for something other than BSG badfic to kill.
So. Has anyone here seen a Caspian X/Mary Sue fanfic in the Narnia fandom recently? I'd like to spork one.
Just wondering. Sorry if this request seems odd.
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I'm in the rare mood... by
on 2009-09-01 05:10:00 UTC
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Re: I'm in the rare mood... by
on 2009-09-02 01:04:00 UTC
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There is only so much stabbing the Holy and Most Beloved Canon can take before you need a break!
Sorry I can't help with a fic, whenever I've had enough sci-fi sporking I go and stab Harry Potter fics.
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Question by
on 2009-09-01 06:40:00 UTC
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How does one upload pictures on the wiki? I tried looking it up, but all I got was an 'error' message.
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Answer by
on 2009-09-02 05:09:00 UTC
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By going to the Main Page and clicking the 'add image' link in the sidebar, on the right, directly under the menus and above the 'random page' link. This will take you to a screen which will invite you to browse your hard-drive for the file you like. Then you can either give it a new filename for the Wiki or not, as you like, and give a description for it. And then click 'upload file' and you're all done!
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mini-Reapers by
on 2009-09-01 06:51:00 UTC
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The Daleks' Master Plan:
Magic Chen, Brett Vyon, Binf Crosby
Invasion of the Dinosaurs:
Sar Jane Smith, Sir Charles Groves
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Author Showdown? by
on 2009-09-01 10:25:00 UTC
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Err... a load of people are trying to compare J. K. Rowling, J. R. R. Tolkien, Stephanie Meyer and William Shakespeare to each other. It's... an interesting read.
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What makes me laugh... by
on 2009-09-03 18:56:00 UTC
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then cry, is the people who bash Shakespeare and Tolkien using terms or phrases from the actual authors.
I will not say that the serise are good or bad, that is and opinion that one has to make for themself. What these books have done though is change the way of thinking in society.
Shakespeare: New words, phrases, terms of general knowlege (who doesn:t know the `To be or not to be` line, even if they don:t know where in Hamlet it is from (I was convinced that it was in Act 5 for the longest time (I blame Bugs Bunney for that)) or that it is even from Hamlet.
While I agree that Shakespeare has been over analized to the point where the results really don:t make sense (I sometimes wonder what the poet himself would say at the conclusions made) it has shaped the way we think, and it will forever will.
Tolkien: What Tolkien wrote was pure escapism. When he was planing and writing The Silmarrion (a book that reads like a history text, by the way) he was fighting in the Second World War on the front lines against an enemy that felt like it could not be beaten. It was only through greater mistakes done by the `evil side` that alowed the `good side` to win.
Tolkien`s books took the `good side/bad side` plot line to a level that was not seen before in fiction. The reason if became a standard of mesurement was because it covers almost all aspects of human (or race of choice) life, from daily chores to death in grusome battle. It also didn:t glorify battle, it gave descriptions of how horrid it can be, what commanders and generals don:t want their soldiers to know. What person would join an army if he knew that he was more likely to die a horible death then to come home with spoils of war?
These writers give readers things to think about, they don:t give you an answer, they let you make up your own mind.
Now I am finished rambling, and will go to bed. Hope someone likes this, and sorry for no specific examples. I am in an area without my books (ie Japan). I tried to explain without a bias, but as a prof once told me, there is always a bias. (The bias I was tring to avoid was one of personal preference, not merit of cultural change)
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Good points all... by
on 2009-09-04 10:41:00 UTC
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However, on the Tolkien point, a) it was WWI, not WWII, I believe and b) I'm a equal fan of fantasies where good and evil are very distinct, but I also like stories where the lines are blurred to the point where you could show the story from the other side and still feel like you're supporting the good guys. I'm attempting to write a fic like that, actually. My hero from the first story (where good and evil was, with a few exceptions (i.e. when he went a bit insane), fairly defined, will make a lot of decisions that seem off. The army of the good guys will be shown to have far more prejudices that I show in the first fic, where they're generally better than humans. I'm considering having a spin-off from the point of the characters affected by my hero's actions.
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Cool, by
on 2009-09-04 17:57:00 UTC
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thanks for the correction in wars, should have looked it up.
I like the fic idea that you have. Origional fic idea I have has a blured like between the good side and the bad side. I am going to try and write something where you don:t actually know which side is which until the very end, using brothers. The brothers, themselves, are peaceful to each other, but thier respective mentors are the one with the problems. I don:t know when I am going to write it out (still in character development stage) and probably wont be written for some time.
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on 2009-09-05 10:30:00 UTC
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Your story sounds a lot like one of my others. I've got a Command & Conquer fic where the main character works for the Brotherhood of Nod as one of Kane's best soldiers, but her brother works for GDI, the opposite side. Essentially, Nod are the bad guys but no-one really knows what Kane is up to (even his own forces) and she is devoted in her belief of Kane. Therefore, I protray GDI as the bad guys (what pushed her to joining Nod in the first place).
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Not hard... by
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GDI is somewhat morally dubious aside from the whole "Saving the human race from getting turned into crystal" thing. Also, Kane spent the entire third game saving the human race from aliens and apparently got a tiberium remote control out of the Tacitus prior to the fourth game.
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Really? by
on 2009-09-08 16:09:00 UTC
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GDI's always seemed morally excellent. Yes, General Solomon seemed sinister in Tiberian Sun's Nod campaign. Yes, Boyle was a MORON. But GDI itself? Nah. They just don't have all the information like Kane does.
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mostly, it's the yellow zones by
on 2009-09-09 02:21:00 UTC
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Basically, GDI really doesn't help the people who live in the yellow zones despite being reasonably capable of doing more or at least evacuating a number of them to the blue zones. The reclaiming of yellow zones is nice, but they don't even provide, say, gas masks. That sort of thing is why the militants say "The oppressors must die!"
They also show some recklessness and disregard for human life in terms of the research they conduct in Kane's Wrath. Experiments in liquid tiberium killed numerous researchers and weren't stopped until after nod blew up the facility. Likely the only reason they didn't restart it after that was that the destruction of the facility turned Australia into a red zone. Also, they were risking the Tacitus entirely more than was really acceptable. Experiments that have a 10% chance of causing it to explode each experiment are rather unwise.
As for Kane saving Earth from the Scrin, the key point is that he lured them to Earth early. The Scrin plan was to wait until no effective resistance remained on the planet, which usually occurred when someone detonated a liquid tiberium bomb. The Scrin came to earth and were totally destroyed, instead of waiting a while and arriving to find no resistance. Of course, the inbound invasion fleet might be an issue, but apparently Kane turned the Tacitus into a tiberium remote control or something like that prior to the start of the upcoming fourth game. We'll see how that plays out. -
I'd forgotten about the Yellow Zones... by
on 2009-09-09 10:41:00 UTC
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good point. Personally, though, I'm still mildly unconvinced. I think that GDI were right to attempt to leave the Yellow Zones to their own devices while they poured all of their money into anti-Tiberium research. If ZOCOM's efforts worked in a Red Zone, then they would instantly have switched to the Yellows, knowing that their tech works.
Also, gas masks against Tiberium? Epic fail.
Regarding your entire second paragraph... what? Where did that information come from?
And Kane has the Tacitus again (I've never finished either TW or KW)? GDI kept it hidden effectively, didn't they? Good job, well done. -
That explains much by
on 2009-09-10 00:03:00 UTC
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GDI probably had far more than enough to at least airlift people out, though. I got the impression that they had started reclaiming yellow zones, such as Germany, but it was going to take decades to complete. In the mean time, they should probably have evacuated people from the yellow zones, especially the Sahara and Amazon deserts and the areas near enough to red zones to have tiberium in the rainwater. Admittedly, the point is rendered largely moot by the fourth game tralier, going by the brand new england red zone.
Gas masks would prevent inhaling the toxic gas and tiny pieces of tiberium, although a full-body composite hazmat suit would of course be better.
Second paragraph comes from the Scrin campaign and intel database.
GDI did do well with the Tacitus, aside from the part where they nearly blew both it and Chennyne Mountain up by knowingly performing risky experiments. They may possibly have been going to stop doing that, but still. Going by the stuff released about Tiberium Twilight, blowing it up would possibly have doomed humanity.
