Jun 2012 Archive, part b

Welcome to the PPC. If you're keen to start ridding the Word Worlds of Sues you could probably do with some weapons, so here, have these Combat Sporks (just make sure to clean the glitter off them quickly, I'm sure that stuff can't be good for steel).

Out of interest, when you say you're into RPGs do you mean computer games or pen-and-paper type stuff?

I'm new here myself, haven't been here a month yet, but I understand it's a tradition to give new people things, so here, have a silver nerf dart. For slaying nerf werewolves and the like ^___^

Don't worry about obscure... obscure can be helpful sometimes! There are so many badfics out there that haven't been reported because they're in obscure fandoms...

Have two gifts! The first is a Himu-style nickname. I hereby declare you... Bud! The second gift is this Box of Infinity.

Warning! Box of Infinity can be prone to random explosions. Do not place the Box of Infinity inside an active volcano.

Welcome a-Board the good ship PPC loomCAT/Loomcat/Loom/100mc47 (because it does amuse me). Feel free to leave your sanity in the appropriate waste receptacle when you walk through the door.
I'm glad to see I'm not the only person who reads horribly bad stories for fun. My friends don't seem to understand why I keep rereading The Eye of Argon. It's just something about hair flowing robustly that makes me laugh.

Have a baby polar bear, cutest mammal in the north or your money back.

So you like cute things eh? Well in that case, have a panda hat, because everyone knows that pandas are adorable.

I'm as much as a newbie myself. If you want info, check out the wiki! (http://ppc.wikia.com/wiki/PPC_Wiki)

Just a few things:

* Name the badfic you are posting. I posted C*l*b*i*a* once, it did not go over well.

*Don't diss Terry Pratchet. You will regret it.

Here, have a plushie. *hands plushie*

Hi, have some fudge!

Do you play computer RPGs or tabletop?

What do you mean, I look suspicious? Just because a girl decides to wear a lab coat and carry around a clipboard, suddenly she's suspicious! Well, I'll have you know I'm completely respectable, sane, and not at all up to anything whatsoever.

...

Okay, fine, you got me.

Here's the deal: we have recently been talking about starting a Big Sibs/Little Sibs thingy to help integrate newbies, so that right away every new person gets a Boarder who's been around a while to talk to who knows about some stuff they're interested in and can answer questions about the PPC and how we do things around here. You're the first newbie who's arrived since the discussion started. I figure if we're going to do this, we'd best get the ball rolling ASAP, so that means starting with you. ^_^

The trouble is, we haven't got all the details hammered out yet, so this really is in its early experimental stages. The idea was that we would have houses or something, kinda like in Harry Potter, to help you pick out the thing(s) you're most interested in and help us match you up with an oldbie, but we don't have those yet.

So... I guess I'll just ask you: what most interests you about the PPC? What brought you here, and what would you most like to see/know/do more of? For instance, some things we were talking about for house concepts include improving your own writing, helping other people improve theirs (with beta-reading and/or concrit), and in-depth stuff about the PPC setting itself. Also, if you're inclined toward hanging out in our IRC chat room or doing work on our wiki, those might be good things to know, since some of us have more expertise in those areas than others.

Definitely don't feel like you're restricted to anything I've said, though. Your perspective about this is obviously going to be different from that of anyone who's been here awhile, so any input you have is likely to be really helpful whether it's what we expect or not. {= )

Also, as a gift, some general advice: don't ever sign anything handed to you by someone in a lab coat. It rarely ends well.

~Neshomeh, who apologizes to Bryn for borrowing her lab coat without asking and promises to return it in the same condition in which she found it: slightly scorched and covered in various stains.

Welcome to the Board! Have some chocolate, won't you?

Hi there! Here, have a cup of tea. Just mind the leaves; they're carnivorous and might try to eat you.
Anyway, what are your fandoms?

Welcome to the Board! Have some of my hydrophobic water to commemorate the event. Rocket fuel of the future: guaranteed to contain so much energy that five grams of this stuff will get you all the way to the Oort cloud or your money back!

Yes, I know that one. So, welcome to the board, have an awesome-laced cookie.

*puts herself on the list of people waiting for the disclosure of said obscure media*

Glad to meet you, loomCAT. I hope you enjoy your stay. :D Have a bag of pebbles and a Random Shiny Object, they're great for distracting/hitting your bad-fanfic-creation-of-choice.

I am curious as to your favourite authors, stories and webcomics. Also, tangents are not bad! We like to hear about new things.

Greetings, new friend! Have some throwaway Sunday panels!

Oho! A fantasy fan! What fantasy stories do you particularly enjoy? How about writing--make any stories of your own? Just curious.

The squicky end? Eh. Even most of the oldbies don't spend much time in that end of the pool. There's plenty of other fics to talk about! Don't feel obligated to squick yourself out just to fit in.

