Aug 2008 Archive, part c

As was the rest of DoSAT. You're welcome to use them.

I dunno...Use away, if you want.

She'd just joined in April 2006.

You can use them, if you want.

She would have been partnered with Suzume Takahashi, a magical girl from an anime-verse.

Rouge and his partner Hamelt would have been in Technical Errors then.

S&S would have been recruited in mid-September, so their names can be mentioned, but again, I think Snowspine would be happier if they didn't actually show up.

Don't know if they'd be any help or if they arrived a bit late.

Agent Arti, the one who went crazy with the TF-Gun. He'd have been 21 during 2006, and a little more sane. You can make him as crazy as you want though, he has several phases.

(I started on the board in early 2005), so feel free to use any/none/all.

None of them have any allergies or other aversions to scones, and would be happy to get some time out of the dusty recesses of my computer hard drive (I really need to finish those missions I'm writing).

The first drafts of my missions, plus some biographical stuff regarding the agents, can be found at http://strangler-fig.livejournal.com

Go nuts! (Hang on, that's Agent Trojie, no?)

Elcalion

Tawaki worked with Nick from January through August, was in Medical into October, and worked with Iskillion and Hul after that.

Tadkeeta was recruited into Floaters (with Agent Tira) through March, and then transferred to DoGA with T'Zar. She was a teenager until May, when she experienced six years on the Hyperaccelerated Planet and came back a tough twentysomething. She took a few weeks to adjust the PPC again.

Jenni was around, pretty much as she is now, and so was Supernumerary. He was still partnered with Agent Cameo, though, and she is a scary person. Her bio is here: http://starshadowhall.tripod.com/ppc/plotholes/cameo.html

Just let me know if you need more details.

~Neshomeh

I love this comic...

I do wish I could do that - it would mean we could have bonfires on the 5th November.

Also, is it just me or are most (if not all) of the links on this board posted chosen to make people laugh? The word 'amusement' in the subject line just seems to be cropping up more and more often these days...

I know there was a Gathering in the UK just a few months ago, but would anyone be interested in going to one in or near London sometime around the end of October?

Make sure it's really gone this time.

Okay, time for the charge list

Deifnately biolgoical imporbabilities.

Mating amphianiban with a mamal and getting offspring.

I just read the first chapter and my head hurts.

I'm not an animal expert but, last time I checked, male animals don't go into heat.

And since when did people carry suitcases to work?

Submissive Sakura? Don't make me laugh. Even in canon Sakura's a pretty forceful person, unless you're talking pre-timeskip Sakura with Sasuke in the vicinity.

The pink rabbit which is ostensibly Sakura doesn't do much except punch Naruto-kitten-thing and get killed by Sasuke-kitten-thing, but anything which is violent towards these creepy Stu things is probably on our side. It would have to be neutered and probably renamed, but maybe it could be rehabilitated?

Since S&S are the PPC's resident yiff experts, it's only fair. I've been reading up on the first couple of bits of the Naruto manga - just enough to know how ridiculous this is - so I can help. The mustelids will stick to snarking the anatomy, and possibly giving first aid for Naruto-Stu-kitten-thing-induced diabetes.

Didn't we kind of put a moratorium on this kind of thing a while back? "Squick for squick's sake," that is. Looking at that URL, it's not like you were innocently browsing ff.net and came across some random Trek PWP.

~Neshomeh

OH GOD MY VIRGIN EYES! *claws at face*

...and in my trust-me-I'm-not-a-doctor-type 'professional opinion', I don't think it'd make a good mission. The technicalities of the writing are passable enough, and the NSFB aspects just go on at a fairly regular (and excessive) level all the way through so it's not like you could go partway and expect to exorcise at the 'most appalling part'. There isn't an appalling part. It's all just ... flatlining appalling.

That said, if anyone *does* want to take it on, consider me at your service for beta-reading etc and Agent Trojie can be ganked if you want backup.

KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT!

I'd do it myself, but I don't have time. *growls*

Actually, it's not as bad as a story that thinks itself serious, but it's still offensive. I didn't get past the first eight paragraphs and I DO NOT WANT to know what else happens... unless I'm seeing it PPCd.