Independent from GDI as an organization, Boyle goes from an idiot to extremely evil with his actions in the last GDI mission, where he orders the commander to use another liquid tiberium warhead to destroy a Scrin control center in the Tiber Riverbed. The player can either do or not do that. In the ending where it is used, it takes out nearly everything in europe via tiberium chain reaction. -
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"I got the impression that they had started reclaiming yellow zones, such as Germany, but it was going to take decades to complete."
Likely, but I still think that they should have focused on the Red Zones. After all, they're the bigger threat. If you focus tech on working in a Red Zone, it will definitely work in a Yellow. However, what if they focused tech on Yellow Zones and found that it didn't cut it in a Red Zone? Lose.
"going by the brand new england red zone."
England's a Red Zone now? Cool. *looks outside*
"Gas masks would prevent inhaling the toxic gas and tiny pieces of tiberium, although a full-body composite hazmat suit would of course be better."
Yeah, but you'd have to take both off to eat and drink and everything, so what's the point?
"Second paragraph comes from the Scrin campaign and intel database."
Right, right, PC version came with intel stuff. I have the Xbox for both TW and KW.
"GDI did do well with the Tacitus, aside from the part where they nearly blew both it and Chennyne Mountain up by knowingly performing risky experiments."
Just go through the Stargate, people! Go through the Stargate!
"Going by the stuff released about Tiberium Twilight, blowing it up would possibly have doomed humanity."
Well, duh? If it was created by good Scrin warning Earth about bad Scrin...
"In the ending where it is used, it takes out nearly everything in europe via tiberium chain reaction."
Awesome. I heard about that vaguely, that Michael Ironside resigns because you're a war criminal.
One epic fail on the part of EA is that the mutants vanished. What? There was no explanation and they were a major part of everything. Especially since, you know, they were the only ones to have any success cracking the Tacitus rapidly. But no, they suddenly live in random hovels in cruddy places. -
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on 2009-09-13 20:38:00 UTC
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Here's the tiberium twilight trailer: http://pc.gamespy.com/dor/objects/3684/command-conquer-4/videos/comand4_trl_revealtrailer_72709.html
Gas masks would protect sometimes, although really the best way to protect people would be to move them away from tiberium fields.
Anyways, I'm pretty sure the tacitus is more than just a giant data storage device. The massive capacity for explosion it apparently possesses would seem to indicate it is a power source or suchlike.
As for the forgotten, i'm pretty sure it's more accurate to say Tratos had success at cracking the tacitus raipidly, and he died. After the Down With Food and Air* riots, they probably left the area they'd been living in to avoid that ever happening again.
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on 2009-09-15 11:04:00 UTC
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Awesome! That trailer, I hadn't seen. *huggles Kane* Ooh... glowy...
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Re: Author Showdown? by
on 2009-09-02 00:36:00 UTC
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J.K. Rowling: Awesome.
J.R.R. Tolkien: Awesome.
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'Twas my view also... (nm) by
on 2009-09-02 11:19:00 UTC
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Interesting... by
on 2009-09-01 16:12:00 UTC
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Graphic wasn't very impressive; but then, I'm always wary of graphs that try to predict the future. I think the graph is true, though.
As for the discussion...
Well, I've never read J.R.R. Tolkien, unfortunately, and I haven't read Twilight or any Stephanie Meyer books (does she have others?) but I have read plenty of Shakespeare and Harry Potter. While I think Shakespeare is overrated, I have to agree that his stories are timeless and his insults the best. I love the Harry Potter series, and I do think it could become a timeless classic; perhaps not on the level of Shakespeare, but it will stick around for years to come. I think the whole Twilight craze is overrate, as well, but then i've only read two sentences of the book. -
Twilight by
on 2009-09-01 16:16:00 UTC
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is a bit like Eragon. Looks good at first glance, but... if beauty is skin deep, then both books are one-layered in more than one meaning. I haven't read more than a few snippets, but this is the general view and I agree with them based on what I've read of it.
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I think the whole comparison idea is ridiculous. by
on 2009-09-01 23:26:00 UTC
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I've read all four, and they all have their merits, some of which are long-lasting, some of which are very brief. I don't really like Shakespeare despite all the praise he gets - it's more that his stories are now culturally ingrained and you can't really avoid them. I don't dislike them, either, but I'm not interested.
Harry Potter, I think, is the same - only in this case I like it ;) That story has been so big over the last ten years that it's ingrained part of itself in daily life; you can mention Harry, or Shakespeare, in random conversation and be reasonably sure the other person will have at least some idea of what you're talking about.
Tolkien, it seems to me, was like that five years ago, but now it's fading along with the movie hype. I like Tolkien, and always will, but not with the obsessive nature that seems to be characteristic of...
Twilight. It's a fashion - a rather big fashion - and hey, I'd rather see teenage girls squeal over books than whinging about whatever miseries are in their angsty lives. I don't dislike Twilight, either, and I read all four books, but it doesn't... it's not the same.
I've rambled a lot, sorry, but that's my point: These stories are so different that they can't be compared. They're written at different times by different people for different audiences and in different ways. The only method of comparison is sheer popularity, and that's ever-changing.
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Not really. by
on 2009-09-02 23:45:00 UTC
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I've read a lot of Shakespeare, in school and out, and all the Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings and other Tolkien works, but I couldn't force myself past the first few pages of Twilight. I skimmed ahead a few chapters, but it looked pretty horrible all the way through, and given that pretty much everyone whose literary opinion I in any way trust told me it was horseshit, I didn't care to find out personally.
Shakespeare was a literary genius. Even if you don't like his material, you have to give credit where credit is due; he invented many, many words in the English language, his wordplay was witty, funny, and very beautiful. It's hard to read, because we don't speak that sort of language these days. (NOTE: It is NOT Old English which he wrote in. That is a separate language entirely, with, I believe, an entirely separate alphabet. My favorite English teacher taught us that in Freshman year, telling us that if she caught us referring to Shakespeare as "Old English," she would make us write our essays in -real- Old English, and we would probably cry. Or something like that.) I got lucky in that my parents raised me on the Old King James, which is written in very similar language; I get the dirty jokes, and the metaphors, pretty easily, because the language isn't as much of a barrier. But, no matter whether you -like- his style or not, he was a literary genius. (Did you know that "nothing" referred to a woman's... yeah... back then? When I learned that, it gave a lot of his lines sudden new, hilarious meanings.)
As for the "LotR craze," no, it isn't dying down. The movie craze is. But the books? Were written... circa 1954, 1955. That's about fifty-five to fifty-four years of popularity. When a student teacher saw me reading The Silmarillion in History, he remarked that they seem to come back with a bang every twenty, thirty years or so, since they'd been fairly popular in the fifties (I think), huge in the eighties, died back down a bit, and then became huge a few years back, when the movies were made. Twenty-five years or so from now, people will suddenly rediscover them, I'm sureif the world hasn't ended by then. It's not a passing craze. Tolkien was also a genius, in his own right. (As was Lewis, given that The Chronicles of Narnia also come rushing back fairly often.)
Harry Potter? Who knows? I think it'll be something along the same lines, though personally I prefer Lord of the Rings, Narnia, or, in fact, Shakespeare. HP is good, though, very good, and, as you pointed out, it's now a part of culture. Also not a passing craze.
Twilight? A passing craze. In twenty, thirty years, people who read Twilight and Eragon might remember them, might still enjoy them, but they won't be huge things like LotR and Shakespeare and possibly Harry Potter will.
