Oct 2008 Archive, part c

It is in fact as bad as the first two, if not worse, and there a number of moments that made me say 'BWUH?!' at the top of my voice.

Yeah, it wasn't good.

I actually haven't even touched Eldest, since the first atrocity was enough to turn me off to the dude.

So far, though, I've looked at a few different reviews, and they seem to be either

1) This book was awesome, it was perfect, Paolini pulled off another hit and if you didn't like it, well, you're not the intended audience (BWAH? I'm not "too old" for it, I'm freakin' eighteen!) and should probably stick to your generation's classics and stop nitpicking. Or something.

2) This book wasn't a worthy conclusion of the first two, which were amazing, because of A) the plot was too slow and there was way too much filler, B) the pacing was weird (which amounts to the same thing, really), or C) What. The. Heck? I don't know what he did, but it was not nearly as good. He should've just taken a little longer and finished the series. [The general consensus seems to be that if he had too much for one book, he still didn't have enough for two, and should've just cut stuff to make it fit.]

3) Another disappointment by Paolini, I'm not sure why I picked this up after the first two, but it's basically more angsting, more whining, more Eragon-can-do-no-wrong hero worship, more self-insertion. Don't bother.

*shrug* That's what I've seen, anyway. I'll probably be towards the third camp.

(Does anyone know where I can find a good snarky synopsis of the first, or second books? I remember one Agent doing them, but haven't seen them in a while, and for some reason I'm thinking it was Nscangal, but that might've been 'cos she did the DaVinci Code... thing. 's like a cross between a review and an MST.)

Also, I can't be the only person who's waiting with bated breath for the day after Mr. Paolini finishes his book, and then stages a press release, saying "OH my GOD, I can't believe people actually bought that! Dude, I just lost a bet with my friend for $1,000! He told me people would buy the worst book I could put out as long as I threw enough fantasy into it, but I never would've believed him... Ah, well. Let me get on and see if I can write something for the real fantasy readers out there now, eh?" (seriously. I want something to redeem the homeschooled authors out there.)

One of my dormmates picked it up, and declared it abandoned in disgust yesterday. This evening, after classes, I shall delve into the void of canonical badfic.

Emperor, guide my mind. For though I walk in the valley in the shadow of badfic, I shall fear no badfic, for I am what the badfic fears.




(Actual PPC members qualify as inspiring pants-wetting terror, not mere fear)

I've read the first two, so I have a certain morbid curiousity about whether he can make this one even worse. But then again, that would involve parting with money for the thing - and 20 ish dollars is too much to pay for something that will probably end its life as a coaster!

I do have one friend - an intelligent person in virtually all other respects - who actually likes CP, so maybe I'll borrow it from her.

Elcalion

...because I'm probably going to stay as far away from it as possible. Did he really put the Doctor in there? Or rip off of Doctor Who in any way?

But couldn't find the stomach to continue. Even the slightest mention of this book sends me into an apoplectic rage (well, at least a very long rant).

As I do to read SMeyer's Sparkly Vampire series. A friend of mine read Eragon, and when it was mentioned at dinner and I said the parts I had read and what I had heard made it sound like an obvious Star Wars-meets-LotR rip-off, he nodded his head and agreed rather emphatically.

And to think he can churn out this dreck and I still can't work out where to go with my two epic novels I'm working on - one an expansive noir novel and the other The Adventures of Heist the Porcupine.

And that was enough. After I finished, I literally threw it at my wall in disgust. And the movie wasn't any better. I agree with the comment someone made; that it's simply Star Wars retold via Lord of the Rings, with a bit of Dragonriders of Pern thrown in.

The reason publishers publish it is because it does appeal to the masses, unfortunately. Since a lot of us are widely-read, and have the ability to critically analyze a book by looking at it, that's why you'll hardly find a good word about it around here. It's a generic fantasy novel with elements of others, thus making it easy to read, and even easier to create your mental images of what's happening in there. In a lot of cases, people won't even realise that the plot is essentially Star Wars, since it has dragons and it's in a fantasy setting, as opposed to the Sci-Fi genre of Star Wars.
What really irks me is that all these people are praising him because of the age he was when he released the books. 'Oh he's so talented, and so young!'. Too bad they're mistaking talent for determination.

