I’m just dropping in to show that I don’t ignore you. I know nothing about this continuum, but I did get an impression of what’s wrong with this fic.

HG

I've seen several fics (mostly on Quotev) that advertise yandere versions of more-or-less stable canon characters, frequently targeting a reader-insert. Why would anyone want to be in that situation? It's not even like Twilight, where the creepy behavior is unacknowledged as such. Maybe I'm a hypocrite, since Yuno Gasai is one of my favorite characters, but it's not like I want to be Yukki, either.

On topic, you did a good job with this mission - I managed to follow it fine despite having no experience with the canon. One thing you might want to do is mention that Tomoko and Mokocchi are the same person, as it took me a little bit to catch on to that.

Heylo and greetings, new person! Here, have this cup of tea. No, it's not gonna bite. Promise.

Welcome to the Board. Haven't seen you around yet, but I've been pretty inactive recently.
Here, have a goodfic generator!

I like you a lot. It usually takes me a while to warm up to new people, but you just seem so cheerful and friendly, and the way you talk about your sister is so heartwarming. Also, as a child of an alcoholic myself, you have my sympathies. Plus, you're Iximaz's fan, so you clearly have good taste, and she's my fan, so seeing her get fan-worshiped in her turn amuses me. ^_~ (I told her it would happen, too! Jokingly at the time, but still!)

Anyway, I'm glad to have you here, and I hope you stick around a long time. {= ) As a belated token of welcome, please accept this bumper sticker that reads "Agents do it canonically."

~Neshomeh

Yes, I love love love chocolate in real life... So why not make some with Bleeprin and pass it on?

Nice to see another person join the board. Any particular fandoms you enjoy?

Have an urple colored pencil and a plate of cookies as a gift.

Enjoy the board, it'll enjoy having you here I'm sure

Storme Hawk

It's always good to see new faces around, and of course you're welcome to hang out here as much as you want. :D

Have a bag of pebbles and a Random Shiny Object! They come in handy for distracting Sues.

Trojanhorse and Paddlebrains, who sadly are not longer around, sporked a bad slash mpreg real person fic written in French (Mission 20, "Baby bump, hormones & tennis"), and they aren’t even French.

HG

But I doubt the SPaG errors would get translated very well. That being said, I think it might not be much of a problem for most fics. I've also thought about writing missions in French, but almost no one here would be able to read them. I could translate existing missions into French, though... I guess.

It'd be interesting to see how bad writing in, say, French or German translates to English. :)

Badfic is badfic, right? Go for it, man.

tho.
there are some nsfw bits here?
i accidentally didn't say that last time i posted it.
but here it is. i don't have the time to actually work on agents right now, and if i do
i'll probably scrap my old ones.
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5902133/1/Life-of-Cristancia

Leanring and Sburbing. T-rated. +20k words through 29 chapters as of last update.


The high school AU you never knew you didn't want. This is some just light, fluffy, non-grimdark stuff for you folks to sink your teeth in. I'm not entirely sure if this is a troll but I'm guessing "yes".

Heroine - Attack on Titan reader-insert Sue who's super-good at killing Titans and spews gratuitous Japanese everywhere. Pretty much exactly what I was wanted for mission-writing purposes, too - Suefic, not an AU, and set during Eren's time with the Survey Corps.

Wrath of sorcerers - Terrible Card Captor Sakura/Harry Potter crossover. The HP timeline is a mishmash of OotP and HBP, the CCS canons are all super-powerful Sues, and mini-Aragogs everywhere.

The amount of mini-Aragogs... too much... to handle! I strongly suggest filling a permission for a Bleepphene shot!

Some trolls are fun to read, but attempts to beat "My Immortal" in its fields of expertise are futile.

You probably left a letter/word out there:
The mist solidified into monstrous shape...

I liked the image of Kala and the minis.

HG

Props to you for taking it on. *gives three extra bottles of Bleeprin*

The only complaint about the mission I have is that it was a bit too MST-y, but seriously, how do you capture the sheer WTFness of the fic otherwise? (By the way, you created another mini: the J in J.K. Rowling stands for Joanne, not Joan.)

Anyway, I really enjoyed this otherwise, and good work. :) The way you killed the replacements was pretty sweet.

Though the fact that your missions are mostly short but sweet may have something to do with that.

This particular mission reminds me of the trollfic I myself killed on my second DF mission, though without the troll. Interesting how you had both replacements and a Sue-wraith, as it's usually a really powerful Suefluence that makes the canons act OOC. Though I guess that may be due to Harry being like... well, THAT from the get-go, while the replacements weren't brought in until a little later.

and I liked how you told Lapis Lazuli’s back story, but the end is confusing. Where exactly did Rainbow-Hair and Fiery-Tail find the blue-haired girl? Were they in a void left by the deleted badfic? Was she running on a generic plain in Nowhereland? Did the same agents who had been assigned to the badfic coincidentally find Lapis in the corridors of PPC HQ?

His eyes went huge and he and edged away.
One "and" too much,

Then Ripper and Alex appeared next to the canons just then...
The repetition sounds weird.

...she asked to the canons...
I think this "to" should not be there.

...an important artifact to him.
Word order is my weak point, but "an artifact important to him" probably works better.

She thought of when she had travelled across miles of country over the course of a few days.
I would believe in her ability to create plot holes if this had either been "hundreds of miles" or "a few minutes"; about one mile per day isn’t really fast. Or is the plot hole supposed to cause her travelling too slow?