The comparison thing isn't that ridiculous, as far as who stands the test of time. Honestly, it's not that ridiculous as far as quality is concerned either. Somewhat ridiculous, yes, because Shakespeare was a playwright, not an author, and because he wrote at a point when language was changin drastically (though, I suppose, given the sudden veer we've taken towards babble like "Obvy, FML," and oh my God I can't think of any right now but I meant the craze of abbreviating every single word, even in conversation, you could consider this language in a transition phase as well), but all told, I think he still wins on sheer awesome. His sonnets are awesome. But Stephanie Meyer? Oh good grief no. Her writing is purple prose, and at best, angsty melodrama. (Shakespeare, by the way, also gave us realistic acting. Back then, acting was nearly always incredibly melodramatic, the sort of thing you'd see in a bad soap opera today. Shakespeare was the one who started the whole thing with acting like real people onstage.) JK Rowling wrote well, if not as well as Tolkien, and Tolkien wrote well, and invented NEW LANGUAGES AND AN ENTIRE WORLD COMPLETE WITH FULL GEOGRAPHY HISTORY AND MYTHOS AND BASICALLY INVENTED TODAY'S FANTASY GENRE, but Stephanie Meyer? Wrote a story which ignored all previous vampire lore, a story in which the main character was a whiny brat and the other main character was an abusive jerk. And, because the characters were described in urple prose as the ultimate hot, tween fangirls ate it up. And some other people. But you know how you see those fanfics that are just horrible, horrible stuff, and somehow they have thousands of reviews of "ZOMG I LUVV U THIS ROXORZ" and, more mind-bogglingly, here and there, well-written reviews that actually point out good things? That's like Twilight, in my mind. Yeah, she got published, and she's got a thousand fangirls who fawn over her and are prepared to flame (and call a flamer) anyone who doesn't. But at the end of the day, give me Don't Panic, Okay NOW Panic, any day of the week.And if you don't know what those fics are, and you have ever typed "Where is all the goodfic?" then slap yourself upside the head for me, and then go read them. Please.
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on 2009-09-04 10:48:00 UTC
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I hear it everywhere and no-one's given me an answer. I'm fairly sure it's not the singular of Tweenies (THANK GOD).
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Ten- to twelve-year-olds. by
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Roughly. As far as I know, it comes from "between child and teenager", since ten-year-olds tend to think they're more mature than nine-year-olds. I also think it may have come from Lord of the Rings, because if I recall right, they used that name or a similar one for Hobbits in their twenties, which were effectively equivalent to teenagers.
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on 2009-09-04 16:15:00 UTC
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I just figured it had a different meaning in real life and forty years on. After all, gay used to mean happy forty years ago.
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... Calm down. by
on 2009-09-03 05:42:00 UTC
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I'm not going to have a fight with you. I have my opinions and I stand by them; I don't like it when people compare things because I think it creates more problems than solutions. That said, it's still just my opinion.
Sorry if I offended you, but I just don't enjoy Shakespeare's work as much as it's 'all hyped up to be' - I don't know why; I just don't. I've liked some of the film adaptations, and I'm certainly not against giving him the credit he's due, but his stories just aren't ones that I personally can sit down and enjoy.
(And no, it wasn't Old English - it was closer to Middle English. I studied Old English a few years ago and believe me, it is hard. I hated it, to be honest, but it was fascinating to see how English evolved - Shakespeare's influences included.)
Also, it seems I confused you - sorry about that. I was referring to the fanfic part of the LotR "craze", not the stories themselves. Reading back, I can see where I didn't make it clear. too bad these posts can't be edited.
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Heh. Sorry. by
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I didn't mean to come off as foaming-at-the-mouth enraged. I wasn't. Like hS said, I was more responding to the entire page/forum, the whole debate. It really, really, really irritates me when people take two-second fan-crazes and make them out like paragons of culture and talent. You'd get much the same rant with someone trying to compare Linkin Park with U2, or Fallout Boy with The Beatles, or Eminem with Jimi Hendrix, or, for that matter, Bono with Johann Sebastian Bach, or, as you've seen, Stephanie Meyer with William Shakespeare. And I tend to ramble on about subjects that irritate me-- because internet arguments so often turn into irrational flame wars and demonstrations of Godwin's Law, I prefer to try and make my point as clearly as possible.
Repeat after me, now: wordiness does not make things clear. Quite the opposite. You cannot reason with tweeny idiots. High blood pressure is a bad way to die.
(Man, that's incredible. It would be -awesome- to study Old English. I hope someday I can, as well.)
Honestly, I didn't mean to say that you weren't giving Shakespeare enough credit. It's acceptable to not like him, and hypocritical to assume or demand that everyone should. Eating my words? No, no, I never have to do that. That's for the foolishly proud, dontchaknow?
The rant wasn't aimed at starting a fight with you. Believe it or not, I don't like or enjoy flame-wars, or angry arguments. I was just peeved after reading the whole Graphjam page, and kind of found myself with uncontrollabe word-vomit. I stand by what I said, but it wasn't aimed at you, and I'm sorry it... was aimed at you? By position, not intent.
I'm glad you've read, and liked, the Don't Panic series. It's on my top ten favorite fanfics list, and definitely the two of them meld together as my favorite LotR fanfic ever. -
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nope (nm) by
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Yes. (nm) by
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I get the feeling... by
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... VM wasn't really replying to you so much as to the whole realm of Shakespeare-Tolkien-Rowling-Meyer comparisons. :P
Personally -- as a non-literary-critic -- I don't enjoy reading Shakespeare but like watching/acting his comedies, love Tolkien's worlds but don't tend to read his books much any more, didn't get past the first few chapters of Goblet of Fire but have watched all the films, and read the first three Twilight books (and watched the film) for pretty much the sole purpose of understanding all the mockery.
Shakespeare's works are probably immortal. Lord of the Rings will probably always have a cult/sporadic following. Harry Potter may end up the same, it's too soon to say. And Twilight probably isn't going to last.
But who knows? We may all be dead long.
(When it comes to Old English, I always loved the story of Tolkien's lectures on Anglo-Saxon poetry -- as I recall, he began the course by reciting the opening lines of Beowulf in the original, without telling the class what he was doing. ;))
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Yeah, pretty much. Thanks. by
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And that is a crazy awesome story.
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If that's the case... by
on 2009-09-04 02:47:00 UTC
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...then sorry for being defensive. I just felt like I was being shouted at.
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No worries. by
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I was shouting. Just not at you. Therefore, th'art justified. Woulda got my hackles up, too.
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Thank god... by
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that I can't stand fashion. I am immune from Twilight disease.
You mean... the LotR craze is ending? The Pit might be safe to tread again (at least until The Hobbit is out)?
And don't worry about rambling. Rambling is fun.
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This Gathering I've been hearing about... by
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Where and when is it?
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Re: This Gathering I've been hearing about... by
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Sadly I can't come. Things have happened and plans have had to be changed.
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Aw :( Oh well, next time. (nm) by
on 2009-09-02 00:26:00 UTC
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by the way by
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Laburnum, what time's your train due? Since I'll be coming by car, might as well try to time things so the earliest person to get there coincides with me.
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I'm getting a lift from my dad, so I can arrive any time. by
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Need to look up timetables for when buses and trains leave, but I can arrive whenever. Say quarter to one? I'll bring a big sign like Cassie did last time.
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actually, we could revise that by
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Finally got hold of Cassie. Her train's in at 12.09. So if we go for 12.30 rather than 12.45 (or even 12.25 in your case) then the sign will be there before the people who need to spot it.
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12:30 outside the Armouries, then. (nm) by
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Re: I'm getting a lift from my dad, so I can arrive any time. by
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Let me see if I can find the chat where Cassie and I were discussing train times... Nope, she didn't actually say which one she's getting.
I think our plan's to set off from here about elevenish; journey time is dependent on a) manoeuvring through Leeds's evil one way system and b) how recklessly Steve intends to drive.
Unless Cassie's gone for a particularly early train, she's probably getting in just after half twelve, so quarter to one should work fine. As for leaving, she's got herself booked on the 9.08 so I went for the 9.05, if you want to work round that. -
If you wanna come I'll burn another mix copy. by
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(I'm gonna post it for download after the Gathering anyway, I just thought it'd be nice to bring CD copies for the people who come along.)
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This Saturday, in Leeds by
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Why, think you can make it?
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OT: Looking for Someone Who can Translate Tengwar for Me by
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For a reason(s) I'm extremely curious to find out, the German band Within Temptation has a book with some Tengwar in it make an appearance in the vid for their song Stand My Ground. If you're interested, I have the caps up in my LJ.
