To get straight to the point, I'm doing a short essay on the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, focusing mainly on scriptwriting and deliberate alterations, for better or worse, from the books. There are a number of moments where I think that they may not have made plot points clear to people who haven't read the books before, or made changes that upset/don't satisfy fans who have.
I'm not asking for much, but if any of you can throw your opinions and / or experiences at me - especially if you can give me some links that'll look nice and shiny on my bibliography - I'd very much appreciate it.
Cheers,
- Sedri
(...And I trust this isn't TOO off-topic. Don't suppose anyone will come at me with torches and pitchforks, anyway. ;p )
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OT: Help request: MOVIE ADAPTATIONS by
on 2009-02-01 23:40:00 UTC
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Thanks, all! by
on 2009-02-04 06:45:00 UTC
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I've worked as much as possible into my essay. You guys are invaluable. CHEERS!
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Gods, I haven't been here in aaaaages. Anyway... by
on 2009-02-03 23:07:00 UTC
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I like Prisoner of Azkaban, only because it's the only stylish Potter film they've made so far (Alfonso Cuaron has a lot to do with that). They did miss a fair bit of stuff out, but the question remains - do you stick religiously to the text, and end up with an overlong, crammed film without any atmosphere until the final moments, a la Goblet of Fire (essentially, a Greatest Hits package), or do you compile the most captivating film you can by liberally cutting and altering a few elements? Yes, the Marauders should have remained, but other than that, I think Azkaban is better for its changes.
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OT from the OT.....heh, how's that for an oxymoron by
on 2009-02-05 04:45:00 UTC
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I think I've got you beat for not having been here in ages... it's quite literally been YEARS!
I hate college, it leaves no time for the 'unimportant' things in life....why'd I have to go do something technical like engineering....
I'll bet 300 sporks, and 4 boxes of bleeprin (or whatever the current permutation of it is), that NOBODY here these days remember who I am...
~E.N.
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*squints* You look familiar. by
on 2009-02-05 05:33:00 UTC
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I don't remember well enough to say "Oh yeah, you're that guy who did that thing" (mostly because my memory sucks), but I have definitely seen your username before. Welcome back. {= )
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Crap....and those were my last boxes too.... by
on 2009-02-05 05:56:00 UTC
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Ah well, having stayed shy of the world of fanfic I hadn't been self-medicating with them as often as I had previously...though they did come in handy after a few overheard conversations about plans for the weekend....
I'll just have to wear headphones more often.
I'm still interested in seeing if anybody else remembers me! I may be out of bleeprin, but I can probably steal some from my greatgreatgrandmother. I think my little brother told her they were her heart medicine...he thinks the blackouts are funny I guess. I've got plenty of sporks, and can supplement with junk food of all types, I'm at college after all. It's all over the place, free for the taking, I may have to do a little running after the taking...but exercise is good for me right?
Thanks for remembering me Nesh! I do remember you were active back then too, congratulations on surviving this long in the business. My hat is off to you.
Oh and the reason you probably don't remember me as the guy who did that thing, is I never did get around to doing it... Thus it is quite impressive that you merely recognize me!
(I had written an introductory chapter for my cousin EruDaughter, guess who joined first, I believe we got it approved, but we never got around to putting it up anywhere....I still have it somewhere if anybody's interested in seeing a dated spinnoff)
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whoops, "WITH my cousin E.D, " (nm) by
on 2009-02-05 05:59:00 UTC
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Oh, sweet Artemis, I *loathed* Goblet of Fire. by
on 2009-02-04 06:06:00 UTC
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('course, I hate all the films in general and generally consider each worse than the last. I actually walked out of the newest one.)
In response to Sedri, my main objections were the - in my mind - inaccurate characterizations of Remus Lupin and Sirius Black, the addition of the evil accountant's mustache on Remus, the changes made to the Boggart lesson as I thought they took away from Neville's characterization, and explaining who the Marauders were...and the mustache. Remus is my favorite. -
Bloody friggen hell! NO PEEVES! (nm) by
on 2009-02-03 12:45:00 UTC
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Sirius' tattoos? by
on 2009-02-03 09:08:00 UTC
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They weren't in the books, were they?
http://www.canmag.com/news/3/3/248
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/a64205/harry-potter-books-vs-films.html?page=3
I skim read those two, but they're from the references on the wikipedia page. I assume you've had a look on that - that has a section on what they've missed as well. Even if you can reference it, it makes for a good start.
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Cheers! (nm) by
on 2009-02-04 00:25:00 UTC
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ranty email will come later, with more detail than you want by
on 2009-02-02 15:17:00 UTC
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Been a while since I've seen it, and I've only got it on video, so this is going off memory. But I remember bitching about that film loads so that should be alright.
Deliberate alterations have to include That Damned Moustache. JKR generally mentions facial hair when it's there. She mentions none on Lupin. And the one the film-makers gave him was just dire.
Other small alterations that annoyed the hell out of me include the ages of Harry's parents' generation. They should be 33/34 in his third year, but they're all blatantly ancient. And it's Moony, not Mooney, and changing it to the latter on the Map was unforgiveable.
Main problem, which I think you're getting at, is the total lack of backstory. I'll see if I can get hold of a working video player tonight so I can give you a breakdown of everything that's wrong with them cutting out the backstory, because my brain's mostly blocked it out. Then I'll send you a lovely long ranting email about it. -
About making Sirius and Lupin look old, by
on 2009-02-02 22:31:00 UTC
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both were justified; in the book, it mentions Lupin being prematurely aged (from the stress of being a werewolf), and it also mentions that Azkaban had aged Sirius to a point where he was nearly unrecognizable.
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Re: About making Sirius and Lupin look old, by
on 2009-02-03 00:37:00 UTC
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Mm, but what's the excuse for Snape?
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They wanted Alan Rickman to play him? (nm) by
on 2009-02-03 09:01:00 UTC
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well, they shouldn't have by
on 2009-02-03 16:11:00 UTC
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They should have wanted someone who was within a reasonable age range to play him instead.
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Unfortunately, adaptation decay happened by
on 2009-02-03 16:41:00 UTC
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And it's why we have adaptation theory in Film Studies. Yes, they should have. But there's all kinds of arguments as to why they didn't need to, starting with that people had no idea how important his past coinciding with the Marauders would be when they started the film (although, really, people should just assume things are important and leave them in. We'll get the last laugh, as they try and redo their mistakes to make the bits they left out still be able to feature in the last film), and ending with "he drew a large amount of fangirls money in".
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'more detail than I want'? Never. I need 4000 words total. by
on 2009-02-02 21:31:00 UTC
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Bring on the email! *braces herself*
Also, I may quote that bit abut JKR generally mentioning facial hair. Just so you know. :) -
when's it due? by
on 2009-02-02 21:53:00 UTC
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Only I'm going to have to try and find a DVD copy, since my dad's dismantled his video player. Fairly sure I've got it on DVD downstairs, but it'll be on a fairly inaccessible shelf, and you know me, I'm bone idle. So give me a deadline to get my arse in gear.
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Two days. I am not usually this lazy. by
on 2009-02-02 22:26:00 UTC
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I just hate this whole bloody thing. *sigh*
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Re: Two days. I am not usually this lazy. by
on 2009-02-02 23:01:00 UTC
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I'll get on it either later tonight or tomorrow then. Probably tomorrow, as tonight I am once again making a concerted effort to get that damned To Read list down below 130.
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No Marauders... by
on 2009-02-02 13:39:00 UTC
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We never find out that Remus, Peter, Sirius and James are Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs.
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DEMENTORS CAN'T FLY (nm) by
on 2009-02-02 13:07:00 UTC
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The change I hated most... by
on 2009-02-02 02:52:00 UTC
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Was the omission of the "parting of ways" scene, in which Sirius and Snape come face to face in the Hospital Wing and Dumbledore explains in no uncertain terms that they are now on the same side and must at least pretend to get along. And then sends Snape on a secret mission. I couldn't believe they didn't include something as significant to their characters and the overall story as that. Now it's too late to do something similar and a lot of that wonderful ambiguity will be missing from Snape's character.
I didn't like the way they did the werewolf at all, either. What was up with the "mating call" thing? How could Hermione mimic something she'd never heard before to such great effect? {= P
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Another thing. by
on 2009-02-02 18:26:00 UTC
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Wasn't this movie the Advent of the Ridiculously Trendy Outfits? 'Cause I'm pretty sure Wizarding society would've raised its collective eyebrows at that sort of thing, even if those kids COULD afford the style. If it were a mission, I'd charge for butchering the culture.
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er... you mean the kids' casual wear? by
on 2009-02-02 21:31:00 UTC
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Like what they wore to Hogsmeade? I'm completely blind when it comes to fashion, so I'm not really sure what you're getting at.
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hoodie!Potter by
on 2009-02-02 21:56:00 UTC
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Leaving aside Hermione's ghastly pink monstrosity, wasn't it PoA when Harry started wearing hoodies? And ones that fitted, at that, despite him supposedly wearing Dudley's hand-me-downs. Hoodies of the style Harry sports in the film weren't really standard accessories in the early nineties. I was wearing them in the late nineties, but as a so-called "mosher" - the trendies and the teggers wouldn't have been seen dead in hoodies. Dudley certainly wouldn't wear them. So unless Diagon Alley had alternative clothing stores in the early nineties, Harry's clothes can be charged for.
Can probably charge for hairstyles too. Early nineties, remember. It was a terrifying age. It also featured leggings, and shell suits, and other ghastly things I'm doing my best to repress. -
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Bloody hell, Pads, try to speak English that others can understand. Or at least explain your regional slang.
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Mosher? by
on 2009-02-03 18:50:00 UTC
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I must really have missed something. That is not a term I am familiar with. Same with tegger. Is that British slang, or am I just completely out of it?
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now I feel old :P by
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Moshers = those that mosh. Led to the time-honoured abusive chant "Mosh, mosh, get a wash!" These days, they're your vaguely "alternative" kids. In my day, there weren't so many of us, and not many sub-denominations were needed. Way back when, the outfit was huge trousers and a band hoodie or t-shirt, and an oversized keychain. Makeup on men, silly piercings, and dodgy illicit substance habits optional. Stupid dyed hairstyles were pretty much mandatory. Precursors to the emo kids, if you like, except we didn't generally slit our wrists.
Teggers = local word for townies. These days usually known as chavs, although a couple of years back they were all called scallies. -
I heard "mosher" in Australia... didn't know what it meant by
on 2009-02-04 00:22:00 UTC
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but a friend told me it meant "people who are in the mosh pit at concerts". Not knowing - or particularly wanting to know - what a mosh pit was, I just nodded and left it at that. But point taken.
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it's a place best avoided by
on 2009-02-04 00:27:00 UTC
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Last time I was in a mosh pit, I took a steel-toe-capped boot to the head. Not an experience to be repeated, though thankfully I was off my tits at the time and didn't really notice.
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Re: Mosher? by
on 2009-02-03 20:24:00 UTC
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My guess is that it's old slang that's fallen out of use.
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Nope, still used down under. by
on 2009-02-04 02:13:00 UTC
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Or at least, it was when I left. It's not used often, but if 13-18 year olds know what it means, it's hardly dead.
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wasn't that GoF? by
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Your first paragraph, I mean. No secret mission needed until Voldemort's back, after all.
Werewolf = man who becomes wolf. What they gave us was bizarre man/wolf hybrid. Annoyed the hell out of me. And the mating call was totally unnecessary - Sirius is a big dog, he's meant to be able to just about handle the werewolf himself, and distracts it from the kids. -
Oh. Nerr. by
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You make a convincing point. Also, it's been a while since I actually read the books. {= P
But if that HAD happened in PoA, it would have really annoyed me there, too. {= P
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Re: The change I hated most... by
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Mweeeee, werewolves should be furreeeeee... not slimy... *wails*
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... Why did I use bold? It's hardly urgent. Hmm. Sorry. (nm) by
on 2009-02-01 23:42:00 UTC
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Mission plug! by
on 2009-02-02 02:40:00 UTC
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Trojie and Pads have been stealing missions for too long, and the Lace is onto them. Their punishment? A five-mission marathon through The Uber Pit of Voles' Narnia section. This is the first installment of the horror: 'The Two Boys', a ... charming ... tale of exploration and youthful curiousness between, of all people, Cor (or 'Shasta' as he is continually called) and Corin, with no attention paid to grammar, spelling, punctuation characterisation or biological accuracy.
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Congrats by
on 2009-02-02 02:56:00 UTC
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Ouchies. As bad, or Worse than That Series?
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I don't think quite as bad, but still by
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There's incest, bad slash, bad het, bestiality, and even SPESHUL PROPHECIES! So, y'know, of the traumatising end of the scale, especially for poor Trojie, whose protectiveness over Edmund Pevensie knows no bounds.
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What about by
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Bad biology? you have read the cluny one of that series, right?
But yeah, it is bad. sounds very very bad. and there will be no party at the end of it, so no reward ot look forward to. -
Oh, bad biology goes without saying by
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After all, this is a Pads and Trojie set of missions - we target bad biology fics specifically :)
No, no party. *sad face* Unless you count trying to drown yourself in the Fountain of Bleepka? -
oh by
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didn;t know that. will have to look it up later.
Or you coudl try to visit a fellow agent;s room. too bad no Narnia OFU that your agents coudl visit. I am sure they woudl terrorize the students there into behaving, and it migth solve their issues of going into missions uninvited. -
I think the kind of terrorising Trojie and Pads could do by
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is probably extreme even for OFUs ... although I'm still keen to set up the Pan-Fandom Sex Ed Travelling Roadshow ...