(Where is the squicky end of the pool? Is it in between the deep and shallow ends, off to the side . . . ?)

Hello! Have some handy Bleeprin and a chocolate bar!

Out with it, what are the obscure authors and webcomics you like?

Have some Schrodinger's Cookies! Simultaneously do and do not contain chocolate chips! I often go on tangents about the details of various animes. It's strange how much I can go on about a lesser-touched upon religion in an anime. Or the details of magic. Or suchlike.

Cute things? Tell me, have you seen Madoka Magica?

Welcome!

Ooh! Squeeing! I love squeeing over things! I also have a tenancy to go on tangents. At least I'm not the only one.

As for the obscure interests, I'm sure there's been someone in the history of this place who has liked it. It's really old, after all. 1999, I think.

So anyway, make yourself at home. Here's a bleepka for that badfic you mentioned.

For the record, I'm 27. It's not that confidential, considering I recently mentioned it in the On Aging thread. {; P

Thanks for the kind words, good thoughts, and delicious cyber-goodies. I've enjoyed them all. {= )

~Neshomeh

YAAAAAAAAAYYYY BIRTHDAY!!!!

"You are only young once, but you can be immature for a lifetime."
- John P. Grier

Have a hug and a kitten made of rainbows!

Have some hydrophobic water! It's the perfect thing for an explosive celebration!

Have some good wishes to last you through your [This Information Is Censored] year!

And many happy returns!

Here, have a triple chocolate (chocolate with chocolate chips and chocolate icing) cupcake!

Have some tiramisu!

Happy birthday, most magnificent Neshomeh! May you crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of their non-gender-specific significant others!

Have a birthday hat for your special day!

Here, get her some variations on Happy Birthday:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOza9XDM0XA

Have a sack of pebbles, a sling, and a basket of Bleeprin-berries! And congrats on making it to the ripe old age of [This Information Is Censored]!

Have a boxed set of unwritten novels!

(Also, did you know you shared your birthday with Gene Wilder?)

... or something. Hope it's a good one!

hS & Kaitlyn (& the Little One)

Have some pancakes baked by that mad guy you gave Permission to two years ago (aka me).

They're edible, I swear!

Happy birthday, Neshomeh!

Hope you have/are having a great day. Have a platter of chocolate-covered profiteroles! Many happy returns for a good year ahead.

Elcalion, celebratory.

We have the mochis.
I don't know when they first appeared as minis, but they're in IAHF.
Here's the Hetalia wiki's article on them:
http://hetalia.wikinet.org/wiki/Mochi

Can you give us a link? If the author doesn't say that it's a parody, and the writing doesn't look purposely bad, I would still say that it's a badfic. Maybe it's a troll?

Oooh, another Cowboy Bebop fan! Man, it's been ages since I last watched that, but I still remember how good it was. I should probably watch it again somtime... like, now maybe...

Have some Bleeprin, it might come in handy.

Hey, I'm new, too! But I can still give gifts right? *rummages through things*

Here, have a tiger plushie! It won't come to life and try to eat your face. Really! I promise! *sniggers*

Welcome to the PPC Board sir/lady. Please feel free to leave your sanity at the door; it won't get much use here. As for your friends, they are welcome to join as well, as long as they uphold the code of good writing. I get the feeling one of them had a fic of theirs sporked.

For being an awesome person and coming here without bias I award you a Wand-o-Awesomeness*. It can turn anything you want into a more awesome form with just a wave!


*Batteries not included. May explode if asked to awesomify housework.

Another troper eh? I only go on TV Tropes when I know that I don't have anything urgent to do for the next few hours. It can be kind of a black hole. But anyway, since you are a troper I shall award you with a Nice Hat. Its color and style change according to your preferences!

Hi, have some fudge!

Welcome to the Board! Have some of my hydrophobic water to commemorate the event. Volatility is inversely proportional to how much you want it to spontaneously combust. Therefore, always have explosions on your mind.

Lots of people seem to come here through TV Tropes... myself included!

Have these two gifts. First, a Himu-nickname! I am going to call you... Pasta. Don't try wondering how I came to choose that name. And secondly, a Box of Infinity!

Warning! Box of Infinity may contain infinite tropes. Take the Box of Infinity on Wiki Walks daily.

Ooh, another guy from TvTropes. Hi there, and have a nice cup of green tea. Just mind the leaves, as they are carnivorous and might try to eat you. :P

Welcome to the PPC Mr. WittyNit! Here, take my everlasting friendship as a gift, because I don't have anything else.

Greetings, new friend! Have a smellifying glass! Use it to detect faint traces of smell. For example, using it on me right now will reveal the disgusting mint toothpaste I just used to brush with, as well as the waffles I had for dinner and perhaps just a hint of tapir feces from cleaning their fee pad earlier!

