Apr 2011 Archive, part b

*huge grin* This very story was the reason I left my first post on the board, back in July. It's been obsessing me like you wouldn't believe, monstrous piece of shit that it is. Really, I've been telling people about it. It feels so good to finally see the damn thing PPCed. And I gotta say, girl, you did a real good job. I kept giggling at this mission. I'm just glad you stopped the Sue before the monkey business came into play. Because that section was twenty different kinds of wrong. *pause* You know what? If Tolkien were still alive today, I'd be praying he'd never learn about fanfiction. The poor man would have never recover.

One tiny nitpick, if I may. "... and proceeded to pantomime raping the passive, fully clothed girl." Shouldn't that be "... and proceeded to pantomime rape"?

Now if you'll excuse me, I must go inform Clear Dawnlight, 'scuse me, Safireix, and Zelda-Queen of this mission. *storms off to do so*

I need some right now, or maybe Bleepka. Originally, I'd hoped that "Sary" must be a misspelling of sorry, since the author ought to apologize for that... THING. Thank you for killing it.

Whu? Wha? What thought process was going on here? As a Rings fan I thank you sincerely for sporking this fic.

Now is one of those times where I start wondering what the heck the people who write fanfiction like that are thinking. Don't they realize how dumb it is?
Anyway, really awesome job on the mission!

"... and then Legolas died"

Yes. Also, great mission!

Are we sure someone wasn't taking cues from "legolas" by laura? 'Cause I gotta tell you, although it seems to diverge as it goes on, that opening sequence is darn similar.

I caught a couple of things you might want to fix:

1. “She… he… Oh.” Az the Legolas impersonator stepped out of the cadaver . . .

2. Before Az knew what was happening, Aragon had run Frodo through with his sword – which appeared to be a bad replica of the Movieverse Anduin –

Other than that, good work! I enjoyed the little glimpses into the agents' backstories. It gives them some depth without wallowing too much in drama (as I am constantly tempted to do >.> ).

I was going to suggest spending a little more time on why Boston got tossed around at the end of the mission, but fortunately something made me look over the intro, and lo and behold, it was explained. Still, with a reader base as constantly changing as this, it's not a bad idea to keep new readers in mind, as long as you don't try to contrive an explanation where it wouldn't make sense for the story or characters.

I am supposed to be working right now, so I'm afraid I'll have to leave it there. All in all, good job, and I'm looking forward to the next one. {= )

~Neshomeh

Thank you for sporking that...that...THING. Are you sure it doesn't deserve the title "Legendary Badfic"? The sheer....the sheer BADNESS makes me think it does.

Surely, the PPC owes Az and Boston a great debt for their courageous sporking of that....THING.

Unfortunately, I'm giving this a No, at least for the time being. Although your grammar and spelling is decent, your agents don't seem to have much of the lighthearted humor vibe that we try for, generally speaking. Honestly, I didn't feel your characters really had enough depth to make for a good spin-off - your characterization of the Marquis de Sod also felt somewhat off. I would recommend reading more spin-offs in that Department to gain more of a feel of his personality. This is not a permanent denial, and you're welcome to try again when you feel you have a better handle on the air of the PPC. Like I said, definitely recommend reading more spin-offs, especially in the Department of Floaters. Good luck with further fanfiction efforts, and on your next application!

http://ppc.wikia.com/wiki/Mission_Writing_Guide#Can_I_say_my_agent_went_to_an_OFU_even_if_I_didn.E2.80.99t_officially_register_them_when_the_fic_was_being_written.3F_What_about_if_they_come_from_a_badfic.3F_Does_it_have_to_be_a_real_badfic.3F

The wiki has answers to many questions. It's awesome like that. Also, if you're writing agents, the guide is quite helpful.

In all seriousness though, it may help to do this. There are some Parody Fics out there that make Setzerberg look intelligent. I'm with this 115%.

Are you planning to do something with it? If not, then making changes is pretty pointless and will just confuse anyone looking for the thing under its former name. Using the metaphor of a shared sandbox, it's not really fair to make decisions about the shovel if you're not the one who's going to use it.