Ok, that's the end of Artic's rant, brought to you by the letters W,T and F.

Ugh. Don't get me started on Brisingr. I'm over 200 pages in, and absolutely NOTHING of importance has happened yet. I'm starting to think that it might just be another brick of filler material until Eragon finally kills off Galbwhatever in Book 4.

Mild spoilers below in the event anyone cares...

Paolini seems to have picked up on a few teenage trends, as there's a cutting scene and a furry. Well, okay, the cutting scene is a "test of strength" over who gets to lead the rebels, but it reminded me WAY TOO MUCH of the emo!Sue cutting her wrists in badfic... And the furry is an Elf guy who decided to take on the form of a wolf, or something to that effect. Apparently he gives off a scent that makes all the women in the vicinity want to mate with him. >.
And yeah, emo!Eragon. Good Lord. One minute he's angsting over how many people he's killed, then he mercilessly kills a soldier who's begging to be spared, then he angsts over that, then he kills some more people... Ugh. I'm rather pacifistic, so I'm in pain at those parts... >.
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Good to be back on the Board, though. I need to remember to show up here more often... XD

Paolini really did rip off other fandoms. >.
I read Eragon, but I couldn't get through Eldest. It was too...boring. I'd rather read fanfic any day!
And I heard that in Brisingr, if that's the proper spelling (can't have minis popping up!), Eragon goes all emo because he got some wierd Gary Stuish mass-murder power. Go figure. *eyeroll*

I'll never understand this.

I only saw the movie, and that was after hearing all the criticism around here, and I spent the entire time MSTing it. The books - won't touch 'em, and relieved to say so.

*whacks Morbid Curiosity yet again* DOWN, boy!

Cos I haven't read any of them, but now that I've heard so much about how awful they are, I'm actually dying to, just to see 'How Bad Can It Be?'

Problem is, the local library's copies are all out all the time, and I'm damned if I'm *buying* the things.

... but from what I've heard, it's really bad. Someone was comparing it to "The Eye of Argon" and had excerpts from both. My first thought when I read one of them was "Wait, I don't remember reading this part in 'The Eye of'--oh, Glaurung, no!"

Also, someone needs to tell CP that "humping" may mean what he thinks it does, but it has some ... other meanings, too.

but as I know that it's been bought for one of my Christmas presents (shouldn't know, but came home earlier than was expected and saw it as I was helping unload the car), I'll get to read it then.

If anyone hears an apoplectic scream from the direction of England on Christmas Day, that'll be me cracking open the book.

Like many Infrastructure Departments, the DMSE&R tends to just get mentions in other missions. I believe there's an Agent from them in the Alumia exorcism, for instance, and I recall some from the macrovirus crisis. But there's no actual 'fics involving just them.

As to whether it would work? Well, it could, naturally. There is a tragic lack of actual Infrastructure stories (most are either an Action Agent visiting, an Inf Agent sent on an Action mission, or some sort of crisis -- the Intel reports may count as pure Inf stories, as well as Leto's General Store writings, and maybe the DIA stuff), and I've had various conversations about redressing that. Sadly, though, the life of a Finance Agent is dull and not worth writing about. DMSE&R, however, might be promising.

hS

First off, you don't sound stupid. Don't worry about that.

I've looked at the wiki, but it's not too helpful. Stub article and all. I don't think there's much known about it.

Why not throw out a short, rough suggestion of such a lab journal and see what feedback we can give? It should help to balance.

I can answer questions about the medicinal benefits of teas, and also about herbal rituals and ceremonies!

Well, I already know the answer, but a question could be 'What are the benefits, if any, of herbal tea?'

I wish non-tea-drinkers could understand that the flaky black bits are just tannin, and they make the tea taste better, and actually I'll thank them not to try to clean my mug, because I've been cultivating that black gunge for weeks.

Suvian: "Its mah storie and in mah storie unicornz xsist ok lusers?"
English: "I think I'm so original, but this is already old and cliched. I'm also too lazy to check whether unicorns really do exist in Middle-earth."