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Within Temptation! Yay! (nm) by
on 2009-09-04 00:48:00 UTC
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As proffered on LJ... by
on 2009-09-02 11:24:00 UTC
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... my transcription of the second line on the caps (the first full line):
Valinorean mode -- Ndthindngfvldwss wincldndcf ndfengnd
Mode of Beleriand -- Dthdgfnlhoss oshlhdcf dfgd
Dutch mode -- Dsiddjfrljss jzjildtjf dfedjd
Cat-on-the-keyboard mode -- Wedontunder standawo rdofth
I'm going to concur with the "random" idea, here. Unless the Dutch are inordinately fond of dsiddjfrljss.
(Other evidence is the presence of a double esse halfway down the page. Esse is already used for 'ss' wherever it appears, which means that word would begin 'ssss'.)
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Within Temptation is a Dutch band (nm) by
on 2009-09-02 09:12:00 UTC
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So I found out from someone else by
on 2009-09-02 11:16:00 UTC
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The bi-lingual message at the start of all their vids on YouTube looked to be in German and English. My bad.
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'Nother PPC ficsnippet. by
on 2009-09-02 21:23:00 UTC
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http://chelonianmobile.livejournal.com/77472.html
My agents are at the OFUR at this point in time, some time around January 2008 HST, and Hemlock is making his first public appearance. More will be done on this storyline later, but I wanted to get this bit up now.
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De-Stu'ing? by
on 2009-09-04 04:17:00 UTC
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What way do you recommend to De-Stu-ify an Agent? One of mine ate some dodgy punctuation, and has since been acting funny, the latest being that he "Manefested" a "Kbifem" with a "Knickle guard". We're currently wracking our brains as to how to de-stu him, and thusfar have come up with a trip to medical, or a trip into the Reality Room... Neither of which sound at all appealing to poor Ross...
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Well, last time this happened... by
on 2009-09-04 13:17:00 UTC
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... they used an assortment of books. To quote The Un-Sueing of Vemi...
She held out her hand to Rosie, who handed her The Meaning of Liff and a bound copy of CNell's "A Maiden from a Distant World". Rosie herself hefted her well-worn copy of ROTK.
Of course, Vemi had turned herself into an LotR-Sue rather than a generic one, but... how about a sharp blow to the head with a dictionary?
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Re: Well, last time this happened... by
on 2009-09-04 21:06:00 UTC
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Ah, good idea. Perhaps a book on grammar and style as well...
His partner also has a plan that involves *is gagged to prevent disclosing things* *glares*
Mmmphmph mmmphnnphmph.
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Who wants to take the Suefic Squared? by
on 2009-09-05 21:23:00 UTC
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web of secrets » by silent star of the night reviews
I don’t need a babysitter. I’m capable of handling myself. She said. Your just wasting his skills and mine. She said. Murtagh was trying desperately not to laugh at her reaction and how stubborn she was being.
Inheritance Cycle - Rated: T - English - Romance/General - Chapters: 24 - Words: 19,669 - Reviews: 32 - Updated: 3-4-09 - Published: 7-23-07
My comment: An abysmal canon, and I'm looking forward to the day it goes to the Musée des Univers Perdus, but it's still a plot continuum and therefore the PPC's duty to protect it. -
Seconding khajidu's question. by
on 2009-09-06 03:30:00 UTC
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What's "Musée des Univers Perdus"?
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A museum for all continuua lost and forgotten. (nm) by
on 2009-09-06 04:18:00 UTC
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That's what I get for not being fluent in French, heh. (nm) by
on 2009-09-06 09:12:00 UTC
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Musée des Univers Perdus? by
on 2009-09-05 23:23:00 UTC
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It should go to the wiki. I love the idea.
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We'll take it. by
on 2009-09-05 22:34:00 UTC
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After reading the first sentence to miss Meip, Agents Rose/Ross and Meip are willing to take on this travesty. Might give us a break from Tortallverse.
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Bravery by
on 2009-09-06 05:12:00 UTC
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Rose is going to venture into a Eragon badfic? You poor brave bastard. Good luck.
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Well... by
on 2009-09-06 09:58:00 UTC
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More like blazing stupidity. But both Meip and I know the Canon, so... Yeah. And, sadly, actually LIKE the Canon. As fluff, you know? Between Ethnomusicology textbooks, Herman Melville, and Gaelic practice, sometimes you need a little mindless reading... And that's just on my end.
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Re: Well... by
on 2009-09-06 10:52:00 UTC
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Normally I whack it with the source material, but since the actual material is a bad fic mix of a bunch of good stories, what are you going to do?
I would be tempted to grab all the origional stuff and whack it with that. But that is just me. -
sorry forgot my question,, by
on 2009-09-06 10:53:00 UTC
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The origional subject line (before my comp ate it) was How are you going to revert the fic back to normalcy?
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Probably... by
on 2009-09-06 13:21:00 UTC
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Kill squeaky traumatized pwecious little "Marina" in the most inventive, satisfying way possible, and whack the Canons with both the Canon and a hefty Oxford English Dictionary, as well as Strunk and White's Elements of Style (I think that's what it is, it's currently 5:16 in the morning where I am, so my brain is a little... off), and the Writer's Manual that an old English Teacher gave me (and my Agent(s)...) until they go back to themselves.
It's like my little sister said when I tried to explain how to tell if it was a replacement Sue in the Twilight Continuum. "So, if she's so out of character that I ACTUALLY WOULD PREFER THE ORIGINAL, then she's a Sue?"
The same can be said for the very Canon of this Canon...
Sorry if that rambled. Again, it's either really, really, really late, or really, really, really early where I am. -
Bonne chance. (nm) by
on 2009-09-06 01:33:00 UTC
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mission plug by
on 2009-09-06 18:33:00 UTC
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Viva Las Suckas
A troll causes slapstick and out-of-character stupidity among the A-Team. Agent Tasmin has a brief love affair (of sorts) with a lamppost.
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The Mix is up! by
on 2009-09-07 01:44:00 UTC
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Awesome :D by
on 2009-09-09 19:42:00 UTC
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Thank you for reintroducing me to 'The March of Cambreadth'. I love that song!
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"Devil's Dance Floor!" by
on 2009-09-08 00:36:00 UTC
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GODS, I love that song!
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Cool. by
on 2009-09-07 09:08:00 UTC
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As I said on the LJ, I'll download the songs as soon as I've got a computer with sound, and maybe once I've actually done some PPC missions. Should point out, though, that the links seem to be broken. I also forgot to suggest a couple, but ah well. Maybe next time someone tries one of these.
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Yay! by
on 2009-09-07 03:39:00 UTC
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I was able to download the songs, but I had to mess with the download URLs to do it. You should probably fix them. Anyway, I'll listen ASAP. A lot of it isn't my usual, but you never know. {= )
Does this mix have a title?
~Neshomeh
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It seems someone else has a similar idea about Mary Sues by
on 2009-09-07 01:58:00 UTC
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I just found this gem of a fanfic. Apparently the PPC are not the only ones to recognise Mary Sues for the threat they are.
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Heheh, that's awesome. by
on 2009-09-07 07:43:00 UTC
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But no, the PPC is not alone in the fight against Mary Sues. In fact, many of the authors in the Redwall section of the Pit (myself, Lycaenion, and sometimes Laburnum) have banded together on a few occasions to kick ass and kill Mary Sues.
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There's a Redwall fic on the Pit... by
on 2009-09-08 00:34:00 UTC
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...called "SueSlayers" or something like that, which is a lot like the PPC, except they don't compile charge lists- they just grab the Sue and kick her arse. Oh, and the things they kill are ultra-exaggerated Sue parodies created specifically for the story. It's quite funny.
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Yup. by
on 2009-09-08 03:52:00 UTC
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A lot of people do that, myself included. One Pit author, warrior4, actually writes a Redwall TV show (starring the fursonas of major authors, myself included) devoted to Sueslaying.
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Oh, I love that one! by
on 2009-09-09 01:30:00 UTC
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And the trolls.
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I love that one. Read it years ago, I think. by
on 2009-09-07 05:42:00 UTC
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It's very good, and funny, and most of all - memorable. :)
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Top-notch! (nm) by
on 2009-09-07 02:19:00 UTC
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I've got the Small Fandom Badfic Blues by
on 2009-09-07 02:37:00 UTC
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- Tevmekian Love » by Leftywrite reviews
Alexander Dane has an old girlfriend-like as in a Galaxy Quest fic. haha, i LOVE ALAN RICKMAN!! er, yeah. read!