HG

I'm going to pluck a random example of this from the place I was at when I decided to write. This isn't a specially-selected example, is what I'm saying:

Lapis quivered in terror when Matt’s Dragonic Backlash sent Giga Bowser stumbling dangerously close to the group. The air shimmered around her again, but she stopped herself before she could escape through the plot hole. In the midst of the overly descriptive action, the disguised Pokémon trainer had begun to notice something.

“I’m a little disappointed that it took me this long to realize this, but… Did you guys hear something… off about the way the canons and the Stu were talking?”

“We were so focused on the scriptfic format we got ourselves into that we didn’t hear anything,” said Sarah. “At least I didn’t. I was too busy trying to reset the format.”

Cupid’s eyes widened a little, recalling how he’d gotten distracted while his partners were arguing. “While you ladies were squabbling and doing other stuff,” he mused aloud, “I noticed that all of the characters were saying their lines at the same time. It was a lot harder for me to notice who was saying what because of that, like so many voices at once.”

Sarah gasped. “I think I know why!” she cried. “The spoken lines were not given separate paragraphs!”

There's something really off about the way you write, and I'm trying to pin down what it is. On the first hand, there's lines like this:

In the midst of the overly descriptive action, the disguised Pokémon trainer had begun to notice something.

Cupid’s eyes widened a little, recalling how he’d gotten distracted while his partners were arguing.

I get a really strange vibe off that sort of thing. I think it stems from the fact that the narrated 'actions' are so... non-physical. You're telling us that Lapis noticed something, rather than showing us her reaction: did she raise an eyebrow? Was stopping herself a reaction to the noticing? Equally, you show us Cupid's action, then explain it. I don't think the explanation was necessary - I think it detracts from the narrative flow.

On the other hand, there's the dialogue. Example:

Sarah gasped. “I think I know why!” she cried. “The spoken lines were not given separate paragraphs!”

Imagine telling someone something, and hearing that as their reaction. It doesn't sound like speech; that's not how people talk. People talk more like this:

Sarah gaped. How had she missed that? Then her brow furrowed in thought. "And I think I know why. It's the Words - the spoken lines didn't get separate paragraphs."

Your line reads as if Sarah had to wait for a dramatic flash of lightning to backlight her, and was expecting the scene to end immediately afterwards. "We must enter the castle - and destroy Dracula!" Drama like that isn't realistic.

And thirdly... how did they not notice that every single spoken line in the scene was said at exactly the same moment? It seems like something you'd comment on at the time, not a mildly strange fact that you'd pick up on later.

I dunno. Just... go read over that scenelet again, in isolation. Can you see what I mean about it sounding... strange?

hS

It’s a bit late for beta reading. I should really check my e-mail more often.

...a small metal cubes with buttons...
Should be "cube" (singular).

...the agents heard the devices make some futuristic sci-fi-ish sounds...
Should be "device" (singular).

Another long paragraph later, Matt managed to drive Giga Bowser and Matt away.
Do I need to read the badfic to understand what’s going on there? Is Matt driving away with Giga Bowser or are there two persons called Matt?

...during which the agents reset their format reset as usual.
I’m not sure whether resetting the format or resetting the "format reset" is the intended action here.

"What’s this guy gonna next, stop a school shooting?" she asked.
I’m not sure whether Sarah intentionally skipped a word there.

Armed with this knowledge, the canons proceeded to attack and fatally injure Moriamaru. The canons watched and waited.
Shouldn’t this be the agents, watching and waiting?

The new mini leaped off the Stu and headed over to join the agents.
“No,” Matt whispered in total shock, before transforming into his beast form and flinging Windscar off of him.
What’s going on here? Isn’t Windscar the new mini who had already leapt off the Stu? How could Matt fling him off then?

...silently thanked her lucky stars and superheroes that she hadn’t been flung into a tree.
Sarah has superheroes? Who are they?

Sarah and Cupid both cried out in stark horror. The Dragon Chain had severed his partner’s right hand with a single bite!
Since the first sentence’s POV was Sarah and Cupid’s, the second sentence’s POV should better not be just Cupid’s; thus "their partner’s".

And yeah, the interlude following this mission basically my way of killing...
Missing word "is"?

Will the agents be in trouble because nobody charged Naraku?

HG

A couple things I noticed...

(First off, unless my Internet sources are wrong, the title character's name is written Inuyasha.)

"A few paragraphs of dialogue passed by, during which the agents reset their format reset as usual."
Uh...what? I think you hit reset one time too many.

"“Go figure that he’d show off his wonderful toys,” she grumbled."
"Go figure" is used for an event or situation that doesn't make sense (it's shorthand for "go and figure that out", according to Urban Dictionary). Since it makes sense for Matt the Gary Stu to show off his cool toys, use something like "And of course" instead.

More tomorrow, when I'm less tired.

I know I said you could borrow Alex, but I never got the chance to look it over to make sure he was in-character. Yes, I was too busy to beta read the whole thing, but common courtesy says that if you borrow someone's agent, you let them look it over before publishing. Not cool, dude. Way not cool.

If your IP is blocked, try restarting your router and your computer. It should change your IP.

