Apr 2015 Archive, part c

Nothing I did made it make any more sense. They're not really "bad" so much as just really strange. Some of them, at least. And one of my friends may know some more about them, though the reliability of her info is somewhat lacking. Were you wondering because you've read some of these things, or was it something else? I'm just curious.

Let you guys go on nothing for a little long, so here`s a good one, The Pokemon tournament
Your scenario: two trainers are battling, trying to distract the other with innuendos biased on their Pokemon

No situations, just make innuendos about the Flowers.


((inb4 seed puns))

Apparently, the board has sensors. Who knew. So, for the sake of all the dead who may be offended, we cannot use morticians for this game.

Anyway, our next topic is: pizza!

Your scenario: an Italian, a New Yorker, and a Chicagoan come together to make some pies.

Just pretend your Luxury, if that helps.

I'll be saving those shark ones for later, if you know what I mean. But hey, if you have a good joke, by all means, add it! My making a new topic is not a cut off for older topics.

Our next prompt: DoSAT and it's devices. You can make one-liners if you want, but here is a scenario for mini role play:

You are a DoSAT repairman working on some busted CADs with your partner, but you both want to do a little more. Later, an agent who owns the CADs come in for a pick up.

Remember, for the role-plays, the rules still apply. Only lines that end in "if you know what I mean."

No context, no situations, just sharks. give us all your shark-related innuendos.

((Does this reveal who I really am? Probably. Don't care though.))

Remember all innuendos on this thread have to be related to the topic

I personally listen to talk radio and watch documentaries about organized crime and the Presidency of the United States.

Some people say I'm kind of weird. I never figured out why.

What I always do is listen to the same type (speed genre whatever) of music when I write so once I get writer's block I just switch the music and I can write again. I guess that means I spend my time trying to force my way through...

I get writer's block when I've done something wrong, and the story's gone off in the wrong direction. Once I figure out what the problem is and fix it, I can go on.

I also get stuck over tricky bits that require a lot of thought and planning, but it's not quite the same thing. It's just a question of putting in the effort (and sometimes not wanting to), not having no idea what to do at all.

~Neshomeh

Usually after about three weeks or so on the same thing I get bored with it... one week's break later I'm usually raring to go again, while during that time my subconscious has been mulling over the problem and getting new ideas.

Bash it repeatedly, preferably with my head, until it breaks.
...
Joking.
Uhm, I'm really bad at dealing with writer's block. I usually take a break and do something else. That, or wait for a flash of inspiration (never happens).

I get all my best ideas when I'm supposed to be doing something else. Like in a class or at work. It's not the most convenient time for me to be struck by inspiration...

Depending on what I am writing. If it a research paper or similar I usually take a walk for a while, clear my head, collect my thoughts. Fiction on the other hand, usually what I do, is take a break, and then come back somewhere around midnight or later. The later it is for me, the more my subconscious can take over. This gives more flow with my writing. Easier to put pen to paper.

Zeb shrugged. "I mean, she's rude and stuck-up enough as it is, but I'm mostly mad ather for what she did to my partner. Long story short, Rina was delirious and the Notary abandoned her in a stairwell." He shuddered. "Not a nice woman."

He paused. "This information broker, would he or she be able to look into the records of which agents have received which missions?"

...is that somewhere, possibly on cards or something, Legolas' age was given as Aragorn's birth year (2934, I think?)

You can probably track down a timeline somewhere if you google, maybe on a wiki...most fandoms seem to have them (which can be very useful!)

If Aragorn was a 'young Ranger' at the age of ten, I expect it's just him roleplaying with Elladan and Elrohir humoring him because they either think it's fun or will be good training. Legolas probably just ignored the fact that he was being told about this young Ranger with a lot of smirking and hidden grins...

There's also the bit where book!Frodo is the oldest of the Hobbits and book!Pippin is the youngest, but it's actually reversed with the actors. I don't think that was really addressed in the movies, though; Pippin is certainly still called 'young', and I think I remember Merry saying something about his younger cousin or somesuch...that's all I've got.