Suvian: "OMGOMGOMG IZNT SHEE TEH PWN?1!?"
English: "She is idiotically cliched. She is a brat with a bitchy, slutty attitude. Come on, PPC...she's drawn a target on her chest!"

I sujest that the initial categories be:

Blatant Sue
Masked Sue
Marked Sue
Anoying Sue
Ignorant Sue
...


Any more ideas???

Leto

Why, oh why, didn't someone think of this sooner??

If you want some help, I would be willing to offer whatever assistance you need.

The Ironic Overpower.

And he must yell, at the top of his lungs, "BRING ON THE TRUMPETS!!"

Even /if/ I live in sunny ol' California...I feel so...alone. *sniff* And I don't quite have the time or money to do Gatherings.

Since it is, after all, HQ, the laws of reality don't necessarily apply all the time so much.

It could be HQ itself answering her, or her voice reverberating off of the concrit, which is what I thought at least some of HQ is made of, sparked some kind of reaction. Or there could be a telekinetic... being... wandering about, answering, or, as Artic said, could be a ghost.

Also, definitely, definitely up for a Gathering on the East Coast 'fore I go off to college. In fact, we don't have to wait until summer! :D But we can if y'all would prefer it. Whereabouts were you thinking-- maybe Boston? It seems like a good place for a meet-up. *crosses fingers* Anywhere in the North is easier for me, I'm right around the Hartford, CT, area, so Boston would be perfect. But other places are good, too-- I don't mind a trip up to two or three hours; past that, I might have to reconsider. Ideas, anyone?

It could be the Ironic Overpower! Or some other random PPC deity!

Firstly, there's the Minis. Not sure which ones would be able to teleport or anything like that, but I know my mini-Agent, Arit, is capable of shapeshifting and all that, so he could easily answer back.
Next, there's the ghosts. Not sure if HQ would have many, but maybe if the room were close to the Tomb of the Forgotten Agent?
Then it could always be herself answering back. I'm guessing Quantum Physics in HQ would be very skewed, so talking to yourself could very well cause a copy of yourself to form.
And my final idea, why not the security team? They're Weeds, and as we know, weeds can get ANYWHERE. *Glares at his garden*.

Or we could go with ye old reliabile hallucinations...

(Not that post, but a more recent one) I guess most people don't remember the Fanfic Wars of Lee Goldberg versus the entirety of Fandom? I made icons about that...

hS

... sex education is the same thing as paedophilia now? WTF?

I'm so sorry! I've been trying to get the recording thing to work, but it seems to hate either me or my computer. It might be better if someone else took them; I don't have much faith in my tech ability...

...Kinda. I just took the script and looked up all the songs, putting them together into a playlist. Some of the songs in the script I couldn't find on the website I was on...and others have different artists.

But to hear it...here it is (No, my personal compositions are NOT on there. I still have to work out the MIDI.)
PPC Soundtrack on IMEEM

...damnit damnit damnit.

I shall bug my dad in the week after this Sunday, 'cos that's when I'll be free. Maybe. Possibly.

Oh, and it's okay if I replace all the swearwords with British counterparts, right? 'Cos Dad is helping out with the recordings and suchlike and he probably won't be thrilled to hear me yelling about killing things, never mind screeching "FUUUUUCK!!!" at the top of my lungs. (The indestructible centaur will probably just baffle him, though. xD)

I can do female characters, obviously, and I can probably manage androgynous people or younger/high-voiced males. I have some kind of throat infection right now, so if you need anyone sounding a bit husky, sign me up while it lasts. ^_~

~Neshomeh

Just let me know.

but it's now half-term and I will get them done. That thing for you as well, Laburnum.

Trojie, feel free to give me a kick via LJ everyday if you so wish.

I'm not willing, at this point, to try to trawl through the archives here to find the previous reminders, but I'm certain I wasn't listed on any of them. I'm also certain that this is because I sent my recordings in inside of a month after I got the lines. So unless I was sent more lines recently that didn't go through, I must insist that there is some error here.