Apparently my IP was used by a spammer and therefore cause some good folks to global ban me. The case is finally solved, I'm glad to have my powers of editing back! :D

I've checked all the logs I can find, and neither you, Voyd, or Nesh are blocked on the PPC Wiki. I can confirm that Neshomeh edited four hours ago. I can find no evidence whatsoever of a removed block on your PPC Wiki account.

Are you sure it wasn't just a transient problem between your computer and the Wikia servers?

hS

Haven't seen anything bad.

Fizz R the Bizarre ("It's not a nickname!") comes from--

Uh-oh.

So. Miss Cam's website is down. That... that's bad.

Er.

Fizz R the Bizarre was created in Dour K's 'Killer in the Dark', which can be found here:

https://web.archive.org/web/20080828044731/http://www.misssandman.com/PPC/killerinthedark.html

I've used him a time or two (I guess you've seen that), and it looks like Nesh has too. But neither he nor DAVD are mine.

hS

To our world of weird! Have a hobnob juicebox. There's a random side effect, excluding death because that'll just kill the mood.

That makes one more Young Wizards fan around here, which is certainly good.

Anyway, have two cents. You never know when you'll need to put them in somewhere.

Welcome to this little slice of the internet. Have a pet alligator. Be careful he bites.

That was one of my favorites when I was younger! Only ever really had the first three, the eighth, and the ninth, though. Did the tenth ever come out?

Please, have this. *rifles through pockets* here is a magical cookie. At least I'm pretty sure it's magical. On the subject of those various original works you enjoy, mind letting me know what they are? I'm out of good stuff to read.

Heylo, greetings, &c. Here, have this can of SPAM. Don't ask where it comes from, you might not like the answer.

Loved the books, love the movies! So aside from one of my own shed feathers, have a pet-sized foodimal of your choice! Just remember not to eat it by accident, okay? ;)

Steven Universe, huh? I've heard nothing but good things about that show, where can I watch it?

I will gladly accept your offer of a hug. Things are starting to get busy at UNCC.

Also, have a block (wheel?) of Tiffany Aching's cheese! ^_^

Welcome to the board and here is an urple colored light pen.

Here, have a mini-Tacodile Supreme! Seat down, pull up a chair, call the cat a bastard and let's sing:

The wizard's staff has a knob on the end~

Welcome to the community! For your newbie gift, have this Underwater Toaster. Just... Be careful with it. There's a few issues with proper use and all that.

Have a +3 vicious shovel! Careful, it does recoil damage.

I'll go and assume that you already read The Original Series and The Constitution, right? So then, I'll give ya the traditional newbie gift! A replica of The One Ring that makes its wearer explode, fortunately it can only be used by Sues.

Also, take this 天鯉(ten-koi, Heavenly Carp), it just needs a pond or a water tank to live (or you can just cook and eat it, I heard is delicious).

Welcome aBoard! As your gift, take this whistling skunk! If the urple bow around its neck becomes too much, feel free to remove it. ;)

Hm, looks like we don't have many series in common (I've read the first Young Wizards and The Wee Free Men and enjoyed both but haven't been able to find others in the series...serieses. Thing.), but that doesn't matter. Hope you like it here. :D

My e-mail is just my username with a Gmail address.

Would it prevent Baba Yaga from eating sues if she does not know about the PPC? It would make a great assassination method, but I'm with Neshomeh on this one. The fewer ordinary things that know about the PPC, the better. So, give Baba Yaga sues, but don't tell her what they are. By the way, I'm not at all familiar with the continuum in question, so take my advice with a grain of salt.

Probably not. It sounds like an okay idea for an execution method to me (and I know my friend Tungsten Monk would approve), but the trouble is that the PPC is a secret society, so people that know about it should be as few as possible. The agents could probably throw a Sue to Baba Yaga, but only if they neuralyze her afterwards.

BTW, a couple English language nitpicks:

1) the word "my" is possessive, not "me," so you should have said "I plan for one of my agents ..." You got it right later in the post, though, so maybe it was a deliberate attempt to sound like a pirate? ^_~

2) When referring to a group in general, you don't need to use an article, so you can just say "which created humanity" and "for killing Sues." If you're referring to a group of specific individuals, though, then you use an article (e.g. "the Sues," these ones right here as opposed to any/all Sues). Also, watch out for group names that are always uncountable, like "humanity." If you wanted to refer to specific members of humanity, you'd have to say something like "the people."

Hope that helps!

~Neshomeh

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Hieronymus

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HG

Tigeress

Ooh! That's purty!
Hang on, I must try something else...
Spottedfire99

Welp. That was my other choice for my name ... Which is prettier d'ya think?

bluefa02
Not what I expected, but hey! It's cool!

Data Junkie

I appear to be somewhere between Kaitlyn and TechnoDann, which is mildly disappointing as I was hoping for a green, but oh well.

I come out as:

"Cyba Zero"

Unless, of course, I take the second part as an actual number, in which case:

"Cyba Zero"

This is only coming out black on message preview, so we'll see if it applies any colour when I actually post.

KittyEden turns out to be a rather nice TARDIS blue! My brother, however (Kay Eden) is green. Wicked.

Edhelistar Hmm... a tone of pink... Let's see my planned Agents...

Solvig Karinsdotter
Yuna Takamiya

... Well, at least they're green! XD

Turns out that Elcalion orange (Elcaliorange?) seems to be intermediate between Cassie crimson and Desdendyellow

[EvilAI]UBEROverlord

EvilAIUBEROverlord

UBEROverlord

So I guess there is your purple if you want it.