Welcome to our big dysfunctional family. As such, you can think of me as your "Big Brother". If you're wondering what I'm on about, you can look up "Big Sib" on the wiki while you're there. Basic idea is that I'll help you out around here, answer any questions you have, etc. You should be able to contact me via email by clicking my name. If that doesn't work, my email is on the beta reader list, also on thw wiki.

Incidentally, since this is a fanfiction community at it's heart, I've a few questions of my own. For starters, what're your fandoms? Do you write fanfiction, or just read it? You're gonna wait at least a month before asking for permission, right? (Please, for the love of Vera, say yes.)

We call in Danger Mouse .

As well as many things that are hazardous to the health of agents, there are a few fandoms out there which would probably need special procedures to be followed.

For example, in the Dresdenverse there is an entity that was designed to be a repository for all human knowledge, and magically knows anything that is written down. So agents writing down a charge list as normal might actually tip off a canon character to the existence of the PPC (something which I believe is supposed to be avoided). It could be quite amusing for agents to be forced to charge a Sue from memory, because they don't dare write anything down while they're in the fic.

I'm sure there are various other continua out there that will have odd little things to make agents' lives that little bit more challenging interesting.

Others have covered doing missions in dangerous universes already, but in the case where the Sue herself is extra dangerous (an overpowered God mode Sue) the general approach is to get backup: either bring in Agents that are trained to deal with dangerous opponents (like the DMS Special Operations division or ESAS) or else swarm the Sue with so many Agents she can't resist (e.g the all-agents exorcism of Alumia by DoGA).

Elcalion

The Canon itself is on the PPCers' side. Thus how Agents can derp about in Isengard or a Borg Cube without trouble - they're out of the attention, if not straight-up invisible, to Canon characters who are not in full-on Character Rupture. They also can read the Words, at least until they confront the 'Sue, so they can see huge world-breaking events coming and portal away.

There are quite a few fandoms out there with the potential for risk regarding the safety of the PPC. You've got things like radiation, zombie viruses, brain parasites, doppelgangers, mind control spells, alien races bent on assimilation, and other various sorts of nastiness.

How do we deal with all that? Simple. We don't write about it.

I'm sure we could come up with any number of in-universe reasons for why agents aren't coming down with the Green Flu or getting indoctrinated or what have you. The main reason, I believe, is that writing those stories is something that most people don't want to do.

I wasn't around during the various Emergencies, but from what I've heard they were a pain in the rear to write. After a while, people probably just wanted HQ to remain a safe - if somewhat odd - place. Somewhere stable. Keep the crazy drama to a more manageable (and tolerable) level.

I don't think there are any continuums that are deliberately avoided for being dangerous. Because their authors don't allow fanfiction, yes. But remember: writing missions shouldn't be about going after the most horrendous or most dangerous badfic. It should be about writing the best, most entertaining story YOU can.

PC

Is to avoid the dangerous stuff as much as possible. I mean even in SPC-verse the scientist guys still go around testing stuff. It isn't really dangerous unless you're a D-class personnel.

Also, SCP-173 is nothing. I'd like to see what would happen if SCP-682 got loose. All the weapons in all the worlds couldn't kill that thing.

I don't know, I think that SCP 682 would be worse. Speaking of SCPs, I don't think I've seen very many fanfics for that continuum. Maybe I just haven't been looking in the right place?

Really. Also, pretty much anything can be dangerous. Think about all the canons where someone wants to take over the world. And is shockingly competent at it. It's not just elder gods, eldritch abominations and glitches in reality that are dangerous.

Gurren Lagann: Robots of ridiculous sizes.

Dragon Ball Z: Planets are blown up routinely.

Also, I see your SCP-173 and raise Missingno.

Did you want a beta—someone to look over the story in depth and give detailed critical feedback—or is this a "read & review" situation? Putting the link out in public suggests the latter, since betas are supposed to do their work before the story gets shown to everyone else.

~Neshomeh, confused.

"The angels are faster, faster than you can believe."

It might be able to defeat an angel that way, but does an angel still look humanoid while not being looked at? And how would the martial artist know his opponent is defeated?

If so, you could have a K-9 there to guide the blind martial artist's arm in aiming a rocket launcher.
"A little to the right, master/mistress. Your aim is now correct. Suggest firing now, master/mistress."

All they have to do is touch you to send you to another time. That's it. So, unless you can kill one of the fastest things around without it even laying a finger on you, then you are pretty much boned.

I've always wondered why no one thought to take a sledgehammer to one while it was quantum-locked, honestly. It could work.

I don't think so. If you're blind, you're not looking at them, and (I'm assuming the martial artist is human) they are really, really, really fast. They'll send you to the past in no time.

If you're looking to spork badfic, you've come to the right place! Here, have some chocolate and enjoy your stay!

Take a Box of Infinity!