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still by
on 2009-02-02 03:13:00 UTC
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they want an invite to OFUR to have a sex ed showdown between them and cluny? Mr. Kit is interested to see which one can scare the students the most....
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that could be highly entertaining ... by
on 2009-02-02 03:15:00 UTC
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... if I ever manage to get another episode of the Good Omens Official Fanfiction Summer School out, might have to borrow Cluny off you. Exchange!
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Hell yes! by
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We were thinking of having Hastur be summoned accidentally from the GOOFSS when the staff try to play D&D. ("I quit this stupid game." "But you can't abandon-" "HASTUR HASTUR HASTUR!" "*sigh* Rocks fall, everyone dies ...")
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*giggles evilly* by
on 2009-02-02 20:04:00 UTC
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Possibly the last two OFUs you'd suspect of collaborating, but ooooh the possibilities!
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Collabaration is fun by
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We do need to keep the fanbrats on their toes, especially felena and sakura....
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Weeeelll by
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We're juuust about to start the Crisis, but it won't take long once I write it, and post-crisis there are a few staff who are definitely going to need holidays ... in the interests of not spoilering people, I'll send you and Laburnum an email :)
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oh, okay by
on 2009-02-02 20:29:00 UTC
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dms22@njit.edu is my email then.
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YEAP by
on 2009-02-02 14:58:00 UTC
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that we were. call if an cross ofu collabaration? we get to borrow hastur and you get to borrow cluny, trojie?
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...Laburnum, have you ever played Munckin? (nm) by
on 2009-02-02 13:03:00 UTC
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Munckin, that is. (nm) by
on 2009-02-02 13:04:00 UTC
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Aaa! Munchkin! (nm) by
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No, but I've heard of it. by
on 2009-02-02 20:34:00 UTC
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Was mostly inspired by Ab3's anecdotes: http://albruno3.tripod.com
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Oh, it's awesome! by
on 2009-02-02 21:36:00 UTC
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You can wield the Chainsaw of Bloody Dismemberment, the Staff of Napalm, or the Sword Of Beheading People Just Like In That Movie- and that's only in original Munchkin! Part of the game is cheating! It's an awesome game for PPCers, given that the lot of us are mad.
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And don't forget the Tuba of Charm! by
on 2009-02-03 00:52:00 UTC
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Munchkin is very awesome indeed.
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What Munchkins do you have? by
on 2009-02-03 12:43:00 UTC
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I have Munchkin Cthulhu and Munchkin Bites. The Munchkins got all angsty...
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Re: What Munchkins do you have? by
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My uni games society has Munchkin, Star Munchkin, Munchkin Cthulhu, and Munchkin Blender. In addition, various members of the society have Munchkin Booty and Super Munchkin, and bring them in on occasion :D
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Let's see here... by
on 2009-02-03 20:42:00 UTC
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The original Munchkin, and the first two expansion packs: Unnatural Axe and Clerical Errors. Also, Super Munchkin.
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Eee, I want original Munchkin. (nm) by
on 2009-02-04 15:58:00 UTC
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Sure by
on 2009-02-02 03:17:00 UTC
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sounds like a deal. you want Tarkin teh hare and Dotti playing dueling banjos on their hareaccordian and lute as well?
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we can probably manage without Tarquin and Dotti ... by
on 2009-02-02 03:19:00 UTC
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... tempting though the offer is ...
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Bleeprin usage. by
on 2009-02-02 22:05:00 UTC
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Is it ok to make a Mandalorian Agent not take bleeprin? I know this is generally a Bad Idea, but I think it's plausible for the following reasons:
1.The Agent in question is a Mandalorian mercenary. As such she really doesn't care about the universes in questions, just the credits.
2. If something occurs which DOES offend her, such as violations of the Mandalorian code or the Author attacks Mandalorians/Mandalorian warriors, she goes completely berserk.
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I think that it will be fine if she doesn't. Mandalorian assassins work to supress their feelings don't they? And if she really doesn't care then there she wouldn't need bleeprin.
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Re: Bleeprin usage. by
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My agents don't bother with Bleepka and instead hit the actual hard stuff, though I have no idea if that's kosher according to Mandalorian law.
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of course it's alright by
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Bleeprin isn't mandatory. A lot of agents appreciate its effects, but many get by fine without it. Example from the DBS: Agent Paddlebrains ODed on it during training, and on one occasion Agent Trojie threw a lot of Bleepsinthe down Agent Paddlebrains's throat in lieu of retcon, but aside from that, neither of them really use the stuff.
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One of my Agents never takes Bleeprin. by
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And she tends to try and encourage her younger partner to not take it either. It's just a matter of choice, I think. If she has a different method of dealing with fanfic trauma, she doesn't need bleeprin. Some Agents just like it.
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... Credits? by
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She knows that PPC Agents tend to not really get paid all that much, if ever, right? Due to the fact that the PPC generates little to no revenue for itself?
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Or maybe she got recruited before the Reorganisation, and hasn't caught up to the fact that the PPC's days of rolling in currency are over.
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More a question of survival really... by
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It was that or be killed.
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Bleeprin isn't exactly a neccessity for an Agent. by
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It's just heavily used since it's beneficial to Agent sanity.
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Back in my day... by
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... we had to settle for good ol' fashioned bleach and alcohol. And sporks. Those were popular. I can't tell you how many eyeballs I went through when I first started the job.
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My agents never take bleeprin, or bleepka.
It's their headache; they've got to live with it.
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Plugging my BSG Mary Sue Parody here... by
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Frak You, Mary Sue, by yours truly.
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That was nice. by
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Anyway, sorry about not sending you the Parody fic I sort of promised you. As I said, I had some problems. Thanks for the Humor you gave us all!
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My sentiments exactly by
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I was feeling down and that cheered me up! Thanks.
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Love it (nm) by
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The adventures of HQ's resident Time Lady. by
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The Avon Valley Rift
Following her regeneration during the Macrovirus Epidemic and subsequent Invasion, Agent Morgan of the DMS found time to return to south-west England. A while later, she wrote up an essay about the subject (well, today, in fact), which is linked above.
Due to the nature of the subject matter, some knowledge of Doctor Who (in particular the revived series) may be helpful, but it's hardly essential. And to be honest, if you don't know that a TARDIS is a time machine by now...
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Excellent with a capital E! by
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I applaud your work.
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Excellent. I love it. by
on 2009-02-04 02:11:00 UTC
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*wants to go to Bath now*
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*applause* (nm) by
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Fascinating. by
on 2009-02-03 20:29:00 UTC
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I'd propose a different theory as to the exact location of the rift, but that might break the fourth wall, and gods only know what havoc that would wreak.
*g*
~Neshomeh
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De plan, boss! De plan! by
on 2009-02-03 20:16:00 UTC
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... I've never actually seen that movie.
Anyway! It seems we have an epidemic on our hands, people. What do we think? What do we know? What can we prove?
We know that Agents of the PPC have been genderbent and that the effect doesn't appear to be limited to agents actually in HQ, though that one case could be a blip in the data. We don't know if all of HQ has been affected. Have agents on missions suddenly found themselves with a different set of parts? What about Flowers with a known gender? What about minis? Further investigations must be done in these areas.
We think this epidemic is linked to contaminated technology brought back from a mission by Agents Laburnum and Foxglove, with support from Agents Stormsong, Skyfire, and Drake, as well as Makes-Things and Dr. Fitzgerald. We also think Drake is probably to blame for spreading this contamination to the rest of the affected population. We can't prove this yet, as we don't know exactly what triggered the genderbend. We also don't know how to reverse the effect.
Further, we have yet to determine the extent of the effect. Is it just biology that gets switched? Is there an associated change in personality/behavior? In attire? Is sexual orientation affected? So far it seems the answers to these questions are Mainly Yes, Only insofar as hormones regulate personality/behavior, Yes, and No, but best to be sure.
Discuss.
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so by
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howdo we continue? and willthe weeds or DIA arrest drake anytime soon?
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Ye Storye So Farre. by
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Courtesy the Tangled Webs site
This includes everything by myself, Neshomeh, Laburnum and Ansela, and all except one post by Kitsune. The material by Ugolino and Heliomance isn't included, as it isn't part of the main thread as yet, and also doesn't have pictures to go with it.
I've done a minimum amount of editing, mostly to a) put everything into the past tense, and b) introduce consistancy by making Naomi "he" and Drake "she" in all narration. Dialogue references have been left as they are. I've also adjusted the spelling (although one word left me stumped -- the DORKS "phrapped" and I have no idea whether that's what was intended, so I've left it) and punctuation in places.
I will be taking the pictures and storing them on the Tangled Webs image host, but haven't done so yet, so try not to delete anything. And, Laburnum, if you're reading, I know there's some difficulties concerning use of Stormsong and Skyfire, so if it's a problem we can either edit the story or take it down. It's not linked in to the site, so at present it's just all together for convenience.
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on 2009-02-07 21:17:00 UTC
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now we just have to figure out where to go form here. who wants to do the tech's technobabble?
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Well... by
on 2009-02-09 01:53:00 UTC
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At the moment, there's nowhere to go. We have a lack of internal consistency what with people dropping in and out of existence and, with the DORKS already recovered, no plot. So I think a bit of re-writing is in order before anything else happens. I'd like to see the foxhunt go on for a while, at least. We can still have Ansela and Risa catch Drake if they want to, but not so quickly. I'd also like to write my agents back into the scene to fill out that stretch where the RP left me behind.
Another problem is that I misinterpreted the door in hS's original post. He wrote "the door of HQ." I read "the doors of HQ," plural, and figured one of them would be the door to RC #999. Do we want the setting to be the corridor outside that RC, or something else?
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Actually, by
on 2009-02-09 22:29:00 UTC
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Risa stayed in the RC. He won't leave unless a mission comes in and he needs to track down Ansela.
hS, I noticed a spelling mistake in one of my parts. The 'breath' towards the end of the penultimate paragraph of the first part should be 'breathe'. -
thew questin remains by
on 2009-02-10 00:10:00 UTC
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how do we continue from here? maybe drake's flashpatch migth cahnge others into a harem girl style outfit?that is waht teh portal did to him when he went through it.
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Not sure about that. by
on 2009-02-10 00:46:00 UTC
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I don't think my normally female Agents would be very pleased about suddenly having harem girl outfits barely covering their new male bodies. Hell, they wouldn't be pleased about that even if they were still female. You want Drake skinned alive by a pissed off thief?
I know, it wouldn't happen, but that's what he would threaten to do. He's already tried to shoot Drake, remember.
Besides, I wrote them having to change outfits because their usual ones were too small. And no one else has changed into harem girl outfits either. -
well by
on 2009-02-10 02:32:00 UTC
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not yet. could jstu take a whiel for the tech to recharge to send otu teh next pulse?
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No. by
on 2009-02-10 05:02:00 UTC
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First of all, no one's gone through a portal this time around. Second of all, no. More random plot devices =/= better story. What we have already is fine. Let's work with it.
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Okay by
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sounds good.
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I wrote "doors". by
on 2009-02-09 15:30:00 UTC
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But meant doors as in exterior doors. I edited it to door in the compiled version to make it clear. I made a couple of other changes (I think notably Naomi looking in/out of the door) to make that fit. But yeah, bodge job.
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So, how to fix it? by
on 2009-02-10 05:08:00 UTC
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I don't mind placing Nume and Ilraen in the corridor by an exterior door, but then there should probably be some notice taken of the Outside.
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This is very true. (SUMMARY) by
on 2009-02-10 22:54:00 UTC
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So, conclusions so far:
-We need to edit it a bit to indicate that C&D came in from Outside.
-We need to extend the fox-hunt before Ansela catches Drake.
-We need to sort out the Lux thing. This is a conclusion I've just invented, but it makes sense. As it stands, what happens is: Ansela claims Drake was waving the DORKS, Drake claims she gave it to Lux, and then reveals that's a lie. But Ansela would've known it was a lie, and Drake doesn't seem to have any reason to say she did and then revoke it (except that Kit felt like he'd driven me out of the thread or somesuch, which wasn't true :P). So that could do with making more sense.
I think we can agree that the genderbending is because of the DORKS... or can we? Kit keeps suggesting it's something to do with Drake's flashpatch, while it could also be the portal device MT rescued from the 'fic... but it's probably the DORKS. So the plot needs to centre around who has the blessed thing.
Hmm. How about (just a suggestion, now) we turn Drake's lie into the truth. Ansela never saw the DORKS, and Drake /did/ give it to Lux (or at least to someone). Then we can have a severely picked-on Drake forced to go along and try to help retrieve it, all while (if it is Lux) the genderbending takes on new quirks as Lux fiddles with the DORKS. Since you /know/ she'd do /something/, and don't I remember her fiddling with technology sometime during TOS?
... bother. You know /he'd/ do something, etc. Genderbent.
Okay, I don't know.
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I like Drake handing off the DORKS. by
on 2009-02-11 21:56:00 UTC
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I think Lux is being unfairly abused, though. She isn't the only agent crazy enough to mess around with a random DORKS.
If we wanted to descend into the truly ridiculous, we could have the thing handed off multiple times:
"Oh, that? Yeah, I had it, but after I poked it a few times and it didn't do what I wanted, I threw it at a random passer-by for laughs. Dunno where it is now."
"DORKS? Yeah, some jerk threw it at me. Didn't seem to work, so I dropped it in the Fountain of Bleepka."
"I thought I saw a really nice sword in the Fountain of Bleepka, but when I picked it up, it was just a DORKS. So I left it in the cafeteria."
Et cetera, et cetera.