For example, we could be the PPC - a collection of people who strive to make use of a satirical sense of humour to define what is 'Acceptable' and what isn't in the world of Fanfiction writing. To do this, we make stories that parody the cliches of writing, using a pre-existing text as our basis.

Or, otherwise, the PPC is an organisation of sentient beings who are controlled to take a stand against the stock character of the 'Mary Sue'

That's my definition anyways.

From friends and family and so on
Elad
Noremac (or could be Noramac to make it look better)
Nylorac (could be twins)
Ydnew
Leahcim
Werdna
Nahtan (hmm... this one's almost Elvish... maybe a smith with red hair?)
Ekul
Nirtak
Etak
Ardnaxela
Anewor

Cuz I felt like it. Do with these random backwards names as you will.

Ronaele (strangely androgynous innkeeper?)

Naimad

Teragram (sounds almost scientific)

Ahtnamas

Luap

Kered

Nahtanoj

Leahcim

Naej

Nomis

Nairam

Trebor ("You mean Trevor?" "No, dammit! For the hundredth time, no!")

Rovert ("You mean Robert?" "AAARGH!") (twins?)

Sirod

Nelle (really, it's backwards)

Mij ("He's dead, Mij!")

Selrahc

Kram (sustaining trail-mix?)

Esiuol

Drawde (artistic druid?)

Yrneh (his evil alter-ego?)

And, just so you know, in Farscape, "dren" is the alien slang word for "crap." Maybe call him Keeg instead? *g*

~Neshomeh (or Hemohsen?)

Howsabout...

Yrogerg, the Evil Guy's Right Hand Man.

Keri, the Teenage Girl Who Our Hero Selflessly Saves (we later find out that they're somehow related).

Andaw, the Raging River Our Hero must cross to escape the Bad Guys.

Immik, the Street Urchin who inadvertently helps Our Hero out of a sticky situation (and who is almost impossible to understand speech-wise).

Haras, Samoht's Wife.

Names, names....
Nwot, the largest city in the land.
Siloportem, a small town.
Rotcod, the healer.
Yma, the friendly, annoying blonde tagalong.
Leumas, the stoic, mysterious hunter that only appears when the heroes are about to die.
Nerak, a cheery innkeeper.
Nwahs, a retired sergent.

(Feel free to change them.)

I am offering Idna and Yennj.

We were looking for some more ideas for names of people and places. If anyone has any ideas, would you either post them on here or email us with them (if you'd rather not be publicly associated with the idea, email, otherwise posting here is fine).

We would also appreciate everyone's opinions of this idea.

Happy birthday even though it isn't anymore!

A small temporal plot hole opens up in front of you and a gaily wrapped package slightly too large for the hole pops out, rather like a cork from a bottle. A large tag on the package says "Happy Birthday from Katty" with "and Ace!" squeezed in underneath in a different hand. Another tag, this one somewhat more ominous looking, says "Explosives. Protect from heat, impact, electrical shock, and warp zones."

If you unwrap it (carefully) you'll find a case of 12 petards. Have fun hoisting Sues!

A lone agent walked into the echoing auditorium. "Hello? There was a birthday here?" She was a day late. She scrounged in the corners for bits of cake, then set down the bag of holding she was carrying. "I'll just leave this for next year..." She wandered out again.

Here! Have these Fang syringes I just made. Easy to carry, light, and looks just like a Fountain pen save for the needle sticking out. With a little you can inject poison into your enemies with a single stab from The tip.

I made them myself.

Deryn came in first, humming something or other that didn't really go with the music playing at the moment. This didn't seem to bother her, however, as she'd spotted the food and would probably have gone for it if Leas hadn't grabbed her collar with the hand not holding the present. "Greet the birthday girl first," he told her firmly.

Deryn rolled her eyes. "Okay, okay," she said. "You see her anywhere?"

"You've got your own eyes," Leas pointed out, but looked anyway. "Ah, there she is! Cassie!" he called, waving and trying to subtly nudge Deryn in a Cassie-wards direction.

*throws chocolate confetti and fireworks* WOOT! One more year and you-- oh, wait. England. Lucky dog.

Anywho, Happy Birthday! (hey, it's my littlest brother's birthday too!) Have a good year, Cassie! Many happy returns!