Warning! Box may or may not contain portals to alternate dimensions. Do not leave Box around cupcakes.

Welcome to the Board! Have some of my hydrophobic water to commemorate the event. You name it, it can dissolve it. Even reality.

Hi! I just joined here a few days ago, but even so I'd like to say WELCOME TO OUR HUMBLE INSANITORIUM! *mad laughter*

Ahem. Too much? Alright, I'll tone it down a notch.

Glad to hear you're a big novel reader. From what I've gathered, that'll be a good help here. This place should amuse you until you get the nerve to get back to reading another book.

Incidentally, here's a bag of really big books as a welcoming gift. *heaves large, heavy sack over shoulder and flops it down in front of blurfsmurf*

...What? They're all blank? I didn't say anything was actually /written/ in them now, did I?

BTW, what are your fandoms?

And welcome to the Board. Some find sanity optional here, the others never had it to begin with. Ether way it won't really be used, like your appendix or your tailbone!

Anyway, I feel like I know so little about you... it's making me hard to think of a meaningful gift because of that. Please tell us more about yourself while I muse about gifts that I haven't given yet.

Hi there, and welcome to the PPC Board-and-wider-community. As you can see, I'm Huinesoron - I've been here since around the Triassic Era, and I'm still pretty much only a Lord of the Rings fan. I'm also slightly crazy (it helps, in this place).

You, I can see, am blurfsmurf - but what else is there to know about you? How'd you find us (was it the pixies? Curse those meddling pixies!)? Do you read or write fanfiction - and what fandoms? Have you read many of the PPC's stories? And, perhaps most importantly of all, [insert really pertinent question here]?

hS

Greetings, new friend! And congrats: you just joined! Allow me to present some helpful links!

https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=18hztHpDehxcfrjaXoFUew1vb0BdZPDAusHxMHzHiCzM
The Board's Constitution! That standard rules for our little community.

http://ppc.wikia.com/wiki/PPC_Wiki
Our Wiki! Filled with info about the PPC, both the in-universe details and the real life how-tos. You'll especially want to check out the process for getting permission, here:
http://ppc.wikia.com/wiki/Permission

Additionally! We are currently attempting to revive an old Big Sibling program, wherein newbies can get questions answered and other help from a more experienced member of the community. We're still working out kinks in the new system, but in the meantime, feel free to shoot any questions at me! I can be found at keyoflit(at)yahoo(dot)com (with obvious symbol substitutions) or on AIM with my email as the screen name (or right in this thread, of course).

Welcome to the Board! Have some chocolate, won't you?

I'm feeling lazy, so just take a Box of Infinity!

Warning! Box may contain links to Legendary Badfics. Open with caution.

Welcome to the Asylum PPC.

I notice you like Tad Williams, which books? I only ask because I personally find his stuff quite variable, I think The War of the Flowers is brilliant, Otherland and Shadowmarch are both good, but I just couldn't get into the Memory, Sorrow and Thorn stuff.

As a welcoming gift, have this Generic Sword, useful for defending yourself in virtually any fantasy setting.

Welcome to the Board! Have some of my hydrophobic water to commemorate the event. Also check out our fine line of hydrophobic fish!

HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII! *glomps*

*steps away sheepishly* Er, pardon me. I've only been here a few days, but the crazy's already rubbing off on me. Let me start over. Welcome!

Doctor Who fan? I am okay with this! In that case, have a gently-used sonic screwdriver as a welcome present! Careful, it tends to do funny things if placed too close to your computer. Use it as a bookmark, if nothing else.

Also, the part about being a fantasy geek makes me happy, too. =D

I'm female, sixteen and a complete fantasy nerd/geek. I am a fan of Discworld, Tad Williams, Tamora Pierce, George R R Martin, J V Jones, Joe Abercrombie, Katherine Kerr and way too many others to name. Books are my main interest and I have an annoying memory which only remembers pointless trivia. I discovered fanfiction a few years back and loved the idea. I wrote, but I was too shy to share. This was a good thing. After a while I realised there was some awful, awful writing out there and I wanted to do something about it. When I discovered the PPC I decided I would research its background then introduce myself. So here I am.

Welcome to the PPC Board, sanity and nails optional. Please tell me more about yourself so that I can rejoice in your existence properly and so that I give you a wonderful gift pertaining to your likes/interests.

Greetings, new friend! Welcome to the group!

There are some useful and highly recommended links at the top of the Board, up ^ there. You'll especially want to read over the Constitution! Our wiki is an excellent source of information for the inquisitive mind. Finally, the chat is a place to encounter wild PPCers in their native habitat. Not to worry! Most of them only bite a little, and only if you don't share your chocolate!