Will ask Dad to show me how to work the microphone, and I can probably get my lines to you by Sunday. Will definitely be done by Halloween, I promise.

As soon as I'm finished with a presentation about Sodom and Gomorrah and John Wilmot, kick me. But you will have to kick me.

Ye gads, and there's a sequel too. >_O The nerve of some people.

What d'you think, hS? Want me to take this, since you're gonna be 'otherwise occupied' for a while here?

~ Rath ~

A person dressed entirely in grey and with a headband with ears on and a short tail tied to their belt walks in and starts scratching.

Perhaps including real fleas in this costume was a bad idea...

A short brown-haired girl with alert brown eyes strolls in, looking around casually. 'At least it's not a formal event...' she thinks, glad of being able to wear her orange flight-suit instead of some confining gown.

Jaina Solo, Jedi, pilot, (and pseudo-Goddess, of late) wanders aimlessly, looking for someone to talk to. At least, she feels, this is better than Hapes.

Just fashionably not early.

A girl in a vaguely renaissance-looking green shirt and black leggings walks into the room, fiddling with her belt, which was actually a scarf and ought to be on her head and not her waist. Hanging from the scarf/belt is a case containing a tin whistle. She is absolutely not wearing the same thing she wears to renaissance faires every year, definitely not.

She makes a beeline for the food and descends upon any chocolate she can find, cringing away from any bubble gum or fruity candy.

blue within blue eyes
non-descript sand coloured still suit (enviro tight clothing that doesn:t allow the loss of water).

Goes over to the side board, wonder if there is going to be any spice here? Wonder what would happen if you mixed it with Bleeprin?

LA

There is a young man here who moves with the alert confidence of someone who has won many battles. His long, uneven brown hair is tied back so as to obscure little of his face and less of his vision. However, the blue-and-green mask he wears covers at least enough of his face on its own.

As our imaginary viewer's eyes travel downward, they pause on a blue cape, a slightly battered breastplate over a gray-green tunic, and a worn sword hanging from the man's belt.

After a few moments spent looking around, Felix nods, steps forward a little, and holds out his hand. Those sensitive to magical or psychic phenomena would see a giant ghostly hand spring out from his own, close gently on a cup of Hot Bleepolate, and carry it back to him; those not so sensitive would simply see the cup flying into Felix's hand. He raises the cup to his mouth, but stops as it hits the mask. His other arm moves up into a facepalm.

He- well, as far as anyone can tell- makes for the candy, after a quick look around, and appears to be looking for gold-wrapped coins and possibly just anything that takes his fancy. He's wearing a blue tunic-like shirt, brown trousers and boots, and has a green scarf loosely wrapped around his neck, a bag at his waist, and a sheathed sword. His hair falls just past his shoulders, and is purple.

The blond appeared to be a young man, wearing a blue officer's military uniform and a rapier at his side. Green eyes scanned the room and he crossed his arms petulantly while trying to force back the excited grin on his face.

"Hmpf. A human party? Can't say I'm impressed." The boy kicked one of the pumpkins. "What are all these things doing on the floor? This is so unsanitary!"

The tan, dark-haired young woman sat cross-legged in a corner, her vivid blue eyes watching all warily as she hugged a large bowl of candy to her chest. A long crysknife lay sheathed next to her, and her green tunic and tan trousers were made of a simple, homespun cloth.

"A strange Offworld custom," she mumbled to herself through a mouthful of chocolate, "but a good one."

A young man leans against the wall, arms folded. He's wearing a black eye-mask, a long black trench/frock-coat, high black leather boots, black trousers, a dark red waistcoat and a white frilly shirt, the lace cuffs of which fall over his hands. He's also grinning in a rather worrying manner.

... her nose briefly wrinkling at the papery decor. She ignored it, smoothing her hands down the fabric of her blue dress. Most of the fabric was pulled to gather at the small of her back, where it billowed out dramatically, beautifully, save that it also acted as a dry mop for the dusty floor. Noticing this, she sighed.

"Ah, well," she muttered. "Can clean it later."