Happy Birthday! Have a Mary Sue:http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2288976/1/Voldemorts_Daughter (assuming this one isn't too short or hasn't already been PPCed)


ps. Fynn informs me that it is not within the PPC etiquette to give Sues as gifts, so I apologise in advance to any hardline PPCers I may have offended.

*sprays you with champagne* PARTY!

(Yeah; creepy feeling, isn't it? Not being a teenager anymore. It's just... you've been one so long that it doesn't feel right anymore.)

*pops out of a cake!*

Happy birthday, sweetie!

Georgia happily skipped into the Large Auditorium, a chocolate cake in her hands. "Happy Birthday, Cassie! Where do I put this?"

Behind her, Kumori followed at a more sedate pace. This was partly due to the fact that she would never be caught skipping anywhere but mostly due to the huge, lavender bush and pot plant in her arms. Her muffled voice was heard, "And where the hell do I put this?"

I gift thee with...ehm...well, a waffle iron. Because waffle irons rule. And because who knows when you'll need one?

Also, have some fine Belgian chocolate and a stuffed polar bear. *nodnod*

Hope your birthday is full of wonderful things :)

What a milestone. : ) Hope you have/had/will have an awesome day - tenses with time zones are confusing.

Hmmm... well, actually, I'm happy with the music. No need to smack anyone around to attempt to control the stereo. That may be subject to change, though... ; )

Ooh, nibbles. *wanders off*

In honour of the day, you don't get picked to babysit the M-kids!

(ohhh, a challenge. can;t reist)
DRake takes his spork railgun adn points it at Tyler.
"I ave control of the stereo now, okay?"


Naomi sighs and hands over some bleppka to Cassie.

*sings Forever Young at you*

In fact, I might go argue with Tyler. *takes some Bob Dylan and Queen out of her Jacket -- the Dylan for "Forever Young", the Queen because she knows Cassie likes it* This will be interesting!

*sings Forever Young at you*

In fact, I might go argue with Tyler. *takes some Bob Dylan and Queen out of her Jacket -- the Dylan for "Forever Young", the Queen because she knows Cassie likes it* This will be interesting!

Whaaat? It's not a proper party without inappropriate large mammals.

Happy Birthday, Cassie!

Here, have some C-4, a sniper rifle and an elven bow (with arrows). Congratulations on surviving the terrible teens!

*threatens Tyler with Dragon Halberd* Put some Queen on or let me past so I can!

Welcome to the ppc. I would like to give you a stuffed drake plushie, complete with real rail gun action.

don't ask why he came up with these.

anyway, welcome. have fun here.

But welcome anyhow!

Here is an egg. I don't know what it'll hatch into, but take good care of it~

Thanks for the warm welcome, guys. Sorry I haven't been on too much the past few days. College stuff takes some time. But I'm all set and ready to get going!

Also, all the gifts are greatly appreciated, but I especially enjoy the p-90. It's my favorite light-machine gun!

So if a Sue can't be hoist with her own petard, at least she can be hoist with yours. Handle with all due precautions for explosive devices.

(or would you need a dratep instead?)

Good for getting people to believe you are who you say you are. Welcome!

*hands over a box of biscuits* Handy even once the biscuits have been eaten! *grins*

Good to meet you! Hope you enjoy it here.

I gift you with an egg whisk! It's shiny, gold-plated, and whisks not only eggs, but spambots and author wraiths, too! Use it for good and not evil.

Welcome to the insanity!

It's a blue furry yak thing, born of the recent spambot invasion, and it has spiky horns and eats sausages. It doesn't mind being ridden, so you can have it rampage around while you're on its back waving a lightsaber. It's fun. :D

And if you like Doctor Who, I'll throw in a K-9 for your Agents.

Have a P-90. It's good for killing Sues with. Just be careful where you aim it.

What fandoms are you in? What are your thoughts on slash/yaoi? Have you read any Legendary Badfic (or Goodfic, for that matter)?

If you haven't read the Legendary Badfic, then don't. Even the summaries can scar minds. If you haven't read the Legendary Goodfic, what are you waiting for? Go and read them!

Were you in a sociology class of some sort? Your name reminds me of an exercise I did in soc last year.

Welcome! I give you a coxcomb. It's a sort of silly hat.