I shall also link you to Jay and Acacia's Original Series, the fic that got us all started out! If you haven't had a chance to read it yet, I highly recommend it! It is found here:
http://www.misssandman.com/PPC/story.html

We're currently trying to revitalize an old Big Sibling program wherein new members can turn to someone who's been around longer for learning the ropes. We don't quite have the new model organized yet, but in the meantime, feel free to use me as a surrogate Big Sib! If you're having trouble finding anything on our Wiki, I can be reached through email at keyoflit(at)yahoo(dot)com (with symbols standing in in the obvious places) or through AIM, which stupidly also uses my email because I am incompetent at setting those programs up. You're also welcome to ask questions right here in this thread.

So, tell us a bit about yourself! What fandoms are you into? Are you primarily a reader or a writer? What sort of story do you prefer, in either case?

You have our permission to introduce yourself. ;) Me, I'm Huinesoron (or hS, or various misspellings of those two), and I've been around here a loooong time. I'm a Lord of the Rings fanatic (still!), and even occasionally write things in the fandom, but for the most part my fanfic these days tends to be PPC-related.

And what about you? How'd you find us? Do you read or write fanfic - or both? What fandoms are you 'into' (as you young'uns do say)? How much PPC-fic have you seen - because there's a lot out there.

hS

As a two day newbie, can I request a Big Sib from House Skull Goblet. It's not the House I think I would fit into, but I consider socializing my weakness and as such would like someone who find it a strength.If this isn't the right idea, please tell me.

Though I technically joined months ago, I still feel like a newbie, especially when it comes to interacting with the community... can I still join a house as a Little Sib? If so, I would love to be part of House Darjeeling.

House Name: House Tryforce
Area: Areas involving video gaming. Basically to try and break away from the video gaming mechnics which a lot of authors get stuck in. (E.g: Pokemon battles where the Pokemon stands there, taking turns to attack each other, not moving, etc). It would also be there to help people whose agents come from certain gaming universes, as well as provide critique for Missions which take place in a video game

Despite the name being a joke based on the greet message that I had set to show up when I logged into the IRC, I suppose I should outline the mission statement of House Skull Goblet.

"House Skull Goblet: This house is focused mainly on showing newbies the ropes of the wiki, IRC, Board, etc. so that others aren't left so frustrated they want to turn the newbies' skulls into goblets. To be more concise, the house is focused on the community, and helping newbies fit in."

Of course, having me be the sole person in charge of the house focused on the community is proooobably not right. We should get some more people. People who are far less likely to harvest the skulls of newbies who annoy them, since we're trying to help prevent that in the first place.

I hereby propose the creation of House Grave Energy Initiative.

I may be breaking the rules by the House name being slightly linked to its purpose, but it was too much of a good line to pass up. (Green energy = grave energy? Get it? NVM.) This would be a writing-emphasis house, working on not just PPCing but the mechanics of fiction in general. Worldbuilding, proper description, character building and motivation, the whole nine yards. Fantasy a specialty. Publication an eventual goal.

Grave Energy Initiative's ultimate goal is to produce more authors of original universes, thus ensuring that the PPC has a steady supply of authors revolving in graves for eons to come. :D

I think this charter looks good, and I would definitely still be up for acting as a Big Sib myself, although I’m not sure about a House at the moment. When I graduate (or whatever term we’re going to use) from Kind Words and a Two-by-Four I’ll certainly consider reapplying as a Big Sib for them.

In the meantime, I’ll have a think about establishing a House myself, although I don’t have any firm ideas for that yet.

Thinking specifically about my own potential as a Big Sib, if I were to take on a newbie and get asked a question I didn’t know the answer to, I wouldn’t necessarily know who the best person to redirect it to was. It might be worth having a bit of info about each Big Sib, basically just strengths/areas of expertise, that people can look up if they need to (I’m thinking only of Big Sib to Big Sib interactions here, as it’s already been established that we don’t want newbies to be able to ask for a specific Big Sib by name). Or, is a personal knowledge of each other Big Sib’s key strengths a part of being a suitable Big Sib, which could sort of be covered under point 2 of the House Structure guidelines?

Since I've come up with an excuse...

I hereby present:

House Parmandili (Quenya: Book-friends)- the house for those utterly obsessed with their fandom (to the point where they, say, learn the languages... heh). Of course that doesn't mean all of us can answer every question about every canon ever - but we can help you find someone who can, and discuss how much enthusing is appropriate in the community.

I'm assuming I'm allowed to be in Darjeeling and Parmandili at the same time, despite problems it will cause with the Inter-House Valinorean Cricket Tournament...

hS

PS: Also, a Suggested House, not an actual creation: in line with Neshomeh's comments, a house for those who are primarily here to meet people and talk a lot might be a good idea, to go with those for people who concrit, PPC-love, and fandom-enthuse. ~hS

I've been here for about... a month and a half I think. It really feels longer (probably because I was lurking for a couple months before I joined) and I no longer feel like I need guidance on the Board. Areas like the IRC and the Wiki though, I still feel a bit lost. My question is, am I past the need of a Big Sib? If so can I have like a Twin Sib or something as just a friend who can give me a few pointers once in a while?