Making her way to the centre table, Madame Meru stumbled over a very small pumpkin and proceeded to kick it aside with a scowl. Reaching her goal, she took up a glass of water - yes, water, for now - and looked at her companions over the rim of her thin glasses. "May I presume that we will be guessing one another's identities at the end of this... 'party'?"

A young girl in a red dress sneaks into the party. Her wine-red dress has a flower rosette on one shoulder and small dots of...some glitter-like substance lining the hem. She wears a brown leather belt that looks a bit like a corset.
The girl also has a mask on. It is brown, with peacock and eagle feathers trimming it. She is wearing a little makeup and her black hair is actually combed for once, and done up with a barette.
"I know I look a little Sue-ish right now, but I don't have anything else in the closet right about now," she mutters to anyone who stares at her as she makes her way to the table of bleep drinks, tripping over random pumpkins.

A young man of indeterminate origin enters the room, and leans on a wall a ways away from Sheryl. His face is somewhat asian, but very dark. He wears a black T-shirt with "Cosa Nostra Pizza" printed on the back, and black jeans almost hiding a pair of boots. A katana, in its sheath, is strapped to his hip.

A young woman leaned on the wall, blue eyes closed as she waited for other partygoers to turn up. She wore a short, blue sleeveless dress, which was longer in the back than the front, over a half-sleeved white blouse, with a large pink bow tied around her neck. Her hands and forearms were covered by spotless white gloves, and a chunky bangle dangled from one wrist. Her pink and blonde hair was topped by a blue beret the same colour as her dress, and she wore a pair of tan-coloured knee-length heeled boots on her feet. A half-empty can of soda dangled from one hand as she flipped her hair back to reveal a single earring, an iridescent purple gem hanging delicately within a golden rhombus and connected to her ear by a wire so fine it was invisible but for the single bead halfway down it.

I myself see dead trolls... They're everywhere... Sometimes they pop up in more than one place... But they always have sporks in them. Isn't that funny?

Don't kill this guy just yet. I have a feeling he'd probably end up stalking us all and stabbing us in the ovaries or spleens if we do.

jIyajbe'.

Oú, en français, je ne comprends pas.

Are you a troll, spambot, or just strange?

I throw my double-bladed spork at you.

(It's called a spork, but it actually has a fork/knife combo on one end and a spoon on the other.)

Must I whisk you?

I swear I replied to it. And chucked the document back to you to boot.

*stabs the server*

They offend me the most. If I had to pick between them, option 1, since it has the death of Carey and both twins going suicidal... And Maddie taking care of them, when thei have their father still alive! If anything, it'd be oseby who'd have care over them until theifather arrived, not Maddie *Storms off muttering*

Yay Techno-Dann!

*hugs nearest ypur* At least we were already hanging out here.

Look, I'm sorry if I accidentally provoked anything. I didn't mean to do anything wrong if I did.

They're all coming from the same IP as far as I can see. Can we block it somehow?

Nope, no deadness here, fortunately. But we do have cookies!

Your name looks awful familiar, Mr. Garrett. Do you RP on a Battle Royale-themed forum, perchance?

The Nameless Admin keeps an eye on things, and a hand on the banhammer.

We've moved here

http://disc.yourwebapps.com/Indices/241484.html

I was just trying to get my quests done, and all of a sudden I've been attacked by the living dead and either killed or converted. You couldn't fight the things (not if you were a level 33 hunter), and getting to the Argent Dawn to be purified in the five minutes available would've been tricky even if the major city you were in WASN'T chock-full of zombies.

Played havoc, but was interesting in an 'aargh I'll run for my life' kind of way.

As of yesterday, a cure has been found for the zombie plague, courtesy of either the Grand Apothecary of the Forsaken, or a human high priestess, depending on your faction. Blizzard has hinted, however, that the invasion is nowhere near over yet.

It is increadably annoying in the Outlands. Shattrath is constantly infected and impossible to move around in. Not including my lag time for my comp (which in really bad in Shatt)

The people at Blizzard must be laughing their collective butts off about the zombie raids. I haven:t been to Booty Bay since I started playing again, but Orgrimmar can be fairly bad.

Leto`s 2 yen.

