I've read quite a bit about AoT, so, well, you called for a canon expert? c: (Well, for one of the continua involved, anyway! ^^;)
My address is my Boarder name (at) gmail (dot) com.

I'll be happy to take a look as well. You can reach me at

evilaiuberoverlord at the Google

I don't know the first thing about any of the canons, but I'm pretty good about story flow and sentence structure, and I'm an occasional bottle-dodger stand-up comic so I know how jokes work. I'd be only too happy to take a look!

--Scapegrace, who somehow got Permission at the first time of asking. =]

OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH AHhhhhhhHhhh Ok I know Rose is annoying at first but then you'll grow to love her so much oh god asdfghjkl;lkrjfhvxbca oh god ROSE ROSE

^^And that is a prime example of what Doctor Who does to a person! Don't watch it at night though, it can be really scary.

Do you madly ship 9/Rose yet? Because you either do or you don't by the end of the first few episodes. I'm one of the ones who do, but each to their own...

or... 10th, but that's a story for another day.

Still, the episode you are looking for is the last episode of season 1 "The Parting of the Ways."

So, what is Your opinion on Christoper Eccleston so far? :D

*raises wand*

Does anyone know what other anniversary this date is for? Hint: "I open at the close."
Don't look further down unless you want to know the answer.









This is the day Rowling published the first book in the series.

*scuttles off into the distance hiding forearm*

What are thoughts on using stuff from the Newbie Gifts recieved in the Welcome Threads? Because there are some things that I received, that I would like to use in my stories.

*Thows Permission Party*

As before, all my earlier points stand: You have interesting characters, you've been around long enough that I feel I have a good idea of what you're like, and you can tell a story. As for your SPaG?

Very good this time. I did notice a few minor typos, but it's infinitely much better than last time. One thing I will flag up is that you seem to like bolding words when your characters speak to add emphasis. You might want to try avoiding that, but otherwise well done. So, it is my pleasure to say Permission granted!

I don't know if anyone else here plays Star Trek Online (usually just called STO) but I've seen some really bad foundry missions. The foundry is basically a thing that allows you to make your own missions. A... startlingly high amount of them are good, but that just means the bad ones stand out more. It might be possible to make a foundry mission that parodies another really bad mission, but without railroading, I'm not completely sure how this would work. I'm sure it could, but it would take some effort. Who knows, when I ask for Permission, I might try this out.

And fan comics would be easy enough, if you can match the art style of the badcomic author. Fan films aren't worth your time. Most of them are just really short flash animations drawn by a five-year-old. The big, long films tend to either be really good, or never completed. But I do encourage you to explore these mediums. It might end up as something wonderful. Or awful. Hopefully the former.

Your agents could possibly be pulled into what's commonly refereed to as a boobs-and-butt pose, where there spines twist and impossible angles to show both their boobs and butts to the camera. It really hurts.

...that pops up every couple of years or so. Unfortunately, it never goes anywhere due to the sheer amount of work involved. I'm not saying you shouldn't try, just that the success rate is pretty miserable. You should know what you're getting into.

Also, re. the Sonichu discussion, best just to leave it alone. Seems to me no good can come of messing with it.

~Neshomeh

(For those not in the know, this is what I'm talking about.)

That is definitely mission-worthy, but I don't know how you'd have agents going about in a comic medium, especially if you want to match the art 'style' of the fan comic you're sparking; not everyone has the artistic ability to do that.

... For someone who can at least decently draw. Making a mission in comic form would be pretty cool, IMO. You could have the pre- and post-mission in text, with the medium changing when the agents enter the badcomic. They could even complain about being badly drawn, if you can/want to (at least temporarily) draw them in roughly the same style as the badcomic. (There could even be a CAD setting for fixing that, as with tense shifts)
(I'm not gonna do that, though. I can't even draw a stickman properly.)
As for fan movies... Yeah, missioning them in the same medium would be much harder. Which is a pity, because some of this stuff definitely is mission material. (*cough* Dusk's Dawn *cough*)

To me, great parts of a mission’s appeal are the hilarious scenes the agents experience when the world interprets words that are ambiguous or just incomprehensible or don’t mean what the suethor believes them to mean. You obviously can’t do this in a visual medium. Can agents missioning a fanfilm read the words? Probably not, unless the sporker actually has access to the script, so there’s no reading ahead. In a comic, it may be fun to watch the agents stumble from panel to panel, but the inherent discontinuity is not a problem specific to badcomics.

I don’t know how to make it work; I only see problems there.

HG

(I've been waiting all day for the opportunity to do this. I am a terrible, terrible person.)
Wow! I love Star Wars. Spock is just so hottttt.

...and I'm rather liking it, so far. Although I keep laughing at the memes that I know. "THESE ARE NOT THE DROIDS YOU ARE LOOKING FOR."

Happy fourth of May! I'm really pumped for Episode VII: let's hope J.J. Abrams gets his act together and delivers.

While we're at it, I'd like to share a bit of Ralph McQuarrie's concept art for the Star Wars films. Enjoy!



Original Y-Wing concept. Note the gunner's cupola behind the cockpit that eventually became the Y-Wing's ion cannons.



Lightsabers were apparently a widespread weapon before the writers restricted their use to the Jedi and the Sith.



The famous trench run. Not much has changed!



Hello, Hoth. This would actually make for a great wallpaper if this thing was a higher resolution.



One of my favourite scenes ever.



Glorious. It's amazing how that space battle holds its own against modern-day action sequences.

Still, Happy Star Wars Day! Have some Wookie Cookies, everyone!

...acknowledging the disguised Luxray's direction with a whistle. The Zorua cursed the fact that he was born mute. Communicating with his hunting partner was absurdly difficult this way.