As someone who's in the uncomfortable position of not-quite-newbie (I've been around for what, half a year? More or less) and who's still making idiotic blunders (that somehow always seem to happen when July's around) I do think I need a big sib around here.
So I hereby announce that I am joining the house of Two by Four.
(Did I do it right?)

I propose House Fruitbat: about the Rule of Funny* and why/how the PPC more or less runs on it. (Yes, this is the house I'd file myself under, if possible.)

Sound good? People interested? And so on?

*I know it's a Trope term, but it's the most apt one I know for the purpose.

The charter so far already includes items and concerns I had brought up personally (and ideas I had brought up in the first place).

As it stands, though, with the fourth item for House Goals, I can see this becoming a problem. Anyone who has real life siblings know they do not have utter control over them. It stands to reason that while we as Big Sibs should be the first in line to let our newbie know that no, hey, that is not okay, etc, we cannot be responsible for them entirely. I can't stop them from doing something if they really, really decide to, after all, and it would be unfair for us to put the burden of that on someone.

And with regards to communication, it does mean that those in the same house will need to set something up in some manner for group wide communication, be it group email or using a talk page on the wiki or something, so people are all on the same page, and there's more cross-talk going on beyond just pairs. This is something that should certainly be kept in mind.

This most recent version of the charter is the best I've seen yet, and I would be happy to subscribe to it.

I'm also, finally, behind the concept of the Houses, as long as we can get and keep them organized. I can see the value in mini-"committees" having a brief discussion over who would best suit the newbie as Big Sib.

My one concern is what happens when a newbie clearly fits two or more Houses. I guess the mini-committees will have to meet and come to a decision that way?

To be honest, this is a problem I'm having. I'd like to think I'm at least partly involved in multiple aspects of the PPC: I use the Board, Chat and Wiki; I've read most of the stuff from Jay and Acacia's day (although I'm still trying to find time to finish hS' history stuff! Alas!) and everything that's been published since I joined. I've betad at least a dozen PPC writings (probably more; haven't been keeping track) and try to leave a comment on everything if I have something of value to say.

I just don't know where I fit in. Maybe I'll be . . . the Rogue Sibling, sneaking about in the shadows of all the houses, nicking a couple of Lil Sibs from everywhere and generally causing confusion.

Do any other official/prospective Big Sib volunteers have this problem?

Welcome to the Board! Have some of my hydrophobic water to commemorate the event. Got dirty dishes? Hydrophobic water will make the problem go away*!







*And by that I mean literally. Think smoking craters.

Hello and welcome to the PPC! Have an invisibility hat! It's like an invisibility cloak, but it only covers your head. It's great for parties! Also, we're currently trying out a new system called Big Sibling/Little Sibling. If you'd be interested in having a Big Sibling to show you around and answer some of your questions, check out the post below, it has a bit more detail about what it's about.

Welcome to the Board! Here, have some chocolate, and enjoy your stay!

Greetings, new friend! Help yourself to the bag of venomous arthropods. Don't worry; they don't bite!

Welcome to the Board, newbie! Please make yourself at home here in the invisible internet particles that contain our community. I'm glad to see that you've checked out the Original Series but I'd also like to link you to the Constitution here:https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=18hztHpDehxcfrjaXoFUew1vb0BdZPDAusHxMHzHiCzM
and the PPC Wiki here:http://ppc.wikia.com/wiki/PPC_Wiki

Also, a present! I present you with a genie in a bottle, good for three wishes or one irritated genie who has just been summoned from his beauty sleep.

It's nice to meet you!
Have a Box of Infinity!

Warning! Box may also function like an Improbability Drive. Do not pierce or burn.

(Woah, thinking of original warnings for these boxes is getting difficult! XD)

Feel free to ask questions if you still have any. I might be able to answer some.

Hi, have some fudge!

Welcome to the community. Please leave your sanity at the door; it won't see much use here, heh heh. Anyway, reading the links up there at the top of the Board is a good idea. Also: what are your fandoms? Do you read and/or write fanfiction?
Last but not least, have a cup of green tea. Just mind the leaves, they might try to eat you :P

TV Tropes lists a couple of these in its Crack Fic section, titled "A Crushed Empire" and "Unified Races." From what I can tell, the author has long-since removed them from FF.net.

Could you narrow it down - say, to a specific fandom?

Or if you just want one in general, I recommend Turning Towards The Sun. ;)

hS

I adore your sporks, they're always brilliant. I don't know much about Hetalia, but what I love about your MST's is that you don't need to know much to find them funny.