Jopalopa

Let's see what [font color="TheShyIon"]"TheShyIon"[/font] comes out as...

(Also, Acacia looks green-yellow to me.)

This is wobblestheclown, and this is Scapegrace. As you can see, they are exactly the same.

I have not changed.

Damn.

Fasoula comes out as a... kind of gaudy flamingo pink. Can't say I was quite expecting that.

I wonder what my old name turns out...

Hm. Well, there's your purple.

firemagic becomes f00 e0a 00c becomes f0e000, or firemagic

KarrinBlue becomes 0a0000b00e, which becomes 0a0000b00e00, which becomes 0a00 00b0 0e00, or KarrinBlue

eatpraylove I think I'm the same shade as TechnoDann, but I could be wrong.

Darkotas

Oh dear. This is, uh... interesting?

Omega I like that color.

World-Jumper

Darn, light green. I was hoping for a nice dark blue. Still, it kinda works for the world hopping thing, you know, with green for grass or something. Still, blue would be nice.

Sabrina comes out to about the same. Maybe it's destiny? Zeb comes out to just black, as far as I can tell.

radioactiveSue

Sadly, Tira comes out so black that it's indistinguishable from uncolored text. At least my real name makes a slightly more interesting shade, even if it is borderline urple.

My agents, on the other hand give out more interesting results. Aaron is an appropriate shade of dark red; Natalie, on the other hand, is a hilariously inappropriate light blue that I wish my username would hex to.

SkarmorySilver

Huh. Um, okay. You said you were missing the purples, right? Well, there you go! XD

doctorlit is . . .

Red? Gosh darn it. That's my least favorite color. All warm and harsh . . . reminds me too much of Arizona summer.

And my name comes out:

first nickname

nickname with last name

full name

. . .

So all reds, except for one Bland White. Awesome.

Voyd

Either my colorblindness is confusing me, or my name is just plain black.

SeaTurtle

Ooh, pretty.

Mine is rider_ranger47.

I think I recognize your username...didn't you used to run a Pokemon website back in the day? You know, where you played through Japanese Platinum and had a whole page full of shinies you were willing to trade? (Forgive me if you didn't; the way you spelled phoenix reminded me of that other Internet citizen.)

Anyway, whatever your Internet past, it's very nice to meet you. Have a bag of freeze-dried apple slices!

And while im at it, I might as well say for everyone else the my computer was broken, hence why ive been gone for a week or so.

Here, have THE SACRED COOKIE OF INFINITE KNOWLEDGE! And... welcome back :D

This shovel's been enchanted with Flame Saber. Smack something you don't like with it, it'll be paralyzed AND on fire!

Looks like you might need these:

S.U.AITIIAASH (plus a few line-break-deletions, and here's a fistful

of

double-spaced paragraphs to help you out, too).

Unclaiming something is simply a matter of removing it from the 'Claimed' list. Getting rid of your agents... uh... depends on what you mean by that, exactly.

hS

Here, take this plate of freshly-made SPaGhetti!

If your fic is still in the Claimed Badfic list, just either a)delete it entirely or b) move it to the Unclaimed list.

If you want to change your name, just say so.

And if you haven't gotten Permission yet, your agents aren't canon yet so you don't need to worry on that matter.

Caitlyn and Vi left the bar, and Jayce soon afterward.
Not being a native speaker, I’m not sure whether this is acceptable grammar, but to me it looks like there should be a verb somewhere in the second part of the sentence.

...but his the fact that he seemed to be spitting out every word he said indicated that he wasn’t quite all there
"his" should not be there.

Give my hugs to Valon and Kala.

HG

*gives Valon, and you, a hug* Seriously, Mad Props for taking it on. I don't do graphic violence any more than I do zombies. (Which means not at all unless it's cartoony.)

Very well done! :)
I didn't catch much of anything that was wrong - though don't be surprised if someone else does (it's happened before. ^^:)!
*Hands you some nm'nms*

This is more going off the comment about science vs. magic, but there's a difference between Real World science and fictional science. While alchemy may be powered by a real concept, it doesn't exist in reality, so it's not just the movement of the tectonic plates that makes alchemy work. While that's the in-universe explanation, the out-of-universe (between-universe?) reason is that the Words are what makes it work.

That said, I'd say that alchemy would possibly function in badfic, especially ones that have a tenuous grasp of their own continuum's mechanics. Basically, the badfic weakens the solidity of the Words by creating contradictory elements, and the agents can bend it further to cheat a bit. It's frowned upon, because they're making a bad thing worse, but in a sticky situation it might be the only way out.

To use a concrete example, I'd say that alchemy wouldn't work at all in the canon Potterverse any more than it would in World One. In a badfic that clings pretty close the mechanics of the original, it might be possible for an agent to make it work, but it would destabilize the continuum and exacerbate the issues caused by the badfic. It would probably be less effective overall and require more effort, and the Flowers would be likely to be displeased if they found out. On the other hand, in a badfic that makes major alterations to the Potterverse magic system, or is just so poorly structured that canon in general is being stretched to the braking point, a bit of alchemy would be a drop in the ocean, though a lot of alchemy might make things better, not worse.

In the case of a crossover, the agent would have to follow whatever rules were established by the fic, no matter how bad it is. If it's specifically stated that Ed can't use alchemy at Hogwarts, neither can an agent, even if the logic used violates canon (or is just really, really stupid).