Misc. Movies - Rated: T - English - Romance/Romance - Chapters: 2 - Words: 1,178 - Reviews: 11 - Updated: 2-22-03 - Published: 2-18-03
My comment: Hit it with a rock, then eat it!
2. Then Fall Hobbes » by Jhomeboy reviews
FINAL CHAPTER UP! Hobbes, having been replaced by the new tiger, seems to have won his place back in Calvin's life. What happens when Chic returns and with a vengence.
Calvin & Hobbes - Rated: K+ - English - General/Drama - Chapters: 11 - Words: 8,007 - Reviews: 49 - Updated: 9-19-02 - Published: 8-20-02"
My comment: Is. Nothing. SACRED!?
And while we're at it, check out this train wreck of an OC.
- Tevmekian Love » by Leftywrite reviews
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Haha *snort* by
on 2009-09-07 05:52:00 UTC
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Ha, when you said "train wreck" you meant literally. Man, did I chuckle when I realized that.
But now to more important things--Calvin and Hobbes.
You know, I'm surprised Hobbes didn't fall for Chic at first sight. I mean, the way he talks about Suzie sometimes...he's a bit of a perv. He's probably really craving some tigress right about now. -
Nope. Nothing is sacred. *sigh* by
on 2009-09-07 05:43:00 UTC
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Though, admittedly, if we were picking things to be sacred, I wouldn't choose GalaxyQuest.
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Parody of Erasure's 'I Love to Hate You' by
on 2009-09-08 04:44:00 UTC
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Oh I’m an HP agent at the PPC
Reading off a charge list brings me glee
Love and hate what a beautiful combination
Sending shivers up and down my spine
I’m crazy flowing over with ideas
A thousand ways to slay a Suethor so sincere
Love and hate what a beautiful combination
Sending shivers up and down my spine
And the badfics that you post so frequently
They stink, so ditch the ‘you’ll love it!’ guarantee
Yes, I’ll spork them all, dear writer
And I’ll do so with glee, ‘cause
How I love to hate Sues
I love to hate Sues
I love to hate Sues
I love to hate Sues
Oh you really still expect us all to squee
Because your Buffy rip-off is lovely
Sorry you what a shameful situation
Sending shivers up and down my spine
For every double-O C who appears
My sense of hesitation disappears
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Nice. by
on 2009-09-11 17:30:00 UTC
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I wish I knew the tune, but it's still good work. *g*
Nice to see you around, too. I suspect all these young 'uns don't recognize you, or they might have been more responsive. {= )
~Neshomeh
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*tentative wave* Hi! by
on 2009-09-08 17:28:00 UTC
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Hi! My name's Lucy, or any derivation you can get off of moonchild, or if you're feeling random, the color yes (which actually has the best story). I stumbled across this community 'cause... well, 'cause IndeMaat happened across one of my stories, reviewed it, and then I (sneakily, yes, I know) followed it to her profile and then was sucked into her Torchwood PPC files... Anyway, I've been looking around, as I a while ago wanted to get into something like this, but I really like that other people have thought of it! Down with the Sues! Anyway, I just said anyway twice in a row, didn't I? Well, I'd better stop that, I can think of synonyms for it, and I have access to multiple thesauruses, and... I should stop rambling, shouldn't I?
Okay, I'll tell you a bit more about me, how 'bout? I started out, fandom wise, in Harry Potter, then progressed to Pirates of the Caribbean, and only last summer progressed even further to Doctor Who/Torchwood, where I now reside (with my fanfiction, anyway). However, I'd love to get back into Harry Potter/Pirates, but I'm thinking my best way in at the moment is through PPC. On LotR -- as I'm sure you'll all ask -- I've only seen the movies. (*cringes in fear of attack*) I do, however, have a hardback copy of the trilogy on my shelf and was trying to work my way through it before I got distracted by... probably school. Umm... I have a cat, two geckos, and a fish. Also a little brother, some crazy friends, and tendency to spell things the British way even though I am 100% American. You could tell by my Philly accent, but accents don't exactly translate onto paper very well...
I believe that's it. That was a bit lengthy of an introduction, but I do have a tendency to ramble... Now, off to work on the characters I'm planning... -
Sorry for being later than late! by
on 2009-09-12 12:44:00 UTC
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In recompense, have several Anti-Lustin Squirt Guns, Darts, Submachine Guns and Kunai, folowed up by a golden Sandworm.
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I believe that makes up for it by
on 2009-09-12 23:48:00 UTC
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Not that I really mind, anyway. :D
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Another late welcome. by
on 2009-09-11 17:26:00 UTC
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And yet, I think I still get First Poke.
*poke* >.>
Also, have a bumper sticker. *slaps on bumper sticker reading "My Agent PPC'd your Mary-Sue."*
So, yes. Welcome! I have just one question for you: what is up with people not capitalizing their usernames these days? Did they mysteriously cease to be proper nouns? Or has e. e. cummings suddenly come into vogue without my notice?
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The late welcomes are still welcome! XD by
on 2009-09-11 22:35:00 UTC
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*squeals* Don't poke me! I had sugar today! I'm hyper! (Yes, I believe that is the First Poke.)
OOO, bumper sticker! I love it! I want one. I would go make a real one, if I knew how to. And I had a car that I could drive to put it on...
Well, as you can see, I just went and capitalized it this time. I didn't out of habit; my email is all lowercase, and I'm used to that, so, I dunno... -
Somewhat late welcome. by
on 2009-09-09 11:08:00 UTC
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Here, have a shapeshifting plushie. Guaranteed to keep away from Nightmare Fuel if you aren't into that.
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Thanks! by
on 2009-09-09 20:18:00 UTC
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A shapeshifting plushie? How do you hold on to it? Or... distinguish it from someone else's shapeshifting plushie?
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They follow you around. by
on 2009-09-11 05:35:00 UTC
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At a safe distance, of course, and not in a particularly creepy manner. Bit like the Luggage, but less inherently lethal. It changes form mostly when you want it to.
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What's this lethal Luggage? by
on 2009-09-11 22:38:00 UTC
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And that seems much handier. Can it change into anything or are there limitations? Could it transform into a real live... something, or is that not allowed? (It would kinda defeat the point, wouldn't it...)
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Re: They follow you around. by
on 2009-09-11 11:33:00 UTC
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What if we want them to turn into the Luggage? Would they still be less lethal then?
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Probably not. by
on 2009-09-11 13:50:00 UTC
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The Luggage's lethality seems to be an immovable multiversal constant.
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Welcome by
on 2009-09-09 10:17:00 UTC
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I've been put on people's favorites list before, but I don't think anyone has ever followed me this far. ;-)
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Well... by
on 2009-09-09 20:17:00 UTC
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Are you glad or not glad that I followed you? Or just sort of... indifferent? 'Cause I'm sure glad I found a group that's already gotten all of this together to fight Sues...
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The scale balances to happy you're here (nm) by
on 2009-09-10 09:57:00 UTC
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Yay! by
on 2009-09-10 20:33:00 UTC
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Now, the question is, where did you get said scale?
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Oh, drat, I'm a bit late, aren't I? by
on 2009-09-09 06:58:00 UTC
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Oh, well. Welcome, person! Have a spare CAD. You'll need a lot of them; they tend to be highly suicidal.
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Late is better than never! by
on 2009-09-09 20:15:00 UTC
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Of what little I've seen of them, I really don't blame them. I mean, who WANTS their job??
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Hey there! by
on 2009-09-09 03:43:00 UTC
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Have an egg whisk! It's shiny, gold-plated, and whisks not only eggs but author wraiths and those pesky spambots! Use it for good and not
muchevil. ;-)
Welcome to the insanity! Enjoy the ride. -
why thank you! by
on 2009-09-09 20:13:00 UTC
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That sure is a multi-purpose egg whisk. And can't I just use it for a little bit of evil?
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hello *tosses a large block of C4* by
on 2009-09-09 02:38:00 UTC
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this stuff can be used for more than just blowing stuff up. it is a good fuel for a fire - just don't stomp on it. and welcome.