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So Drake throws it to Lux, by
on 2009-02-11 22:06:00 UTC
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who throws it on to someone else, who discards it when they get bored with it and someone else picks it up and passes it to someone else ad infinitum?
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I like it by
on 2009-02-11 22:13:00 UTC
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musical agents, or is it more hot D.O.R.K.S. ?
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Re: Drake by
on 2009-02-10 23:06:00 UTC
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Could it be possible that Drake, realising that she was going to get caught, threw it at the first non-Ansela Agent she saw, who happened to be Lux.
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OH yeah by
on 2009-02-11 02:44:00 UTC
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He would. in an interlude, Drake does seem to know Lux. Mainyl that he doesn't get what she wants him to do.
DRake woudl do that. He is clueless and naive.
and as for the flashpatch thing, was just trying to think of various ways or theories for it to be spread. but it is the dorks, i guess. although why it did it, and effected all agents past and present, i have no clue. Sure that hS has a good reason though. -
Me? I'm making this up as I go along. by
on 2009-02-11 17:49:00 UTC
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Given that C&D had no PPC technology with them (although apparently they did have a portal generator of some sort, unless the door they came in through is local), introducing the flashpatch as a source wouldn't solve any problems, and would just mean we were chasing the wrong bit of tech for the entire story. So it's easier to keep it as the DORKS and just assume it's Narrative Comedy at work.
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on 2009-02-11 19:01:00 UTC
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That and plotholes. by
on 2009-02-11 21:51:00 UTC
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It's always plotholes when Sue-stuff gets involved.
I thought there might have been some interaction between the DORKS and the contaminated portal device, too, since they were both contaminated at the same source. Like I said, if someone tried hooking the portal device up to the main network, that's an easy connection between it and the portals/plotholes HQ is made of. Once the entire portal/plothole network of HQ is exposed, everyone is exposed.
That way, we still need the DORKS to fix it--it's just that we also need the DORKS to talk to the portal to talk to the network. Does that make sense?
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on 2009-02-13 13:41:00 UTC
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One, when shall we play the hot DORKS game?
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on 2009-02-07 18:44:00 UTC
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Shoudl we start it here, the annoyance here? I have a good idea of how to start it, adn what caused it.
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The plot thickens. by
on 2009-02-06 23:25:00 UTC
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Enter a couple of poor schmucks who have no idea what's going on, one of whom is unreasonably disturbed by the whole thing and really wants to make it go away. Do they set out by themselves to seek the cause and its cure, or does someone find them first? Where do they go? Who do they meet? What ridiculous things happen along the way?
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Wait, it did? by
on 2009-02-07 00:09:00 UTC
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Who thickened the plot? And more importantly, where?
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It's going to. by
on 2009-02-07 00:28:00 UTC
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If people add stuff to it, that is.
... I'm trying to be optimistic. {; p
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Well by
on 2009-02-07 01:53:00 UTC
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drake si still unaccounted for. For all we know, it could be carried in DRake's flashpatch, whatever is causing this. what woudl happen if whatever is causing this got carried along the flashpatches?
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Well, for one... by
on 2009-02-07 02:15:00 UTC
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... it'd have a sharding hard time affecting Dafydd and Constance, since they've been retired for two and a half years.
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Warning, sueish technobabble ahead by
on 2009-02-07 02:27:00 UTC
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But they still once wore a flashpatch, and used PPC technology made plotholes. This device, being an older model portal built for OFUs, somehow locked onto the signature of those who had worn the flashpatch, and/or used a PPC plothole, and altering their gender too. Although, that woudl mean that anyone who uses PPC plotholes or had worn a flashpatch, might be effected, which might mean that any surviving black cats would also be effected, not a good thing.
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That's a little too thick. by
on 2009-02-07 17:15:00 UTC
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Angry Black Cats? I don't think we want that much of a crisis on our hands. {= P
I think we're set with contaminated DORKS + contaminated portal = genderbender epidemic. It sounds to me like a question of hunting Drake down, finding everything that went into causing the problem, and putting it together in the right way.
My main question was, which agents are getting involved with the main thrust of events? Nume and Ilraen are.
Also, who's getting a cameo? FicPsych in general might make an appearance. DMS Agents Derik and Earwig might appear for the lulz.
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in RC#45... by
on 2009-02-04 03:31:00 UTC
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We do not know when the genderbending of most of HQ took place. However, the genderbending in RC#45 occurred in February 2009 HST, as it fits the Plot.
It is unknown whether sexual orientation is affected, as Agent Trojie has only ever hitherto expressed desire for unattainable musicians, and Agent Paddlebrains is and has always been incorrigible.
Clothes have maintained stati...il such time at which they have been removed. At which point no-one was paying attention. Clothes could have spontaneously combusted, for all the inhabitants of RC#45 noticed.
One change in behaviour has been noted: sexual inhibitions relating to prior bodies appear to be decreased. More details to be released at a later date, assuming we ever stop laughing. -
Ripples in time as well as space? by
on 2009-02-04 04:59:00 UTC
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Since plotholes are involved, the effect could take place at different times for different people, if necessary. That would be interesting. "So, are you normally this sex?" "Funny you should ask. I am, but last month I randomly switched for [insert time frame here]."
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If it's different times for different people, we shall edit our interlude accordingly.
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On the contrary! by
on 2009-02-03 20:37:00 UTC
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...the effect doesn't appear to be limited to agents actually in HQ, though that one case could be a blip in the data.
Two cases. Narto and Louise were also bent, and are also outside HQ. Lou wasn't even with the PPC in this timeline, so that makes no sense.
In addition, it seems to have affected children (or at least I think Molly was...), in and possibly out of HQ (although no one ever checked Tanfin to be sure). It may or may not have affected animal companions, ie fire lizards.
Is sexual orientation affected? [...] No, but best to be sure.
I would say, in fact, yes. It's been reversed, at least in some cases. Lou and Narto, specifically, seem to be attracted to one another as things stand. Whether the effect is a reversal, or merely an overlaying of attraction to the opposite gender to your current form (as I think the TF gun does), I don't know. I can't remember what Drake's sexuality's like normally, and I think she's the only one who's done anything else romanticish.
The question of whether it affects Flowers is, as you say, currently unanswered, but would be very interesting to see, since it would resolve the Gender And Flowers debate once and for all. It would also be interesting to find out what, if any, effect it has on the following:
-Asexual lifeforms with a neutral persona
-Asexual lifeforms with either male or female personalities
-Robots (eg, CAL-9000)
-Anyone with multiple personalities (would the multiples be changed too?)
I'm not sure whether any other than robots actually exist in HQ, though.
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Re: On the contrary! by
on 2009-02-03 22:55:00 UTC
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Yes, according to EGS canon, the TF gun adds hetero attraction to the switched person's usual orientation, therefore a straight guy would become a bi girl, etc. Official explanation is because it was designed for use by genderless aliens who wanted to settle among and interbreed with species which did have genders. Drake is pansexual (i.e. potentially likes everyone, including men, women, and tentacle monsters - hey, he's from an anime continuum) and didn't even understand the concept of orientation as such until Naomi explained it after a TS Bad Slash mission, so nothing's changed for him/her.
In the genderbending mission which started everything, nothing changed because they weren't using El Goonish Shive technology to genderbend until Skyfire got zapped at the end bit. The Sue tech works some other way. -
Oh, I beg your pardon. by
on 2009-02-03 20:38:00 UTC
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Lou claimed to have done it herself in their case. Which implies coincidence on a massive scale... although with her around, that doesn't mean much.
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To have done which? by
on 2009-02-03 20:46:00 UTC
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The genderbend, the reversed sexual orientations, or both?
To be honest, I was assuming it would work the same way it did in the mission--the agents all seemed to have retained their orientations there.
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The genderbend. by
on 2009-02-03 20:48:00 UTC
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She specifically claims that she went and grabbed a TF gun. Which means there's no reason their orientations should change or not in the same way as in HQ, so.
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welll by
on 2009-02-04 00:45:00 UTC
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we are not sure. Makes Things was working on it before he died, so we are not sure what was done. And the portal which caused it is PPC technology, so who's to say it wasn't some kind of sentient virus now?
As to how it affected all PPCers, some kind of plothole interaction? since the PPC is made out of plotholes, maybe a ripple effect that spread through plotholes and which affected all agents? and since Portals are plotholes, means all agents returning are affected?
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Ripple effect... I like it. by
on 2009-02-04 01:08:00 UTC
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It sounds very techno-babble-ish. ^_^ And, the plothole thing makes sense. My idea is that someone did something with the Sue-contaminated portal device--turned it on the wrong way or something--and instead of working like a regular portal, it tapped into a bunch of plotholes, which caused the genderbend. So, to undo it, they'd basically have to recreate the same circumstances with the contaminated portal device. That way, it would tap the very same plotholes, which should now contain everyone's original gender, outfit, etc., and things will go back to normal.
Not without some amusing trial and error, though, I'm sure. *eg*
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Yuh and a question abotu DIO and DIS by
on 2009-02-04 01:52:00 UTC
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Most likely Techno Dan gave the DORKS back to Drake and Naomi, not realizing not fully fixed. Drake used it to go female, it instead tapped into the halfway fixed Sue portal, (which is actually PPC tech that was stolen by sue spies and reworked) and since it was PPC tech, it was able to bypass the security protocols, and did the ripple effect.
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The DIO wouldn't. by
on 2009-02-04 12:56:00 UTC
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The DIO's sole remit is to deal with PPC Canon Mary-Sues. Drake's just an Agent who happens to be an idiot. :P
The DIA on the other hand (I assume that's who you meant -- the DIS are gone gone gone) quite likely would; Drake's causing a major hassle throughout HQ, and that falls under their control. However, since he's not actually harming anyone, they might let it slide.
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Yes, meant DIA by
on 2009-02-04 13:15:00 UTC
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True. It is a hassle, but well, none is harmed yet. that might cause a problem later. think any agents on missions were affected as well? That might be a problem as well. imagine your disguise suddenly shifting gender....
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Nume might argue about that. by
on 2009-02-04 17:10:00 UTC
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He feels extremely wronged. Violated, even. He might go so far as to say harmed. {= P
As for agents on missions suddenly switching, I think it would be hilarious and therefore must happen, but that's just me.
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Oh by
on 2009-02-04 18:08:00 UTC
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Should drake be worried about vigilante justice? Although, how would Nume want revenge on the fox?
Also, somehow i forsee drake getting in big trouble with the Flowers that Be.
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Subreality Glossary by
on 2009-02-04 17:09:00 UTC
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I remember seeing it here (http://www.subreality.com/glossary/terms.htm) but all the computers I've tried to access it with recently don't load it. Has it moved?
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Try the wayback machine. by
on 2009-02-14 07:48:00 UTC
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At archive.org. Looks like it has a perfectly good archive copy of the site, if you can't find where it moved to.
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ARGH! by
on 2009-02-16 13:42:00 UTC
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I hate computers! On the library computer, I can't get onto the Subreality thing because it 'exceeds the weighted phrase limit' whatever the hell that is. On the school computer, it won't let me onto the Archive thing. *rips out hair in frustration*
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Seems like it (nm) by
on 2009-02-04 18:46:00 UTC
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Damn, that was a useful resource... (nm) by
on 2009-02-06 12:08:00 UTC
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Betas? by
on 2009-02-04 17:46:00 UTC
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I need a beta for a Star Wars 'verse PPC (Clone Wars era). Be advised that the PPCing is rather long...
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Willing to help by
on 2009-02-04 18:05:00 UTC
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email is dms22@njit.edu.
I know some star wars, and can find more out if i need to.
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SG-1 badfics by
on 2009-02-04 19:09:00 UTC
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Surviving
Due to blood transplant, Jack gets AIDS. i'm rating this as a teen because i think most people can handle this kind of stuff but, i'm just warning you now this has to do with AIDS, i will try to update fast.
The AIDS is diagnosed after a week, the pacing is terrible, capitalisation of names is erratic, Cam is at the SGC at the same time as Jack and Janet, the Gate Room now seems to be the Control Room, there are ANs in the middle of paragraphs, there are multiple speakers per paragraph (which gets better in later chapters) and, IMO, the whole thing is far too f---ing flippant about the situation.
Blood Ties
Carters Brother has come to her with a secret now she has to convince everyone to let Andy, her niece, stay at the SGC in order to protect her, Asguard, and the SGC from being uncovered by government factions
Andromeda Carter, daughter of Mark Carter and niece of Samantha Carter. Yes, Sam has a niece in canon. No, we don't know her age or name. That, however, is no excuse for turning the poor lass into a Sue. Using abbreviated ranks (e.g. Maj.) in narrative and speech is silly. Mark knowing about the 'Asguard' is WTF-worthy. And if you're going to Sueify a canonical family member, at least be consistent about the spelling of her full name.
Blood and Water
Leaving a pregnant Vala Mal Doran at the SGC, SG1 and Vala's younger sister, Xala, go on a reconaissance mission against the Priors. Set in late Season 9, prior to the finale.
The universe doesn't need another Mal Doran. The universe couldn't handle another Mal Doran. And how the f--- is Vala pregnant and at the SGC? That completely messes up canon timelines. -
Gah. by
on 2009-02-04 21:55:00 UTC
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We've been talking about AIDS in my Epidemiology class, so I happen to know that it takes about two weeks to even build up enough HIV in your system to transmit it to someone else and about four weeks before it's detectable. A diagnosis of full-blown AIDS after just one week is pretty much impossible.
Note that there are about two whole weeks in which you can be shedding virus without even the possibility of knowing about it. Scary stuff.