I must admit, I'm a little curious to see if they're actually going to do anything. So far they've just created an account with "F*** you!" as the content, which I personally find more amusing than annoying. (I worked in customer support; I've been sworn at with far more malice and laughed about it.) And, er... how much of a TOS violation is that? As you may recall, I am unfamiliar with the exact rules as pertains to user pages.

I suppose they could be waiting out the new-account latency period, if they intend to go after protected pages, but that's mere suspicion. If they actually commit some sort of vandalism, then we'll have a solid reason to block them. And possibly an entertaining story to tell, too.

~Neshomeh

I totally agree that CATS RULE! Here's some candy - it will always turn into your favorite type. And it's a limitless supply! ;)

Here, have a generic newbie gift. Whenever you want it to actually be something, it will transform into something that is both utterly ridiculous and the most helpful thing for the situation.

Have fun!

Welcome aBoard! You might want to leave your sanity in that bin over there, it will be safely disposed of later.
I've tried reading Homestuck, but I had an issue with my computer and I didn't want to either start over or find back where I was (somewhere in Act 2, I think?). *shrugs*

Anyways, uh, I don't really have any questions to ask, so... Take this plush Eldritch Abomination! I've been trying to find which one it's actually supposed to represent, but the seven-dimensional geometries and severe impact on sanity inflicted by merely thinking about it make it kinda hard. It's pretty cute, though. And fluffy. And my brain is melting. Have fun!

Singapore, huh? Interesting. What language(s) are spoken there?

Cooking is fun! I actually just made a pie on my own for the very first time today. Here's hoping it turned out well...*

Anyway. Welcome! I'm pretty sure someone's supposed to advise you to leave your sanity at the door, so let's pretend I just did :) Also, have a Welcome Gift of Swiss Bleepolate and Gummyblee Cats! Cats are indeed awesome. And fluffy. And warm. (A bit like mini-Balrogs? No? No. Okay. I'll just be over here...)

And welcome a third time. Nice to meet you too!

~DF

--
*Okay, so baking and cooking are a little different. They're definitely related, though.

Here's a trashcan to keep all your homestuck trash in.
Also, welcome!!

Hi, I'm also new here. ^^
Hope you have a grand time! :)

Have this replica of The One Ring that makes you talk like a pirate while wear it!

Welcome to this interesting slice of the internet. Have a pet alligator. Careful it can be a bit bitey. Enjoy your stay here.

*lassos KandleKItty the mini-Boarder* Take good care of mini-you, OK?

Your newbie gifts are a box of Nature Valley granola bars (peanut butter variety) and this hilarious MCU fanfic. Enjoy yourself!

It's not magical, but it's made of spare animatronic parts from Freddy Fazbear's Pizza.

By accepting the shovel, you take on all responsibility if it turns out to be haunted.

Welcome to the community and stuff! Have this sprig of catnip. Also, have this cup of good smoked tea - no, it's not gonna try to eat you, why are you asking?

Ooooh, another Asian? Fantastic! May I ask what fandoms you're in?

For now, of course, have one of my own shed feathers, plus a complimentary kit of Spikes! :)

Newbie, newbie, new-bie~! *continues doing a Conga*

Welcome! By the way, it's not "Your little community", it's OURS since You are already a part of it!

As foe Your gift, I have a SACRED COOKIE OF INFINITE KNOWLEDGE (: :)!!!

Good to meet you!
Don't worry about looking Asian. I look American. No one comments. We're basically making world peace, right here on the internet, since no one ever judges by color or race, unless you're a Dalek or something.
Acacia is the best!
Cats are indeed fabulous. Why, I'm one myself! :3
As a welcome gift, accept this mug of slightly cold tea. If it attempts to drink you, instead of vice versa, hand it back, and I'll debug it.

Kitty

Heya, and welcome aBoard! As your newbie gift, please take this whistling pangolin! If the urple bow around its neck becomes too much, feel free to remove it. :)

Looks like you answered all the basic questions, so I'll just say I hope you like it here! It really is a great place to be. Lots of fun. Might I be so bold as to recommend you check out Neshomeh's spin-offs, as well? They're my favorites.

Welcome to the board and here is a Bismange Light Pen.

(I like Homestuck too!)

We dragged all out kit out of storage on the Valiant...
I believe you meant to write "our kits"?

Nonetheless, seems like an insane Gathering. How did anyone manage to get any sleep, what with the constant threat of being burned alive?

But you may have to wait a bit. I'm pretty busy at the moment.

I mean, seriously, how was I supposed to know what would happen? And you'd think, with eleven of us, that someone might have pointed out any problems if they were obvious ones.

Just be glad we were able to talk Tungsten Monk out of detouring all the way up Skythia Mons and pretending to be a barbarian horde.

~Neshomeh

(( "Ooh, what's that over there? Let's check it out!" sounds so much like me on vacation that I had to take the blame credit. Awesome, once again. ^_^ Though maybe not quite as awesome as the first one. I've less sentimental attachment to the MCU. ))

It's too bad this whole "uploading my consciousness into a computer and becoming the seed of the technological singularity" thing is taking so long. Seriously, you think completely analyzing and encoding the human brain would be easy at this point. All these needles jabbed into my cerebral cortex beg to differ.

Next time, though! Once I've integrated with every manmade computer, I'll definitely be up for the trip.

Good times, man, good times. Remember when we played "squishy squishy" with Jupiter? I pretended to juggle it, that was fun.

Very lovely report!

(Apparently it was a sub-thread. Weird.)

(hS is parenthetical)

[My username, as written in the post header].wikitroid@gmail.com .

My e-mail address is on my User Page on the wiki.

HG

So, lesson learned- I said an offensive word but didn't know it was offensive and sparked an argument. I'm sorry, now I know, and won't do it again. We don't need a heated debate; isn't the PPC about having fun?

Please do not use the word sp*stic. It does not mean what you think it does, and is extremely insulting over here.