~Neshomeh

Honestly, I don't see the point of this new department. Humor is incredibly subjective, after all. Some people love puns, some people hate them. One person's funny may not be funny to someone else.

The problem is what makes Bad Comedy bad? Is it the spelling, punctuation and grammar? There is a Department of Technical Errors for that. There is probably a department for anything else you can list for why the comedic fic is bad. So, I don't see that we need this department.

Also, the Department of WTF covers Crackfic already, so that is an unnecessary move, as well.

You know, that might be an interesting idea. DBP could become the Bad Parody Division, and a humor department could take over.

We are generally slow to change departmental structure, though. If it's decided that this isn't too good an idea, it's entirely possible to create a new Department of Bad Comedy and have it be a sister department to DBP, with agents often being passed back and forth between them.

Don't mind if I do! Here's a compass, it doesn't point north but it'll lead you to your heart's disire. :D

Those might be... wait for it... EVIL FAJITAS!

Dun Dun Dunn!

Sorry, I have something of a dramatic streak. Welcome to the Board, here's a shining star for steering tall ships by, a golden goblet for random drinking parties, a Dragon's Tear, and a sparkly rock.

*noms a fajita*
Welcome to the board, have a broken clockwork mouse and an orange!

Fair winds!

Now you can throw BBQ parties!


*eats the food*

Here! I present you with some hamburgers, buns, a bottle of BBQ sauce, and grilling supplies/utensils.

Now you are prepared to host parties on the tall ship...which you haven't been given yet, but probably WILL be at some point when Khajidu welcomes you. :D

Have a bag which contains things you put in it.

Hi, have some fudge!

Have a gun that fires swords and a hat that can signal batman.

Well met, rookie! Please enjoy this porcelain teapot in the shape of an elephant as a welcoming present.

Hello! Welcome! Aloha! And various other greetings of varying levels of sanity!

Welcome to the board, hope you survive the experience. Have a small statue of a star destroyer.

What fandoms are you in?

Here, have some snacks and water!

Don't feed it Sueish Honey.

Welcome, new friend! Have a Triforce of Power! Not the Triforce of Power, mind you, just a Triforce of Power.

Uh.

Here.

Have an heating iron.

Welcome, newbie. Have a party hat and some chocolate!

I will take the ring into Mor... Oh, wait. Wrong thing.

I'll enter the contest. Being an actor, this sort of thing is right up my alley.

I will rely on the PPC's votes to get me past the preliminary round.

Missed the age thingie by just four months - on an unrelated note, anyone know where I can get a decent fake ID?

Here, have some food and water! They're very fresh!

It's good to have you with us. Just out of curiosity, I have to inquire as to which 'more obscure' series you've picked up; I'm always hoping to run into people who've found the same 'obscure' books I have.

Anyway, have a purple dragonfly, a shining star for steering tall ships by, a missing suit of antique armor, and a used treasure map written by a five-year-old.

Your user is amazing. So welcome, unnecessary flower!

Oh, and while we're on the subject of badfic for claiming, I'm so, so sorry.

Don't feed it Sues or Stus.

Hello and welcome to the Board! Here, have some chocolate, and please enjoy your stay!

Fair winds!

Now you can throw BBQ parties!

Welcome to the board, hope you survive the experience. Have a pint of milk, in case you fancy a cup of tea.

I also enjoy your name. It is magnificent and polysyllabic and all such things.

Would you object, though, if I occasionally called you SR? Or Rhodie? Or... well, it won't actually matter unless I need to call you by name in a quick manner, as in via chat or whatnot, but... I like nicknames.

(Any particular reason for the Rhododendron? I am also far too curious for my own good.)

So, in short, hi, welcome, nice to meet you, hope to see you around.

Have some chocolate!

Welcome, new friend! Have an unnecessary watering can.

Nesh is right. Your name is fantastic.

Also, have a bar of chocolate.

Your pen name is...
so awesome.
High five.

*poke*

Welcome!

~Neshomeh

Have a tower! Now you are a very important man, or woman, or flower, as the case may be.

Hi! Have some fudge!