Whoever takes that one, please include a nice big helping of "Bad Science/Biology/Medicine" on the charge list.
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Re: Gah. by
on 2009-02-05 02:55:00 UTC
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As I mentioned to Ansela earlier, and admittedly my biology can be corrected here, but, as you say, it's HIV that builds up in one's system. Not AIDS. The nasty one's passing on? It's not AIDS, it's HIV. And it doesn't always develop into AIDS. I think there's tests that show HIV pretty quickly, though possibly not as quickly as the fic mentioned has, but tests that pick up AIDS after that long? Whoever's got it must have a piss poor immune system, for it not to just have been transmitted but also to have developed that fast.
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So, what does one do with something like this? (badfic) by
on 2009-02-04 23:55:00 UTC
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Melissa, a Les Miserables fanfic.
Rated K, Summary: Unbeta'd, Javert/OC A new look at Javert's suicide and why he did it. Well it may not be so new.... and now it is official, I suck at summeries.
It's a oneshot, the OC in question looks suspiciously 'Sue-ish, there are two reviews, both of which have pointed this out, but I can't find any indication from the author that she plans to fix this.
The thing that's bugging me most is that the OC in question doesn't seem to ever be physically present. o.O How would one even deal with something like that, should it prove worth going after? (and that's not saying it will, there are definitely worse badfics. *shudder* But it made me curious.) -
Re: So, what does one do with something like this? (badfic) by
on 2009-02-07 18:58:00 UTC
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I am confused, the OC isn't physically present? I send you all the luck i can live without. Use it well :)
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Maybe she's in a plothole? by
on 2009-02-05 10:01:00 UTC
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There's also an OC named Andre. Maybe he could be recrutied?
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Hmm. Could be. by
on 2009-02-05 19:02:00 UTC
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*completely forgot about the other OC* Definite possibility. Have to find the plotholes first, but that shouldn't be too hard.
Still don't know if I'll do it, mind, there are definitely worse ones, but... grrrr.
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Metroid fanfics by
on 2009-02-05 02:57:00 UTC
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Goodfic for the list:
1. http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3134295/1/The_Screwed
Quote: "I am pleased to inform you that our status has gone from royally royally royally screwed to just royally royally screwed...Though the young soldiers are still complete morons, the metroids are continuously breaking free from their holding cells, the Hunter continues to devastate our forces, our energy is running out, our mining expeditions end with more casualties than productive phazon extractions, and the shadowlings possess our troops at every possible opportunity, we are quite confident that we still have a 5 percent chance of success."
2. http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3347901/1/Beauty
Oneshot. Captures the moment pretty well.
Badfic:
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2407956/1/metroid_stupid_and_menstral
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BSG Charge List! by
on 2009-02-05 06:15:00 UTC
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I made a list of charges to put up against bad OCs in the BSG (2003) fandom. They can be found here.
~Lily Winterwood, prepping everything for the pluggage of her first mission...
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*Boggles* There's still people here? by
on 2009-02-05 07:16:00 UTC
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Wow. I wander back in after 5 years and it's like nothing has changed - well, except some of the names, but I remember Huinesoron and Neshomeh and... wow, I've missed you guys. *overcome with sudden nostalgia*
Anyway, I dropped back by because my boyfriend recently started asking me some questions about LotR, and that made me remember how much I enjoyed this community. I just wanted to see if you guys were still around.
For those of you who weren't here 5+ years back, hi - I'm Laureril, also known as Laura (irl) or Agents Erin and Maralys of the Dept. of Mary Sues LotR division.
In real life, I'm finishing up a BA in Linguistics, with a minor in Comp Sci. I'm not sure when/if I'll get back involved here - I've got a lot on my plate atm, but it's strangely good to be back. Gah, I haven't really written fanfic in years.
So don't mind me, or my entourage of minis, I'm just sticking my head in to say hi. -
I echo your sentiments. by
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On a whim I just wandered back here though it's been a while. It's nice to see the board is mush the same as it's always been. ^_^
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Hi Boo! by
on 2009-02-16 05:46:00 UTC
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Yup, remember you too. I kinda hope I can poke my head back in from time to time whenever I need a little snarky pick-me-up. I guess eventually I may need to leave it to the new generation, lest I turn into the next Bast. xD
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Hey there! by
on 2009-02-07 00:14:00 UTC
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I *think* I remember the name, but I don't think I was here way back when.
And I know how education can be. I got a pair of agent's that'll probably never see the light of day and a huge Crossover from Heck that is floundering into oblivion.
However, I did get bitten by the Bay!verse bug thank's to a good fic, but now that fic is heading in areas i don't really appreciate so... I'm concentrating on my own thingy kinda *inspired* by that fic series.
If an old-bie wants to have look at the work of a newbie with a few failed projects and an "old shame" behind himself, here it is in all it's shameless pluggage.
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4695216/1/Transformers_Starscream_Ascendant
Your Fellow Boarder
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Yep, we crossed paths briefly =) (nm) by
on 2009-02-07 03:41:00 UTC
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Let me guess... by
on 2009-02-07 05:04:00 UTC
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you were one of the people who offered me help with my sadly-defunct undergrads crossover? Or were you a member of the Anti-Tentacle-Society-League-Thing? Or possibly one of the responders when I reported my first Legendary Bad-Fic (Ch* Ch*ng's D*s*r*s)?
By the way, has anyone slain that thing yet and if so, where can I read the report?
Anywho, welcome back again.
(note: ever since I gave Movie!Frenzy a paddleball, he's mauled anyone who's tried to take it away, so watch it.) -
Little more indirect than that. by
on 2009-02-08 02:07:00 UTC
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Like, I think I remember seeing your de-lurk and some subsequent discussion, but I can't really remember what all was said. ATSLT rings a bell tho.
And I have no clue what badfic that is, but I've survived worse, I'm sure. I've actually read C***br**n all the way through (and lived to tell about it!) To Google!
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Have some Anti-Lustin! (nm) by
on 2009-02-06 11:12:00 UTC
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Hi by
on 2009-02-06 03:18:00 UTC
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Welcome back.
I was not here five years ago , but I do welcome you back. So, what minis do you have?
*hands over a plate full of bacon, several mini bags of bacon for the deer critters and a cookbook on how to cook mary sues for the minis.* -
Just a couple... by
on 2009-02-06 03:56:00 UTC
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Erin adopted:
Calymac (Balrog)
Raveclaw (Aragog)
Maralys adopted:
Pretty much the entire entourage of mini-Draconians that were never adopted. (OFUKrynn Co-Headmistress)
Aaand I've got a couple of mini-boarders running around. *waves at Lauril, Laureil, and Laurel*
Ty for the goodies - they're pretty proficient in Mary Sue cooking, but nothing like a few new recipes. =) -
Oh by
on 2009-02-06 13:24:00 UTC
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Want a few mini deepcoilers?
And speaking of OFUs, I help run OFUR. So any ideas on how ot torture fanbrats is welcome.
Oh. And your welcome. Mary Sue cooking is a vital part for the minis. Although, how were the initial few cookings? pretty bad? -
I'll pass, thanks xD by
on 2009-02-06 21:41:00 UTC
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You're welcome to read through OFUK - what there is of it. I kinda left it at a giant cliffhanger. >
Btw - were you looking for Wyldehorse? I posted on your thread the other page, but as it's on page 2, I don't know if you'll see it. I guess I'll just reiterate here real fast:
http://www.geocities.com/PPCdirectory/
It's ancient and completely out of date, but has a lot of the older boarders on it. It took me googling my old e-mail address to find it! I looked and Wylde is on there, so by all means good luck getting in touch. -
Okay by
on 2009-02-07 01:55:00 UTC
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thanks.
her email isn't working. tried it, got it back. hopefully the aim works.
Although, wonder if there will be such a list for this board. -
OFUKrynn? by
on 2009-02-06 05:17:00 UTC
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Does that still exist somewhere? My boyfriend might be interested in reading it. {= )
~Neshomeh, who has two words to scare you to death: Kender agent. -
Still around... kinda. by
on 2009-02-06 05:23:00 UTC
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http://laureril.bravehost.com/fictionHome.html
You can look there - it's not really been updated since I wandered off in 2006ish, and it's missing a chapter I lost when it was taken off FF.n
And have you met Maralys Deeppockets? I'll give you a clue - she has a hoopack, a CAD, and doesn't need bleeprin. -
Hallo! by
on 2009-02-06 01:49:00 UTC
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Welcome back, then. And have a graduated cylinder. :]
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Hiya! by
on 2009-02-05 23:31:00 UTC
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Welcome back! Here, have an egg whisk.
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Egg wisk? That's a new one. o_O (nm) by
on 2009-02-06 02:44:00 UTC
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They're useful, you know. by
on 2009-02-06 06:07:00 UTC
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They whisk not only eggs, but spambots author wraiths, too. Nifty things, egg whisks.
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. . . linguistics? by
on 2009-02-05 22:25:00 UTC
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My envy knows basically no bounds. I really love linguistics, and was planning to major in it at one point (then I went to classical studies, then I went to Latin Teaching, then I went back to classical studies . . . then I dropped out of college to move to England. Ahh, my life)
Welcome back to the board! :D I'm kind of amazed that it's still active too . . . -
Greetings, fellow linguist! by
on 2009-02-05 22:15:00 UTC
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I've only been on here for a year and a half, so you won't know me, but I wave and smile at you nonetheless. :)
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Now, if only EruNephew will get up here... by
on 2009-02-05 21:53:00 UTC
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We can have a proper Welcome Back party. ^_^
College is time-devouring and evil. Good luck with all that real life stuff!
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*pantpant* Sorry I'm late! WELCOME! by
on 2009-02-06 02:45:00 UTC
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yay! Parties! It's nice you still have them here since I'm certainly not going to any at college. Too much HW...ick
I'm more than a little fuzzy about how long I've been gone, and have no clue how long I'll be sticking around. But WELCOME BACK! and I'd help you restock on bleeprin but I just lost all mine to Neshomeh on a bet.
AH! I'd stay longer, but the gravitational pull of my O-Chem HW is drawing me inexorably into its singularity! Enjoy the party! And throw some treats into the singularity for me! At least every, uh oh, EVERY ONCE IN A WHIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLE.......
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Sweet.Welcome back. by
on 2009-02-05 19:05:00 UTC
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We've a wiki now. Which still lacks many agents from older spin offs. *bad hint*
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Have a welcome-back plover! (nm) by
on 2009-02-05 17:19:00 UTC
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Welcome back! by
on 2009-02-05 16:01:00 UTC
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Nice to see another Oldbie returning to the Board, even if only for a visit. Have a medium-sized stuffed prinny before you go! Now minus the exploding, so don't worry about that - the new models can be thrown without turning the recipients into small pieces of unidentifiable matter.
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Eh, I might stick around. =) Thanks! (nm) by
on 2009-02-05 17:33:00 UTC
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Ah the memories... by
on 2009-02-05 14:23:00 UTC
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No, wait. All those are gone due to Pink Stuff...
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Welcome back! by
on 2009-02-05 12:27:00 UTC
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Have some welcoming welcomes of welcomeness!
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'ello! by
on 2009-02-05 07:56:00 UTC
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We're still alive and kicking!
How do Linguistics and Comp Sci overlap? I'm a CS major myself, trying to minor in Japanese, but I can't really see how it would work the other way around... -
'lo there! by
on 2009-02-05 08:12:00 UTC
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I remember you - good to see the resident techie is still around.
To answer your question:
Natural Language Processing and Computational Linguistics.
Fun stuff - like machine translation and syntactic parsers. My theory is that if I know enough about the linguistics side, I can help design stuff, and then send it off to people who are better at programming than me to make it work. Plus there's sometimes a lot of prep work in compiling corpora and most of that is very syntactic/linguistics-y.
I was originally planning on going into Comp Sci, but I couldn't keep up with the math, and the programming was getting over my head. Now I'm in Linguistics, which still kicks my butt on occasion, but at least there's less debugging. -
Ah, computational linguistics... by
on 2009-02-05 08:20:00 UTC
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We briefly touched on that stuff in my programming language design class, I'm expecting to hit it a lot harder in the Compilers class next semester.
(I am rather sad that programming language design didn't involve actually designing a programming language, but I suspect that's beyond the scope of a three-credit one-semester class...)
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OT: SNOW DAY! by
on 2009-02-05 08:36:00 UTC
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At least for a mass of people in Derby anyway. The presenter's been reading the list of school closures for five minutes now, is still going and it's still not completely compiled because they're getting too many emails to go through them quickly.
How is it where you are? Snow, no snow, just a dusting of snow? Is it closing anything for you, or is it business as usual?
For the Brits on the Board: Britain faces another 10 inches of snow as grit supplies run low
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finally! by
on 2009-02-12 20:06:00 UTC
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Clearly actually getting up in the morning has something going for it, for as I stared at the morning's emails and worked my way through the first pint-and-a-half of tea of the day, it started snowing. And it's only just stopped. And there's loads. It's ace.
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*throws grass* by
on 2009-02-06 05:39:00 UTC
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We have nothing. We were supposed to get rain today but we got nothing. I can has precipitation?
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You can not has precipitation. : ( by
on 2009-02-06 09:33:00 UTC
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I'd give you some of ours if I could. Really. Snow loses its charm when you have to climb over it and through to get to the bus. ^^;
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And when it turns into fairly slippery ice. (nm) by
on 2009-02-06 16:49:00 UTC
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No snow, but there is rain. by
on 2009-02-06 01:51:00 UTC
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In supposed 'sunny' soCal...