Finally, I don't think that an alchemist agent would be useless just because they can't use their powers. After all, a lot of agents don't have any kind of powers whatsoever, and they contribute just as much. Plus, a character used to relying on their abilities, especially ones as flexible as alchemy, having to cope without them would make for a good story.

As for why, spoilers for anyone who hasn't seen the first anime.




Basically, in the first anime, Edward gets stuck in an alternate reality. Our reality, in fact. And his alchemy doesn't work. Admittedly, I haven't seen The Conqueror Of Shamballa, so I don't know if that was a temporary thing for Edward, but I'm pretty sure it just doesn't work over here. And this is the first anime we're talking about, so it is sort of it's own continuum, but it is also the only adaptation to deal with alternate reality, so I would apply its rules to this situation. Of, course, I have no idea what would happen if an agent got their hands on a Philosopher's Stone, but it would be... interesting. Also, my memory is terrible, so correct me if I got anything wrong.

To our world of weird! Have an unforeseen consequence juicebox. The side effect is completely random.

We wish the same as you - I think we'll get along well! Have some candy to start the day, can be any type you like!

You're gonna like it here. *fistbumps* Since I don't know what your fandoms besides Kid Icarus are, have a Pit amiibo and some delicious tempura! (Don't worry, no angels were harmed in making the tempura.)

I present you with this Potato that my neighbor threw at me. How kind of him!

Welcome to the board and here is a magic sniper rifle.

Have a +1 shovel!

Welcome aBoard! As a newbie gift, take this humming pocket ibex. If the urple bows on its horns become too much, feel free to remove them. :)

Always happy to see a new face. Here, have a SACRED COOKIE OF INFINITE KNOWLEDGE (: :)

Hello, please accept this bri-err gift! *rifles through pockets* Here is a genuine eighties keytar!

It is recommended that you will read the Original Series. It is also recommended (read: required) that you read the Constitution.
Oh, and check the wiki.
Last but not least, have this cup of tea. No, the leaves won't try to eat you, why are you asking?

Yeah, as the title said. But anyway, aren't you supposed to pick a username? We always do that around here.

In any case, have one of my shed feathers! Careful, it's pretty sharp!

I liked "The last Entwife" best. Maybe because I love thoughtful tree-people, or maybe because one of my nieces decided recently that he’s actually my nephew.

HG

Can't decide which one's my favorite, though. Probably the last one, because who doesn't love hobbits? They were all excellent, though.

Anyway, from what I know and/or have experienced myself, these seem pretty inoffensive. Well done, Huinesoron, well done. *offers lembas*

I said this down-Board, but I dunno how many people saw, so I'll say it again:

I could really use some more hands on the Lost Tales project, since I don't have a whole lot of time for rehosting right now and there's a lot that needs doing. You don't need to be an expert coder or anything—just a basic grounding and attention to detail plus lack of fear will do. That's how I got started way back in the day. {= )

Reply here or e-mail me, either way. My address is neshomeh (dot) soul (at) gmail (dot) com, with the obvious substitutions.

~Neshomeh

Drop me a mail at sur DOT nhm AT gmail DOT com, but be warned I might not have any concrit to give. My head works in a wonky way.

I'm not sure what the details are canons-wise, but I'd be willing to look it over regardless.

I can be reached at .wikitroid@gmail.com.

Just be yourself like most of us do. I did masquerade as a Skarmory back when I first joined (and I still do, to some extent), but not all of us pose as a specific character of our creation. That character usually becomes our first agent, as was the case with Agent!Desdendelle, Rina Dives, and my own agent, Falchion.

As for where you can upload missions, almost all of us use Google Docs (usually via writing the mission, getting it beta-read, sharing it publicly, and posting a link to the doc on the Board). Other sites tend to suffer from server problems, and quite a few oldbies who've been here longer than I have can probably attest that FanFiction.net is total crap. XD

It's a bit soon for that.

You need Permission for that, and getting Permission requires you to spend some time being part of the community. The Permission Givers don't give it to strangers which, unfortunately, you are at this point.

...you need Permission before you start work on agents, RCs, missions, and so on. That means it would be a good idea to just hang out with us and get to know the community for a month or two, maybe longer if you like. I see you know that pretty well, though, so there's that.

Posting concepts of agents to get feedback from us is good, though. That's what I did when I started out, after all.

Surprisingly, I'm having little luck.

See, I try to keep all of my missions short; I run out of writing steam after five-to-ten pages, so I try to use fanfics that are about that length.

Most of what's in Unclaimed Badfic, and that I'm familiar with? It's bleeding long.

I did notice one thing, though: "Winner" should be "Loser" (when Gabby sets the bet on Bleeprin). ^^;

As lovely as it is getting to know you, this really would have been better off going under your introduction post. Otherwise, you bump a thread off the front page for something that could have been posted elsewhere.

Not upset with you or anything, just giving you a heads-up for future reference.

Many of the images on the wiki were created using tektek, but this was taken down recently, so we had a discussion about alternatives there.

HG

I generally use Mega Anime Avatar Creator on Rinmaru Games. My drawings are complete Minotaur dung, but - although it's a dollmaker - I'm pretty satisfied with it.

Y'know, like Doll Divine. Of course, then my computer crashed and I lost everything, so I've decided to wait until I actually finish the mission I've been writing for the last two years before I worry about that again.