(Rapefic for the Marvel Universe? I just peeked, rapefic is something I avoid.)

Otherwise it'll provoke Character Development! :O

But now I have to deal with going to bed an hour late because I had to read it all at once. Whoops.

Ah well. *toots one of those annoying horn things*

I have made copious amounts. Metaphorically, anyways =P
*sings "Happy Birthday" loudly and slightly off-key*

In a two-leveled joke, it has "Ceci n'est pas un gâteau" written on it.

They're going to bring a megaton of food, throw a BBQ party and rock the place.

Wasn't the Original Series started in 2002? Making next year the ten-year anniversary?

*steps into bomb shelter and awaits fallout*

~Neshomeh

Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday PPC
Happy birthday to you!

Wheeeee!

Wow, and it's been three years since I stumbled in all lost and newbie-ish.

*huggles the PPC* Cake for all!

No, really! I insist! *hands out bowls of ice cream smothered in awesomesauce*

I don't mean to crash any parties or anything, but...
I was just browsing the internets on a whim when I came across a production video for the hobbit (source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfesknLk5uI)
And I totally geeked out. So much, in fact, that it made me miss my days here at the PPC. You see, I'm a former boarder- I haven't kept track of the number of years gone.

The fact that I came back in the middle of a party is just an ode to the awesomeness that this day is taking on.

Hi guys! *dons a ridiculous party hat*
-Boo

We should have a party! How about some cake? (What kind? Chocolate? Vanilla? Ice cream?)

I don't know, can you give an organization a present? Maybe money for more supplies?

:: quick Costco raid ::

I've got burgers, boneless pork chops, and boneless chicken breasts. There's also some salmon for anyone abstaining for Lent, but I wasn't sure what types of vegetarian food are grillable so I didn't pick those up.

It's kind of awesome that the PPC has lasted so long and stayed strong! =D (Granted, I haven't been around very long, but I can still party.) *pulls out streamers and noise-makers* Hoorah! Hooray! Let's party today! ^_^

It's just soda and sparkling cider, but it'll do. Where should the party be? The cafeteria?

I'll bring the cookies! Careful though, I think some of them may be poisoned....the lemur knocked over a box of Glitter while I was baking.

....oh well. Cookies! :D

giving the Agents a party or something like that?

*is booed offstage*

Ack! I didn't mean it! Not the tomat-*splat*

Is the Original Series dated? Or Camilla Sandman might know, but maybe not.

Board-wide party? I'll bring the Bleepka!

:D is also the only thing I can respond with.

Makes you appreciate just how big the PPC is.

You guys put a lot of work into this (and the wiki in general), and we all appreciate the improvements you've made! Thank you!

It doesn't really say much about us except for saying that we're "Tolkien fanfiction writers" and credits us with the creation of the terms "movieverse" and "bookverse". Nothing about our actuall goals, though. Oh well- still says a lot that we got mentioned in a scholarly paper.

It would be nice to know what was actually said about us. I, for one, have no intention of buying this book to read page 286. I cannot find it online anywhere, so if you could enlighten us, it would be most appreciated.

Just being linked on TvTropes gets us alot more recognition :P

If you are the first to do a mission with a mini in it, then mini naming rights is supposed to be yours, IIRC. I have no clue about the canon, but you explained it well enough that it makes sense.

How is this possible? I thought that series was too obscure for fanbrats to get their greasy paws on! Boy, talk about really raping my childhood . . . arrrgh.

I doubt my vote has any weight, but I definitely agree that it should just be mini-people for the Cadfael continuum. Besides, can you imagine loads of Brother Jeromes running around?

where the first person to come across a misspelled name in a badfic felt the mini should be put up for adoption on the board, even though they didn't even set out on a rescue mission for said mini.

I think it's widely agreed among PPC'ers that the first one to write a mission in a continuum that comes across a mini gets to name it. (Kind of like how European explorers went around the world naming places even though others had been there first; those others weren't on a mission.) So, I agree with you that you should get to name the Brother Cadfael minis.