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I WANT snow. It's summer here. by
on 2009-02-05 22:13:00 UTC
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I'm in New Zealand, of course. That makes a difference. The weatherpeople are forecasting 29C for Sunday. Excuse me while I wail in horror.
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Monday FTW! by
on 2009-02-05 19:25:00 UTC
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Had a load of snow at the beginning of the week - over a foot, I think. And because Dad promised, we had a barbecue in said >foot of snow. It was awesome. :D
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Still about 2 feet. by
on 2009-02-05 19:06:00 UTC
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Wisconsin has been dumped upon since November, and though we haven't had any significant new accumulation in a while, there's still a lot on the ground. It gets slightly slushy in the sun sometimes, and then becomes ice. This makes walking to class rather... interesting.
We rarely have off of class here. When there is a lot of snow, the university says "Well, most students walk to class, so we won't cancel anything." When there's no snow, but windchills in double digits below zero, the university says, "Well, most students drive to class, so we won't cancel anything." We have no luck. -
It never snows here. by
on 2009-02-05 18:39:00 UTC
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It's just cold.
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No snow here. by
on 2009-02-05 17:56:00 UTC
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None at all in sunny Jersey (that's the Channel Island), although we did have some earlier this week. It'd all bally melted before lunchtime. On the plus side, we did manage to get a snowball fight out of it.
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No snow here by
on 2009-02-05 17:41:00 UTC
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Washington State is snow free, fortunately. I have to get to Seattle tonight and I hate taking the bus in the snow. And yesterday, amazingly, it actually felt a little like spring!
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*Throws a 'haha, 18 degrees C here' ball back* (nm) by
on 2009-02-05 17:35:00 UTC
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we got nothing by
on 2009-02-05 15:58:00 UTC
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Inch or two fell on Sunday night, all turned to slush on Monday, then it rained. Ever since, the weatherman's been promising snow that has yet to turn up.
My brother-in-law had marvellous fun with the snow in Cornwall earlier in the week. There was no point in him driving to work, because down there everyone abandons their cars, often in the middle of the road, at the merest hint of snow. So he walked to work - three miles up and down hills, with no pavements, although fortunately no-one daring to drive either. I'm jealous.
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Re: we got nothing by
on 2009-02-05 16:21:00 UTC
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Have as much of the bloody stuff as you can take, Pads. I don't want it, that's for sure. Ice rinks for roads and pavements may sound fun, but when you actually have to use them it's not so appealing.
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hence I love it by
on 2009-02-05 16:23:00 UTC
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After all, it's not like I ever have to leave the house. Unless you count going to uni twice a week and the pub rather more often than that.
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*throws slushball at British people* by
on 2009-02-05 14:17:00 UTC
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We had a lot of snow in January (in New York), but a warm spell last week melted most of it.
Even when we got a foot, I didn't get classes canceled. We're a small and 99% residential campus, so we can always get to class. We only get things canceled if the professors can't get here.
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Re: OT: SNOW DAY! by
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A few feet of snow. Pretty cold though...
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Lucky. by
on 2009-02-05 12:26:00 UTC
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The fact that I am online at this time should show that there is no snow day. School computers FTW...
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Oooh~ Just looked out the window by
on 2009-02-05 10:07:00 UTC
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There's a whole load in Oxford too. Not sure how much, but much more than we had at the beginning of the week. I might have to go and take pictures later. Uni won't have closed though.
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Anyone want to do an badfic reading on Skype? by
on 2009-02-05 19:57:00 UTC
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I just installed it. Does anyone A) know how to set up a group call, B) want to do a group badfic reading? I was thinking either "legolas" again, like we did at the Gathering, or The Eye of Argon. (Just not one of the lemons, because my family might walk into the room at an inopportune time, but we all have that problem.)
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I'd love to. by
on 2009-02-05 23:33:00 UTC
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Should be on around 8-ish PST--which I know is rather late, but maybe I can pop in for the end or something. Or not! Either way, fun will be had. ;-)
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We really need some new material. by
on 2009-02-05 21:50:00 UTC
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With all the badfic out there, there must be others that would make good read-aloud sessions. {= P
Anyway, I have no idea when I'll have time, but my Skype name is, of all things, Neshomeh. Shocking, eh?
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Re: We really need some new material. by
on 2009-02-05 21:55:00 UTC
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We're on right now if you want to join in.
True. Not the lemons, there is NO WAY IN HELL I am reading the Spear Incident or any of "Little Miss Mary" aloud. But "soulless shell" and "Blood omen" would work for people with reasonable lung capacity. -
How about everybody find something different? by
on 2009-02-05 22:06:00 UTC
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Something short, of course, and in a fandom that everyone knows.
I may or may not have the chance to join in. Besides time zone differences, there's a million things to do this weekend. But feel free to add me to your skype lists anyway - I'm fanwritersedri. -
Sure~ I'll only be around from 9-10pm GMT, though (nm) by
on 2009-02-05 20:54:00 UTC
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Sure~ I'm up for it. by
on 2009-02-05 20:16:00 UTC
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I'm still on campus right now, and work at 5pm (midnight GMT) but hopefully won't have too much a blip in between in getting home from here.
Skype name is JulyFlame.
I warn for lack of headset since I don't bring it to school with me, so extra noise on my end. -
Mine is chelonianmobile. by
on 2009-02-05 20:17:00 UTC
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I have to go play with my ferrets now, but I'll be back around 9pm GMT, if that's convenient for anyone else.
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Assistance (c. 2004 HQST) by
on 2009-02-06 00:29:00 UTC
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Newly-minted Agent Tatharien wandered into the Cafeteria, grimly pondering the Sunflower's directive. You will take this mission and like it, Agent. I'm not assigning you to a Tolkien fi...il I'm certain you can manage the job itself. Now go. Your first mission is in your Response Centre.
She had left his office as ordered, but her wanderings had not yet led to her RC. Tath had found several broom cupboards, holding everything from some tatty-looking Cleansweep Fives to a rather frightening-looking Hoover that may have been sentient. She'd also found Medical, a black door emitting ominous whirrings, and thirty-five different varieties of scorch-marks.
The Cafeteria was loud, filled with oddly-dressed and -shaped Assassins, Pyros, Floaters, Exorcists, and more.
Tath cleared her throat, "Ehm, excuse me. Would anyone be willing to help me with my first mission? I haven't got a partner yet."
(Skullduggery Pleasant Mary-Sue, no capitalization, No knowledge of canon required. Please respond to address above.) -
Note. by
on 2009-02-06 00:41:00 UTC
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Email: kyria underscore thalia at hotmail dot com
I am aware that the time periods of this mission, canon, and fic do not align properly. My agent is not connected to normal timeline.
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Uh. ...Salutations? by
on 2009-02-07 01:58:00 UTC
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Is this how you do it? Am I breaking the universe yet? Because I need to. Those... SQUIRRELS. They're gonna get me. Can't trust furry woodland creatures. My clock's probably in on it too. They're evil I tell ya. They're gonna come. When they do, I was never here! Understand?
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Fire is a remedy to all ills. by
on 2009-02-09 01:38:00 UTC
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Here, have some fire on a stick!
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'Ello! by
on 2009-02-08 20:40:00 UTC
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Don't worry, I think I have Nuzgul attacking me right now. *twitch* Did I just see one? Where? WHERE?
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Welcome by
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I gift you with a homemade anti squirrel suit made form sue fur and a combat spork. hopefully they will help you.
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I see we have a candidate for the special lembas here by
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*gives over a plate of the aforementioned 'special' baked product'
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Welcome! First fan! by
on 2009-02-08 03:28:00 UTC
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A cooling fan of your choice, because although everyone else is complaining of the cold, where I live it's very hot.
... On second thought, I want it back! *grabs*
Hm, well, instead you can have a kitten. *hands over kitten*
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Suh-suh-suh-squirrels? by
on 2009-02-07 23:01:00 UTC
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Aieeee!
Welcome to the PPC Board. Please, deposit your sanity in the provided receptacle. *holds out bucket marked "Warg fodder"* We tend not to need it here. Have huggles, and know that you will be protected from the fuzzy horror here! Hah!
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First plover! by
on 2009-02-07 17:38:00 UTC
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And to help you fight the squirrels (they're EVIL), have a red-tailed hawk. Has a phobia of smaller birds, though.
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Welcome! by
on 2009-02-07 05:12:00 UTC
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I giveth you an egg whisk! It's shiny, gold-plated, and whisks eggs, spambots, and author wraiths! Use it for good, not evil, blah blah blah.
Enjoy your stay and watch out for the homicidal cucumbers. Garden vegetables aren't all that trustworthy. -
Welcome! by
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I give you a black plastic spork, stolen from Taco Bell like the rest of my collection. It's handy for sporking 'Sues, and also gouging your eyes out if necessary.
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*meant to reply to the main post (nm) by
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makethechipmunksgoawaymommyidunlikechipmunkspleasepleasemommythechipmunksgonnagetmeohnomommypleasesavemeeggdoesnothingmakeitallgoawaymommypleasemakeitstopthechipmunkschipmunkschipmunks
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guten morgen, ma cherie by
on 2009-02-07 03:03:00 UTC
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Not broken it yet. Keep trying! Send those woodland creatures out a-missionin'. When they find the flyagarics, you can send 'em my way, and then get on with your hellos to everyone else.
Pads
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But...bujt... by
on 2009-02-07 03:33:00 UTC
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Those squirrels are criminal masterminds, I tells ya. They won't be fooled by--- AAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH SQUIRRELS
"I'm here for info. Where is Masakado's blade?"
"Uh... Uh, A guy named Pads took it! I swear!"
"Pads, eh? Troops MOOOOOOOOOVE OUT!"
Phew.
Anway, I'm That One Guy. I can't reveal my real name just yet. The chipmunks are close.
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OT: All-Agents Call for Two-in-one celebration by
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The scene is RC 8.3145. Bowls of assorted corn chips, marshmallows and chocolates are scattered on any available horizontal surface, while a platter of chocolate-covered profiteroles graces the console. In one corner, Agent Logan is roasting meat on a impromptu rotisserie constructed from a Elven polearm and a box of Suethor flames. On the opposite wall, Agent Entropy is putting the finishing touches on a bleepolate fountain. Many barrels of bleeprum are in evidence
Well, I turn 23 tomorrow, and by my calculations, around about four years ago (give or take a week) is when I started on the Board.
So, in celebration, the good folk of ESAS are hosting a party in RC 8.3145. All agents (and boarders for that matter) are invited.
Elcalion, festive (and Logan and Entropy too) -
"Ah, we're late to the party again!" by
on 2009-02-08 20:39:00 UTC
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Agent Christianne Shieh steps into the room with Agent Elerossiel a few steps behind. "Happy Birfday, Elcalion!"
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congrats! by
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*the door opens and Agent Trojie steps through, bearing a large platter of lembas*
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"Er, hello?" A large amount of shaggy brown hair peeks around the doorframe, followed shortly by a girl. "I'm Maudlin. I heard Boarders were invited too... and besides, I brought gifts! Care for a Warhead?" She waves a bag of the sour candies triumphantly.
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In which Alex finds "Bleepan" and I do a Vonnegut rip-off. by
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Alex walked through the door and closed his eyes as a wave of sound and light washed over him. Various Agents, only a few of whom he recongized, were standing around nibbling on appetizers and holding drinks. They were mostly humanoid, although there was an Andalite and what looked suspiciously like a Dalek.
Looking back, Alex saw that it was indeed a Dalek and quickly backed away until it was out of sight. Wandering aimlessly, he wondered what Drental was doing: the Mandalorian had decided to return to their RC instead of indulging in what she saw as decadent and wasteful. Seeing a table loaded with refreshments, he made this way through the crowd, eyes fixed on the neat stacks of plastic bottles.
The nurse had called it Bleepan or something like that, but Alex didn't care what it was called. All he knew was that things had become a lot less unpleasant once he'd taken the pill. Supposedly there were more bottles of this Bleepan on sale in the General Store, but there hadn't been any when he'd visited. It looked like his luck was finally beginning to turn.
I watched with some amusement as Alex eagerly slid through the crowd towards the refreshment table, sipping my Coke as I discretely followed him. Closing my eyes for a second, I reached out to the others and saw the plot threads which connected them all to each other and to Alex. I knew everything there was to know about Alex, not only because he was my creation. In many ways, he was me. It was the differences which made him interesting.
I'd dropped in shortly before Alex had stumbled across the party; I'd made it quite clear that I was to be out of sight and in the middle of the crowd by the time he arrived. No wonder Vonnegut went a little mad in Breakfast of Champions: this sort of power is quite intoxicating. On a whim, I made a random Agent spill his drink onto Alex. The Bleeprum splashed onto his grey jacket, staining it and leaving him spluttering. As the Agent started profusely apologizing, I approached him from behind, blending in perfectly with the Agents and my fellow Boarders. I couldn't quite repress a chuckle as I planned the next few accidents; they'd come close to topping his last mission. Not quite topping, but it was the best I could do when there were so many others limiting my control. I looked up slightly and saw Alex looking back at me. He seemed to be frozen in shock for a moment, which was all the time I needed to spin around and flee. Unlike Vonnegut, I had no intention of meeting my creation here or anywhere else, but this was especially unexpected. As I dropped the charade and began to run in earnest, one thought echoed inside my head.
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Congrats and Drake and Naomi come in. by
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Drake looks around and heads for teh meat, smelling it, and then stabbing a piece of it with his combat spork and tasting it.
Naomi sighed, and walked over to Entropy.
"Greetings. I'm Naomi, and that fuzzball is drake, and DRAKE!!!!!! get away from...."