This is apparently only the beginning-the devs have hinted strongly that the Scourge invasion will continue until WotLK launch, and that the Lich King is not running low on tricks-the zombie plague is being cured, but the next phase of the invasion is nigh.

Zombie event is fun-ish if you like being a zombie, annoying if you're 70 and don't like it, and hell if you're an alt and trying to turn in a quest in an infested town (Booty Bay, I am looking at you).

Invasion, though, is fun and made of win. The gear from turning in necrotic runes (by killing invaders) is pretty good, and you can grab the Argent Dawn tabard again, for a Feat of Strength achievement if nothing else.

...when I forget about the board for days at a time. Awesome stuff turns up.
Very well done, I say. Giving me uncomfortable flashbacks to the last formal lab report I had to write, but very nice. =D

Now let's think of ways to decrease Glitter levels. Modified Vampire Bats? Their outer repulsiveness may decrease their chances of becoming Suvian themselves...

I have to say I really like this idea and its execution. I don't know if I said that clearly before.

However, as a PPCer and an English major and an editor-in-training--that is, as someone specifically trained to spot plotholes and other inconsistencies--I have to point out a few issues I find in your experiment. First of all, the classifications could be punched up a little bit. Pseudolatin is the done thing, of course, but the closer you get to the genuine article, the better. For example, Humanis perfectis should probably be Homo perfectis. Also, for weird classifications, you could follow the example of plant classification and use modifiers like "var." for "variant" (Puella moderna var. prophesida) and "type 1 x type 2" for such combinations as Sidhia tolkienii x uncanonicus fantasylandia. Also, your Angsty!Goth!Sue could probably be classified as an Emo!Sue, if my understanding is correct.

Second of all, I wonder if the source of the Glitter affects the type of Sue. That is, you drew Glitter from several sources of various types and used the combination to produce a variety of different types in the dummy. What if you drew Glitter from only one source, or one type of source, and increased the levels in the dummy with that?

Third, wraiths have blood? O.o

I mean these points only in a spirit of advancing science, so I hope you'll take them in the same spirit. {= )

~Neshomeh

So you write a novel in a month...might as well try.

I'm hopeless.

^^

I AM entering NaNo this year. Wish me luck...please?


Now I must go and fine tune my plot.

As long as my Muse doesn't continue trying to foist two novels on me.

However, I need to pass my classes, so, yeah. Maybe next year, if I'm not jobless and/or starving.

~Neshomeh, obsessive when she gets going.

I suspect my novel will be utterly ridiculous, though, as things will just be spewing out.

Expect ninjas.

...even though I have no plot bunny, no plot, and no idea what I'm doing.

Problem is that I'm going to be ridiculously busy this year. I can already sense the busy...ness.

I am so sorry, Oozaru. X_X (Oh, how I wish for a delete button, sometimes.)

*grin* I am, too.

Good luck to all?

Can we agree on a no torture policy for the duration of the month?

It's my second year, and I'm determined to make up for my abysmal performance last year.

My pen name's J. Daniel, if anyone wants to add me as a buddy.

I have an exam on the morning of the 1st (in my time zone - the rest of you will still be in October, so maybe it doesn't quite count?), but after that I have practically nothing, all month - quite convenient of the Americans to put it during my summer holiday ;)

I think I'll use it to get a bunch of raw, later-editable material either for a Wicked fanfic idea I've been tossing around, or more chapters for my PPC missions or my Stardust fanfic (yes, I know that's against the rules as they're both already begun, but I'm not actually entering. I just want the incentive).

And maybe I'll change my mind and be boring. Not sure. *shrug*

I'm a good bit busier this year than I was last year, so I may not make it. Worth a try, though.

Probably won't put it online even if I do, though. I wanna use it for a first draft for a potentially publishable story, and I don't want to give it away.

Is it a good fic?

For a laugh, if nothing else.

Does this have to be a full story with dialogue, or can it just be a brief summary?

Because I'm doing the latter: Barbie annoys Lord Voldemort with her OMGZSPESHUL POWAHS!11!!1eleventyone!11! and Voldemort just wants to kill her. Unfortunately, she is too fake to kill, so he broods for a while, cursing her insolence...after all, no one calls the Dark Lord "Voldy-kinsies-poo"!