*late*
Welcome to the Board! Please deposit your sanity in the provided receptacle. *indicates bucket marked "Warg Fodder"* You shan't need it here.

Don't feed it Sueish meat.

Have some snacks and water!

Have a few bookmarks and some streamers!

Here's a crossbow along with some bolts. Have fun! :D

Welcome to the PPC Posting Board! Here, have some chocolate, and please enjoy your stay here!

By the way, friend, what sort of Fandoms do you follow?

I get the feeling I've seen the sentence "You lot are insanely funny, and there's no place I would rather be a part of than this." in at least two other introductions. Maybe I was just dreaming about deja vu.

Anyway, here's some brownies that age backwards in time. (They revert to forwards once you eat them.) They're only a couple days young, so they should have stopped being stale by now. You might want to get them eaten by next Wednesday, though, or things could get weird.

Well met, rookie! Please enjoy this marble statue of an unknown Greek demigod as a welcoming gift.

Hi! Have some fudge!

G'day, mate and welcome to the PPC Board! I'd shake your hand, but it's just fallen off!

Have a pet cat, a tinfoil hat and a rug (not a mat).

Fair winds!

Now you can throw BBQ parties!

Welcome, new friend! Have a pair of nose-and-mustache glasses.

Welcome to the Board. I present unto you a Frying Pan of DOOM ^TM, a plushie Companion Cube, and a shoebox full of cookies of your choice of flavor.

Great touches: The mini-Lincoln's tiny, yet charismatic voice, and way of speaking.

Rachel's calm assertion that she has to learn to cope with this stuff, but permission to go throw up as she wasn't coping as well as she'd like--it was a character building break in her extreme enthusiasm.

The mini-Stu attacking Laura. I've seen mini Sues or Stus mentioned before, but I don't think that I've seen one be so immediately hostile. That immediate hostility really makes sense. The mini-Stu is outside the story, so he can instantly see the other elements that are outside the story, like the agents.

The part where Rachel misses all the warning signs of an imminent explosion from Laura. I really thought she had just killed the bit Stu when Danny heard all the pops. I was wondering what kind of trouble they'd be in now, so I was rather relieved when she hadn't killed him.

The Capital Mortuary trick was inspired. It reminded me of the psychic paper trick that the Doctor does, but I never would have thought of trying it in a mission.

The dessert coma suit that the one guy was wearing--both disgusting and brilliant.


I don't know the Fallout verse at all, but this sounded really, really bad from a canon point of view. The original grammar and language usage was truly revolting. I don't know how you get through such butchering of the English language in your missions. The mini-Stu and dessert coma outfit guy kills were a little violent for my tastes, but fit in well with the agents and (guessing based on other video games I do know, which would make those look very tame) video game deaths.

I didn't remember Danny carrying a sledgehammer. I don't why I didn't remember, but I like that he is using a much less common weapon. The sledgehammer combined with his kind of proper and quiet manner is really nice.

Nothing stood out to me as needing improvement, so I don't have anything else to add, I guess. Except maybe, nice mission.

Funny and entertaining as always. I loved the killing scenes, too. Laura really needs some anger management lessons...

Probably for Agents Mal and Orion, since Ian and Lee already have two pets of their own.

How does that even-
You know what? Not even going to ask. Really, I'm not.

Oh man, someone needs to do a fic were Luke Cage and Iron Fist kick ass in the Wastelands... NOW.

Pretty good- certainly easier to read than the fic itself. I had a quick look at the author's profile and it seems like he/she/it has another semi-illegible Fallout fic as well as a Hellsing fic. Maybe you'd be interested in dealing with the other Fallout fic? Link is right here:

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6472428/1/give_them_hell_in_fallout

Also, I noticed this in the reviews of "Soft Hearted Devil":

Mia the Blind wrote:

"Um. Wow.

Do you have NO grammar?

This is, quite literally, THE WORST fic I have ever read, in terms of comprehensibility."

He may not be that bad compared to whoever wrote Wabloo Swabloo, but dammit, he's trying.

[Bing!]

Mortic Wentway looked over at the console with a frown. “Ellie? You expecting a message?”