Of course, Gabby is proving tricksome because of her outfit of choice (shorts... I'm not good at drawing bare legs), and because, as an artist, hands are the bane of my existence.

My Floater agents, Valon Vance and Kala Jeng, already have their images on the Wiki, if you care to look.

This may cause some controversy, so sorry in advance.

I personally liked the stories of the Bible. The Old Testament, in particular, was what seems to me today like a very big story that runs off itself. Of course, I see it that way because my College requires that I study the Bible, but at the time of my childhood, I still loved it.

There's the story of the Garden of Eden, where the serpent lies to Adam and Eve about the fruit (which, as I learned, contrary to popular belief, was probably not an apple). And what's a good story without a good Curse?

Then there was the story of Cain and Able, who were most definitely not very good sibling role models. Well, Cain wasn't, but you could argue that a dead man isn't a good role model either.

After that was the story of Noah and the Ark. Whether you're a Christian or not, this story is a good example of how, in the words of my late grandfather, "not to take no s*** from nobody."

There was the story of the Tower of Babel. I will never look at John Lennon's "Imagine" the same way ever again. (Hippie) Sorry, I just don't trust hippies very much. One stole my wallet.

After that was Abraham, who was ready to make the sacrifice of his own son, despite the fact that he was his only son, and despite the fact that God promised to make his line into a great nation. If you ever want to brush up on suspense, try the story of Abraham almost sacrificing his son Isaac. (Not that I'm suggesting that EVERYONE read the Bible. I mean, you can if you want to, but I'm not going to make anyone do anything.)

Then there was the story of the life of Jacob. Interestingly enough, "Jacob" or Ya'aqov, in Hebrew, means, more or less, "liar." That doesn't really sound politically correct, does it? That the father of the Twleve Tribes of Israel, and therefore the Jews, is named "liar?" I'm not saying anything anti-Semitic at all, I swear. I'm just stating the facts. (If this is an example of the Laws of Cosmic Irony, then it's a rather offensive one, to the culturally sensitive, sort of like myself, I guess.)

After that is the story of Joseph and the coat of many colors. Who knows? Maybe the coat was tie-dyed. (I still don't trust the hippie movement. *hides wallet*) Interestingly enough for the story of Moses, Joseph was the one who built what Moses wanted to break apart.

The story of Moses was an interesting one. To start with, Moses was a killer. He killed a man, "with this thumb". (Reference!) Then he comes back to tell Pharaoh to screw off the Jews, despite the fact that Moses had a speech impediment of some kind. Then he did the Ten Plagues, and whupped Pharaoh's butt. Then after that, he had to deal with the whining people he had just saved. (You'd think that God's chosen people would have been more appreciative, but I'm saying this in hindsight, so...) Then Moses brought the Ten Commandments, and- And this is what most people don't know. Moses actually BROKE the Ten Commandments. By smashing the tablets in a fit of anger. Long day at work, I guess.

Then there was the story of Joshua. It's not just a story about walking around Jericho until it fell down. His story is a story about spies, and prostitutes (*insert Lil' Jon "YAYAH!" here*), and freaking GIANTS, and the simultaneous circumsion of an entire arm- eh, never mind...

After that was the gruesome Book of Judges. People get gang raped, children get burned alive, and an entire army of Philistines get slaughtered by a single man with the jawbone of a donkey. In the last case, I'm talking about Samson. A Canon Sue? I think he was. He was a jerk, he was uncouth, he was sexist, he was bitter, and he died seeking revenge. But if he were from the Lord of the Rings, Samson would have been on Jay and Acacia's hit list, no doubt about it.

Then there was the extremely depressing story of Job, but I won't go into that. We want happy thoughts here. (Despite what I have already brought to the table.)

Then comes a story that, even if you don't believe the Bible, is a very good story, if for no other reason than that it has a bad guy, a good guy who becomes what the bad guy should have been, and a freaking GIANT! David. Yeah, his is a great story, and it starts with King Saul. Saul was a great military leader, he was a hunk, and he was a political compromiser. He wanted everyone to feel happy. But he screwed up, so God decided that David should be king. David comes on the radar when he kills Goliath, a towering showoff who turns out was all show and no... No nothing, actually. He was beaten by a child who threw rocks at him. Come to think of it, Goliath kinda sucked. Anyway, David is the new superstar, and Saul feels threatened by this, and tries to have David killed. But David goes into hiding, and Saul is killed in battle with the Philistines.

David's son Solomon was an interesting character. He would probably not be on the list of Canon Sues of the Bible, despite his supposedly being one of the wisest men in history. (To all you ladies reading this, notice that I said "wisest man" in history. Gender equality, am I right?) Unfortunately for "the wisest man in history," he made some very stupid mistakes. He had I think seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines! I know, right? Imagine the reality TV show that would create. (*shudder*) But Solomon then gets clinically depressed, and gets in real deep to theology and the philosophy of being happy, and lots and lots of existential stuff that it isn't my place to explain without stepping into "I'm preaching a sermon" territory. And I have a responsibility not to do that here, because not everyone agrees with my views. This isn't about existential theology, it's about a good story. Or in my case, a lot of them.

Then came the Prophets. Oh boy, the Prophets. First of all, according to my Old Testament professor, these guys only showed up when people were screwing up pretty badly, so this is the point where stuff starts to get "good," to use a subjective term in regards to storytelling.