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ooo! by
on 2009-09-09 02:42:00 UTC
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That sounds wonderful! And thanks!
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Welcome! *proffers a plate of lembas* (nm) by
on 2009-09-09 01:32:00 UTC
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thank you! by
on 2009-09-09 01:41:00 UTC
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I'll just stash that in the empty bit of my brain that used to hold my sanity. It's really quite good for storing food, I've found.
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Hello, small mammal. by
on 2009-09-09 01:29:00 UTC
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Welcome to the PPC. Please deposit your sanity in the provided receptacle. *indicates bucket marked "Warg Fodder"* You shan't be needing it here.
I'm Mad Maudlin Hart, and I'll be your waitress today- may I recommend the Internets in AWESOMESAUCE with a side of 2k monies? -
why is everyone insisting I get rid of my sanity? by
on 2009-09-09 01:40:00 UTC
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It's long gone! As I've said. Although, the Internets in AWESOMESAUCE does sound rather appetizing. Could I possibly get just a small portion?
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Eat! Eat! by
on 2009-09-10 00:05:00 UTC
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What for you want a small portion? Always with you it's "small portion, small portion." You get large portion, you eat it all. Do you want to starve? No boy wants a girl so skinny, they want something to hold on to...
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Greetings by
on 2009-09-09 01:15:00 UTC
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Welcome to the Board. Here, have a cup of tea. I'd describe it for you, but then I'd have to make a terrible joke about women. It'll cure what ails you nonetheless.
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Well, tea is nice by
on 2009-09-09 01:19:00 UTC
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Actually, I'd love some actual tea right now, I'm chilly and I'm wearing a long sleeve shirt and it's still summer for goodness' sake.
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Welcome! by
on 2009-09-09 01:05:00 UTC
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Have a free glow stick!
Hope you like it around here, I'm new as well and it's certainly fun! -
glowsticks! by
on 2009-09-09 01:18:00 UTC
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Love them! Are they the kind that you can bend into bracelets or the kind that you just wave around?
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Welcome! Have a Transdimensional Pocket Knife by
on 2009-09-08 23:38:00 UTC
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Very useful yet remarkably unpopular ;)
I see Ansela's already given you The Links, so I can't beat her to it. Ah, well. Nice to meet you! -
well, thanks! by
on 2009-09-09 00:57:00 UTC
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I don't exactly see why they'd be unpopular if they're useful. Isn't it usually the dead un-useful things that are crazy popular? *shrug* Well, thanks anyway!
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Hullo~ by
on 2009-09-08 22:32:00 UTC
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You sound interesting. I won't eat you... yet.
I come bearing links. *drags out Big Bag O' Links and digs through it*
First off is the link to the Wiki, a veritable fount of information for a newbie to read through. Especially helpful for you if you want to write missions would be the page on Permission (note the capital P).
I would advise against reading any Legendary Badfic, unless you are of strong mind and stomach. Even the summaries have been known to give those of weaker constitution nightmares.
For your reading pleasure, not knowing what you have already managed to find, I have several links for you. The Original Series (not to be confused with Star Trek) is a good place to start, as the PPC did many aeons ago.What do you mean I'm exaggerating?The Department of Geographical Aberrations is another interesting place to visit, if you have the time and inclination. Also by hS is the Tangled Webs site, which contains backstory for the PPC as an organisation. If you would rather visit the Floaters, then July's site is the place you need to be. And last, but most definitely not least, Response Centre 45 is where Trojie and Pads' missions are archived.
Hope you enjoy your stay here. Please deposit your sanity into the container offered to you by another Boarder; you won't be needing it here. -
well, we certainly won't have to worry about the sanity bit by
on 2009-09-09 00:56:00 UTC
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I lost mine AEONS ago. Which is really saying something, as I'm not that old.
However, on the links, I have stumbled across quite a few of them. The Wiki I've looked at and I'm working my way through the Original Series and then I suppose I'll move on from there, your other links look good!
And I would just like to inform you, for future reference, I'm pretty sure I don't taste very good. Or, at least, I didn't when I was littler and I knew. -
*grins* by
on 2009-09-09 02:32:00 UTC
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You don't taste good to you. I'm sure that you'd be quite... delicious, if I ever desired to eat your soul.
OW! Sorry, one of the characters in my head decided he was going to be a pain again. He's a bit sore about having been driven insane alongside his host, and he's taking it out on me.
Sanity? When did I ever have a need for such a useless thing? -
Re: *grins* by
on 2009-09-09 22:45:00 UTC
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I'll make note of that.
That's not very nice of him!! I don't think any of my characters mind about my insanity... Not that I've asked them in as many words, though.
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Hello there! by
on 2009-09-08 22:16:00 UTC
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Welcome to the board, miss! (My agent(s) are having the irresistible urge to call you MoChi... But maybe that's because they're craving icecream at the moment...)
Anyway, welcome to he board! Her's a Pidgin and a Kbifem! Pidgins (they look like Pigeons, except black, leathery, and covered in Silver Script, which is like Purple Prose, only it's the way that thirteen-year-old girls excuse bad spelling with "But it's so pretty!") are good for sorting out when Suethors throw random non-english into a fic, while Kbifems (Basically like a bowie knife with a highly scripted M cut out of the meat of the blade) are very good for killing Suethor Spelling. Beware, though! if either falls into the wrong hands, GREAT EVIL can befall you...
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thank you! by
on 2009-09-09 00:52:00 UTC
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Those sound quite useful; I'm building up a rather nice arsenal for when the Sues -- and the Suethors -- decide to come after me. I will take very good care of them, I promise! And you can hold me to that promise! ... unless I get my hands on too much sugar, as might happen tomorrow...
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Of course... by
on 2009-09-08 22:20:00 UTC
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The best thing to do if GREAT EVIL is ever after you, is to use bad spelling against it so that instead you have GREAT EVAL after you. I'm sure you'll be able to at least survive being evaluated.
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Hrm.... by
on 2009-09-08 23:32:00 UTC
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Well, as the college that I'm currently attending uses Evaluations rather than letter or number grades, I could REALLY USE a GREAT EVAL after the Instructor of Great Evil tried to sabotage me last quarter because she didn't like my art style... *sigh*
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Hello there new person! by
on 2009-09-08 22:16:00 UTC
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Here, have an amulet of ooze-riding which I've revamped into an anti-glitter shield.
It used to make it so that any ooze creature which tried to get at you would simply flow around you, making it so that you could stand in the middle of an ooze creature with no ill effect, now it'll do the same thing to glitter based attacks and effects!
Quite useful when fighting sues and/or the fae. -
Oh, WOW! by
on 2009-09-09 00:47:00 UTC
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Thank you! I am now forever protected from the glitter! I feel so loved and welcomed, with all these gifts... And that is a quite ingenious invention, if I do say so myself. I utterly despise glitter actually. Real life, too. It gets EVERYWHERe.
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Hello! by
on 2009-09-08 21:34:00 UTC
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Nice to meet you! Here, have a glow-in-the-dark spork *hands it over* Good for stabbing Sues (or eating icecream with). Did you say that you're a Philadelphian? In that case, I'll say another 'hello!' 'cause I've just moved there :D
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Re: Hello! by
on 2009-09-09 00:38:00 UTC
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A glow-in-the-dark spork?! WOW! Cool! And yup, from right outside the city, actually! How are you liking it?
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Re: Hello! by
on 2009-09-09 06:15:00 UTC
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It's nice! I like the centre city especially - there are lots of ornate and pretty buildings to admire. It is taking me a while to get used to the heat, though :D (not helped by the fact that it was winter back home).
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That would do it... by
on 2009-09-10 02:44:00 UTC
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I've lived here my entire life and I've never liked the heat. I blame that on genetics, though -- I have Wisconsin blood. Actually, this summer wasn't bad, there's been very little humidity. Humidity always kills me. But yeah, there's a ton of great-looking buildings downtown.
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Oh, you would hate the Philippines. by
on 2009-09-11 05:38:00 UTC
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If only because it's hot as hell here. On average. Also humid. Blasted tropical climate.