“Not one that doesn’t start with BEEEEEEP,” replied Elanor Laison, frowning at the chessboard. “You get it, I’m busy.”

Mort shook his head slightly and walked to the computer. “Says it’s from... huh. Come and see this.”

With a sigh, Elanor tipped her king over. “You had me anyway,” she said, and joined him. “Legal Department, Arbitrary Censorship Division?” she read. “I’ve never heard of them.”

“I’ve barely heard of Legal at all, but exactly,” Mort agreed. “Shall we see what they’ve got to say to us?” He clicked the message open.

To the Snowthorn, Agent Elanor Laison, and Agent Mortic Wentway,

It has come to our attention that certain authorities are displeased with your Department’s current designation. Specifically, it is alleged that the initialism contained therein is offensive, and may constitute “adult content”.

For this reason, effectively immediately and retroactively, your Department is, and always has been, named the Department of WhatThe. The accepted abbreviation for this is DW, although allowances will be made for DOW and DoW.

All previous references to said Department will be altered to reflect this state of affairs, as will all other uses of the offending initialism. We thank you for your time.

Agent Chiaroscuro, Arbitrary Censorship Division, Legal Department, Protectors of the Plot Continuum

“... well, that was...”

“Arbitrary?” suggested Elanor.

“Pretty much,” Mort agreed. “Do you suppose we’ll ever hear anything more about this?”