And dude: install an Adblocker extension on your browser. It will stop ads from being displayed altogether (yes, even the ones on YouTube as well).

Personally, I'd choose one that

. . really interesting, I agree with Des: don't write a character from a canon you don't feel you know well enough or don't feel you could get around not being a complete expert in by careful research. For example, I have a Klingon agent, but while I know Star Trek pretty well, a lot of the material on Klingons and Klingon society is in the series that I haven't seen very much of. Since my Klingon is from the original series (which I have seen), I rely only partially on my memory of TOS, which is mainly outsider POV anyway, and make sure to boost my knowledge with close reading of the Memory Alpha wiki articles on Klingons. I wouldn't consider myself an expert on Klingons...but I do feel confident writing one!

That's not to say that research doesn't apply even with characters you know more about. I also look at wiki articles for Vulcans (T'Zar) and Time Lords (the Reader), though not as often since I know and remember more about them without the extra research. Elves probably get the most infrequent amount of extra research, if you take out anything to do with researching names, looking up bits of languages, or checking bits of history.

Basically, writing characters from canons that provide anything more than 'this is its name, its function, and the basic way people react to it' will generally involve at least a little bit of research at some point. How intense or intensive the research gets... well, that's up to you and it's up to the canon. Also, your memory of the canon.

So yeah. Feel better, and also don't worry about how frequently you're on or off the Board--people tend to drift in and out a bit, especially around exam times. We'll often give a warning if we're about to disappear for a month or so and know in advance, or do some sort of welcome back post if it's been a long while since we were last on (or even a returnbie post, if it's been a longer while), but generally speaking, things are fairly casual.

So don't stress about how active you are or aren't able to be. Just focus on getting better :) As you can see, we're still here!

Also, hurrah, one month anniversary! *throws confetti* Did you know that in Italian 'confetti' actually has something to do with almonds? Sergio Turbo can tell you more, if he's around...I, unfortunately, have forgotten and am not Italian.

Good luck with the agent!

~DF

Two of them, actually.
1) If you think it's OP or too undefined, it is, and you shouldn't be using it in your PPC writing.
2) If you're not sufficiently confident you can write an agent without having embarrassing canon-related slip-ups, don't.

...with the caveat that the Queen only run everything until Parliament gets its act together and starts thinking about what the British people actually want. Because the Queen is awesome.
(totally against NZ becoming a republic as long as Queen Elizabeth is around)

According to the exit polls (ie, 'we asked random people as they came out'), the Conservatives very nearly have a majority. That's... very, very different to what the pre-election polls were saying. Like, the Tories have shot up 20 or 30 seats.

Desperately hoping this is wrong. (But will not be eating hat like Paddy Ashdown if it's correct.) I really, really don't want another five years of the Tories.

hS

I'm with you on the list of outcomes according to likelihood, and actually rather like the idea of number 5. I saw enough of the election stuff on the news yesterday that I did just want to hit all the possible candidates for PM with something. A Cluebat, possibly.

We are already stuck with a bad Bibi-UOJ-Bennett government. The only half-decent person there is Kahlon and it's doubtful he'll be able to do anything worthwhile. Hope you guys won't get a similar one.

I actually have a fair bit to say about this, what with having an agent pair dedicated to bad slash. However, I am literally about to head off to work and don't have time to properly explain myself. So I'll start with a slightly old but still interesting blog on the subject:

Why Is There So Much Slash Fic?

As soon as I get a good chunk of free time, I'll put forward my own views on the topic.

Gay guys are rarer than straight guys, and more stigmatized. Most fan writers have had less interaction with gay guys than with straight guys, and gay guys in many places still can't be as open about being romantically involved. That means a straight or female writer usually has fewer real-life observations to draw from. Even a gay male writer might have seen more straight romance in his life than gay male romance.

Many slash writers are cis female. They don't have guy genitalia. If the slash gets explicit, that means they're not writing about something they have daily experience. They simply don't know how things work and, if unwilling (or too young) to do the research, can end up writing things that would make any male reader cringe in sympathetic pain.

The lack of experience with guy/guy relationships, plus the lack of knowledge about mechanics, can lead writers to try to squeeze a guy/guy relationship into a girl/guy stereotype. So one guy becomes "masculine" and the other "feminine", and their personalities change, and explicit scenes are written almost as though one of them were female. Sometimes one partner even gets pregnant. (By masculine I mean male-stereotype--the cultural idea of male, you know, rough and tough and muscular.)

Sure, there are gay guys that are feminine in personality and dating/married to a much more masculine guy, but they're still two guys, and anyhow, there's no unwritten gay rule that one partner has to be more feminine.

But regardless of the existence of such couples in real life, when this masculine/feminine stereotype is imposed on couples in fiction with pre-established personalities, it can throw them way out of character. Characters written as a slash couple are often not written as themselves, but as a seme/uke stereotypical gay couple.

That really bugs me. It's as though these writers think that just because a guy is written as gay, his personality must change to a "gay" personality. But gay people have the same wide range of personalities as anybody else; they're just attracted to the same gender. And if I'm reading romance between, say, Aragorn and Legolas, doesn't it make sense that I'd want to read about Aragorn and Legolas, not two stereotyped cardboard cutouts with name-tags reading "Aragorn" and "Legaolas"?

Audience catering and Author Appeal, of the "1+1=2!" variety.

I wonder if the reason Bad Slash is a separate category at the PPC is because of our LotR origins. LotR has a lot more male characters than female ones, so if you're a badfic writer interested in het you're more likely to create a Sue than write about a canon character. On the other hand, there are enough popular male characters that badfic writers interested in slash can just write about them. The Original Series is also somewhat low on Character Replacements, I've noticed, with Loli!Arwen being the only one I remember off the top of my head. I'm not really familiar enough with LotR to say whether it's a difference between it and fandoms like Harry Potter that are rife with them, or if it's just a case of evolution within the PPC. So the line between Mary Sues and Bad Slash mainly seems to be the presence of a poorly-written OC.