It's transdimensional. Welcome, welcome, welcome!

- Sedri

Lovely to see you! Come and join the party in the thread below this one!

*presents you with a bag of pebbles for throwing at Sues and a Random Shiny Object* Here you are! Newbie-gifts! And a slice of chocolate cake, because I came into posession of one recently.

Welcomes. I see July gave you the links she is well known for. Always nice to have new people on here, and I hope you enjoy your time with us.

Oh, and the sanity-cloakroom is over there by the door. You might as well leave yours there to keep all the others' company.

Hail and well met, new friend!

Here, have wiki link.

But finish TOS first so your head don't asplode on accident.

With a huge list of things to do with my writing once I've unpacked and such ... we need to work on a plan for the OFUR's next few installments, and Kit wants me to help with the Naruto furries mission, and I think Pads said she'd help me with that short Harry Potter one which mutilates Nine Inch Nails? ...

But that can wait. Right now I'm just going to quietly collapse and cuddle my ferrets because I missed them.

I think the others are right, y'know. This year we've had the Macrovirus Invasion in March, the Mary-Sues Invasion in April running on from that, the Robecca exorcism in Narnia in July, and the spambot/Ypur Invasion a few days ago which resulted in us switching Boards.

We really don't need any more emergencies, major threats or full-out wars. The Catastrophe Theory adherents are already going to be going berserk and waving placards about Doom and the End being Near. If you want to see the other emergencies we've had, the Wiki page "PPC Emergencies" will tell you everything.

Not to mention that HQ, while back to normal business, suffered a drastic loss of agents during the first two Invasions this year and therefore probably would struggle to cope with another war.

And as a final point against carryng this idea out right now (I'm not saying "Forget it, we'll never do this", just "Hold back and wait"), a few months ago we were requested by hS to remember that the purpose of the PPC is entertainment, not continually taking down the big guns. I believe his metaphor was along the lines of "It's very satisfying taking down a Death Star, but while you're doing that there's a thousand TIE fighters on your tail".

I'd suggest taking on a few regular missions- exorcising slashwraiths from Legolas and Aragorn or killing off another twin sister of Harry Potter or something- before we have to deal with yet another problem that pulls us all off regular duty.

On the other hand, I do think this sounds like an idea with a lot of potential and I would be happy to join in with it. I am also curious as to where the Flowers would go, as their original world no longer exists.

Frankly, it's too big, and too much. At least for right now.

Just mine, no one else's.

Er, WTF.

Again?

So soon?

There's this word I'm looking for, here.

Ah, yes.

It's called integration.

Mind doing that before you start shoving even more ideas that won't work?

... we are avoiding any more PPC-wide emergencies, since we've already had three or four this year. So this idea, even if anyone is interested, will have to be put on hold for at least twelve months.

hS

Jay seemed so sad and frustrated until Rhus showed up.

And I also note that Jay and Acy's little argument in one of the missions in the TOS (I think it was the Aria one) that ended up in the two being seperated on different sides of the Bridge for a night was pretty sad, too.

These aren't really tearjerking, but they're pretty sad.

"A low, almost subsonic, buzzing could be heard. “Oh no!” cried Makes-Things. “Get a phaser, Agent Cameron!” Then he screamed. Tawaki heard a sickening crunch and a thump, and the connection ended.
“Makes-Things? Makes-Things? MAKES-THINGS? S---.” "

There's also Nyx choosing to leave with Dassie, the Building of the Tomb of the Unknown PPC Agent, and Jay and Acacia's retirement.

...the death of Elanor Laison, off of the top of my head.

There's a resturant (or at least, a cafe) called Thorntree Terrace. I cracked up every time I saw it.

called Canons Lane. there's also a ohuse, even nearer by, called Acacia. I always have a bit of a giggle when I see them. :D

... the Board on Geographic Names officially added a tilde over the n, making it technically Cañon City. So speaks Wikipedia.

Nevertheless! Given that the Canon Protection Initiative already has one official residence on World One (ie, the New Cal city), an office in the US would be perfectly acceptible. All we need now is for someone to canonise it...

hS

Any badfic writers living there are in SO much trouble...