“Are you kidding?” Elanor smiled. “This is the PPC. Of course we won’t.”

~~~~~~~

With luck, this will get them to leave me alone long enough to rehost elsewhere.

hS

Webnode.com is ridiculously similar to Webs, just less spazzy. Just throwing that out there.

Yeah, it is getting a bit silly. I'm going to get it back once more and then look into moving.

hS

--you feel an urge to review, review, review... even if it is someone's exceedingly dry essay from an honors biology test done ages ago. Was that a misplaced comma? Plural, not singular? Shame!

--when a friend hands you a story, you immediately begin to grade how Mary-Sue the main character is, only realizing after you have written notes on how you could best kill her canonically that this is not a mission. It is a very simple typo revision. Dur.

• Every time you trip, you blame it on Narrative Misfortune Syndrome and wonder what your original author did to you.

--You start using the more creative swear words- "Jadis in a Block of Ice!", "Glaurung", etc -in everyday conversation or your thoughts, and think nothing of it, even if people give you weird looks.

--Whenever you read a new book/ see a new movie/tv show set in an unfamiliar universe, you automatically think if it would be feasible to have an Agent from that 'Verse.

--You automatically think that someone famous would make a good 'Sue/'Stu, especially if they tend to wear really sparkly or crazy outfits all the time.

--When watching a show, you find yourself catching the logic holes or continuity issues and wishing you had an RA to skip past them, but TiVO's the closest thing you've got.

--You freak out whenever someone says 'glitter', especially in a positive way.
--You start thinking of ways badficcers could cause trouble in any canon, even if badficcers completely ignore it.
--Any PPC related acronym (PPC, RC, DMS, etc) causes you to connect it to said organization.

-- Every time you listen to fairly common songs that have appeared in the PPC songbook (like "My Favourite Things") you find yourself mentally (or, worse, audibly) subsituting the not-so-common lyrics.

-- You can't watch a new movie or read a new book without noticing all the characters, abilities and plot points that Sues are likely to steal.


(Cheers! This will be a fun list.)

Here are a few!

--You slip canon slash into your original universes, just to appease any possible fangirls.
--You often wonder what Real World Minis would be.
--You mentally refer any repetitious statements made by real-life peers to the Department of Redundancy Department.

You know you've been writing PPCs too long when...

--Anything and everything causes a possible new agent to pop into your head.

I admit, it probably wasn't a hot idea to leave 20th century tech in Fantasy Land. :P

Some things I've experienced:

-- When you find yourself utilizing that particular brand of not-quite-logic common to HQ, and wondering why it doesn't work. (e.g. getting lost to get where you're going.)
-- When your term of choice to describe a high degree of insanity becomes 'flamethrower crazy.'

And so on.

-- You not-so-subconsciously find yourself thinking about what the badficcers will do to your characters, and try to come up with ways to head them off at the pass.

-- You read everything with an eye for what would happen if it were a mission.

-- You're leery of figurative language, just in case someone might take it literally and get a bizarre mental image.

-- You have considered changing the name of the main character of your original fiction, either in said fiction or in the PPC, because you were an idiot and wrote her into the PPC years ago and want to avoid dragging the group into the public eye should your book(s) actually happen to get famous.

>.>

~Neshomeh

that a canon might actually implode due to bad fic on some level.

kids, Dwarf Fortress, kids, chat. Did I mention kids? Those critters take up incredible amounts of time.

No contest. I've been reading almost every story since February 2010, and I started a community for reasonably well-written fics in December. I add as they come up, and sometimes previous ones. At some point I'll go through my favorites and archive and add a lot of them too.

Speaking of my community, I need to go add a bunch of fics I've collected...

Work, class... I forgot, school is actually kinda hard sometimes? And you have to Do Homework. It's weird.

That, and Minecraft. >_>

Internet, bugging people on the chat, this, and video games. My current obsession right now is actually Dragon Age 2 due in small part to the very good writing. "Apostate prostitutes....apostitutes!! :D"

Internet.

Chatrooms.

This.


Probably not going to be having to worry about the last two wasting all my time anymore depending on things, though.

Specifically the wiki and the gazillion co-writes I've been doing recently.

... Okay, just three co-writes, really, and only as many as two at once. But it still amounts to a lot of time spent on PPC writing, considering how much thinking about them I do even when I'm not actually typing.

I don't think work really counts as a timesink, but my time goes there, too. Work is important.

~Neshomeh

I play a lot of video games. Lately, I have been playing Megaman X Collection, which contains the six games in that series. I have currently beaten three of the six. Also on the list of games I am playing (I switch from one to the next) are Skies of Arcadia Legends, Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time (Master Quest), Megaman Anniversary Collection, Soul Caliber 2, and Team Fortress 2.

When I am not playing video games I tend to read webcomics, meme sites, and the like. I also take walks and play any sort of game you can throw at me.

Up until recently, the biggest timesink I had was Theatre. I was rehearsing or performing every day for a couple of months.

Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. Birthday present, and I've been spending way too long playing it.