*splash*
Drake had leaned against a barrel, knocked it back, landed on it and shattered it, landing in the rum.
"Errrrrr, ATTENTION ALL AGENTS DO NOT KILL MY PARTNER!!!!"
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"CE-LEB-RATE!" said Omicron, entering the room. by
on 2009-02-07 17:56:00 UTC
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"NOW CE-LEB-RATE! NOW JU-BIL-ATE! RE-JOICE!"
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congrats by
on 2009-02-07 11:43:00 UTC
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Some of the party drinks kind of scare me. We're not supposed to remember this party afterwards, are we?
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Things I am Not Allowed to Do in the PPC Part XI by
on 2009-02-07 17:53:00 UTC
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- Chucky and Talky Tina must never be allowed to meet.
865. Shockeye and Pac-Man must never be allowed to meet.
866. I will not create holograms of macroviruses in the corridors.
-If I do, I understand that I thoroughly deserve whatever the other Agents do to me.
867. I will not steal Narsil/Andúril.
868. I will not unleash Furries in Watership Down.
-Or Redwall Abbey.
869. I will not goad anyone into fisticuffs with a Dalek.
-Except a Mary Sue.
870. I will not goad a Ghostling into fisticuffs with anyone.
-Except if said Ghostling is a Mary Sue.
- Chucky and Talky Tina must never be allowed to meet.
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I have a lot... by
on 2009-02-13 04:58:00 UTC
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...I actually make these lists for fun while I'm sitting in class! The ones I make up in math are the most violent. If I were an agent, I might actually do most of these.
940. I will not lock my partner in the Aperture Science Testing Center, no matter how inept she is.
941. I will not paint a mural on the HQ hallway wall in the blood of Mary Sues.
942. I will not attempt to rickroll HQ, especially if I think Rick Astley was hot and really dig the whole 80's vibe he's got going in that video.
943. I am not allowed to let sock puppets take responsibility for any of my actions, nor can they go on my missions for me.
944. Attempting to subtly convince the canon characters that I am a child molester is. Not. Funny.
-Except in special situations. However, it makes it difficult to do your job if they don't trust you. Really.
945. I am not allowed to attempt to purchase any canon character's soul, nor am I allowed to set up a "slave trade".
Even if I claim that it's a historical re-enactment.
946. Not allowed to join the Black Cats. Or the 'Sues. Or the fangirls.
947. I am not allowed to make posters of anti-flower propoganda.
-Or flyers. Organizing protests is right out.
948. The flowers may be plotting to steal Christmas, but I am still not allowed to organize a protest.
949. I am not authorized to fire Flowers.
946. Black body paint is NOT a uniform.
947. I am not the psychological warfare mascot, and therefore I may not conduct psychological experiments on the flowers. Or other agents.
948. Any reports submitted with my blood on them will result in disciplinary action in the future.
-The flowers do not even want to know how I managed to digitize my own blood.
949. I am not allowed to replace the no-drool videos with snuff flicks.
-Or pornos.
950. There is no monster living in the console.
951. I am not allowed to nickname the console 'stupid b***'. The monster will get offended.
952. I should not teach the flowers gang handshakes.
953. 'Best 2 out of 3' does not apply to missions.
954. A rubber band and a paperclip is not an authorized PPC weapon.
955. THE REVOLUTION IS NOT NOW, goddamnit.
956. If I insult an agent in another language, the advantage is lost if they're wearing a translator.
957. I may not jury rig a portal jammer and deploy it in HQ, or anywhere else for that matter.
958. Making canon characters cry is not what I was hired for.
959. No, I cannot get a pay supplement for every time a Sue annoys me.
960. I am not a 'Ninja in Training', so hiding in the ceiling vents and jumping out at people is not allowed.
961. I am also not allowed to induce a panic attack in my partner by suggesting to her that perhaps there ARE no vents, and we should keep the door open to avoid suffocating to death.
962. The minis do not like tootsie rolls, which are bad for their health.
963. None of the vending machines are trying to kill me. Probably.
964. I am not allowed to play with liquid nitrogen.
965. I am not allowed to experiment with bleeprin and ethyl alcohol.
966. I am not allowed to make a molotov cocktail with a bottle of alcohol and some bleeprin, even if I think it has a hilarious similarity to the mentos and coke experiment.
967. I am not allowed to threaten suicide with pop rocks and coke, nor with mentos and coke. -
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938) I will not genderbend Sabbat for fun. If I do, then my resulting death will be my own fault.
939) I will not allow Discworld's and/or Good Omens' Deaths into HQ
- What do you mean they can get in here anyway? Who let them in.
-THERE IS NOWHERE I CANNOT GO -
sorry to bust your bubble by
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But Discworld's Death cant; enter hte Tooth Fairy's domain. There is no Death there, and so he cant; get in.
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SHUT UP!! by
on 2009-02-13 14:18:00 UTC
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No spoiling me. I've not read all of the books yet.
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OPPS? by
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*runs from the angry agent with teh pointy weapons*
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- I will not conduct inappropriate science experiments in HQ.
-Unless it's my job.
-Even then, I understand that I will do it in the appropriate facilities only.
-The definitions of 'inappropriate' and 'appropriate' will be provided by someone who is not me.
-Or my equally insane partner.
-Or Agent Lux.
-In fact, better to let Upstairs define them.
936. I do not live in a musical. Therefore, I will refrain from bursting into a song and dance number when assassinating a 'Sue.
-Even if it's a songfic.
937. I am not to attempt to use anyone's ribcage for a hat.
-Nor anyone's head for a chamberpot.
-In fact, I am not allowed to carry out any canon character's graphic threats.
- I will not conduct inappropriate science experiments in HQ.
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- Traumatizing Amano Ginji in order to get him to toast all the 'Sues in the vicinity with lightning will result in an investigation of my sanity and capability, not to mention angry (armed) visits by fellow agents for harming a canon.
932. While photographs of Lee "Apollo" Adama in various stages of undress are acceptable currency in HQ, pieces of his clothing are not.
933. Revealing canonical crossdressers to other canons is usually in poor taste and/or dangerous to the canons. I will refrain from doing so unless it is necessary to the mission and I neuralyse them afterward.
934. The Suncrusher is not a toy.
- Traumatizing Amano Ginji in order to get him to toast all the 'Sues in the vicinity with lightning will result in an investigation of my sanity and capability, not to mention angry (armed) visits by fellow agents for harming a canon.
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Gah! by
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Traumatizing Gingi Amano... That would certainly lead to Nightmare Fuel Unleaded for the culprit, if he/she is caught.
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928) Holby City ED is not a substitute for Medical, even if I do think that my injury is too embarrassing to explain to Doc Fitz
- St. James' ED is also out of bounds
- Nor am I to go to any other canonical hospital for treatment
- Or to any World One hospital
- No, not even if I neuralyse the entire department to remove any trace of my presence
- If the injury was acquired in the continuum and the target is in that department, then that is okay
929) Ronon Dex is not my 'snuggle bunny'
930) I will not taunt the angry System Lord
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- I will not attempt to create my own Daleks.
923. Shockeye is not to be allowed anywhere near the cafeteria or kitchens thereof.
-Or any restaurant.
-Especially if anyone around suddenly looks older.
924. I will not serve anyone blimmet meat.
-Nor will I give them a blimmet coat to wear in the DragonKeeper Chronicles.
925. I will not recruit a Taxxon without giving it a species change.
926. I will not tamper with any TARDIS' chameleon circuit.
927. I will not recruit a Nazgûl.
- I will not attempt to create my own Daleks.
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What about dementors? (nm) by
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Yay, my turn by
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- Doctors Crell Moset, Demagol and Jenna Zan Arbor are never to be allowed to meet.
-The same goes for any other doctors and scientists of their brand of cruelty.
899. If anybody has wound up in the same room as Agent Cavan Shenn, I will not lock the door on them.
-He can lock the door on his own, thanks all the same.
-I'm not to lock anybody in with Luxury, either, even to keep her from chasing me.
900. I will not engage in drinking contests with members of species that have more than one liver, unless I am similarly equipped.
901. No matter how balloon-like that canon superheroine's chest is, pins will not make her deflate. I will not experiment in this matter.
-It is acknowledged that attempting to deflate Sues may still be considered amusing.
902. I am not the long-lost Hair Washing Servant of Severus Snape.
903. Glitter is not a food condiment.
904. Unless I have found a coherent and efficient alternate means of communication, I will refrain from taking vows of silence.
-Interpretive dance does not count as an alternate means of communication.
905. Unless there is actually a location requiring it, a ballerina costume is not a suitable disguise for my mission.
906. No, I can't shave the Wookiee.
907. I am not to steal Wash's dinosaurs.
-If I do, I deserve whatever Zoe does to me.
908. My partner's eyebrows are not challenging me to a duel.
909. Most Agents from the Trekverse have already had the 'Sexy Data Tango' inflicted upon them. I will not force them to endure repeat hearings.
-I will never, never, never play that song where Data, Tasha Yar or any other canon character can hear it.
910. I am not a Barbie Girl, the PPC is not a Barbie World, and offers to 'undress me everywhere' will lead to no sympathy whatsoever if Lux hears me.
911. Despite the name, it is still wrong to convince somebody to drink a Molotov Cocktail.
-Unless they're a Sue.
912. I am to accept that I deserve both the stab wounds and the long litany of similar canon names if I imply Agent Shadowflame's name resembles that of a Sue.
-She has a long list from Star Wars history, and she's not afraid to use it.
913. NO, the Naruto tailed beasts do not belong in a petting zoo.
-Further inquiries will see you directed to FicPsych, in the worrying case that you're unable to see why this is a Very Bad Idea.
914. Even if I'm sure I'd do a better job, I am expressly forbidden from staging coups, mutinies or other takeovers to replace a canon character in a position of authority.
915. If I can't get the mission done without that inflatable barnyard animal, it's time I re-evaluated my grasp of PPC procedures.
916. My fellow Agents are not there to be dissected.
-Even if I've never seen their like before.
-EvenEspecially if I have a 'really interesting scientific theory'.
918. I will not pit conventional vampire slayers against unconventional vampires.
-No. Buffy will not be fighting that Anzati. Ever.
- Doctors Crell Moset, Demagol and Jenna Zan Arbor are never to be allowed to meet.
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Re: Yay, my turn by
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- I will not recruit shady-looking OCs who use mind-affecting techniques on a regular basis.
-Especially not from the Star Wars universe.
-That goes double for weird old men claiming to be Jedi Masters.
-And kittens.
- If I do, I understand that ending up strapped to a bunk andsurrounded by racks of furry creatures is the most probable outcome.
920. It is not necessary to destroy a planet to remove a Sue from the canon. Really.
921. Switching Spartans from Real Life/300 with those from the Haloverse is not funny.
-Leonidas with a rocket launcher is not something we want to have to deal with.
- I will not recruit shady-looking OCs who use mind-affecting techniques on a regular basis.
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Moar! Yay! by
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890) I will not stick Lori Starrett and Laura Roslin in a room together.
-Especially if I slash them together.
-Especially if I value my life, because both Bill Adama and Bill Fallis will want my head on a silver platter.
891) I will not mess with Bill Adama and Laura Roslin in front of Agents Christianne and Eledhwen.
-Nor will I mention Vampires and Battlestar Galactica in the same sentence.
-Or the name "Starlight Amoret Adama".
-Or the fic "Kindred: The Embraced ~Vampire Waltz~".
-If I must, I will refer to the title as "Battlestar Twilightica.
892) I will not attempt to airlock a PPC Agent.
-Or a Flower
-Or my partner
-Or the Uncommon Comma
-In fact, airlocking should be reserved for BSG Mary Sues
893) I will not go around claiming that I am the daughter/son of Laura Roslin and Bill Adama.
894) Cylons and Daleks should never meet. Never.
895) I shall not jump in a TARDIS and attempt to go to the Galactica.
-Especially if I'm not on a mission nor on vacation.
-Especially if all I want to do is slap Gaeta and Zarek and squee at Roslin and Adama. -
My turn! by
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895.) Even if it is labeled Dis Continuity by TvTropes, you will not regard any Novel/OVA/Episode/Misc as Uncanonical unless the writer said so.
-Yes, that includes The Dune Prequels (and sequels), The New Jedi Order series, and the Disney Drect-to-Video Movies.
896.)You will not allow a Honored Matre inside HQ. Ever.
897.) You will not subject anyone to the Spice Agony
-Even if the subject is likely to survive it. -
*twitches* by
on 2009-02-09 22:43:00 UTC
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NJO is NOT CANON, damnit! (And this is why my agents aren't allowed to work in Wars-verse.)
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*Assumes Evil Overlord Voice* by
on 2009-02-11 11:12:00 UTC
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Hahahahaha! But it is! The only way to stop it is if you come to my evil lair, perferably in some skintight costume that enhances your female attributes, in order to steal the secret Book of Retcons from my not-so secret vault oviously designed for an easy ambush! And no, I haven't read the Evil Overlord List. Why do you ask?
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889) I will not spike Agent Trojanhorse's food or drink Lustin and lock her in a room with Agent Luxury
- Locking her in a room with Agent Paddlebrains is also out
- If I do, then I will accept that the wrath of Agent Trojanhorse and her menagerie is my own fault and will not complain when I am stuck in the infirmary with an exorcism bell stuffed up my nether regions. -
anonymous? by
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Why the anonymous? Scared? We're Bad Slashers, not Assassins. And I know there's a throats thing, but that's only for Sues. Honest.
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No, no the anonymous, and a new rule too by
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but do we want to tick off a bad slasher? they might send you a mission report of their latest mission and assassins are not trained to handle that.
