! Ah wait, that sounded odd...

Forget it. Good luck, and Felicidades, and I'll leave it at that.

C

And in the spirit of the exclamation, I shower you with sweets of your choice. Just reach into the bag and pull out whatever you want. They're all different kinds, but all heart-shaped. Wheee!

I already guessed it was likely to go that way. Fun. :)

Congrats, you two! I'm happy for you. *gives each a box of chocolates*

~Zoe~

Small tough rodents in a dancing line!

And may your relationship be happy and free of nothing fights. *gives heart shaped chocolate*

As well as copious amounts of alcohol.

*pops champag-nee*

Oh, come on, it's the internet, there's no alcohol age restriction on this international information superhighway.

Congrats to the lovely couple. I raise a glass of expensive champag-nee as a toast.

I shower you with bio-degradable rice paper hearts!

Did you know each other before the Board, or did you meet here?

*throws confetti - nearly typed "trow" there, a la "legolas"*

*gifts with small rainbow*

Because rainbows stand for joy and happiness and cheerfulness and... I'm out of ideas.

Hugs for everyone indeed. ;)

Happy first-day-together day and stuff! :3

I gift you a small brass camel. Because camels represent...um...screw it, camels are cool.

I'm so glad you are happy together. Enjoy life!

Congratsi!

Plat/Cassie OTP! *grin*

*gives celebratory chocolate*

Congratulations anyway! I shall hide my sorrow that two such lovely items are off the public display and instead show my joy that two of my friends have found happiness in each other. *sounds less like you're dating and more like you're getting married, huh?*

^_^

Many congrats. Here, have Too Many Celebratory Balloons. They'll fill up a whole room and are much fun to play with.

*gives Paper Clip of Love* Hey, paper clips are symbolic! Holding things together and all that.

I already knew, but I'm still happy about it! Conga rats, you two! *huggles*

But I'm curious...how'd it come about?

*shoots couple with Arrows of Doom Love*

*throws more urple confetti*

Congrats and commiserations and stuff like that. ^_^

...Again, I know, but still. *throws confetti*

It's supposed to be a retelling of The Truth from the Watchmen's POV; she ought to put a disclaimer on the first chapter mentioning that, for sure, but I don't know if I'd call it *plagarism*, exactly.

Anyways, yo! And in the spirit of the whole thing, you may have a yo-yo. Congrats!

Sorry; somehow I overlooked this thread last time I was online. *hugs*

Hope it was a great day!

People born in the summer UNTIE! Have... lemme see... Have I given you a Convenient Towel? Have another! And a chocolate-chip Cookie-Cake. May the next year's awesomeness be only beaten by the year that follows it! (that is, may your happiness increase exponentially, year to year)

C

Have some bleepolate.

~Zoe~

Happy Birthday! Fourteen's not so bad and, even though you could be writing Sues, here you are helping to defeat them!
Have lots of chocolate and cake.

Take heart, brave fourteen-year-old! You're at the PPC Board, your spelling and grammar are good, and you're not spewing fanbratisms about your lust objects all over the place! In short, you be not a Suethor. Be proud of your age, and that you defy its Suethor-y standard.

*gives you chocolate and a lovely Pointy Shiny Object*

Joyeuse anniversaire!

I don't know what time I was born, although I think it was something like 7 a.m., but I am 21 today. I'll see your brass camels and raise you autographed raisins!

Happy birthday!

*hands rainbow because it's raining*

*happydances* More happy times on the Board!

*gifts you with a super-size bag of pebbles and a sling*

Have a great 14th!

Chocolate, ice cream, lots of sugary drinks... enjoy!

A bouquet of alliums from Kumori and well wishes from me. Just be glad you're not thirteen anymore.

Only 14? No booze, then.

Here's a pokemon egg!

Woo, brass camel!

Oh ye gods. I'm already overloading on squee for the return of Project Runway and SGA, now this! EEEEEEEEEEK.

Scary thing was, my friend and I were talking about superhero musicals a few days ago. I wonder if she caught wind of this...

It appears that S&S will not be appearing in the Movie. Would you be willing to do the script for the OFUR section to include Drake and Naomi in their place?

Can I have it, Laburnum, please?

Um... Uh... Well...


...Why the hell would you write slash between two puppet like figures who can't speak? Why?