I've been known to spend hours doing stuff like getting all the hairs on my fuzzy pillow to line up, though, when I'm really bored.

First, the obvious: I work from home as a freelancer, but I'm subcontracted to one company right now, which means I'm effectively on-duty 25/8. If I ever go on a killing spree, it'll be because of that.

The non-work timesink, though, is puzzle games. Specifically, hidden-object/adventure games--definitely a niche thing, which means I don't know anyone else I can talk to about 'em. I can play for twelve hours straight if I'm not careful.

My original fiction. I have a book that's two scenes away from a complete rough draft. . .

And at least 200,000 words of short fiction, book outlines, and other scribbles which will make no sense until I finish that first book. So what do I spend 90% of my free time working on? Yeah, anything but the first book.

The video game. I spend hours per week. Also webcomics, image sites, and the internet at large.

Offline, Resident Evil. All the games, beginning to end.

Online? Reading all, and I mean all, the awful Resident Evil fanfiction The Pit has to offer... I need a new pillow. Also, Bleeprin.

I can't—can't—stand it when a character is said to be something (like a genius) and is absolutely never shown to actually express that trait in any way. This one, rather than merely failing to be a genius, breaks the laws of physics to make it so. Cannot stand it.

One thing I want to bring up is Orken's stepping on Thomas' feet. Obviously, it makes sense for Orken to stop Thomas from charging into the meeting in some way. I found it to get a little too repetitive, though, especially within that single scene. I can see it happening two or three times, but the fact that Orken had to keep doing it, and with increasing strength each time to the point that it broke poor Thomas' toes, feels a little over the top to me. Maybe it's just that Thomas is still a relatively new character, and I don't understand the sheer depth of love he has for Stargate characters, but it seems unlikely to me that he keeps trying to charge the room, especially after the first toe is broken.

Congrats on the first mission. I like it. {= )

First, a few things I noticed:

1. When the mini-Unas wakes Orken up, you mention him having to get his heart rate under control. I'm not that familiar with the canon, so I could be wrong, but I thought the point of the disguises was that they wouldn't have a heart rate that the Stu could detect...?

2. A couple of missing apostrophes around the "Another Excellent Chapter" author's note; one before it (authors instead of author's), one after (Suethors instead of Suethor's).

3. "Rouge NID" is meant to be "Rogue NID," yes?

4. This is for everybody: it's "all right," two words; literally, everything is correct. "Alright" happens because we think it should work the same way as "although," but the "al" there takes the medieval sense of "even," so it doesn't really. It's so widespread that in most cases no one will notice, but since we're concerned with correctness here, it's something to keep in mind.

That out of the way, in general I thought this was a good mission for establishing the baseline for the characters. I think I'm echoing the previous posters when I say I'd like to see Orken get more ruffled by Thomas, but I think it's important to show what's normal for them before you start breaking them down, so it's cool for a first mission. {= )

The Stu... I just.... Look, people, if you're going to write a character who's supposed to be really smart, you have to do the dang research, or it all falls apart as soon as you run into a reader who actually knows anything about the subject you're talking about. Argh. Was his internet signal supposed to be squiggly, or adaptive to the multiple layers of shifting atoms in the rock...? I mean, I'm pretty sure a wireless signal has to be continuous to be any good, right? You can't just break it apart and expect it to work properly. Gah.

Things I particularly liked include the conversation with Mitchell when the agents stepped in as guards, the attention given to keeping the Stu from noticing the agents, and the description of being flung from wherever they were to Cheyenne Mountain. I have trouble with Mitchell because I'm a Farscape fan first and foremost, so I have a lot of trouble seeing him as anything but an alternate universe version of John Crichton, but even with that the exchange felt in character, even with his intelligence nerfed, and it was a nice break from the Stu being dumb. I think we rely a little too much on the SEP field at times (I know I'm guilty of that), so the reminder that we should actually worry about this is well taken. And, well, silly things happening to the agents is always good. {= )

~Neshomeh

Muahaha! I love it! Orken and Thomas are entertaining. I'll admit I see what PoorCynic is getting at, but I do like this pair, and hope you'll write more soon!

This is a good first mission. I can see that these agents have a lot of potential, especially in regards to their working relationship. There's an Odd-Couple-esque vibe to them that I always like to see in a partnership.

The bit with the radio wave fail!logic was delightfully hilarious. Nice catch with that one.

The one major stumbling point for me was the banter. I'm a big fan of good interagent banter and it seemed a little weak here. I can't put my finger on why, exactly. Apart from a few stand-out instances (like the insult exchange after Orken corrects his partner's grammar), it just felt very humdrum to me.

Regardless, the mission as a whole was quite enjoyable. I look forward to further missions in the future.

Then Hetalia badfics can just be brushed over due to neuralyzing issues?

Damn. There go some of my sporking plans...

On a (somewhat) related note, suppose one took a mission in the "Red VS Blue" continuum. Would the helmets make it hard for the canons to be neuralyzed?