Sometimes it just takes a little while for people to get round to posting. If you have a LJ link, most usually post on there as well.
But it looks pretty good. Now I've gotta think of ways to get my Agents involved. Or not... Hmm.

I volunteer Agent Arti to kidnap one and study them, just to se eif they have a special immunity for Squickfics that could be useful to the PPC.

I must be doing something wrong with my posts. Now what could it be?

Or maybe rile up the Ents and sic them on the realm. Pissed off Ents are evil.
Oh...I know! Send in a troupe of Dwarves! Or some Oliphaunts!

Lembas.

It's not overly destructive, but it's packed with canonical Elvish goodness. Plus I think it would be funny. {= )

~Neshomeh

Borrow the army Morgoth used to sack Gondolin? Dragons, Balrogs, orcs without number...

The stuff his army blew up the wall of Helm's Deep with. Then again, ordinary fire works very well.

Rocks are canonical almost anywhere.

And as I recall, fire is an effective method as well.

Not the flair of fire and flame, but it causes a lot of destruction. And goes boom.

I could totally play the background piano chords in this song and if I weren't entirely lazy I'd totally pick myself up to find the nearest piano and try to play and sing this... but...

Well, that's just not my style.

Maybe later.

I would be glad to sing this over the weekend.

My roommate thinks I'm weird enough anyway. ^u^'

Once I get a decent microphone, anyways.

I just have to learn the tune for the lines.

~Neshomeh, who does know the chorus.

*snickers* Very nice!

If it can wait until, er, Wednesday, that is. Bloody essay then someone's leaving do will have me occupied until then.

I'm lilywinterwood (at) gmail (dot) com.

It's a good idea for the PGs and any potential Mods to be kept seperate. Absolute power will corrupt absolutely, as the saying goes.
Rather, why don't we keep the Moderators a secret? We hold the vote, etc, or rather, Techno-Dann does, deleting everyone's vote as they come in. Once done, he tallies the votes, and the selected Moderator would gain their position, and be notified, with no-one else knowing the result.
That way, if a Moderator tries to lord it over people, they can have their position removed because no-one is meant to know who it is. If they reveal it, then a new Moderator is chosen.

The PPC Secret Service, or something like that. Techno-Dnan acts as the visible head *Coughs* Target *Coughs*, while the other one works behind the scenes.

I just thought I'd raise my voice in agreement with the majority.

We don't need mods. The PPC is run on the grounds of modding ourselves and each other. What we do need is an admin to fix the technical problems. As others have said, Techno-Dann is our most internet-savvy person, and has been handling the problem since day one. If we do need to vote, I'm going with him.

If he decides to retire or something, we can decide on a new admin then.

I agree with what everyone's said for the most part. Mods should be seperate from the PGs, though I don't see why someone can't be both if they fit the criteria, they should be internet savvy and responsible and they should not be planning on fading out anytime soon.

I vote Dann keeps the admin powers, he's our resident tech expert, right? He's as good a choice as anyone else.

It's actually possible for a spam-bot to get admin powers? What kind of world is this?

This power absolutely has to be separated from the Permission Giving power. They're fundamentally different things, and combining the two would give whoever had both far too much control over things.

I'm open to correction on this, but I think it's a very big mistake if we decide to combine the two roles, or even give Board control to any particular Permission Givers.

hS

Please send to just t the doctor @ gmail . com (without the spaces, of course). Won't be able to get it done quick, but will do it soon...

Not really sure.

but would love to enroll.

and willing to help out how i can with the ofu.

Hvae to think up a suitably Suethor-ish name... oh, hell, I can think of one straight off...

But anyway, Tawaki, if you can post an enrollment form here, I'm sure you'll get a LOT of students right away. *holds pen up expectantly*

I sent an email to their course coordinator to enroll, so i should know. If he/she has deserted OFUN, I would be willing to take over.

Poor Narnia characters...*pets mini-Dragons*

I'm quite sure I've read a Narnia OFU before. Is it completely inactive?

(And I quite agree; the poor Narnians...)

Personally I don't see a problem as long as you can keep updating both of them semi-regularly.

While I'm still working on the Good Omens OFU, I agree with you that Narnia NEEDS one. And if you need a hand in any capacity, I'm so there.