The next challenge: The Witch-King of Angmar and...hm...Susan Pevensie? (Someone better have the athelas on hand aftewards!)

Model answer: Her mom, or she was lying.

Congratulations. You win a free ypur.

And I'd give you Cassie's email but she's dead to me now. Where'd I put Trojie's... trojanhorseshadowfax@gmail.com

But the deadline for lines is Friday (ohgodsIbetterhurry) so you might be too late.

We're shifting back to the other Board, now. I know, it's confusing. Look at the article for the "Ypur Invasion" in the Wiki; it explains some things.

Welcome, Kyle! I give you a coxcomb, which is a sort of silly hat.

I know this is rather late, but I have to take whatever internet access I can get at the moment. So, yes. Welcomes. Here, have a bag of pebbles and a Random Shiny Object.

As for the Movie- I happen to be one of the co-ordinators, so I guess I'd be someone to talk to about it- yes, there are open roles available, unless they've been filled while I was away. I get the impression that you're of the male persuasion, so we have Redd, Sparky and Denny for you to take a bash at, if you'd like to. The deadline is tomorrow, but you are a very, very latecomer, so I expect we could make an exception if our sound tech can make do without those lines for a short while longer.

Many thanks, and welcome again.

Welcome! Lovely to see new people - or old ones, as the case may be, but I've only been here for about a year (...wow. I only just realised that), so you're new to me.

I think the best article about the ypur invasion is this one. Hope it helps

I leave the significance of the rice to your imagination.

It's shiny, gold-plated, and, hey, it whisks eggs! Use it for good and not evil.

Welcome to the insanity!

My PPC Agents Eledhwen and Christianne's minis (Lucy Pevenzi, Locy, Mara Labinigi, and Ithillien) give you a nice, fiery, painful mini-glomp.

My PPC DMSE&R scientists Lori Starrett and Bill Fallis bestow unto you a graduated cylinder. It's very handy in Mary Sue experiments, and has a graduation cap. Oh, and it measures fluids. *cough think clean thoughts cough*

Welcome to the PPC. You might want to go visit Medical for those mini-glomp injuries now. *waves hand cheerfully*

Will your Agents be based in a response center or a TARDIS, BTW?

I think Tomato may have meant the Mary Sue Invasion or the Macrovirus Invasion. Nevertheless, welcome in from the wilderness, sir, to the much more active PPC boards (yes, much more active than SOTF right now)!

All of these seem fairly interesting. Glitter decrease/withdrawal could be tied into the same experiment though. Now, I may be out of the loop here since I was last at the PPC in something like 2005, but I'd think it'd be interesting to see an experiment on what kind of conditions Sues can comfortably exist in, the strength of their immune system (gradually introducing them to more serious diseases to see how long it is until they recover, maybe?), maybe testing if they recover from injuries at a faster rate than normal people? Dissecting Sues and trying to get genetic samples to see how biologically/genetically similar to actual humans they are would definitely be something to check out, but I get the feeling you don't want to do that right away.

The last two (Glitter Withrawal and Glitter Reduction) can be combined, I think. I'm voting for both! Genetically modified Vampire bats, you'll have your Crowning Moment of Awesome yet!

Better to follow on from where you already were and finish it than start something new. Besides, I want to see a Sue stabbed with a syringe, or a Personality Dialysis. Glitter withdrawal's fun, too.

Of course, Sue dissection is the most fun, but save that for next time. Something to look forward to.

A properly sharp katana will go through an unarmored limb relatively easy. So will most similar swords - a cavalry saber, for example. A machete will provide similar results, but requires more effort. More classical medieval swords were designed for armor piercing, thus they have blunter edges and won't penetrate flesh as easily. They'll still do the job given enough strength.

If you're feeling a bit ludicrous, chainsaws are an option worth considering...

1. I'm no pregnancy expert, but how far along is the Pyro? That might effect the degree of the morning sickness and consequences thereof. "Go burn something" would be my answer though, whether the Sue or HQ.
   