The most famous of the Prophets among the children of the church is Jonah, who was, according to the story, eaten by a fish and spat back out at Nineveh when he tried to avoid going there to preach. (Cosmic Irony strikes again!) The smell was probably pretty bad, but hey! At least he got a free ride, right? But Jonah was kind of a whiner.
- Jonah: "I don't want to go to Nineveh! I don't wanna go to Nineveh!"
- God: "Go to Nineveh."
- Jonah: "I don't wanna eat my peas!"
- God: "Jonah, eat your peas."

Then came a lot of other prophets who had hard to pronounce names, but they worked in the time that led up to the split of Israel into Israel and Judah.

Oh, I forgot to mention my favorite prophet.

Nobody knows his real name. Nobody knows where he came from. He couldn't read. He couldn't write. He didn't bathe, and he never knew how to use a comb or a razor. He never lived in a house in his life, and he ate grasshoppers. He was called a mad man, and these claims weren't altogether unsubstantiated. He called himself Elijah. He challenged the King of Israel, who succumbed to the peer pressure of his wife Jezebel, and began worshipping Baal. Elijah challenged the Baal prophets to a game of sorts, and set the date and set the rules of the game. The Baal prophets would pray to Baal, and Elijah would pray to God. If Baal set his altar on fire, then he was real. If God set his altar on fire, then He was real. But instead of going at the same time, Elijah waited for the Baal prophets. He laughed at them, insulted them, and got all snarky and sarcastic with them. Eventually, the Baal prophets began cutting themselves to get Baal's attention. (By the way, if there are any cutters reading this, know that we are here for you.) Then it was Elijah's turn. He was so confident that he actually poured three large jars of water on his altar. According top the story, God not only managed to set it on fire, but he disintegrated it. Marvin the Martian wants that weapon, and he wants to point it at our planet.

Eventually, Israel and Judah both get carried away into captivity in Babylon and Assyria. This doesn't last though, and the Jews return home. But things aren't the same anymore, and the Old Testament ends.

Now, I want to reiterate something very important. I am NOT here to evangelize to anyone. I'm not here to preach. All I'm saying is that the Bible has a healthy variety of fascinating stories. As a child, I had to read these stories. And I enjoyed them. I didn't understand the existential theological and philosophical implications of the Bible, and I didn't understand some of the big words, but I understood that these were good stories. My personal favorites were the stories of Moses the killer-turned-leader, Elijah the madman prophet, and David the king. From story telling standpoints, these could all be used to make some very great variations, and I believe that even secular people would enjoy them. Just my opinion, but still...

Now, if I could find a Quran to read, I may say something similar about the stories I find in there. I don't know, because I have never read the Quran. I would try to say the same thing about an Atheist work of literature, but I'm taking Biology here in college, and it's really not my favorite class. Okay, I'll admit that that may have been bad taste to say that about Atheists, because there are Atheists who are not Biologists. After all, Mark Twain was an Atheist. John Milton was an Atheist. Jason Aaron, a guy who wrote for Marvel Comics, was an Atheist. So I guess Marvel Comics could be a reasonable example of Atheist literature, and one that they can be proud of and be given credit for, even by us Christians. Credit where credit's due. Thank you, Atheists.

I'm floundering here. Just trying to avoid controversy. I promise that I am not trying to offend anyone, and I'm not trying to provoke a conversation about religion, or philosophy, or anything like that. That would be SERIOUS BUSINESS, and we don't like that here.

I'm gonna shut up now before I make things worse for myself.

Thanks for listening and understanding what I'm getting at here (hopefully).

Dark Brother 16

Honestly I loved all the Dragonlance books, but I started with War of the Lance when I was about six. When I was a little older, around ten, my dad let me read the Drizzt Do'Urden books, and I really enjoyed those too.

Also when I was in first grade I read the Hobbit like five times, but I haven't read it since I was twelve so I wouldn't call it a favorite. If I did have to go for a single book, it'd probably be Willow, which I also read numerous times.

I loved learning. Still do, as it happens. Knowledge is power, guard it well. So educational books aimed at children that don't suck? Count me in. I have every single Horrible Histories book, every Horrible Science, every Horrible Geography, and even some of the weird off-brand versions like Dead Famous and The Knowledge. I used to just sit there, reading and learning, making my mind better because even then I knew my body was just... wrong, in a way I couldn't really articulate.

But since this isn't PBS, Harry Potter all the way.

When I was really young, I'd have to give another nod to The Magic School Bus as well as MacNulty's The Way Things Work. At about seven or eight I hit the Animorphs series, and it was all uphill from there.

If you mean any time before adulthood, then either Melville's Moby Dick or Harry Potter or LotR.

Now if you mean up to 13 or so then either Harry Potter or the Hardy Boys.

Now if you mean up to 4 or 5, i.e., Seuss and the like, the it is Dr. Seuss' Mr. Brown Can Moo. That it has been as long as it has and I still remember my parents reading it to me speaks volumes. Much like The Wizard of Oz.

Medieval-ish setting? Check.

Food? Check.

Awesome writing style? Check.

Fighting hares? Check.

Redwall Abbey? Check.


Although they're no longer on my bookshelves the Redwall books will always have a place in my heart.

Just... Dr. Seuss. I grew up with that.

As I grew older, it was Animorphs and Goosebumps. I still remember Animorphs extremely fondly, and consider it one of my main fandoms.