I think probably looking for a timeline is your best bet. Someone must have made a movieverse wiki, right?

~DF

There are no dates given for anything. Granted, I haven't seen the extended versions of The Hobbit, where may be more information.

So the options are: Time was compressed, the timeline was slightly changed, or Lord Thranduil has a bad case of bad memory. (I like to think that is the last one because is funnier.)

... a Magical Girl, a-la Sailor Moon, Card Captor Sakura, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, or Puella Magi Madoka Magica...

Or a mage from Mahō Sensei Negima!...

Or one from any Final Fantasy continuum...

Or a Chi Wizard, like Uncle, from Jackie Chan Adeventures...

Or a Bender from Avatar: The Last Airbender and Legend of Korra...

Or a mage from Tamriel's Mage Guild or Skyrim's College of Winterhold from The Elder Scrolls...

...and there are all the options that can give you the Marvel and DC Universes...

In short, you have a lot of options from countless universes to choose from.

World One magic.

No, for serious, a stage magician kinda person would be an interesting agent, especially if their tricks somehow contrived to work. =]

I've seen lots and lots of that archetype since I read lots of fantasy. If you're willing to throw yourself headfirst into a new continuum, I'd recommend familiarising yourself with Dragonlance, then thinking about a Bozak Draconian - but only if you can be very careful, as the Bozaks' large amount of power requires careful management in order to avoid making your character a Sue or Stu.

The player characters basically draw power from one of eight elemental spirits in order to cast spells.

My favorite Let's Player helpfully provided a guide to the spells starting here, though he didn't know at the time what Evil Gate does (halves health).

In fact, I actually have an agent from this continuum: Chakkik. As a duplicate of the Mantis Ant, he's able to cast the most basic level of Gem Missile.

However, I did have one stipulation: Chakkik can only use magic in Square Enix continua. In any continuum that isn't Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, Chrono Trigger, The World Ends with You or the Manaverse, Chakkik can't commune with Gnome (the earth elemental) to cast Gem Missile.

Of those three, I think that the Dresden Files one would be good. It's very expansive and has a lot of different niches for a character to fit in while still being well-defined and limited in a way that wouldn't make your characters Sueish.

However, it does tend to mess with technology, so a Dresden Files wizard would probably need special accommodations built into all their tech, and that's something that would need to be considered.

It's a pretty good webcomic (the it-gets-better-with-time kind) with an interesting system for magic. It's easy to mess up, though, so, if you're not familiar with it, I'd recommend Dresdenverse.

My main advice is to pick a continuum you know really well. Magic rules are frequently complex, and a poor grasp on them (especially their limitations) can make a character come off as Sueish, or just poorly developed. Another thing to keep in mind is that unless they're doing a mission in their home continuum, your character probably won't be able to access their powers. This can make for some interesting characterization moments.

I can't really comment on the other two you mentioned, but if you want a Dresdenverse wizard, I'd recommend checking out the RPG. It's got a lot of good setting information, as well as rules for creating a balanced character. Remember, the majority of magic-users in the setting aren't good enough to qualify as wizards; if you don't want to get into the techbane aspects, lesser talents generally don't have them so much. Also, don't just make your character a Harry clone (unless, of course, that's literally what he is!).

Other continuums to look at:

RPGs in general are a good choice because they typically feature a large range of options. Pathfinder, in particular has some interesting variants that could make for a good agent - I can see a lot of interaction between a Haunted Oracle and the Laws of Narrative Comedy, for instance. Either Mage: the Ascension or Mage: the Awakening has some interesting thematic parallels with the PPC, but remember, their partner will probably count as a Sleeper.

Personally, I'm a Fate/Stay Night fan, and a Nasuverse magus would be an interesting character, but the setting in general tends to be very complicated. I'd only go for it if you feel very comfortable with it, but if you are, it'd be a good choice. Or maybe I just think Waver would make a good agent...