(Also, speaking of MST's, d'you think we should find the one we wrote and resurrect it? It'd be a shame to let that one go to waste. I mean... chi gong balls.)

FINALLY SOMETHING TO READ--Ahem.

Very funny! I know nothing of Hetalia, but I still understood all the humor since it used common stereotypes of the countries. I don't know how much of that was your characterization, and how much was already present in canon, but either way, it worked.

I kind of got lost keeping track of the hiragana, even with Japan's helpful guide. I think you way you presented it was the best way to do so, though.

. . . Say. Do you think the country personifications know about the PPC because they have PPC writers in that universe, within those countries? Fan wank fan wank blah blah blah nonsense?

I loved it, especially the parts where they broke out into "Canada is really Big". The best bit was at the end though.

I don't even know much about Hetalia other than the bits I've gathered from the Board, but I know I don't have to whenever I see it's you two sporking. Your MSTs are always hilarious, and this one was no exception. :D

That was just... ahaha!
Although, thank the Goddess I didn't have to read the original without the funny MSTing, otherwise it might have almost killed me for a completely different reason.

For the most part, from what I've seen, oldbies (of the more than a few years variety) tend to not make 'I'm back!' posts unless they've been gone for more than a couple years or have otherwise made clear they were leaving for Reasons which would mean Forever or some such or are coming back due to Reasons, while a few of the newer bunch seem to take disappearing every few weeks (in the measurable in
School happens, life happens, work happens. Regardless, if you intend to post to the Board again, or pop into the chatroom, or help other PPCers and so on in the future, you're still a PPCer, and will always be, so there's really no need for saying you're returning- as far as quite a few of us are concerned, I would say, you've never truly been gone, in that sense.

Besides, if everyone who disappeared for a few weeks (or months) made a return post, then the board would've been swamped with Elcalion, Kippur, Huinesoron, Araeph, and Gandalf the Beige's comings and goings, beyond others.

Glad RL has calmed down for you! Hope school went well this year, too. We kept your radioactive waste products right where you left them!

And yay, a mission! We've had a serious dearth of those lately. ;_; Can't wait to read it!

I know exactly what you mean. I stopped reading right around when they were boarding the Hogwarts Express. All I could think was that Not-Harry should get along with Ron much better than Draco, because Draco's so anti-Muggle, and at least Ron's used to it from his dad. It just felt like gratuitous Ron-bashing. And why Draco, of all characters? Why not have him sit with Hermione?

I kept wanting to shake Not-Harry when he was claiming that the entire wizarding world must be stupid and backwards because they haven't figured out how magic works. I dearly hope that at some point he discovers that magic can't be scientifically explained because it simply isn't rational, but I sincerely doubt that will ever happen.

Also, why does one of his last names have to be Verres? I kept on expecting it to be an El Goonish Shive crossover.

The writing is wonderful, and the world-building is brilliant, but... I just couldn't get into HPMoR. In fact, I did mostly the same thing you did. Several of my friends really, really like it, and so I decided to try it out, but... after only a few chapters, I really didn't like Harry, and somewhere between chapters 6 and 10 (I don't quite remember when), I just gave up in disgust. I just couldn't stand it anymore. Rationalist!Harry just has this super stuck-up, condescending attitude of "I am so much better than you in every way" and everyone else has a sort of background acceptance "yes, you are better than us in every way." I despise people like that in real life, so I don't want to read about them, either - especially when I liked the original Harry so much.

"Luminosity," the Twilight one with rationalist!Bella, was the same way for me. I actually enjoyed it at first - pretty much any change you make to Bella Swan's "personality" will be an improvement - but after I while I couldn't stand even that either, for the same reasons. She was just so pretentious and stuck-up and acted as though being a rationalist automatically made her just better than anyone else.

And that can make a good character, sure. But not a main character that I'm expected to sympathize with.


I still agree that they're both very, very good fics. I personally just can't stand them.

I, um, actaully quite like HPMoR. It's one of my favorite Potterfics.

Yes, Harry Not-Potter is not exactly the most likeable or nice characters. This does not actually make him a /bad/ character. Yes, he is a bit of a Stu- especially compared to the original Harry- but then again, the power levels of the villains do seem to have been upped accordingly, and Harry does actually have a good characterization.

Plus, the premise and plot surrounding it is actually /interesting/, and that excuses a lot of things. It's how Verne was able to get away with pages and pages of tech description and lists of fish in 20K Leagues, for instance. It helps if the world being revealed through such exposition is interesting, and I actually really like the what-if-everybody-in-HP-wasn't-holding-the-idiot-ball concept.

On the other hand, when I browse other Potter boards that discuss this fic, everybody hates it, so maybe I'm just missing something.

I mean, yes, Harry's personality change is rather drastic. But the plot more than excuses it, I think. And he's not that Stuish, in my opinion, since he DOES have flaws, and there's at least one thing that he is very, very wrong about.