To be honest, most slash I've seen that I'd consider mission-worthy is OoC enough that at least one of the characters is replaced. But I'm not a big fan of slash in general, so it's possible I'm just being overly lenient. I have seen some pretty bad het fics that aren't really Sueish, but most of them don't strike me as good mission material; they're mostly short, sappy, and unmemorable.

that the two types are written in, when looking at fanfiction overall. Why that's the case I don't know. Perhaps heterosexual pairings have been prevalent in mainstream media for so long, fandom got bored and went in another direction in their own stories?

I don't often write romance, but when I do, it tends to be of the Slash variety. I just find it easier to write, for some reason. But if the stereotype about all fanfic writers being teenage girls has any truth to it, it might be because two hot guys is better than one hot guy. Still doesn't explain why I can write it better, though.

...it's because most of the bad het falls under Suefics, so the DMS or DF takes care of those.

Because Bad Slash is a whole Department, while Bad Het is only a division.

I'll right now restrict it just to Za'kiir's character. I may go back with a metaphoric fine tooth comb later.

1. Khajiit are never unarmed. Their claws are always available. And further in the game mechanics of Skyrim a Khajiit unarmed build is fully viable.

2. Under the conventions I remember, it is probably better to keep referring to himself as Khajiit rather than some form of me/I. Even the Khajiit companions in Skyrim refer to themselves in the third person.

Those were the biggest things I noticed. I did not notice anything especially glaring with Za'kiir.

Well, we are probably not related. I don’t even know what "Skyrim" is, but I already like Za’kiir.

(I’m doing this wrong. For proper beta reading, I should have your e-mail address and send you my comments, or I should be able to comment on the Gdoc that shouldn’t be visible to anybody who is not your beta reader. I hope you don’t mind me putting this up here.)

Sample #1 (Control prompt: "The agents first meet"):

As I already said, I like how you introduce the Khajiit who isn’t eager to become an assassin. We don’t see much of Natalie, but I think it’s enough to get a mental image.

There are two sentences you may want to reconsider:

He dimly recalled being told that was going to be assigned a “partner,” and that he was going to train to become an assassin.
There is a pronoun missing, and "that he was going [...] that he was going" looks a bit repetitive. Can you find another way to say it?

She looked back at him, studying him for a few moments before seeming to come to some internal agreement.
I’m not a native speaker, but this sounds weird to me, probably because there are too many "ing"s. Something like "She looked back at him, studying him for a few moments, then she seemed to come to some internal agreement" may work better.

Sample #2 (Random prompt is random):

Yeah, that’s the main problem I have there. You are supposed to roll dices to select a prompt from the table, and to tell the Permission Givers what you got. Since you didn’t tell, I can’t figure out what this sample should be about. It works mostly well as the finishing part of a mission (and I didn’t see any technical problems), but the end is a bit disappointing, because it’s too abrupt.

The two agents had made a quick plan of their own and suddenly rushed the possessed canon character. So, did they discuss their plan and he didn’t notice because he was too distracted by his own speech? Did they use sign language to communicate? Is this their twenty-seventh mission and they know each other so well that they don’t need words to synchronize their actions? Glossing over this may be excusable if the story’s focus has actually been elsewhere and you just need to end it now, keeping it short. I just don’t know.

HG

When asking for betas, you don't normally put the link to the doc itself in the post. Send it to them privately so the whole world doesn't see an unpolished piece, alright? ;)

Email is still Darkotas96@gmail.com.

Alas, it seems to have fallen off the Board forever. The march of time moves on, it seems.

However, thanks to hS and his Board Archive, I can give you a recreation of my request.

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Please Note: Neshomeh will not be responding to this post, so someone else should.

I solemnly swear I am up to no... wait... wrong oath. Let me try that again.

I comma square bracket recruit's name square bracket comma do solemnly swear to wipe out the UnCanon wherever I encounter it comma to kill any and all Mary Sues I encounter bracket unless they can be recruited bracket comma and to protect the Plot Continuum at all times semicolon also not to stampede comma drool over comma or otherwise attack Lust Objects comma and not to moan about Upstairs too much if I value my life full stop this I swear by square bracket recruit's deity of choice bracket preferrably Eru bracket square bracket full stop.

\*Name: Barid
\*Species: Jungle Troll (Darkspear Tribe)
Preferred continuum: Warcraft
Preferred department: All-Purpose Department, Warcraft Division
I like to: (check all that apply)
X kill 'Sues
X light fires
_ use gadgets
X administer first aid
_ fix things
_ provide psychological help
X yell
X assassinate
_ stop homicidal partners
X destroy fuzzy animal companions
_ wash bloodstains
_ be on medication
_ knit
X find new ways to kill 'Sues
X travel to new places
X Other (Please specify):
Collect shrunken heads
Practice Voodoo
Dance


\*Name: Eamon Brightbeard
\*Species: Dwarf (Ironforge)
Preferred continuum: Warcraft
Preferred department: All-Purpose Department, Warcraft Division
I like to: (check all that apply)
X kill 'Sues
_ light fires
X use gadgets
X administer first aid
X fix things
X provide psychological help
X yell
_ assassinate
X stop homicidal partners
_ destroy fuzzy animal companions
X wash bloodstains
_ be on medication
_ knit
_ find new ways to kill 'Sues
X travel to new places
X Other (Please specify):
Study history
Polish his armor
Avoid Luxury (he has taken a vow of chastity)

Barid and Eamon are both from Azeroth, a planet in the Warcraft continuum. They were recruited after having dispatched a Sue that wandered through their battle to the death on her way to seduce the Warchief, Thrall. The agents who had been tracking the Sue showed up shortly thereafter to find the Troll Priest and Dwarf Paladin dazed and covered in glitter. Barid and Eamon were transported to Medical to recover from their near-Sue experience.