Or worse, they videotape their latest sue and send it to you.
890. Video taping, or recording any missions and sending the result to Agents i don;t like is forbidden.
-this goes double for Bad Slashers.
-even if said agent i send it to totally deserves it. -
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- I will remember to frisk any Kender agents before return to HQ for items "lost" on the mission.
- and return them to their rightful owners
- I will remember to frisk any Kender agents before return to HQ for items "lost" on the mission.
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anyone one I just realized by
on 2009-02-08 03:53:00 UTC
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- I will not tell Agent Pads about OFUR Gabool
-If I do, I will not let her portal there.
-I fi do let her portal there, I will explain to trojie why her partner has just raided Gabool's stash.
- I will not tell Agent Pads about OFUR Gabool
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886) Maito Guy and Bruce Armstrong must never be allowed to meet.
-Unless the purpose is to destroy a Sueworld with the ensuing explosion of youthful energy. -
Hehe by
on 2009-02-07 21:32:00 UTC
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879) I will not use Kurotsuchi Mayuri's Super Human formula to incapacitate a Sue before assassination. Torture is not allowed.
880) I will not dance down the corridors singing 'I Am What I Am' at full volume.
-Especially if my singing voice has been likened to a car being crushed.
881) I must not spike Edward Cullen's animal blood with human blood.
882) I will not set up a death match between a Twilightverse vampire and any incarnation of Wolverine, Lady Deathstrike or X-23.
883) I will not start or participate in Pokemon battles in the corridors of HQ.
884) If I am ever in the Pokemonverse for a mission, I will not seek out Ash or any of his friends for a Pokemon battle.
- Unless it is to distract them from the assassination of a Sue.
- Likewise, I will only challenge Sues to Pokemon battles in order to distract them from my partner's approach from behind.
885) I will not disguise myself as a Goa'uld if the majority of the fic takes place in the SGC.
- On the same note, disguising myself as a Wrath in Atlantis is also a bad idea. -
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881 (extension).
- Nor that of any other vegetarian vampire.
- Especially Jasper.
- Nor will I try to slip rabbit blood into the meals of the Volturi.
- They'll notice. -
YES! I actually have some this time... by
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- I will not substitute Twilightverse vampires for their incidentally-named kin in any other continuum.
- Nor will I leave agents who are unfamiliar with Meyers' vampires alone with a TwiVampireSue and a stake.
- Or garlic.
- It will not end well.
876. I will not recruit canon characters to make difficult kills for me. - Agent Iza
878 a. My disguise generator is a sensitive piece of equipment and so I will not whack it against my console when it 'accidentally' gives me fur.
- Or feathers.
- Fangs are acceptable.
878 b. My console is a sensitive piece of equipment and so I will not hit it with any random objects when it fails to give me a brain-safe mission.
- Or a secret holiday to my paradise of choice.
- I will not substitute Twilightverse vampires for their incidentally-named kin in any other continuum.
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My try... by
on 2009-02-07 21:52:00 UTC
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- I will not blow up canon planets.
-Even if they're populated by Canon Sues.
- I will not blow up canon planets.
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YAY!!!!!! It's back by
on 2009-02-07 18:42:00 UTC
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- I must remember that during the PPC's Quidditch matches, that accidentally taking out Lux is not a good idea. It only makes her think she likes you.
872. I will not genderbend agents in the hall, it ust confuses them.
873. I will not induce mass genderbedning of PPC HQ just to see if it will work on the flowers.
- Do we even want to find out what would happen?
874. I will not give agent Pads any exploding cigarettes, especially if i value my life.
- I must remember that during the PPC's Quidditch matches, that accidentally taking out Lux is not a good idea. It only makes her think she likes you.
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RE:874. Do we really want to know the story behind that one? (nm by
on 2009-02-07 19:46:00 UTC
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well by
on 2009-02-07 19:51:00 UTC
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Agent pads is a smoker. a chian smoker it seems. do we really want to blow up on of her beloved cigarrettes?
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Re: well by
on 2009-02-07 22:48:00 UTC
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Easier than blowing one up is to put caps from a cap gun in there. Tends to really surprise people.
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Thank you for that information. (nm) by
on 2009-02-07 23:22:00 UTC
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Coolness by
on 2009-02-07 22:51:00 UTC
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*hands agent pads such cigarettes with the caps and flees*
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Pride & Prejudice & Zombies by
on 2009-02-07 22:27:00 UTC
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The greatest book title ever? Yes. Yes it is.
Whether the book itself is so great I have no idea, but I definitely know that this is a book I will be buying for people just to see their reactions. Basically it's 'Pride & Prejudice' with zombie scenes inserted. I'm trying to decide whether to be amused or, as an Austen fan, affronted.
Here is an article with details. Poor Miss Austen is turning in her grave.
www.chroniclebooks.com/index/main,book-info/store,books/products_id,7847/title,Pride-and-Prejudice-and-Zombies/ -
This is epic. by
on 2009-02-14 14:31:00 UTC
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I want to read this at least once.
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The laughing, it kills me... by
on 2009-02-14 07:34:00 UTC
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Now with ultra-violent zombie action, the only thing that could possibly make this book better! YES!
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Whee! by
on 2009-02-08 20:11:00 UTC
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After just having finished P&P (not strictly true; I have a presentation on it on Tuesday), this book is oddly appropriate. P&P is a good book, but any good book becomes boring when your teacher talks on and on about symbolism...
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So wrong, yet so amusing... (nm) by
on 2009-02-08 17:06:00 UTC
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I am 100% amused. (nm) by
on 2009-02-08 16:44:00 UTC
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*cracks up laughing* by
on 2009-02-08 05:47:00 UTC
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I might have to look into that. I never managed to make it through the original 'Pride and Prejudice', but this addition just might do it for me. :P ^_~
Thanks for the tip! XD
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HeadDEsk by
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okay, please tell me this is a joke, right?
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...What? NO! by
on 2009-02-08 03:15:00 UTC
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That's just... absurd. Horrible. Sick. And stupid.
It does give me hope for the likelihood of getting my own stuff published, though. -
Woah! by
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And there I was thinking my Colony One was a delusion of grandeur. I agree with you, Sedri. It does give hope.
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Re: Pride & Prejudice & Zombies by
on 2009-02-07 22:33:00 UTC
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What? No!
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I kid you not. (nm) by
on 2009-02-07 22:39:00 UTC
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PLUG: The second part of Trojie n Pads' punishment missions by
on 2009-02-08 03:17:00 UTC
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http://agenttrojie.livejournal.com/64373.html
Lucy and Tumnus are married. Trojie and Pads are suborned into het - oh the humanity! -
Blargh by
on 2009-02-11 17:24:00 UTC
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Equal parts amusing and squicky, as always. Fun read, I can only imagine the punishment is going to get worse from here, haha.
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oh, it will by
on 2009-02-11 17:54:00 UTC
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Although there seems to be a temporary delay, caused by us spurning missions in favour of the epic Poignant Pevensie Porn saga. Whoops.
And once the punishment's done, Trojie and Pads will be returning to HQ just in time for the genderbending incident... -
Poor Faun. by
on 2009-02-09 12:26:00 UTC
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Although it is technically only semi-bestiality. Ye Goddesses, I just said "only". Sorry.
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Re: Poor Faun. by
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It's the goat half doing the wossnames though, as it were. All the human half does is a bit of kissing. That counts as bestiality to me.
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ah. by
on 2009-02-10 00:31:00 UTC
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I thank all brunettes in heaven for my unsquickability. Otherwise, I'd never be able to do anything interesting...
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War by
on 2009-02-08 05:46:00 UTC
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One thing is clear to meh now.
We must eliminate all furry woodland creatures who are small. The squirrels and chipmunks have joined forces, and have discovered many sorts of powerful weapons with which they're gonna kill us all. I hear that one such weapon is a kind of acorn that SOMEHOW creates a manifestation of their mind in the form of some... weird... brain... demon... thingy that can shoot fire and stuff. Yeah.
So, anyone who dares, come and fight for the cause! Any tiny death machines? Great! Orbs with a giant laser circumference? Better! Time-travelling magic katanas? Awesome! Anything that you can use is good! We'll need all of it!
FIGHT TO THE FINISH! -
Re: War by
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Shouldn't this be labeled "off- topic"?
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*cough* Are you a troll? (nm) by
on 2009-02-08 06:20:00 UTC
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I second that... by
on 2009-02-10 10:19:00 UTC
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Damn you, Sedri, for suggesting it first though. :P
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Er... sorry? *is confused* (nm) by
on 2009-02-11 03:28:00 UTC
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Re: Er... sorry? *is confused* by
on 2009-02-11 11:05:00 UTC
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I wanted to suggest it was a troll first.
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O...kay. I wasn't aware it was a competatieve sport. by
on 2009-02-11 22:03:00 UTC
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I get this with reviewers - why do people care whether or not they're the first to review, or comment, or report? I just don't get it.
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I don't know either. But my complaint was merely a joke.
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Ah. (nm) by
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WHAT by
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MY IDENTITY
IT HAS BECOME KNOWN
Oh, wait. That's not my name.
...But how do I change that? -
NEVER MIND by
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But still.
Anyone up to SQUIRREL WAR? -
Answering your questions by
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- Don't sign in. Just type whatever you want your name to be as the author.
2. Don't spam caps lock. It tends to annoy the Boarders and as such is a Bad Thing.
3. Define "SQUIRREL WAR".
- Don't sign in. Just type whatever you want your name to be as the author.
- First Metroid PPC by on 2009-02-08 21:08:00 UTC Link to this
- Mission #3 up now. by on 2009-02-09 19:27:00 UTC Link to this
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Ah, that story you posted a while back. by
on 2009-02-09 13:01:00 UTC
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That badfic was quite the steaming pile of crap; I'm glad it's dead. Menstrual cycles and insanity... What are the odds that it was actually a troll? Anyway, good work on the mission. Although the number's confusing - it says #4, but I don't see #3 anywhere on the LJ. By the way... A Trauma Center reference? Heh.
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Re: Ah, that story you posted a while back. by
on 2009-02-09 14:40:00 UTC
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3 is still being looked over; it's all but done though. I'm currently working on #5.
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I see. So they've been posted out of order then. by
on 2009-02-09 15:22:00 UTC
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Well, that clears things up nicely. Keep up the good work.
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My New Project: in danger of Sue-ism? by
on 2009-02-09 00:41:00 UTC
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First off, I've gotten off on a new project: a fic series based on the first Michael Bay TRANSFORMERS Movie and only the first. Although based on the trailer for the second, I will introduce Ravage as a rebuilt composite of a half-dead Scorponok and the Mountain Dew Earthbot (who had been killed by Soundwave after begging for an end to the pain that had been inflicted upon him by the humans to turn him into a hound).
Anyway...
My main area of concern is my main female OC: Edith McPherson. She's from Louisville Kentucky, white lower middle class and had a professional-turn-romantic-turn-nookie relationship with Miles Lancaster (aka Best-human-friend of Ladiesman217) while an exchange studient in SoCal. In usual narrative fashion, no protection was used and thus was concieved Alvin. Personal choice and a somewhat conservative social environment resulted in a closed adoption, and in any other universe that would hae been the end of the story (aside from Miles developing a lovelorn alcohol problem and Edith going through any number of psychological dramas and traumas).
However, Starscream, upon return to the Crashed warship NEMESIS on the Martian surface (and with forced assitance from a Barricade fearing execution for desertion) discovers something about her (and her son) that would not only give him and the remaining Decepticons the ultimate bargaining chip... but would clear the path for the war to come to a successful end.
Because 10 years ago, on a sight-seeing trip to the Grand Canyon, a bored, 8-year-old Edith wandered off and discovered a dark, shiny cube with funny symbols roughly 1 inch square. gripping it in her right hand and wanting to take it back to show her parents, the cube nevertheless began crackling blue and practically dissolved into her hand.
She spent the rest of the day at the Visitor's medical center getting the burn treated, but when she arrived home strange things began happening whenever she touched electronic devices with exposed skin (main tv switching channels erratically, toaster running away). A fear of things electronic was formed, later abated in her teens by wearing gloves and long sleeves whenever using a computer or calculator. When Alvin was born, the cube manifested itself as a flexible, growinng crystaline lattice-work on the anterior surface of his spine.
So, when (perhaps intentionally) fragmented medical records documenting the death of the adoptive couple's first child reach the Decepticons, decisive action is taken. Edith is located, shown the findings and used as a caretaker for Alvin as Barricade travels to Autobot territory to invite Prime to Starscreams ultimate offer: not only a mere truce, but a repair of Cybertronian society into a factionless prewar Ideal, led by one Prime and one Lord High Protector (of course, Starscream nominates himself for the position).
Now, I'm not trying to Flanderize anyone. The remaining Decepticons go along with this, but that does not mean that they are suddenly "Nice", or immediately become heroic Autobots. There are malicious pranks, political wrangling and a lingering distaste for organics.
Likewise, I'm trying to keep Edith from becoming a Sue: Instead of reveling in her former powers, she was afraid of them. And she fears for Alvin not only dying, but also being raised without proper knowledge of what he can do or how to avoid large messes involving cars, soda machines and videogames.
There is also something else, far out in space, that is interested in the Allspark. And this thing will not be interested in human wellfare.
To review my work so far, theres my Livejournal or Ff.net pages
http://gandalf-beige.livejournal.com/
http://www.fanfiction.net/u/449017/
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Seems alright to me. by
on 2009-02-11 02:06:00 UTC
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Maybe a little Sue-y, but if you make sure to concentrate on the giant robots rather than the humans it should be cool. Of course, I'm no expert on Transformers canon. I saw the Bay movie, but not from a fannish perspective. I only went because I was promised giant robots blowing stuff up and I just can't resist that.