And if you don't need a hand, may I be the first to put my hand up to enrol?

I seem to remember a story where he's considered the "black wizard" and he's the only one who can get to ME. He saves Boromir, and destroys the Uruk-Hai at Helm's Deep. He keeps going back and forth between ME and Hogwarts, or something like that.

It's been a while, but I don't remember any Dragonball Z in it.

I think you--or I--may be confusing two badfics--"Sanctuary of Arda" is the LotR/HP/Dragonball Z crossover, like Eni said. There's another fic, "The Black Wizard of Middle-earth" or something like that where he goes to Beleriand, becomes Harold the Black, and makes Fëanor OOC. I could be wrong, though.

"Sanctuary of Arda" ? It seems abandoned, but the story is here: http://www.fictionalley.org/authors/keiran_halcyon/SOA.html

I'd be no help with your second question, though. It's been a while since I read LotR.

*sharpens pitchfork*

We're an angry mob though, aren't we? A very angry mob. With pitchforks.

The worst of the damage.

*Agent Isaiah calmly takes up a whetstone*

Though I've never read Austen, I'll go tell some fellow PPC fan buddies and we'll get some Sharp Pointy Things (tm).

See my head explode.

I will join this mob with my brother's axe as soon as my head and desk have finished introducing themselves.

Gah, I haven't even read P&P and it still hurts.

As soon as I clean this up, I'm getting my axe. And my gun. And some explosives. And another axe.

WHAT WHAT WHAT WITH A FLYING SIDE OF WHAT IN THE FRAKKING HELL. JUST. WHAT.

Mob? Yes. And can I sew sharpened pennies to the brim of my hat for extra thwappage?

I mean. Just...no. This is sad. Really, really sad.

*brings out the whetstone and a few pennies*

*jams hat on head*

*grins*

*goes on a Bloodwrath-fueled rampage with a Tissue Compression Eliminator*

I've never even read Jane Austen.
But this? This is inexcusable.

I mean, a long, long, time ago, this could almost have been an interesting plot, if done well. Almost.
Unfortunately, uncounted numbers of Sues have henceforth ruined it.

And why should England be the one to suffer? I like England. D:

Joining your mob, preferably 5th Regiment of the Ypur Cavalry.

Oh, and to the writer of this little travesty? Hab SoSlI' Quch!

That sounds like blatant Sue-age.

I'm not a big Pride and Prejudice person myself ~ I read it, but it was quite some time ago ~ but this cannot be tolerated.

And on TV. As in, some sort of official publication.

. . .

Does this mean it's turning into canon somewhere? That's a seriously scary thought. *shudder*

Well, I don't know the fandom that well, but if you need mob volunteers... *waves hand* I'll bring some torches. I don't have any pitchforks, though; someone else will have to bring those.

KILL. KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL. You will NOT muck around with Mr. Darcy, the BEST MALE ROMANTIC CHARACTER IN THE FRAKKING MULTIVERSE. *INCOHERENT SCREAM OF CAPSLOCK RAGE*

*hefts the snaperrifle and some plasma grenades*

They. Will. Pay.

I vote we MST every single forking episode of the stupid thing.

"Wicked" was done well. This is NOT.

But they've been doing it to P&P for years, just not so obviously. There's at least one book out about the lives of Elizabeth and Darcy's four daughters, and I recall another one, faintly - it all sounded like rubbish.

Still, this calls for desperate measures. Makari? WHERE'S THAT ACID? *eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevil cackle* Sulphuric, flouric, AND hydrocloric!

It is not entirely fit for young ears but it exists. I'm screaming it at the top of my lungs right now. I am trying to restrain myself from throwing my macbook across the room in a fit of rage while this phrase zooms back and forth across my mind.

It rhyme with 'buck toe' and it is all I can say. You just don't mess with Mister Darcy. Oh Gods, I bet she's shipped with him, isn't she?

Coming out of ghosting for a moment.

Excuse me.

*SCREAM OF PURE AND UNADULTERATED RAGE. INCOHERENT. AND SHEER AND UTTER FURY.*

*GRABS FIRE FROM ACROSS THE STREET, AND A FEW CRTS, AND SOME POWER DRILLS AND A CHOP SAW AND A TABLE SAW AND PIECES OF WOOD AND STARTS BY CONSTRUCTING A CATAPULT AND STARTS CATAPULTING CRTS AND FIRE AND CRTS ON FIRE INTO THE VERY IDEA.*

...