Upon their release from Medical, the two were recruited into the Warcraft Division of the All-Purpose Department due to the fact that the Division is highly understaffed. They now share a Response Center and visit their home continuum frequently on missions, and the occasional food run for Barid (due to the clearly racist policy of not feeding Trolls).


Oh look, a writing sample.

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Not the kind of thing that would likely pass under the new system. There's little information about the characters, the writing sample is a non-PPC related story, etc. However, the important thing about my request is that it shows I understood the spirit of the community.

-Phobos, who was still Barid when he made this request in 2010

Raven Firedragon and I came up with the idea for a new department - the Department of Geographical Aberrations. We wrote up a description, and posted it to the Board asking if it was good and we could write it. GreyLadyBast said 'sure', and away we went!

Yeah, I... don't recommend trying that nowadays.

I posted descriptions of both my agents and linked to the control and random prompts, as well as the badfic I wanted to kill. (Have you read the article on the subject yet?)

Coming up with my agents was fairly tricky, though.

Third time was the charm, although hS was actually pretty reluctant to give me Permission. He wasn't too sure about my writing style.

I think it paid off, though. I've discovered four new minis (well, five if you count my cowrite with SkarmorySilver, still in progress I swear), I've ventured into quite a few new continua, I'm trying to show that there are good parts of the job (please see RC 211 mission 3, the moment with Valon and Yuu), and I even managed to set up the appearance of one of the biggest and baddest dragons in history.

I'm not a great writer by any stretch of the imagination; for instance, it's pretty clear that Gabby still doesn't have a personality. I'm getting there, though, and the best part of working with the PPC is that we support each other. Advice is exchanged, lessons are taught and learned, and we all improve each other's writing.

I didn't ask for permission until roughly two years after I joined the community. This wasn't about the PGs knowing me well enough, but about me knowing I was ready.

My case is also different in that I used a non-PPC story for my writing sample.

And it was Neshomeh who wore the hat. :)

It was right before the current Permission system was put in place; the PGs were still using the old system of 'give us a description of your agents and write a short story of them'. We didn't get no stinkin' prompts like you whippersnappers and we got on just fine! *brandishes cane*

Joking aside, I remember spotting a typo in my request right after posting it and panicking because ZOMG TYPO I'M RUIIIINED. ^^; hS seemed to like it alright, though, so it was fine. :P

Wait, right, moral. *clears throat* While you should definitely present the best request you can, don't panic if you have a few minor slip-ups. It happens to the best of us.

As for if you've been around long enough... *scratches head* Well, I definitely recognize your name (it's rather distinctive!), but if anyone asked me what you were like, Iunno what I'd say. Might have to let someone else make the call on that. It's not so much 'have you been here long enough?', more like 'have you been a part of the community?' Someone who lurks for years and only shows up occasionally to post once before vanishing is less likely to get Permission than someone who posts more frequently, I would think.

I chickened out and still haven't asked.

I have a feeling that's not what you're after, though.

Here, look after ratbrianbasher. ;-)
Also, that timing thing gets me, too. I've written my samples and everything, but I don't know whether my presence in the community is appreciable enough yet.

May I pleeeeeease have permission, oh wise and handsome PGs? Pretty please with a cherry on top, sprinkles optional?

Been trying to place it all day. Now I remember you( vaguely)! Have a plate of welcome-back SPaGhetti! Sorry I couldn't scrounge up anything more.

*high-fives* Have some granola bars because why not!

Anyway, welcome back... here, have a SACRED COOKIE OF INFINITE KNOWLEDGE (: :)!!!

Have this cup of confused Lapsang Souchong tea - it's not quite sure whether it smells like a campfire or not.

Possibly. Doin' it anyways. I'll be darned if I'm gonna let time and energy-vampiric finals get in the way of my fun.

I'm gonna have to go with (in order of least to most obscure):

-Discworld

-Avatar/Legend of Korra

-Mother/Earthbound

-The Touhou Project (the canon, as the fanon is a entirely different beast.)

Let's get this in before I think about it too hard.

-Monster Musume
-Nurse Hitomi's Monster Infirmary
-Pathfinder RPG
-Comical Psychosomatic Medicine

You can find MonMusu and Nurse Hitomi on basically any site where you can read manga, CPsM is on Crunchyroll (each episode is only five minutes long, you've got time), and Pathfinder information can be found on the Archives of Nethys.

That no one seems to have listed yet.

1. Fullmetal Alchemist
2. Ah! My Goddess
3. Knights of Sidonia (Newer Fandom of mine, still working through it)
4. Mass Effect

If i have any time, that is.

1. Pokemon
2. Mega Man: Battle Network/the anime
2. Homestuck (and I have passing knowlege of Problem Sleuth too)
4. Terraria
The honorary 5th palace is a tie between Sherlock and Civ, because I don't trust myself to write Holmes and how the heck would tou do a Civ fic anyway?

(that's not in any paritcular order)

This seems really fun!
1. Batman
2. Merlin
3. X-Files
4. Star Trek

(Since the DCU would be too broad, I decide to pick just one sub-continuum.)

Mine would be:

1.- Shazam!
2.- Avatar: The Last Airbender/The Legend of Korra
3.- Frozen
4.- Star Wars

*digs through the closet for some of her more obscure fandoms*

Ranger's Apprentice
RWBY
Order of the Stick
Inkheart

Cheers, all!

I've got X-men, Young Justice, Attack on Titan and Hetalia.

If I can get the time, that is.

Fandom list:
- Godzilla
- The Incredibles
- Kid Icarus
- Rise of the Guardians

Fandoms are as follows (and yes, I AM picking out the weird ones)

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Welcome To Night Vale
Skulduggery Pleasant
Primeval
The Culture (Iain M. Banks)
The Thick Of It
Gunnerkrigg Court

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And the last one, the one of which no-one else on the Internet is a fan:

Socialism.