   2. Not really sure. A sword? An axe? An insanely sharp knife? I'll google it tomorrow maybe. Sorry.

As a token of appreciation, please have some Anti-Lustin roses, and cake.

I must temporarily de-lurk to wish you both continuing amazingness!! And yes, you do look cute, and Kaitlyn is beautiful. We wish you the best of everything! (note: the laws of physics have been temporarily suspended to fulfill this wish)

Congratulations!

That'll teach me to lurk for a couple of weeks while I'm on holiday!

Best wishes to you both, and congratulations!

Elcalion

Best wishes, and may you two have many happy times ahead!

Yay! Congratulations to you both! ^_^

Love the pictures! Extremely cute!

Oh, right.

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CONGRATULATIONS!!!! This is the only occasion where multiple exclamation marks are acceptable. I hope your honeymoon is, liek, awesome, and I wish you much happiness and joy...and joyness...

HUZZAH!

And yes. You two are very cute. Then again I might be saying it because the many repetitions brainwashed me... ;)

I wish you happiness and the best of fortune~

C

Awww... you two are so cute together. *gives celebratory chocolate*

So, did you actually meet on the PPC Board?

I'm not ashamed to say I did squee. :P Seriously, congratualtions! Looked like a great day! *throws roses from mysteriously manifesting baskets*

As a wedding gift, I give you... the Public Domain Artifact of your choice! Excalibur, Durandal, The Japanese Imperial Regalia, or the Holy Grail, if you want to do a King Arthur impersonation.

...conga rats, you guys!

I'm not getting over the cuteness of the photos, I'm really not. Eee!

*mega hugs for all*

Best wishes for you guys. You're amazing.

I DID have more to say, but I can't put the words right. D'awwww...

Congrats! Although I'm sure half of the board has already said something similar...but good luck and best of wishes, all the same!

Guess long-shot relationships are still a shot, and sometimes, the dice gods smile.

Much good will to you from the Division of More Dakka. Plus a matched pair of chainswords.

That is the most awesome thing ever! Congratulations, hS and Kaitlyn!

I am not going to squee. Squeeing is undignified for a PPCer of my age, and it would wake up my roommate. But if there were ever a time to squee, this would be it.

Kaitlyn, your dress is awesome.

Again, I say: CONGRATULATIONS!

Yes, you are very cute together. Congratulations! ^_^

~Neshomeh

Looked like a great wedding. Again, congratulations!

Love the pattern on your veil, Kaitlyn. You both look great! This is awesome!

I wonder who's next... *looks pointedly at Platinumyo*

Would it be so fangirlish of me to squee LOUDLY? Even if you two say no, I'm going to. I've been a big Dafydd/Constance shipper, and this is just...SQUEEEEEEEEEEE!

I've done some icons off of these drawings.
They can be found here.

And would you two mind if I nicked these photos and do icons off of them? Please? I'll throw a drawn picture or two into the bunch as well! Please? *mini-Balrog pleading for bacon eyes*

~Lily

Although, y'know, this produces worrying precedents for various *other* agent pairs ...

:P Just kidding. Much happiness to the pair of you.

*throws confetti, rice, snowflakes, and polo mints*

Awww. In fact, awwww-some. *gets mowed down with machine-gun fire for that horrific pun*

Hey, that's great, guys! I wish you two the best!

*showers you with many, many gifts of things That May Or May Not Help*

*oh, and champagne*

You two look wonderful together and I hope you are both always very, very happy. Congratulations again to you both.

*is insanely happy for you*

Best wishes for life in general as a whole, guys! That is awesome (and cute)!

Yes, you are cute. Congratulations!

And you both look so cute!

(And as a Fynn doesn't use that word ever, that is something of a compliment~)

Awesome, guys! You two are adorable! X3

~ Rath, cheering ~

Have a Mark I K-9.

Very, very nice. Metaverse romance! Beautiful wedding dresses! Sue-slayers! Can't ask for anything better than that.

P.S. You two are cute.

And another Gary Stu down.

Read it through a few times, sending my reply/review/whatever you want to call it, heh. It shouldn't be too long before you get it.

I'm not the most experienced, but I can give it a try if you want.