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Yes, I probably would. by
on 2009-09-11 22:39:00 UTC
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I'm much more of a winter weather person. I couldn't live anywhere where they don't get snow. We get a grand total of maybe 6 inches a year when we're lucky, and that's nowhere near enough for me.
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Hello by
on 2009-09-08 21:27:00 UTC
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Hi! Take this mystical pocket lint.
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mystical pocket lint? by
on 2009-09-09 00:46:00 UTC
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Does it have any mystical properties or just the fact that it's mystical?
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Mystical by
on 2009-09-09 17:21:00 UTC
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It has mystical properties. As to what those might be... well, it can take many years to unravel the mysteries of mystical pocket lint.
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those many years by
on 2009-09-10 02:40:00 UTC
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are they mystical years? Or mysterious years? Or... some other word starting with MY years?
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Years by
on 2009-09-10 05:24:00 UTC
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Particularly mystical years.
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particularly mystical years of mysticocity? by
on 2009-09-10 20:31:00 UTC
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Or am I not allowed to invent the word mysticocity?
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First plover! by
on 2009-09-08 20:31:00 UTC
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BTW, will your Agents be based in a TARDIS or a Response Center?
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thanks! by
on 2009-09-09 00:45:00 UTC
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That's a good question. Are they allowed to be based in a TARDIS if they're not always going into Doctor Who/Torchwood? 'Cause I'm highly tempted to stick around Harry Potter for a while, maybe just to get my bearings? I'd love to return to the fandom, but it's a bit... well, I've frankly run out of inspiration for writing anything there.
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A number of Agents kept their TARDISesÂ… by
on 2009-09-09 15:30:00 UTC
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…after the Plague. Also, some Agents have TARDISes of their own (either from before they were recruited or taken from MAry Sues).
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the Plague? by
on 2009-09-09 22:47:00 UTC
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That sounds rather... ominous. Hmm, well, I suppose that's good to know. One of my characters is seeming like she'd be the one to steal a TARDIS from somewhere. The other one is simply... odd. She's... sane!
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Macrovirus outbreak by
on 2009-09-10 01:44:00 UTC
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There's a page on the wiki. Essentially, the Leauge of Mary Sue factories arranged for two macrovirus infected sues and paul bunyon to wind up in headquarters at the same time. The viruses hit medical first, apparently overrunning the only areas in which a cure could be synthesised, and then things went about as poorly as might be expected. It would probably have been easy to resolve if the portals were working, but they had to be locked down due to the risk of the viruses escaping.
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That sounds like quite an outbreak! (nm) by
on 2009-09-10 02:45:00 UTC
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Welcome. Here's a tall ship. by
on 2009-09-08 18:29:00 UTC
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Pick your choice, jut don't take my Agents.
Well, I'm into several SF and fantasy fandoms (Star, fantasy books), and in some TV shows like House or Numb3rs. And RPF about U2.
My Agents (Whatever, South and Krisprolls) are androids whose personalities are based on my idea of what the personalities of three real-world Norwegian tall ships (respectively Statsraad Lehmkuhl, Sorlandet and Christian Radich) would be like had they been sentient. -
thanks for the ship! and nice agents! by
on 2009-09-09 00:43:00 UTC
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I really like the idea, quite original. Well, at least what I've seen of them. And androids -- does that mean they're less likely to, I dunno, die on a mission or something? Is it more work than it's worth? It seems like it would be to me, unless they're amazingly crafted androids or something...
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They look like humans. by
on 2009-09-09 10:07:00 UTC
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They're made with nanotechnology so as to look the most possible like humans, including inside. They have the same chances to get injured or sick, and to die. The only difference is their nervous system.
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feck, html fail by
on 2009-09-08 20:23:00 UTC
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I meant sf fandoms, especially franchises whose name starts with Star*** (Wars, Trek, gate).
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Hi! by
on 2009-09-08 17:44:00 UTC
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(Writing from a different computer.)
Welcome! Here's a battleaxe from the Raven Armory. It's useful against Sues. -
First cigar bomb! by
on 2009-09-08 17:35:00 UTC
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*Presents*
Welcome to the PPC - may you kill many Sues with inordinately large weapons. -
thank you both! by
on 2009-09-08 17:49:00 UTC
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I feel a lot better now that I can protect myself!
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Let's see... by
on 2009-09-08 23:28:00 UTC
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I mostly take care of the fandoms of Tamora Pierce-Tortall moslty-, Harry Potter, and Redwall. But I can work with the "Shrek", The Princess Diaries, Alex Rider, and LotR fandoms in a pinch, if necessary.
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cool! by
on 2009-09-09 00:40:00 UTC
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That's definitely quite a bit more than I'd be willing to take care of, I wouldn't really trust myself in anything I don't know really well... which at the moment is limited to three (unless you count Torchwood and Doctor Who separately) fandoms...
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I have none. by
on 2009-09-11 05:40:00 UTC
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Never really felt like asking for Permission or writing any Agents. Probably need greatly improved writing skills for that.
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Not many over here by
on 2009-09-09 17:27:00 UTC
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Well, with my current agents anyway. More or less limited to the Final Fantasy and Metal Gear series. Still, I have a fair numbe rof fandoms I'd be able to work in, like Harry Potter, LOTR, the Warhammer universe, all that kind of stuff. Maybe if I get more agents at some point.
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... I... *sigh* new mini-aragog, I think. by
on 2009-09-08 22:11:00 UTC
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How the hell does Sirius become Sinus? Honestly. This is the internet; bad handwriting shouldn't be affecting us.
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Well... by
on 2009-09-08 23:41:00 UTC
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This might actually be a case of Transcription Error. The Suethor might have written that part of the story by hand (in the back of mom's minivan while on a long trip, say?) and then given it to Big Sister to type up while she was, oh, let's say taking a shower to get ready for the first day of middleschool. And her handwriting was so abysmal that Big Sis honestly thought that "Sirius" was "Sinus".
This is why I've stopped letting anyone try to read my writing while it's still in handwritten form. My "t"s look rather more like "d"s... And I can honestly see how "ri" can look like "n"....
Still, proofreading is inexcusable. -
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on 2009-09-08 23:43:00 UTC
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LACK OF proofreading is inexcusable. I hate it when I hit "post" rather than "preveiw", and illustrate my own point...
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Re: >. by
on 2009-09-09 01:03:00 UTC
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I do that all the time >
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on 2009-09-09 01:11:00 UTC
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To me it sounds more like it should be a colloquial name for the stuff snuff-takers find in their handkerchiefs. *shudder*
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The only thing I can think of... by
on 2009-09-08 22:43:00 UTC
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...is that someone wasn't paying enough attention when they ran the spellchecker over. (No, 'Change All' is not a good option).
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But sinus wasn't used anywhere else! (nm) by
on 2009-09-08 22:57:00 UTC
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Oh. by
on 2009-09-09 01:51:00 UTC
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Then I have no idea, beyond generalised incompetence.
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OT: I found this funny, I don`t know why. by
on 2009-09-09 03:23:00 UTC
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http://www.punchanpie.net/cgi-bin/autokeenlite.cgi?date=20090907
Steming back to the author debate, but I think this warrents it`s own thread.
Challange, what is the funniest comic that you have ever found (single page needing minimal explaination)
Leto, because I can. -
ANY page of Something Positive. by
on 2009-09-09 11:57:00 UTC
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Other than that, this is pretty high on the list: http://suicideforhire.comicgenesis.com/d/20041103.html A lot of people hate this comic, but I adore it. I have actually BEEN suicidal before, but finding this comic and laughing at the idea actually helped with my recovery. Plus it has the same appeal as the Darwin Awards with the added bonus that you don't feel guilty for laughing at the deaths of actual people. And there's something very PPC-ish about the main characters; two snarky teenagers making a living out of killing people they feel are a blight on society in various creative ways?
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I know SP by
on 2009-09-09 16:45:00 UTC
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And I just finished a compleat archive binge of `Girls with Slingshots`. It is bloody hilarious.
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OT: Just thought I'd share. by
on 2009-09-09 12:55:00 UTC
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http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5364466/1/Rivendel_RentaHorse_A_Crack_Fic
By Yours Truly.