=]

It was loads of fun last time, so I'm down for it again, methinks.

-WARFRAME
-The Culture
-Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc V

Here's the list:

- Bleach
- Doctor Who
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians
- The Kane Chronicles

Though I also don't drink, actually.

I probably won't be able to get to it today, but within a few days should work. Email is dawnfire360 (at) gmail (dot) com.

~DF

...I'm totally game for cookies as long as they've got frosting and decorative sugar! And I'm good with SPaG as well, if that helps.

My address is my Boarder name with a Gmail tag, though you might want to wait until early next week for my services, as I have my graduate commmencement this coming Sunday. ^^;

I'm not familiar with either continuum, sorry, but I would be willing to check grammar and other similar things. My gmail username is roserpemail.

Which Agent teams are involved?

...Marianne said: "The cake? Oh, that's entirely Gaspard's work. He's as good as my father when it comes to baking. We should invite you when he'll make his key lime pie. It goes wonderfully at the end of a hearty supper." Gaspard allowed himself a half-smile of satisfaction at the compliment but quickly resumed his neutral expression before taking another bite of cake. Marianne smiled at Rina. "While a bit of disorder is natural, make sure that you clean your room on a regular basis. You want to keep some healthy living habits, hm?"

What year is it? What country is this?

Sorry about getting up so late. It probably had something to do with the backpack full of books I brought and stayed up late reading. That happens sometimes- I'm not a morning person even when I'm not on a ridiculous camping trip.

Do you have any idea how hard it is to make those things look like flaming shadow demons? Lucky thing I always carry some paper clips and bobby pins with me, or they (the Balrogs) would've gone the way of Neshomeh's scrap-wood-and-cactus-spines Shelob.

Also, is anybody missing a box set of Farscape season 4, a men's large "Keep Calm and Call Batman" T-shirt, an old-timey compass, and/or a tin of 1UP candy? Those ended up in my luggage somehow, and I don't need them.

((OOC: Crossbows fire bolts, not arrows.))

So I decided to sing songs with them.

But then someone busted my ear. Apparently, people freak out if they think there's a hyena in the camp.

hehehehehehe

Fred's currently at my house and doing well, but I have to ask...



WHO SPRAY-PAINTED HIM URPLE??

Right, whichever one of you lot nicked my camera, send it back right now, or I'm siccing Kaitlyn on you.

With that out of the way... thanks once again to KittyEden for organising the trip! I mean, it was still a bit obnoxious asking us all to come to Australia, but at least I didn't have as bad a trip as Desdendelle. I didn't even know there were direct flights from Israel to Antarctica...

I'm seriously disappointed in the lot of you, by the way: not one of you thought to bring any sandwiches to the PGs. Is it any wonder PoorCynic nearly dropped us down the Marianas Trench? We were all nearly starving! And it's not like you can just reach out and catch some fish to eat yes I'm looking at you Darkotas.

(Confession time: it wasn't just the shark. Nesh didn't manage to get a picture of the Colossal Squid... which is probably a good thing. Nightmare fuel, I'm telling you.)

I still think it's hilarious that we all forgot the tents. I know sonofheaven176, World-Jumper, and Tira were all adamant that they were going to bring them – what happened, guys? Were you too distracted by dramaticsoprano's Interpretive Departure Dance to pack them? Seriously. But props to Silenthunder for the marquee, and to doctorlit for the spare sleeping bags.

The ISH virus... yikes. Hieronymus was particularly hard hit – that German accent didn't do him any favours, remember Kaitlyn deciding he had a mutation called 'the ICH strain'? I was impressed by radioactiveSue's attempts to communicate in ISHMorse code – it's just a shame only AdmiralSakai understood! I admit that watching radioactiveSue getting more and more angry with AdmiralSakai's mistranslations was hilarious, though.

Fred! Fred was awesome. Kitty, please tell me you left him a laptop and the Board's address – he totally need to join the PPC. Though admittedly the part where he pushed the van across two miles of dunes, not so cool.

The night was... um... let's go with 'interesting'. Apologies if Kaitlyn and I kept anyone awake! ^~ Sometimes there's nothing for it but a game of Midnight Munchkin. (Was quite surprised no-one tried to join in, though – did you maybe think we were up to something else?) As for Scapegrace's 'eldrich ritual'... okay, in spite of your 'vows of eternal secrecy on pain of' whatever, I have to tell you that Voyd someone I won't name talked. And yes, I admit that it all sounds very impressive... until I realised the whole thing was a colossal pun about dunes in June. Not very subtle, Scape. (Apparently Omega really got into it, though...)

Breakfast was really lovely (if cold!). I'm sorry Kaitlyn and I sparked the 'everyone vanish into the dunes' debacle – sorry, Edhelistar, hope you like Pretoria!

Rock-Paper-Scissors was heaps of fun. I beat DawnFire with a well-timed Overhand Meteorite, and managed to block SeaTurtle's Origami Throw with a Edward Reversal, but ultimately lost to Ekyl's Million Dollars. I admit that seeing him win the entire contest with a Rocks Fall, Everybody Dies made me feel a bit better.

I enjoyed the little bit of Darkotas' Rettop Yrrah I ended up taking part in; in retrospect I shouldn't have picked Dumbledore! I mean, it would've been all right if we'd got back further than Sirius' death – incredibly well acted by Sergio and Calista, by the way – but the Golden Trio's 'little accident'... yes, I know it wasn't your fault, firemagic, but it did rather make playing on impossible.

The talent show... oh, the talent show. Best acts, for my money, were Seafarer's 'Les Mis in a minute', and Iximaz and Darkotas' 'instant tumbleweed bunkbed' – though the latter, admittedly, mostly for the looks on their faces when they fell through! Apologies to anyone who was looking forward to my promised Lay of Leithian two-person play – TheShyIon backed out at the last minute (yes, I know you had your reasons), and I couldn't bully Kaitlyn into taking her place. Shame – she would've made a wonderful Luthien.