I think you might be thinking about this in the wrong order. It seems like you're looking at the combat effectiveness of your agents first, rather than who they actually are. You'll have a much more well-rounded character if you figure out who they are and what they stand for before thinking about how they'll fare against a Sue. Remember, agents typically aren't warriors; they're normal people put into abnormal conditions and given a difficult task.

The Mario worlds are full of ways of moving from one world to another. Using one of them would be thematically appropriate.

-Phobos

Your other agent could have rescued your Yoshi from a badfic offscreen before your first mission.

They've been done a lot. ^^

-Leaflets. <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1EBLBndKzvFSIlsExiETAZj9Bgm9-oY5Uc5uNryP88">Agent Constance was given one by her father (who was an author who heard about the PPC); one assumes he wrote in and asked for a brochure, which must have caused quite the kerfluffle.

-OFU graduate. Can Yoshis read and write? Do they know of any fiction at all? If so, your Yoshi could have been a student at an OFU. <a href="http://plotprotectors.tripod.com/JAAKSONS/ch1laurel.html">Nenya and Rosie seem to have gotten the address for the PPC from OFUM.

-Freelance Intelligence work. Send the PPC a badfic of interest, and they might offer you a job. It happened to Architeuthis, and something similar happened to Techno-Dann. Again, this obviously requires knowledge of fanfic.

-Badfic bit part. Can't even count the number of times that's happened.

-Picked up by Intelligence while they're surveying a continuum. This happened to Dassie Hyrax.

-Found a physical door into HQ, like Imbolc, Tango, and Blue. A Yoshi has loads of excuses to be wandering around abandoned castles and the like.

-Glitch. Sort of a plothole, but from the other side: what if a Yoshi is caught in a game glitch? One theory for the PPC's nature is that it occupies the space between canon dimensions, so if a glitch dropped the Yoshi right out of the game, PPC HQ is a good place for it to end up.

-Teleport gone wrong. You can't seriously tell me that no game ever has featured both Yoshis and teleportation.

-Followed an agent home. This is essentially 'badfic bit part' without the requirement for them to be from a badfic. It's not like portals filter out who goes through them!

-Taken home by an agent as a souvenir, in egg form, and then raised in the Nursery. It'd be nice to see a second-generation agent (assuming it saw its abductor as a parent-figure), and to hear from someone raised in the Nursery.

Etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. There's not very many limits on what you can do.

hS

Valon, Kala and Gabby were the most straightforward about it; they were just walking around when suddenly big silvery hole (in Kala's case, right above Makes-Things).

I was a little more elaborate with Chakkik's story, though. Basically, someone playing Secret of Mana failed to correctly perform the Ninth Sword Orb glitch, and one of the side-effects of doing this incorrectly is completely and utterly ruining your copy of the game. Chakkik got shunted through a plothole while (from his perspective) his world was torn apart.

I'll call plagiarism if you say that your guy came from a glitched copy of Yoshi's Island, though. :P

Just a plothole. That's how just about everyone arrives. They're all over the multiverse; even World One isn't safe. Agent Yoshi was probably walking along one day when he fell through one.

Uh. OK. Hm.
Y'know, I'm sure we could arrange a meeting with a real balor. That might be educational for 'Rowan'.
(Also, nine? Really? I think my IQ dropped just from reading this thing.)

You know, when I see bad stuff in fanfiction or even original works, I usually just cringe at the worst parts, chuckle at some of the (unintentionally) funny bits, and sometimes make snarky comments to myself regarding some awkwardly worded things...
But for the really bad writing, it's pretty much always the same reaction. Eyes wide open, gaping mouth, and sometimes even very faint screaming. For that fic... Well, try picturing me doing that while laughing. Because this is just ridiculous. 120% mission material for me, and if anyone thinks they and their agents can possibly stand PPCing that, go ahead, I'm eager to read it!