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More bots, less humans... got it. by
on 2009-02-11 05:26:00 UTC
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Actually, that's what I planned: the main focus is on Starscream's attempt to (alternatively) dangle hope for a peaceful future in front of Prime, while at the same time guilting Prime into the deal (which involves Edith keeping Alvin) by turning Prime's 'talking points' back at him.
Themes like choice and freedom will be bandied about by Starscream, with him basically saying that if Prime cannot apply those words to Edith keeping her son, then they are the hollow words of a fool... a fool, coincidentally, who would care more for the same Government who tortured one of his soldiers than for the fate of his own species.
There is also, of course, some human stuff, but that's more along the line Miles trying to come to terms with exactly what role he wants to play. He wants to help Edith... but beyond that, in terms of re-starting a relationship with her or even the thought of being a family unit with his offsprng and genetomate; those are wild dreams, secret dreams. Plus dealing with the adoptive parents in an appropriate way, but I'm working on that.
Chuck in some more Robot stuff with Frenzy, Lazerwing, the Earthbots and a little slapstick and Sitcom-ery... we'll see where this planned series takes me.
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More badfic for killing. by
on 2009-02-09 12:55:00 UTC
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Fandom: Vampire Knight
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4850003/1/Lets_try_again
"Let's try again" by Aleydis Emma Jade
Rated T - Mpreg - Yaoi
Zero/Kaname
Here's a continuum I haven't seen any missions of. Basic failure-biology-is-fail situation, and the author has loads more of these on her profile... Worst part is, the reviewers like it. Erk. People just don't value their Bio lessons as much these days.
Fandom: Gyakuten Saiban/Ace Attorney
Objectionable. Very, very objectionable.
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4412735/1/The_Emporers_Wives
"The Emporer's Wives" by shinobug
Rated M - Rapefic
One-sided Phoenix Wright/several OCs, Apollo Justice/OC
No. Just no. Phoenix Wright as a rapist is killworthy on its own.
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4755220/1/Of_Cum_and_Coffee
"Of Cum and Coffee" by Darkclaw1122
Rated M - Rapefic
Godot/Miles Edgeworth
Another disgustingly OOC rapefic. At least this one didn't have a boatload of bad OCs in it.
Someone should 'turnabout' these fics... preferably in the direction of a guilty verdict and a large amount of pointy objects.
Also, I haven't seen these fandoms in anything PPC-related yet. Hopefully, someone knows at least one of them. -
Re: More badfic for killing. by
on 2009-02-10 10:51:00 UTC
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"People just don't value their Bio lessons as much these days."
I do! And I got a long xenobiology lesson from Pads. -
Well, Boarders are some of the exceptions. by
on 2009-02-10 16:28:00 UTC
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Because the PPC Board members know biological impossibilities when they see them and treat them accordingly - that is, with pointy burny things. Unlike some (read: a lot of) people on FFNet... Oh, and you made me want a xenobiology lesson too.
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Ask Pads... by
on 2009-02-10 17:43:00 UTC
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though she may direct you to Trojie. She helped out my original fiction a LOT.
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Re: Ask Pads... by
on 2009-02-10 20:02:00 UTC
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I'm not an expert, you know. You just happened to catch me when I'd just finished reading Evolving the Alien.
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Like I said... by
on 2009-02-11 11:02:00 UTC
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You'll probably just send them to Trojie. Hmm... that reminds me that I still need to compile all the information I ended up with in a useful way so Trojie can help me out.
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Grrrr by
on 2009-02-09 13:24:00 UTC
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That VK one is just, ugh. That, that thing is not Kiryuu Zero. I don't know what manner of foul beast it is, but 'tis not the stoic Vampire that we all know and love.
Methinks that a marathon of VK and VK Guilty and location of a site holding VK manga scanlations may be in order so I can properly assess this atrocity. -
That isn't the worst part. by
on 2009-02-10 16:43:00 UTC
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She has two more. One was the predecessor to this monster. The other is an OC/Zero yaoi mpreg. This one should be booted off the fandom, and soon.
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Oh, you've got to be kidding me. Beta reader - check out a bit of her beta profile:
"I easily pick out mary sues or out of characterness."
Oh really, author? Maybe you should take a glimpse at your own writing.
VK seems to have a lesser form of Gyakuten-Saiban-fanfic-itis, where almost all the romance is bad slashfic. Although this one has a mutation - an increase in the number of assbabies.
To tell the truth, I haven't had too much experience with VK-verse; this one was a request from a friend who dislikes badfic. Still, even I know OOC when I see it. -
Also, by
on 2009-02-10 19:11:00 UTC
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I know this may be me being cynical or something, but I have a bad feeling about this author's motivations.
A short while ago Zero's seiyuu, Mamoru Miyano, announced that he was newly married and that his wife was with child. Cue fangulls screeching that they hated Mrs Miyano and that they wanted her and the baby to die in horrible and painful ways. This may be unconnected, but it still gets me riled up anyway because of that exact shitstorm.
Luckily the handful of LJ communities dedicated to shows where Mamoru Miyano has a part were much more sensible, and any of that sort that snuck in were quickly shot down. -
o_O by
on 2009-02-11 10:59:00 UTC
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That's vaguely disturbing. Also, those types apparently don't care much about Miyano's personal happiness. Of course, those are just the foolishly foolish thoughts of foolish foolhardy fanbrats and their foolishly foolish over-obsessiveness. Foolish fools.
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What? *goes to check 'author's' profile* (nm) by
on 2009-02-10 19:03:00 UTC
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Semi-OT: PPC x Irregular Webcomic! crossover? by
on 2009-02-09 21:40:00 UTC
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http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/2206.html
If you don't read the comic, all you need to know is that the entire universe (multiverse?) has been destroyed, and everyone is on the Infinite Featureless Plane of Death.
What I'm wondering is if David Morgan-Mar has heard of us. O.o
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Good God... by
on 2009-02-10 11:02:00 UTC
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Now I want to read IW... but 2000 pictures! *computer explodes*
But other than that, what about the X-Men comics. I've never read them, but one person told me that, at the end of the Twelve plotline, Cyclops died and reality was shattered and 'shards of possibility' were floating around, leading to anything having the potential to happen. -
Oh, come on, it's not that many. by
on 2009-02-11 02:34:00 UTC
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(It's more.)
That said, I find it incredibly amusing and often quite thoughtful. I've read through the whole archive, and am considering another archive binge. What's really hooked me is Darths & Droids, by the same people, which continues in the footsteps of DM of the Rings by having Star Wars as a role-playing game.
But if something-over-2000 updates scares you, don't follow the link to mezzacotta. As nearly as I can tell, it has something for every day since January 1, 9,999,999,999,999 B.C. Yes, over ten trillion years in the past. Most of them (that I've seen; I'm not that crazy) are completely senseless, just two heads on independent dialogue tracks. (Mezzacotta, incidentally, is apparently an Italian rendering of the phrase "half-baked".) -
Re: Oh, come on, it's not that many. by
on 2009-02-11 11:05:00 UTC
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Darths and Droids is excellent, isn't it? I love how they've explained the Death Star plans away.
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I was thinking that this morning. by
on 2009-02-09 23:46:00 UTC
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Very hilariously unexpected.
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I never thought of that... by
on 2009-02-09 22:29:00 UTC
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You do realize that this means Suevian and other counterparts will be there as well? It would be a very interesting meeting(s), to say the least...
Now I want to write that fic. :p
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Dilemma by
on 2009-02-10 11:13:00 UTC
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I got asked an interesting question yesterday, to which I have no answer.
"A fic is on Fanfiction.net and Adultfanfiction.net, word for word identical. If you read the reviews for the fic before the fic itself, which would you believe? A review on FF.net saying that the fic is good/horrible or a review on AFF.net saying the exact opposite?"
What the hell is the logical response? Generally, reviews from both FF.net and AFF are rubbish and worthless, AFF only moreso. However, you get the occasional intelligent reviewer on FF.net. But you also get the very rare person on AFF who appears to be a decent human being. I even spotted one person who could justifiably say 'If you don't like it, don't read it', something that I can't say the same for FF.net.
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An interesting logical exercise... by
on 2009-02-14 20:22:00 UTC
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I would assume what it indicated was just the level of smut in the piece, more than the relative intelligence of FF.net reviewers or AFF reviewers. If the review on FF.net was good and the other one was horrible, I'd assume it had plenty of smut. If it were the other way around, I'd assume it had one of those cliffhanger-smut endings, where you suggest the smut but never actually get into it. That would make most AFF denizens mad, I think. :D
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Re: An interesting logical exercise... by
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"If the review on FF.net was good and the other one was horrible, I'd assume it had plenty of smut."
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Usually.... by
on 2009-02-10 17:59:00 UTC
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I just dive into a fic headfirst - reading other people's (often uninformed and ill-thought-out) opinions just interferes with my ability to judge a fic on its own merit (or lack thereof.)
You have to remember that AFF.n and FF.n are two very different audiences. People going to AFF are going to be looking more for smut than plot, and vice-versa at FF.n (mostly). If the reviews are good at AFF, it's likely to be more smut, less plot. If it's at FF.n, more plot (hopefully) and less pr0n.
Either way, I find most reviews to be most helpful when I compare the proportion of positive well thought out comments versus one-liners. If there's more 'omg, best story evar' and 'Dracos sooooo~oo hot!' than 'Well, this is good, but you should really work on these three points...' then I find that it's usually a pointless story. If both types seem to be outweighed by the flames and otherwise negative responses, then it's dually not worth reading. -
Re: Usually.... by
on 2009-02-11 11:00:00 UTC
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"I just dive into a fic headfirst - reading other people's (often uninformed and ill-thought-out) opinions just interferes with my ability to judge a fic on its own merit (or lack thereof.)"
I flick between reading the fic first and reading the reviews first. Sometimes, reading the reviews inspires me to read the fic, if only to understand what the hell the reviewers are babbling about.
"If the reviews are good at AFF, it's likely to be more smut, less plot."
Except with said Tomb Raider fic, where it had a lot of good reviews, but neither smut nor much plot (obviously, given that Lara died at the end of each chapter).
"If there's more 'omg, best story evar' and 'Dracos sooooo~oo hot!' than 'Well, this is good, but you should really work on these three points...' then I find that it's usually a pointless story."
Hmm... I'm not so sure that's a good rule of thumb. There are so many idiots on FF that I've had my fair share of those reviews, yet my beta readers come from here, so they can't be that pointless.
"If both types seem to be outweighed by the flames and otherwise negative responses, then it's dually not worth reading."
Or the author pissed off the author of a Suefic and the Suethor whined about it and got a load of counter-flames by her army of rabid readers. A friend had to delete her story once because she got hit by a load of those. -
All good points. by
on 2009-02-12 04:15:00 UTC
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The comments thing is more a rule of thumb, especially midway through a story that I'm trying to decide if I want to continue reading.
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Re: Dilemma by
on 2009-02-10 17:48:00 UTC
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I'd say the level of reviews are generally worse on AFF, unfortunately. I've seen utter dreck given rave reviews, simply for being 'hot', regardless of characterisation or plausibility, when it would get at least one negative comment on FF.net.
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on 2009-02-11 10:54:00 UTC
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"I've seen utter dreck given rave reviews, simply for being 'hot'"
Or, worse, descriptions of how hard it made the reviewer climax. *shudders* -
I've only gone to AFF.net twice before in my lifetime. by
on 2009-02-10 11:54:00 UTC
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If I want to see my favourite characters have explicit sex (and I occasionally do), I have my better places to find it. Places with classier layouts and funnier jokes. Still, as far as I know, it's just FF.net with more smut, yeah? I haven't browsed it enough to have any idea what the general level of fic is. The only times I've been is when a specific fic has been recced to me.
I'm likely to treat the reviews with equal respect (translation: none) and either just read the fic myself to find out or not bother at all.
There are good fics on FF.Net, so I'm sure there's good fics on AFF.Net. However, the reviewers are much worse judges of good writing than the actual writers are in my experience so I don't bother taking them at face value.
(FYI, Adultfanfiction.net seems much more like smut for smuts sake than what I'm into (if Cassie gets back in time to read this she's gonna laugh her head off) so I don't go there very often.) -
True... by
on 2009-02-10 13:23:00 UTC
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The answer I'm leaning towards is 'Screw the reviews, let's read this fic with rockets launchers standing by.'
And the general level of fic... hmm... search up Deathstalker (mainly for the Resident Evil section, but expands once in a while) or SuicideKing (for Harry Potter). Those will assure you that you never wish to return to the site again. But yes, you can get the very, very, very occasional goodfic on the site (or, at the very least, averagefic). I've encountered two that I can think of: one which has no smut whatsoever and just focuses on killing Lara Croft in a thousand different ways. It was well-written and the idea was so obvious yet rare that it was immediately spared my wrath. The second was a... actually, I can't remember what the second one was. A contender for the spot, however, would be a Star Wars fic with would be a very good (and incredibly phregging disturbing) torture fic if it hadn't had the sexual elements in (though, it's been a while since I've read it and they could potentially enhance the story further depending on your mindset).
AFF has very few non-smut fics and, hilariously, the reviewers complain when something isn't smut. DCase in point: that Tomb Raider fic mentioned above, one reviewer shouted 'ZOMFG how can you find this erotic, you sick bastard' or something to that extent, completely missing the point that it was simply too bloody for FF.net, rather than being too erotic.