I'm, er, not really sure what was going on with Lady Liberty – Pretzel, why did you think that was a good idea? For that matter, I'm not sure how you managed to fit her in the van – never mind 'bigger on the inside', she shouldn't have gone through the doors! Oh, wait – didn't domirossi say something about finding Fred some company? I'm not sure the elephant wanted a statue, mate! (Also, was anyone else totally freaked out by waking up to see the giant silhouette framed against the sun? Anyone besides Voyd, obviously, we all know how you felt.)

You've covered the play and the sand-sculptures very well (but unaccountably didn't mention Superfluity's hundred-odd tiny sand orcs – is that possibly because of the way you sat on them, Kitty?), so I'll skip straight to the last day – and the excuses.

No, I'm not going to blame the Agents' loss on KandleKitty – I know quite a few people did, but while letting Iximaz into our camp because 'I thought she was on our team' was pretty egregious, it was far from the only disastrous mishap. Scapegrace's half-mile tumble down the dune, anyone? Desdendelle's 'camouflage' that consisted of a handful of sand in his hair? Neshomeh's attempt to dual-wield longbows?

So what was the problem? It wasn't my leadership – well, I hope it wasn't my leadership. Personally, I suspect Darkotas and Iximaz of tampering with the Agents' water supply – I definitely detected a trace of cactus in there. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. (Also, 'stop complaining'? As if!)

Not that I'm complaining about cactus juice in general, mark you. It went very well with the closing meal – and massive huge thanks to Seychelles and Silenthunder for all the effort they put into that. It was ridiculously nice.

(I'd like to emphasise that it was entirely Phobos' fault you got left behind. He managed to abandon Voyd in Sri Lanka on the way back, too! Also, the ScarfBlanket? Definitely not me this time. Honest)

Overall, it was a fantastic, awesome time, and I'm already looking forward to next year. Big thumbs up all round, and Matt Cipher – 'Clock down on Napoleon!' ^~

But I'm not joking about the camera.

((Heaps of fun again, Kitty – thanks! If it helps, pretty sure this was more worthwhile than French... ^_^))

hS

The tophat's simply bigger on the inside! But, jokes aside, I'm grateful for being mentioned :D

Everyone in the PPC did come. I just didn't mention all of you.

Scorch marks aren't funny, you twat! It was lucky that I had a life-sized working replica of Baymax with me to help me out with the second-degree burns, or else I would've had to be sent to the hospital and missed the rest of the trip. Still, whomever "accidentally" pushed me onto that bush JUST AS IT BURST INTO FLAMES is gonna get it really good next year, because LOOK WHAT YOU DID TO ME! MY POOR LEFT EYE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME!!!

Oh, well. Might as well deal with it in the meantime. At least I'll now be able to cosplay Zuko without having to wear makeup!

Count me in for next time

Can someone give me a ride or send me money for the return trip?

Can I come along next time? So long as cliffs aren't involved. Acrophobiaaaaa~

I might have had a bit too much cactus juice, and the Harry Potter roleplay seemed like a good idea at the time. How was I supposed to know the robes weren't fireproof after all?!?

If you give me a sample to work with I can workshop it for you, that might help more than just general advice.

"Writing Description" by OokamiKasumi on deviantART.

I like her articles a lot. However, they come with some disclaimers, which I will reproduce here for clarity:

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DISCLAIMER [1]: These instructions are intended for Beginners, and for those looking for a few short-cuts to jump-start their writing. If this advice does not agree with your style of writing, by all means, take what you can use and ignore the rest.

For the record...
-- The description word counts limits I include in here are meant to be GUIDELINES not exact amounts, 'kay?

DISCLAIMER [2]: As with all advice, take what you can use and throw out the rest. As a multi-published author, I have been taught some fairly rigid rules on what is publishable and what is not. If my rather straight-laced (and occasionally snotty,) advice does not suit your creative style, by all means, IGNORE IT.

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I'll also add a note that reading the whole thing is necessary to get the whole picture. She sometimes clarifies things she says later on in the article, such as the bit about using purple prose. What she actually means by that is that using lavish description SPARINGLY is good, and that sometimes otherwise dry scenes can be punched up with a well-chosen bit of description. It would be easy to miss that if you stopped at the header "Making the Reader FEEL the Passion -- Make the prose PURPLE!"

So, yeah. Check it out, but use your own discretion, too. If it helps, great! If not, that's okay, too! {= )

~Neshomeh

The comments after the animatronics' CAD readings were hilarious, especially Foxy's and OOC!Freddy's. (I'm still never ever playing the games. I don't do horror, and I don't do possessed killer animatronics.)

Oh, two minor things...
"...Also, ow, my, kidneys.”"
That comma after "my" doesn't belong there.

"Valon popped his elbows back into place before pointing his C-CAD at Foxy."
Uh...is this possible? I don't think Valon would be able to do that himself if both elbows got dislocated.

Something I make an effort to do in most of my missions is to highlight the good parts of the PPC. A lot of missions nowadays seem to run with the assumption that the PPC is 100% horrible, which kinda rubs me the wrong way.

Thus, the various little moments with Valon and Kala. Whether it's the camaraderie and friendship between the two, the trust they build with others, or the gratitude of canon characters, I go out of my way to remind people that yes, there are parts of the job that aren't going to traumatize you.

... am I reconstructing the premise of the Protectors of the Plot Continuum?

And Voyd, I have a question...
Are you planning another FNAF mission? I saw those descriptions of Valon, and now I'm curious. :)

For some reason when I try to read it Google docs says I am not able to open it with my account.