I barely know the fandom (google search FTW, yes?) but yeah, way to kill the plot, Suethor. Alas, this seems to be a common syndrome among fanfic writers: "They hate each other; it must be twu wub!!11!!eleventyone!1!"

Eni, who is laughing at panfandom phenomena.

When living tissue has been put under a SEP-field, how long does it take to resume its natural coloration? I'm talking maybe five minutes under the field, ten at the most.

It won't be cheesy for the agent in question, whose bad news will be real and not simply designed as an excuse for angst and healing-whatever. (If it IS designed that way, best re-think it!) In any case, there's nothing wrong with comforting someone who's hurt as long as it's appropriate--healing sex, for example, is almost never appropriate. Since the circumstances will be different from those of the fic, the agent with the news should be able to separate the two enough to accept the help, even if comparing it to the fic is inevitable. For best effect, actual flashbacks ought to be reserved for the truly horrific.

Feel free to ask about the specifics of what you want to do, too. I mean, don't say who the agents are or exactly what the bad news is if you want to avoid spoilers, but the details of the fic and of what you'd like to have happen between the agents might help us give you better advice.

~Neshomeh, who can't ask questions about her missions without spoilers, since she only has one team plus Jenni.

If scarring and totally out of character... not much. Unless it's done in a very different fashion than in the badfic.

Considering how close Vancouver is.

Where is the meeting place going to be?

Unfortunately, I'm heading back to school on July 29th, but if it gets moved earlier, I can make it.

I will be in Vancouver form July 28 ish, to August the 2. Then I fly off to Japan.

That puts a damper on it for me :(

Leto

The Fynn is also not old enough to drink, though :(

Regardless, my Skype name is Ilgivan so count me in on future stuff if you see me on.

And oddly enough, it's still holiday for another week or so. Strange how I'm less busy when classes are on...

So sorry, no; not this time. Apologies to all who looked forward to hearing my beautiful voice again! ;p

Mine is leto.haven

L

my skype name is trojanhorseshadowfax just like most of my other contact details. Bung me an email with the time (in GMT, please!) you plan on starting and I'll see if I can make it. I'd really like to.

Tonight and tomorrow night, I ought to be around. Sunday (well, for me it'll be Sunday) is reserved for something else, but if that doesn't happen, then it's possible.

What's up with July? Apparently I missed a memo.

~Neshomeh

I know some canons which have Canon Sues. They're not always too badly written, and I've grown quite fond of some.

*ducks and runs for cover from the rabid anti-Sueists*

And just as a note, if you can post to an ongoing discussion rather than making a new post, that's usually appreciated, as there may be something further down that's getting shunted off the Board.

It feels like my eyes want to throw up. My god, the horror!

No one here has the ability to PPC is -- or, more precisely, the permission. There's actually a ban on PPCing fanfic based on religious texts (which is why there's only one such mission report). You've not heard about it because it's not come up, but I figure this is as good an opportunity as any to mention it.

And yes, I know the Scientologists are a crazy religion, but a rule's a rule. I'm personally willing to lift the ban (I was never in favour of it to begin with) but I'm not doing that by myself.

hS

That...that is beyond scary. Why would you do something like that? Sheesh. Prayers to those on high that this never makes it to the net.

The "air" to the Narnian "thrown"...ahahahahahaha!

And...a "guarden"? Is that some sort of bush cut to be shaped like a guard? *snicker*

A TV set for someone who bamfs into Narnia? Definitely a temporal offense.

Welcome to the ppc. hope you enjoy it here

I gift you with an egg whisk! It's shiny, gold-plated, and, hey, it whisks eggs! Use it for good and not evil.

Welcome to the insanity!

This one is a washedout black colour, but it is clean!

Thranduain greatly appreciates the bacon. :D

~Enelya

Because really, it's very useful.

I see you've already been warned about the Legendary Badfics, so I'll just second that, and July should be along at any moment to drown you in The Links...

Enjoy!

Did I see you a while back? I think I did. Oh well, never mind.

*hands you a bag of pebbles and a Random Shiny Object*

You can throw the pebbles at Sues and be awed by the Shiny Object's shininess. Glad to have you here.