(Also. While the "blood test" might stand on its own amongst the worst stuff I've ever read in Harry Potter fanfiction (Disclaimer: I don't really read much Harry Potter fanfiction), the "1 third Veela, 1 third Vampyre, 1 third Wizard" bit... I mean, how does that even work? The only other time I've seen that kind of stuff is in the Epic of Gilgamesh, and they didn't know anything about genetics back then.)

In Spaniah that wouldn't be a problem, because there the months aren't capitalized... But September is my birthday month! HOW COULD THE STORY RUIN IT?

I'm just ranting over this little detail so I won't take five minutes ranting over how dull the first paragraph was and everything else.

*Looks at Boarder reactions*

*Pulls out a bag of popcorn and starts chowing down*

*Takes a look at fic*

*Has own hilarious reaction*

*Quietly edges away*

Don't worry, guys- I'll be back once I've cooked up some napalm.

before wanting to gouge my eyes out with a dull toothpick. I would take on that mess though, especially if no one else calls it. Obviously assuming I get permission.

This isn't Harry Potter.

It's Light Yagami.

I'm reading chapter 2, and all I can think is "Isn't this what Light spent the entire first volume monologuing about?"

... of course I dare, I'm a bleeding idiot. USE YOUR WEAPONS, THEY ARE DESIGNED TO INFLICT DAMAGE!

*reads the first chapter*

OUR WEAPONS ARE USELESS, RELIANCE UPON THEM IS DEATH!

-doesn't make me think that this will be a particularly IC fic for Harry. Or something that I'll like.

Rowan, fine. That's a nice name. Balor? Okay...doesn't really ring any bells for me.

Arawn Death-Lord, on the other hand, does.

Coupled with the other reactions in this thread, I'd say it won't be good.

~DF

I didn't even make it to the end of the first chapter, but that is horrific!

*dives under a table and stays there, shuddering*

I think you'd better check that cupboard under the stairs... you'll find a plot hole and a very confused nine-year-old kid.

I just read a few paragraphs, and got Rose Potter flashbacks... Please, don't let Agent Dives near this awful piece of bantha poodoo, someone else do it.









(Unless of course, Iximaz is feeling sadistic.)

“They die naturally,” said Rashida, taking out your neuralyzer.
Give it back, Rashida!

FLA— Wait, there is still something to do.

Continuity errors?

Falchion wrested the everything note from his [Dark’s] hands, and backed off just as Ripper shoved the nozzle of his Tau Cannon into Dark’s crotch.
...
Falchion stepped out a second later, and Aiko followed suit, holding the colorful hare.
Where did Falchion step out from? Wasn’t he already there, wresting the everything note from Dark’s hands? And where was Blud in this scene? Maybe you actually meant:
"Blud stepped out a second later, and Aiko followed suit, holding the colorful hare."

[Then the agents charged everybody, Blud said his line, the fireball arrived and Dark] prepared to spring at Ripper [...] Before the Stu could lunge for the everything note, however, Falchion threw his knife at him...
What now? Did Dark lunge at Ripper, or at Falchion, who should have the everything note at this time?

Before Dark could grab his everything note, Ripper had snatched it from him.
How? Didn’t Falchion still have the everything note?

FLASH!

Did I just encounter a troll? Nah, can’t be.

HG

Under the "adoptable NPCs" section. (Also, I love your description of what's-his-name's bathrobe. Now I want one with my initial on it. XD)

Time for my traditional (short) list of nitpicks!
"“Original the Character, Donut Steel~!”"
Hilarious, but that "the" doesn't belong. (Also, a couple lines later, you refer to him as "the Skarmory agent." A simple "he" will suffice.)

"'...I recorded what happened for all posterity. ..."
Either record something for posterity or for all eternity, but don't do both. (And yes, I'm aware that technically "all eternity" is redundant, too. :P)

(also, wow, stealing the main character's invincible egomaniac killer alter-ego. Like that's not basically an arrest warrant/stupid.)

More tomorrow.

Also, radioactive burgers! XD

http://ppc.wikia.com/wiki/Non-Player_Character#Adoptable_NPCs

Thing is, on the whole, I think people prefer to come up with their own characters. They only seem to get adopted if they come from a fandom/species/group someone really loves, and then only if someone has the time to write them.