I can see that he could be consider Stuish and sorry, he doesn't get any better. In fact it probably gets worse. However, the point of the AU was: what if Harry really wanted to ask questions. The author did go a bit overboard with the increased intelligence, but there is a reasonably good bit about Hermione later on.
I have a 'problem' with heroes as it is and I think I liked the idea of an intelligent anti-hero. Actually now I stop and think about it, I'm not sure what I like about it.

It would probably depend on how specific the spell was, if the spell was 'turn the pumpkin juice into alcoholic chocolate milk' then any Bleeprin that was also in the glass (or whatever container it was in) would remain unaffected, and react accordingly when it suddenly becomes immersed in alcohol.

If the spell was 'turn the contents of that glass into alcoholic chocolate milk' then any Bleeprin that was already in there would get transfigured at the same time as the pumpkin juice, and so wouldn't react.

I currently don't have my books, so I can't check this, but my impression of the magic in Harry Potter was always that the spells were very restrictive in what they did, and that any major changes (such as the starting form of an object to be transfigured) would require a different spell. That being the case, I would expect the spell you mentioned to specifically target 'pumpkin juice', so yeah, any Bleeprin that gets snuck in first would result in an explosion, although it probably wouldn't be that big.

As a note, I believe that 'Bleeprin' should always be capitalised.

Have some Bleepka ... you might need it someday.

Welcome to the PPC! As I have said with most other newbies I've greeted, have my everlasting friendship!

Welcome newcomer!

Also, have some light moonglasses. They're like dark sunglasses but look cool at night instead!

Hello new person. Here have a cowboy hat.*
*See Dresden Files: Inexplicable covers for explanation.

Hi, have some fudge!

Welcome to the Board! Have some chocolate, won't you?

Welcome to the PPC! We love newbies here!

Here, have some Ligeti for the road: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJnoU8oR76g&feature=related

Welcome to the Board! Have some of my hydrophobic water to commemorate the event. Bottled at Impossible spring, Nowhereland.

Hello, and welcome to the PPC! I can't think of anything clever to say right now, so I'll just give you a gift. Congrats! You are now the proud owner of a wizard's hat! It's quite sparkly and is conveniently labeled "wizard".

Just thought I'd throw in some fanfiction links to not good fanfictions but funny ones. Can't see them on the badfic pages of your wiki so they might be new to you, I dunno :)



http://www.bdsmlibrary.com/stories/chapter.php?storyid=2482&chapterid=10730 - Mature, crossover, makes no sense

http://www.fakku.net/viewtopic.php?t=12251 - This one I had to hunt down a bit but god it was worth it. Mature, insane, Pokemon sex. Also hilarious, I don't believe for a second this guy was actually going for erotic even though he says he was.

You've already found the IRC, so you've probably gotten inundated with greetings from there, but let me welcome you to the Board - it's full of great people and conversation and more than a little craziness. As a welcome present, have an Official Hipster Scarf (oh, you probably haven't heard of it :P )

Let me be the first to welcome you to the PPC Board. I see you've already found the IRC but I would also like to link you to the wiki here: http://ppc.wikia.com/wiki/PPC_Wiki
and our Constitution here:https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=18hztHpDehxcfrjaXoFUew1vb0BdZPDAusHxMHzHiCzM
The wiki contains many helpful FAQs if you have any questions and the Constitution contains our rules for the entire community. We are also reenacting the Big Sib/Little Sib thingamabob but I'm not the one to talk to for that. Try one of the oldbies like JulyFlame or Huinesoron.

Also! You, lucky newbie, are now the proud owner of a Magic Generator Box* for all types of fantasy. It's a good replacement for magic wands and ancient powerful amulets.

*Copyright 2012 ThatOne. Not for use by evil overlords and children under three.

That's right, my absence so far was in no way dictated by my router packing up, and was in fact simply me biding my time while I constructed this water balloon launching ballista (mostly from Lego), and practised my Evil Laugh for this very occasion.

Muahahahahahahahahaa! Taste watery doom, you fools!

*proceeds to launch size XXL water balloons indiscriminately across the Board*

Was all Alex could think as he noted people chucking astral bodies at one another, watching with a sense of unease as he quickly realized that the purple paint balloon would have the effect of a moist petard in comparison to such ballistics. However, shrugging, he would chuck the item at the face of Jopalopa. If he wasn't going to do anything but draw on someone he might as well be artistic about it and attack the most obvious canvas.

*shakes heavily-gloved fist attached to thick-coat-clad arm* GIVE US BACK OUR SUN YOU THIEVING NORTHERN PRATS.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smOPAbhiiMU

Sorry - first thing I thought of when I saw that header.

Boarders I hope.
*Starts filling water balloons at high speed*
GlUG
Ahem