...ooohh, treats for the mini-Balrogs? Wonderful. I have 345 of them to keep happy at the moment. (Though I guess that's what I get for running the Adoptions list.)

Anyway. I used to give out the links, but JulyFlame called me out on it recently as they're her newbie-presents, so she should be handing them over soon. :) Until then, spend some time on here and enjoy the madness.

*hands you a very large catapult* You can use it to chuck these! *hands you a lot of clay cats filled with fire* Mwahahaaaaaah!!!! xD

Anyway. Any agents? *steals bacon and noms it* *doesn't care if it's for mini-Balrogs*

Welcome! I'm a newbie here so this is my first gift giving! Lots of Bleepka and mounds of chocolate for you!

Helen

*Buries in a mountain of assorted Bleepolate and Bleepolate Liqeuors* Welcome to the PPC! If you find a few nuts and bolts around, they're probably mine. Welcome to the PPC though, prepare to claw your eyes out with sporks, or overdose on Bleeprin. Whichever comes first.
Oh, and by the way, if you ever get a link to That Series, or C*l*b*i*n, never, EVER go out and find them, or click on that link. That is a horror form which you may never recover.

Anyways, welcome again! (From the Aussie who woke up at 5:30am completely refreshed and energetic)

Welcome to the fun and madness that is the PPC board. Hope you enjoy it here. I present you with duct tape, because one can never have enough duct tape. It's shiny, and you can use it to gag 'Sues! Ooh...shiny...

*deep breath* Convenient Towels are like normal towels but they change to whatever color you want when you're first given them and they tend to pop up when you need them and I hope you've read the Hitchhiker's Guide so you'll understand just how useful Deus-Ex-Machina towels are...

Phew.

So... What fandoms are you planning on covering? I assume from the mini-Balrog reference you know what you're getting into, but someone better at this than me is likely to shower you with links soon.

May your edged weapons stay sharp; may you always know the truth, and may its light shine on you; may you have luck and success in all your endeavors* --
and, hey, what fandoms are you planning on covering?

ATTE
C of the Run-On-Sentences (Whoops, that's a lot of them)

*Blessings are fun. The first is my usual one to newbies, the second is from a song of Bob Dylan's, and the third, I made up on the spot, so you should feel special!

I've had Spanish for quite a while, and I'm getting quite good at translating Spanish-English. The reverse takes a little more work, but I would be happy to do that as well. Plus, I need the practice.

...I could be useful (a bit) when it comes to your friend...I've had Spanish drilled into my head for two years going on three, so I could be helpful. And it'll help me learn, as well.

I kinda-sorta fanperson some of mine, but not in a Lust Object way.
About the closest I came to that was with an RP character of mine, after the GM had put him through hell again and again and again with no real pauses. Since I was focusing on keeping him IC with the personality I'd given him, I started feeling protective. The 'wrap them in a blanket and hide them from more suffering' feeling I tend to get when a fictional character I have some sort of empathy for suffers; and I sort of needed to understand what he'd be feeling/thinking in order to play him right.
However, I never actually took him out of the game or any other means of stopping it all. I kept playing him, after taking a short break IRL to get my perspective back.

I create characters I squee over, but lusting after them ... I can't imagine doing so. ('Tis partly why I didn't want to get involved in the agentslash fad with my own two - pairing a character I publicly admit is my avatar with another character I created just creeps me out a tad. That and I noticed some eerie similarities between my agents and a couple in a webcomic I read, which I hadn't started reading when I made them, so I didn't want to make them any more similar to this webcomic couple by making *them* a couple ... that made better sense in my head.)

As to the first, I'd say it'd be a lot of work and very difficult for both parties. If any Boarders speak Spanish you could ask them to write their posts twice (as in, one under the other) but to translate what's already there would be complex and time consuming. You could certainly try, but I think you, Ciri, would have to do a lot of it.

Perhaps you and your friend could go online together and you could read it aloud to him, and type in English for him?

Also, it could be very hard to translate the excessive word jokes. I'm not trying to be a pessimist, but I think it would be very hard.


As to the second... Yeah, weird. Not bad, but weird. At least to me.

Lusting over a character you invented yourself would be, um, a little weird. I mean, fantasies are all well and good, but they don't actually need sharing with the world, which is effectively what you'd be doing if you created a character and then lusted after him/her/it.