A proper short Crackfic. What happens when Az has a fever and decides to watch some of her favorite movies in marathon and realizes something funny.
Beware. Next time it'll probably be Glaurung sitting down with the Cult of Skaro for a discussion on Being Evil, while elsewhere Túrin Turambar gets the crap beaten out of him by Ten for being a whiny emo teenager... -
It's very funny... by
on 2009-09-09 19:36:00 UTC
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Even though I don't know LotR as well as I'd like. However, I do understand the point of it. Why is it always the White Noble Steed(TM), anyway?
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Heh. by
on 2009-09-09 17:23:00 UTC
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Better than most fic on the Pit, that's for sure.
One more thing: You used 'Rivendel' instead of 'Rivendell'. -
*snicker* by
on 2009-09-09 16:23:00 UTC
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Amusing. {= )
One little thing, though: it's Asfaloth. You got the a and the o backwards.
Now you've got me wondering about the Rohan Rent-a-Horse and the Bree Rent-a-Horse.
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Ack! >. by
on 2009-09-09 16:54:00 UTC
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And the sad thing is? I checked the spelling three times. >.
Anyway, thank you! I'll... go back and change that tomorrow when I've slept.
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How to make an OFU... by
on 2009-09-09 16:05:00 UTC
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I'm curious. How does one go about creating an OFU these days? Last I heard, Miss Cam had given up on PPC, OFUs and everything else. It's just I'm giving serious thought to creating a Mass Effect/Knights of the Old Republic/everything else BioWare OFU and I'm trying to coax a walking Elder Scrolls encyclopedia to create one for that fandom.
I presume reading OFUM is a must? I've got that covered, one of the others who might help with Elder Scrolls has too, though I need to force the encyclopaedia to read it. -
That might not be as good by
on 2009-09-21 17:19:00 UTC
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I figure KOTOR would be covered by the SW OFU, there was one once apparently, and I'd been contemplating finding suitable help to start a new one. Just given that KOTOR lies within SWcanon, unlike the rest. ;)
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Darn it... by
on 2009-09-22 11:05:00 UTC
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Okay, that leaves Mass Effect, Baldur's Gate (an OFU already), Dragon Age (not yet released), Neverwinter Nights (not yet played) and Jade Empire (not yet played) for the BioWare OFU. Bugger?
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Not sure, to be honest. by
on 2009-09-11 17:22:00 UTC
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I know we've talked about how to deal with new OFUs before, but I can't remember what exactly was determined except that it's separate from the PPC and therefore doesn't require PPC Permission. Reading OFUM first would make sense, considering that's what got it started, and I'd also recommend HFA, since that's the only other one I know of that got finished (and it's really good).
As to the writing, I guess I'd just say make sure you have a plan for it and see that it's thoroughly beta'd.
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Good points all... by
on 2009-09-12 10:56:00 UTC
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sadly nothing I didn't already know.
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could someone post links to all by
on 2009-09-09 20:37:00 UTC
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the that series mission logs?
I cant find them anywhere.
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Re: could someone post links to all by
on 2009-09-10 00:06:00 UTC
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I'm not sure there's a master list of them about; the wiki doesn't seem to have one. But its page on That Series lists each part along with who sporked what; it could admittedly do with links adding to both agent profiles and to mission logs, but if you search through the wiki for those agent profiles, you should find their mission logs and be able to get what you're after. Good luck!
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Plug! (not my own but brilliant) by
on 2009-09-09 20:41:00 UTC
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Alright, I thought you guys would appreciate this. When I was new to FF, I stumbled across this brilliant story that started me out on the Anti-Sue crusade. I just remembered it falling asleep at about midnight last night.
The fic: xXoCeaNRoMaNCeLoVeXx by xXWiLLTuRNeRSMiSTReSSXx. It's within the Pirates of the Caribbean fandom, and is basically about the canon characters battling Sues, Suethors, horrible grammar and spelling, chatspeak, and, well, plenty of other things. I can't remember all of it, having read this probably two years ago now, but I do remember that it's bloody brilliant and worth a read for anyone who knows Pirates. -
Ooooo. by
on 2009-09-11 05:39:00 UTC
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I found that a long time ago on the Pit, and found it hilarious.
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Isn't it amazing? by
on 2009-09-11 22:31:00 UTC
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Actually, the funny thing is I was writing this absolutely horrid story while I was working my way through it, and I never realised how horrid the story was/is... *sigh*
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Doctor Who horror by
on 2009-09-09 22:22:00 UTC
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Albeit it unintentionally -- I was simply looking into some normal, sane fanfiction for a break -- I stumbled upon this atrocious thing. The summary alone made me need to find out how bad it truly was, so, unfortunately, I did. I got there and I couldn't bring myself to actually read the bloody thing. I skimmed it -- especially after the first words of the author's note:
Hello anyone bothering to read this
you should know 2 things
#1
I’m an awful writer and simply bored, hence I am writing this story
#2
spelling and grammar shall be deplorable in this story, get over it and go away if you can’t take the thousand or so mistakes
C&P'd perfectly, I promise. The spacing is crap. There's no differentiation between story and AN other than the fact that it is a new chapter. There's practically more AN than story -- in the first chapter.
Oh, and I haven't even gotten to the worst part yet.
It claims to have been beta'd.
Who would -- who would claim -- who would claim to have beta'd something of this caliber?
It only appears to get worse. In the second chapter, the disclaimer for all sorts of lovely things gets completely disproved by the author... directly after making the claim to said warning. And and and... *cries*
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Re: Doctor Who horror by
on 2009-10-15 22:30:00 UTC
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Found it earlier, had it on list of badfic. As you said, it is quite bad.
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pssst! by
on 2009-09-09 23:57:00 UTC
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Just so you know, we have a bit of a thing about double posts here on the Board. There's a limited amount of threads can be on any one page, so a lot of new threads in a row pushes things off the first page and onto the next. This, as you can imagine, increases the chances of things getting missed, so we like to try and condense things into one post if we're starting a new thread. Or, if we've started a thread and then have something else to say, we stick it in the thread that's already there (under a suitable title, of course, so people can easily spot it's something new).
(Don't worry too much though - most of us have done this at some point.)
Will follow the link when sober, but surely someone using "hence" accurately should be literate enough for spelling? That author's note bodes. -
oh, yeah, duh by
on 2009-09-10 01:27:00 UTC
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I shoulda thought about that. Sorry, am quite out of it. I blame it on having had multiple syllabuses (syllabi?) read to me today, even though they were sitting in front of me...
Oh, and that wasn't even the whole AN, that was just the bit before the disclaimer...
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Trek badfic report by
on 2009-09-10 02:56:00 UTC
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I was wandering through the Pit the other day, and found this fascinating little gem:
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5287526/1/A_Faery_Tale
The canon is the latest Star Trek movie, and it features Angsty!Half-faery!Kirk who has to sleep with his true love (Bones) before his next birthday, or he'll die. Or something...quite frankly, I was too busy cringing at that point to tell. -
oh, go on then by
on 2009-09-11 21:37:00 UTC
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If no one else wants this, we'll stick it on our list. Consider this a claim.
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Was hoping you'd take it ;) by
on 2009-09-11 22:15:00 UTC
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Oh, be aware that there's about four or five more parts, all posted as separate one-shots. (Just in case you haven't found them already).
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Re: Was hoping you'd take it ;) by
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Haven't even looked yet, actually. Was fortifying myself with a cuppa and catching up on the soaps. But I'll consider us duly warned, thanks.
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There's really only one word for this. by
on 2009-09-11 17:37:00 UTC
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WTF?!
Too bad my Trekkie agent is in Implausible Crossovers. Unless you count Celtic myth as a crossed-over fandom.
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Yeah, that was pretty much my reaction. by
on 2009-09-12 07:57:00 UTC
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Followed shortly by 'KILL!'
(Thou shalt not use Celtic faery-ness to generate cheap angst and implausible plot devices, because the Sidhe are awesome. At least, when they're done properly.)
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Added several things to the trope page. by
on 2009-09-12 13:17:00 UTC
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I don't have an account, but it's fair to say that I'm responsible for most edits around the time this post was made.
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Sure! (nm) by
on 2009-09-11 00:21:00 UTC
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