This is why I try not to recruit unless I have specific plans of my own. Most bit characters can just assimilate with canon, and if they can't, chances are good that they ought to be executed.

~Neshomeh

Buck moved around the Aura Pokémon, who turned on the spot to hide his face from the probing Skiddo. "Did Zeb actually knock some humility into you?"

"It's not humility," growled Owen, suppressing the urge to shout. "Stop prying."

"Oh. What is it then? Humiliation? Respect for others? Something that might make you less of an ass?"

"Final warning. Stop prying." bolts of Aura crackled around Owen's paws. Oblivious or unintimidated, Buck continued.

"Go on," said Buck, getting into a ready position in preparation for what was coming next. "Tell me that he took you down a notch or two. You needed that, you pompous bullying turd--"

Owen howled and swung an arm at Buck, who ducked under the blow and headbutted the Lucario right under his chest spike. Owen was knocked to the ground, wheezing, and Buck retreated a few paces back. The pair silently stared at each other in silence for a few seconds before dashing forward and colliding again-- again, Owen was sent flying back. He landed hard on his back but pushed himself up as quickly as he could just in time to be body slammed by Buck.

"You've gone soft!" said Buck as he disengaged. "Did Zeb break you or something?"

Owen howled again and sprinted forward, this time managing to land a solid kick on Buck's flank. Something cracked in the Skiddo's chest area. The winded Skiddo stumbled around and Owen took advantage of the opening to blast Buck with an Aura Sphere. Buck was sent flying back a couple of metres backwards, landed hard, and rolled to a stop in the grass. Before Owen could cross the distance between him and his partner a dark blur leapt out of the grass and clawed at his him, hissing savagely. The Lucario yelled in surprise and grabbed Tacitus with both paws, spun, and threw the Zorua away in one fluid motion. "Stay out of this! This isn't your fight!" yelled Owen.

Meanwhile, Buck had found his footing again and faced Owen. He pawed the ground with a hoof, ready to charge. "It's about time somebody taught you a lesson, Owen," said Buck. "You became absolutely insufferable ever since we came here. I don't remember you being this unpleasant in Kalos. What happened?"

Owen adopted a ready stance. "You wouldn't understand, Buck."

"Try me. You think I'm stupid, don't you?"

"Well, you certainly look the part."

Buck yelled incoherently and charged. Owen dashed forward to meet him.

* * *

Meryem was dragged out of her conversation with the strange woman by the sound of fighting. She looked around and saw Buck toss Owen into the air with a powerful headbutt.

"Oh, what the hell."

Hey, is there a RP I can join here?

Here, have an Invisibility Cloak, that also has the swirling abilities from Tanz Der Vampire. Double epic awesomeness!

Here have this book. It seems to ooze slime whenever colors are mentioned. I assume that you two will get along great.

Okay, you don"t like magenta-flavoured stuff. But what about these urple-flavoured cookies?
I've also tried reading Homestuck, but I stopped somewhere in Act 2, and I'm too lazy to either start over or find where I stopped. :P

It's excellent to see another fan of Awful Hospital around. =]

Have a thing! It's definitely a thing, and the spikes are not there to consume parts of you that you will not know have been consumed until the red days come. =]

Sorry about my Forrtres he gets exicted around newbies.

Here's a Combee. Don't ask where I found him

Have this cup of very good TGFOP Ceylon tea. No, the leaves are not going to eat you, why are you looking at me like that?

Here's an arrow for you to put in people's knees and a Get Out of the Ball Pit Free card!

Since Ixi seems to have taken the first Poke, here's a peanut-butter flavored tyre. Have fun!

Welcome! Greetings! Salutations! Good day! It's nice to see a fellow newbie. Uhh... have a tire? That's what you eat right?

Willkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome!
Fremder, Etranger, Stranger!
Gluklich zu sehen, Je suis enchante,
Happy to see you,
Bleibe, reste stay!

Willkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome!
Im cabaret, Au cabaret, To cabaret!

Have one of my own shed feathers and a complimentary kit of Spikes!

Well, I think you may read The Constitution and The Original Series, and tell us your fandoms, which pronouns shall we use with you.

As for your gift, here you can have this replica of The One Ring that smells like a tire and gives you super-speed while you wear it. (The giver is no liable for any injuries caused by the misuse of the abilities granted by this ring.)

(Magenta-flavored creamy wafers? Is that some kind of Homestuck reference? Cause right now, I'm picturing pink Necco wafers that melted together.) I think you'll fit in just fine. Here's some movie-theater popcorn to eat while you read the Original Series and PPC Constitution! Oh, and a Japanese lucky cat bank, too. ^_^

Welcome to the board and here is a wilver light pen.

I agree, magenta flavoured wafers are very gross! And, as for your gift... *rifles through pockets* Here is a Star Trek Console! It explodes whenever bad stuff happens, and can be improved by giving it more power! In all seriousness, you may want to inform people about the fandoms you consider yourself a member of.

Hello, and welcome aBoard! For your newbie gift, take this roaring hamster! If the urple bow around its neck becomes too much, feel free to remove it. ;)

May I point you to the Constitution and Original Series, if you have not already read them? And might I also inquire as to your fandoms?

Have a +3 elf and Sue bane shovel! It deals extra damage to Mary Sues and elves! The damage doesn't stack for elven Sues, sorry.

They're much more crunchy and a perfect source of iron.

As for your welcoming gift, please accept THE SACRED COOKIE OF INFINITE KNOWLEDGE (: :)

As Iximaz said, more details about this agent would be good. Is this character from Minecraft or something else? What are they like in terms of appearance, personality, etc.?

Good to know that you've read some of my past work, though! That really shows that you're studying all about the PPC for when you get Permission. :)

It's a bit hard to give feedback on a character when you know nothing about them.

I'm impressed. You've certainly put a lot of work into this. It looks amazing! I hope it makes you rich and famous one day.

Since Doktor Trollenfisch isn’t actually German, I won’t krautpick, I’ll just pretend that he tried to learn German by eavesdropping at the hulls of German U-boats and got it only halfway right.

But I found two pronoun problems that aren’t related to any foreign languages.

While all this was going on, Gabrielle was fumbling with the portal device. It appeared directly under her feet...
The portal device appeared directly under Gabrielle’s feer?

It was only then that he looked up, to see the stubby, fluffy legs of his sticking out of the top of his sousaphone, flailing wildly, completely stuck.
Aren’t these Gabrielle’s legs?

HG

And 'pleonasm' is a wonderful word. ^^

There are only three unclaimed/unmissioned Legendary Badfics left!

And, well, the one featuring a certain Ravenclaw Seeker doesn't actually exist anymore, so that only leaves Agony in Pink and "That One Bleeding Poem-And-I-Use-That-Term-Loosely That I Refuse to Name Because Seriously"!

Can I just say how much I love that you put all of the badfic quotes in comic sans? That's what really made this fic for me.
Thanks for writing such a fun mission!

Very funny, despite the awful subject matter. I don't personally understand the current need to write Pokémon agents, but it doesn't seem to get in the way of anything and actually provides some good comedy here, so well done.

Also, thank you for teaching me the word "pleonasm." What a great word! I can't believe I've never come across it before. *drags pretty new word off to a corner for cuddling and petting*

~Neshomeh

And for that, in celebration: *takes out a basket with Poffins of all flavors* Poffins for everyone!

... yep, they're hilarious.

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"We've got a what?"

Two 'what's, the Rhododendron corrected. Pokemons... mans? What is the plural, anyway?

"I think it's just 'Pokemon'," Mortic Wentway said. "Which doesn't answer my question of why are they in my department?"

I rather thought it was my department.

"No, it was the Snowthorn's department, and then she died. You're just a temporary fixture."