I actually can do this. There are tools and wood enough for me to.

Excuse me. I'm going to go punch something now.

...but my LJ name is of course lady_rilwen, and if you sent me the details I could take a crack at it. I'm...not the best artist, but I could try. Or you can save me for a back-up plan, which is a better idea, in case you can't find anyone better.

If you e-mail all the stuff to heftybag152@gmail.com, I should be able to find an artist.

I'd love to come. But the only problem is that I'm underage and all that stuff that come with being underage...well, it was worth a shot...
And just curious, but why is London often the gathering place? Can't we go to...Washington D.C?

... I would have to not come. I'll be on an extraordinarily tight budget by then, and also possibly not in the country, so.

hS

I will probably be rather poor at that point, and I live down the other end of the country. (I know that's a poor excuse, seeing as hS managed to reach the last Gathering in plenty of time and he had just as much of a trek to get there.)

If we get more of an update closer to the time, I might just be able to go. It all depends on my available budget, but I really would like to go to another Gathering.

Getting to London is just far too expensive for me. Not to mention actually doing anything down there.

Evil little Nazgul plotbunnies from OFUM are chasing Harry Potter? Does Meir Brin know about this?

(Couldn't resist, sorry)

My reply to the git:

Short, sweet, and to the point.

Sweetie, it's not anal to spell things correctly. Anal would be pointing out that there's no way Nazgul could be chasing Harry Potter because it's two different fandoms, like one person I told about your incredibly amusing attempt to insult me. If you think I'm anal, just wait until you find out how anal bosses are.

Logically, it means you are a keeper of history, as Wikipedia defines annal as 'Annals (Latin Annales, from annus, a year) are a concise form of historical writing which record events chronologically, year by year.'

Is it just me, or is the usage of the word 'Darling' in this context the most condescending thing EVER?

I hope that college doesn't sap my brain like that if I get in that is.

Did you also point out to her that, despite physical similarities and abilities, Nazgul and Dementors are not the same thing. And that it was Tolkien, not PJ, that created the Nazgul.

Of course, this is sounding very 'Annal Retentive', isn't it?

To any level you like. At least on the HP fic; I'll cowrite, advise, or just beta. Whatever you like. On the other fic I can beta read or whatever but I don't know the continuum.

Hope I can be of some help.

"Y HELLO THAR, MR. HEAD!"

"Hey, Mr. Desk, how's it going?"

"Just fine and dandy. How are you?"

"Absolutely. Fantastic. It's lovely to meet you again, really."

"Know what you mean, know what you mean."

*BANGBANGBANGBANGBANG*

"...or not."

*sigh* Horrid. Harry does not rape anyone, much less one of his father's best friends. I will now repeat this mantra until my brain goes flurgy... bleh...

HARRY RAPES LUPIN!?

Can definitely help with that one. Busy? What's that mean? *is three quarters of the way through a four month holiday and bored to death*

I read that Naruto thing, and I'd say kill the horrible character replacements but save the babies. The kids might not be so bad in the long run, but even with my fairly limited knowledge of the Naruto universe I could see all the characters were completely wrong.


That Gaara thing needs to die. The only reason I ever even watched any Naruto episodes was because Gaara's backstory intrigued me. But that raccoon... thing... ugh, kill it.

I started reading it, hoping to be amused, but only five paragraphs in, I had to stop. The nearly-good/coherent writing combined with awful, awful plot is the most painful.

-Mystia, agonizing

She had to have read the books, and quite probably the Silmarillion, too.

So, then... why?

*spasmodic twitch*
Argh. Nrk. Nyyyyaaaaaagh.

What is this obsession of badfic writers with making male veela and this insane bonding thing?

Because male veela are never, ever mentioned that I can recall, and it's probable that the females just seduce human males, and that the veela genes appear only if the offspring is female. Or something.

I'm babbling. My brain still doesn't quite know what's going on.

(Ahem. That was the sound of my head inflicting copius amounts of pain on itself. *rubs head* owwwwie...)

What? How? Why?!