Goosebumps I don't remember as well, and . . . Actually, for fun last year, I reread all the Night of the Living Dummy titles and it really didn't hold up. The whole, "the parents don't believe the children about the supernatural thing" thing approaches the neglectful, and the way the siblings in some of the stories are so mean to each other feels really unrealistic now. I would still recommend #10 of the original series, The Ghost Next Door. It's very atypical of Goosebumps, and has a sweet little story.

And yes, I still have the full series of both, displayed on my bookshelves. :)

Ones I particularly remember are The Wizard of Oz, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (anybody remember those?), Harry Potter, Narnia, Charlotte's Web, and various Dear America/My Name is America books.

I remember The Whipping Boy, too. That was a great book!

I'm not sure it's entirely accurate to list her as a favorite childhood author, but she's certainly the one that's had the most influence on my writing style.

Eragon.
how I loved (still love) those books. I love them to Itty bitty pieces in all their poorly written glory.
and I will defend them to the death even knowing their flaws.
(in case it isn't obvious, I am willfully wearing nostalgia goggles wrt to this book series)

Either pick one of the Famous Five books, (excluding Smugglers Top, never did like that one for some reason), or one of the Adventure Series. Either way Enid Blyton was definitely my favorite author as a child.

I was just talking about this not two days ago. Had no idea how to answer then either. There were just so many good books.

I remember loving Goosebumps and Animorphs and, if you count middle schoolers as children (I do), Warriors, A Series of Unfortunate Events and Restaurant at the End of the Universe.

My favorite, if I absolutely had to pick one, though, would be Peter and the Starcatchers. An alternate origin story of Peter Pan just so full of magic and humor. Nothing I read captured my imagination quite like that did. I vividly remember being scared out of my wits by Ombra, the horrible villain of the later books who was literally darkness incarnate. *Shudders.*

OH! And does anyone else remember Captain Underpants? I adored those books.

Where the Wild Things Are! The late Maurice Sendak had such a way with books that I like a lot of his work! Little Bear (well okay, he illustrated Little Bear, but he worked on the TV show, so it technically counts), Seven Little Monsters, In the Night Kitchen and so many more! And his aforementioned TV shows were pretty good, albeit mostly for a audience.

Well, relatively speaking. I don't have any major ones from my childhood in the pre-teen sense, but in terms of memorable literature from my past, there's quite a lot of popular book series, and then there's this one from completely out of left field.

Ladies and gents, I give you... Raptor Red.

Basically, it's a 1995 American novel by paleontologist Robert T. Bakker, a third-person account of dinosaurs during the Cretaceous Period, told from the point of view of Raptor Red, a female Utahraptor. Though a bit dated for its time, it's one of the most accurate works of dinosaur media for its day, and it is amazing.

The first time I saw this book, when I was in my mid-teens, it was sold at a local Goodwill for around $3.00, I forget the price. But I still have it to this day, and I've read it cover-to-cover way too many times to count. It's THAT good. Incidentally, most of Velociripper's mannerisms have been influenced extensively by it, which says a lot about how memorable Raptor Red's characterization is. Believable, relatable, and completely plausible in terms of animal behavior.

Harry Potter, hands-down. My earliest memory is scaling a bookshelf to grab the first one and bringing it to mom so she could read it to me. I was reading them to myself by the time I was in Kindergarten; they made up a huge part of my childhood and still have a huge impact on my life.

And I remember reading The Whipping Boy back in second grade! Must've read it at least six or seven times. *nods* Good times.

No matter what, someone in this has a shot at a trophy. So come on, Fasoula! Show me whatcha got!

I mean, I already know, the team sheets are readily available, but y'know. =]

For those of you who want to watch it, here is foofooman3 vs Voyd.

We now move on to the semifinals! Our final four: foofooman3, Voyd, Scapegrace, and Fasoula! Congratulations to all, and may the best trainers take home the trophies!

Darkotas decided to try to try trolling me with an all-Ditto team. This is what happened.

And this is why Gabrielle is Best Flareon.

If Scapegrace and Fasoula want to duke it out to see who goes to the finals, they can go right ahead.

Check it out here!

Head over to Writing if you want to watch me lose :)

Voyd vs Darkotas! Let's RUMBLE!

[EvilAI]UBEROverlord and Scapegrace

Episode Four: A Graceful Computer Showdown!

Room is here. Come watch me lose! =]

Enjoy!

Storme Hawk VS Fasoula

As before, recording will be posted below.

Desdendelle VS foofooman3

It's a bit late, but you can still catch it if you hurry! Recording will be posted in reply to this.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kRuYrnd5ibQVaMeykfyCvkeXW0mr3jV4X49dkyhfD0c/edit?usp=sharing

Alright, Tira, I'm ready for ya. Come get me!

(I'll be in writing)

I assume you're in some sort of American time zone, right? I'm in GMT+2, so we're probably going to end up doing our match sometime in your afternoon (my evening/night).

Just name the date and time. >:D

I should be ready after 4:00 PM EDT, unless life has other plans. You can find me in the Writing Room or the Lobby.

And whether they have or not: I assume matches can be watched both live and recorded? If so, please make a nice clear post announcing the time, and a second (reply?) linking to the recording. (I see no particular reason those couldn't be in this thread, until it drops off and goes the way of all data.) After all, those of us who aren't playing still want to watch you beating each other up!

hS