I'm just curious, because it's been bugging me for some time...

A while ago I deleted all the badfic from the unclaimed list that had been on that list for more than 18 months. What you are proposing to do, sounds to me like you are going to collect a lot of badfic, most of which is going to sit on the unclaimed list for a very long time, until there is another age-purge.

Thrawling sections of the pit for badfic is okay, but there is no need to put all the badfic you encounter on the unclaimed list. Just limit it to the stuff of which you think "this could be a good mission, but I can't write it". And no, that doesn't include every badfic you will encounter.

I'm just saying this because I don't want the unclaimed list on the wiki get even more unmanageable than it already is. The longer it is, the longer it takes to load, and I think, the less likely it will be that someone will go through the list to find badfic. Making a long unclaimed list is actually counterproductive. Besides, we already have FFnet as a quick and easy source to find badfic.

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All that said, editing the wiki is easy. Just click on the Edit link. I believe it now has WYSIWYG editing. For the unclaimed list, click the edit link of the Hetallia subheading.

Your enthusiasm is fantastic, but I wanted to point something out before you continued crawling through the dross of Hetalia fanfiction. It's a problem I've been wrestling with without success for a while now. You see, the main characters within Hetalia are all anthropomorphic personifications. According to the tenuous tapestry of PPC canon, APs cannot be neuralyzed. In the PPC wiki's article on the Death of the Discworld it specifically says 'Due to his nature as an Anthropomorphic Personification, Death cannot be neuralyzed (although he is very good about playing along).' We could just ignore that fact and say that the Hetalia nations are somehow different APs and thus can be neuralyzed, but that feels like a cheat.

Don't get me wrong. My intention is not to rain on your parade. I just wanted the problem that I had trying to do Hetalia missions out there to see if you or anyone else had ideas in how to deal with that fact.

Less than is stripped but greater than isn't?

While it's useful, I think I'd be too annoyed to have to go through the steps they suggest just so I can just ~~~~ section breaks instead of page wide horizontal rules.

I usually only use the page-wide breaks to set my Author's Notes apart from the story; any other type of break (switching time, place, or point of view, for example), I just go to a new chapter.

If I absolutely must, I use ------- to set it off.

However, I'm glad you posted that link. I'm so tired of having my text changed whenever I save (most of the time, I don't notice until after I've published). Now I know what kinds of things to watch for. :)

FFnet accepts anything as a scene break as long as it is regular text symbol and not repeated more than twice in a row.

Those Sues were . . . bad. That's like, "Sisterhood"-level bad. I'm tempted to agree it was a trollfic, but I've met actual people who consider this good writing, so I'm still on the fence.

Overall, I really enjoyed the PPCing. Always a pleasure to see horrendous characters who screw with genuine badasses like the A-Team get what's coming to them. Mind if I offer a little bit of critique, though? I wouldn't mind seeing more of your agents' characterization; it seemed like things were whipping through at a fairly quick pace, and it'd be nice to expand on the scenario and their reactions to it a bit more. Just my two cents. :)

I PITY THE FOO' WHO MADE THIS TRASH! 'CAUSE IM'MA KILL 'IM!


Okay, with that out of the way...
Why do these authors keep writing this tripe? It's hard enough to believe these characters would have kids they never knew about, but letting them come along with them on missions where they could be killed, taken hostage, or god forbid both?
[rant off]
I need bleepka, laws be damned.

When there's already another badfic thread so close to the top you don't really need to- nor should you- create another one.

It bumps another thread off the front page unnecessarily, and another off the very last page so it can no longer be found.

So a mini was definitely made, but is only one mini created or do minis pop up everytime the author spells Zorc, "Zork"?

Sorry, the original link doesn't work. Here's a working one.
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4565544/1/bunexpected_b_breturns_b

I read about this yesterday, but couldn't think of anything to say. In a way, I still can't. The woman exuded class, spirit, and intelligence--in real life, though she played a character with all those traits too. She was the kind of person who deserves to be mourned by millions, and she will be.

...but everyone else basically said it all already.
Rest in peace, Liz. You'll never be forgotten.

She will be sorely missed, onstage and off.

Two of his companions have joined the Third Doctor.

(Yes, I'm counting the Brigadier, he was far too important a part of the show to skip him.)

My condolances to her relatives. Thank you, Elizabeth Sladen, for your contributions to society, both on stage and off.

I never was a big DW fan, but I've seen a few episodes of both series, so I know "Sarah Jane". I don't know much about Elizabeth Sladen, though, so I'll step back a bit and let the fans/friends/family grieve. Sorry for your loss, everyone.

After hearing it on Twitter last night, I woke up and thought it was all a bad dream.
Farewell Sarah Jane. Thank you for being the character who really got me watching Doctor Who. You will be sorely missed.

…after Nicholas (Bret Vyon, Brigadier Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, and the Brigade Leader) Courtney.

*moment of silence*

I mixed up the Subject and Author lines. Sorry, folks.