I've been temporary for quite some time now.

"That's not the-" Mortic stopped, and used an Order technique to steady his breathing. "All right. From the top. New WhatThe agents?"

A team. The Board-

"Out of interest, which members, exactly?"

The Marquis and the Sub Rosa. They think that you're doing an excellent job-

"This is the same Marquis de Sod we're talking about, yes?"

The Rhododendron ruffled his leaves. Point. But they decided that WhatThe needed a team to handle entirely internal missions, as well as your specialist position. Apparently the Sub Rosa has something of a backlog.

"She could have just said something..." Mortic shook his head. "Right. Okay. So how do we get rid of them?"

Rid of...? Agent Wentway - Mortic - this is a good thing. New agents!

"Yes, in my department! And they're homicidal pit-fighting animals! And one of them is literally on fire."

The Rhododendron wished, yet again, that he had temples to rub. This was shaping up to be a long conversation.

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Mort's over four millennia old, you'd think he'd be used to change by now. Buuuuut no.

hS

I did NOT expect THAT fic to be sporked so soon, and I was actually planning on saving it for a little Christmas solo myself, but I guess you beat me to it. CURSE YOU! XD

Anyway, this was a hilariously fun mission, though I'm still a little confused as to what species Gabrielle is... a Flareon, I think? Doktor Trollenfisch was hilarious, and the pseudo-German, while a bit hard for me to read, was a good complement to, well, a friggin' fish agent. How does that even work, anyway?! X'D

I liked the little reference to Falchion when the agents were disguising themselves, by the way. Just for future reference, though, I'm not fond of nonhuman characters in fetish situations, and neither is he. ^^;

The Doktor's rant about bad biology kinda reminds me of biologyweeps on Tumblr... Which also happens to be German.
I really liked that mission. The pseudo-German was kinda hard to read for me, but still pretty funny. Also, I just loved the ending.

Fantastic job with the dialogue, by the way. The pseudo-German was absolutely hilarious,and the Doktor's commentary combined with Gabrielle's "I-don't-know-what's-going-on-but guess-I'll-try" thing really tied it all together. Great work!

At the same time as the discombobulated citrus-colored sauropod was discovered in the hallway, an alternate universe had spontaneously exploded. Of course, no one cared the less about that.

A barrel, meanwhile, rolls down into the Cafeteria.

((RPs, unless noted otherwise, are not canon, and therefore people without Permission can participate in them. In fact, this is a good method to see how prospective agents interact.))

I, for one, am pretty sure I've never been...even though some have happened in my city. Figures.

Who's got a funny/cool/interesting/boring story to tell? And yes, I do mean boring. Boring is also welcome, if only to prove that not all con experiences are awesome (or are they? You tell me!)

In the best con I never went to, every actor speaking was hilarious--I was literally rolling on the floor laughing at several points--the costumes were fantastic, there was food I could eat, and I bought many cool things which have since mysteriously disappeared.

How about you?

~DF

First of all, it's great. Wickedly funny. Brilliant parody. All-around well written.

On the other hand... the subtext bugged the crap out of me. I'm not usually fixated on subtext, but the thing is... the bad guy is right. Overpopulation is a problem for many reasons, and we're responsible for that problem. Mind you, I don't agree that slaughtering a bunch of people is the solution—and that being the case, I find it rather confusing that the good guys solve their problem by, uh, slaughtering a bunch of people. However, I really don't like that they ridiculed the whole issue throughout the film, and I also really don't like the fact that Valentine was portrayed as a silly, lisping fop. Way to push the wrong buttons, people.

So yeah. I enjoyed the heck out of the first half and was horribly upset the rest of the time. {= /

~Neshomeh

I absolutely loved that film! A stunning example of the Spy Thriller genre reconstructed! And please, do report on any goodfic you find.

The whole time I was watching that movie, when I wasn't too busy laughing, I was thinking 'Man, DoSAT's gonna have a field day with these toys!'

Best times are probably evenings America time - that's when I see most people on.