Good job on the mission! Like I mentioned, I don't actually know either of the canons, though I have been looking up FNaF. It seems interesting, but I'm kind of wuss when it comes to horror stuff. You did a good job making both halves of the crossover comprehensible to an outsider.

As an AoT fan, I have to ask - what was the context for the reference to Eren? Was it intentional on the part of the Suethor, or just the result of a typo?

I do have two minor criticisms. First, there are quite a few unattributed lines of dialogue, which can get a little hard to follow with as many characters as there are. Second, it seemed a little heavy on references to past missions. They made sense from an in-universe perspective, so I'm not sure if my criticism is exactly fair, but I felt like they slowed the story down a bit. Other than those things, I thought it was really good.

...I just wish that there would be a movie someday where the artificial intelligence they create doesn't go insane and try to kill everyone?

And actually passing the Bechdel Test one of these decades would be nice too, now that I think of it.

But yes. That was a good show. Slightly technologically cringe-worthy (especially the line about all internet traffic travelling through one facility in Oslo), but fun. Things exploded satisfyingly. Dramatic and hilarious one-liners were delivered. The finale was impressive - I really liked the visual design of the flying [spoiler].

There was stuff I liked about and stuff I didn't. In some places it was as good as the first Avengers, but I can't think of a single moment where it was actually better. And the ending felt to me, like the whole movie was just a set-up for the next Avengers movie. I don't mind a bit of sequel bating, but it felt rather obvious.

Phase 3 to really be the darkest hour that will culminate with the Avengers getting thrashed in Infinity Wars Part 1. Then again if you are familiar with the comics, the film titles alone make it clear that Phase 3 is not going to be pleasant.

The plot was really rushed, and it would have at least been nice to see Tony and Bruce discussing the Ultron project in one of the previous movies, so it didn't come so completely out of left field. But, it was still an enjoyable story.

I liked that Natasha and Bruce became the official couple. Much better than pairing her with one of the more stereotypical male leads. I also like that they're diversifying the Avengers team immensely for future movies. Vision I'm rather meh about—he worked as an adversary to Ultron, but I can't really see him doing much from this point. He's so inhuman, it feels rather dull. I like all the other new Avengers, though.

BUT
(rant inbound)
They are missing an obvious one, and it legitimately makes me angry that they passed up the opportunity! Iron Man 3 gave them the perfect chance to leave Pepper Potts with permanent super-powers from her Extremis exposure. We already saw from Boring White Bad Guy Whose Name I Can't Be Bothered to Look Up that it was possible to safely control the Extremis heat powers, and didn't they flat-out say Tony had come up with an equation to stabilize the formula? It would have been a fantastic opportunity to elevate one of the designated love interests into a more active role.

I think, in my head canon, Pepper still has her powers, and is just too cool to hang out with the Avengers. *pout*

... Apparently, my brothers found it awesome while my mother thought it was bad. My mother is a French literature teacher, so, she probably knows some stuff about constructive criticism... But I'm suspecting the lack of Tom Hiddleston might be the main reason here. :P

I kinda want them to have the Wasp and Ant-Man in their main team... I do prefer the animated movies, though.

I've seen Age of Ultron only for the drunk Stan Lee cameo, to be frank :D

What I'm waiting for the most, however, is 2016's Doctor Strange because - in case you didn't realize - I'm all about magic in any way, shape or form. C'mon it's the Sorcerer Supreme, bitches! How can you get his movie wrong? And I guess it will do good, since Ben Cumberbatch plays the lead role...

I will give it my resounding recommendation. Since I don't really feel like making a bunch of spoiler tags, I will leave it at that. If you haven't seen it, go see it. NOW!

James Spader as Ultron was so perfect, words cannot describe.

I enjoyed the action, and how Hawkeye got a bit more of an acknowledgement, since in the last movie, he was mostly off-screen doing Bad Guy Stuff (TM). And hoooly cow, Captain America's language! XD

But ugh, don't get me started on how Black Widow's been shipped with Hawkeye (first Avengers), Cap (Winter Soldier), and now Hulk.

She took a look at the long, looong list of links I sent and said "Seriously? You expect me to read all these?"

*headdesks*

Well, thanks a lot, anyway. *sigh*

I'll start compiling a list of links to send to her right away. (Still open to suggestions, by the way.)

Hugs and internet cookies for everyone, you all saved my hide.

But I'm biased like that. =]

My opinion would be to dredge up the missions of the really, really insane Bleepfics, give her those, and then give her the originals to read. That way she can compare and contrast. =]

I wrote the whole thing for 'public consumption', after all. And I doubt she'll mind Selene swearing in 200-year-old slang... ^_~

hS

Most of my stuff should be okay, but I don't know if you can show her only some of my stuff without her wanting to read everything on my site. "Blood Raining Night" is on my site, and I know that's right out. Everything up to that point should be okay, I think... except maybe "Ring Child." Nume drops the F-bomb a lot in that one. Oh, and "Cosmic Love," because slash and Mpreg. Everything comes with a helpful rating, though, so maybe you can persuade her that you never read the "bad" ones?

I'll definitely second the recommendation of "Brown DragonRider" and raise with "Harry Potter and the Dragonriders of Pern," though, because I know she likes Pern. {= ) HPDroP contains mild references to sexual things, but no actual sex, so hopefully that's all right.

All of my DMS missions ought to be all right, probably... and following Derik's adventures gets "Gestalt Therapy" into the mix.

Phobos' stuff should be okay, too, as long as you avoid the DBS one. The "Going Postal" stories are particularly on the "good clean fun" side of the spectrum.

I'll think some more about other stories that might be good to share. Maybe hS's Driftwood series?

~Neshomeh

Maaaaybe . . . my Sherlock Holmes mission? It's a fandom she (I assume) is at least partly familiar with, and has at least one moment I remember that compliments the badfic. I also put the "Sueish" character back to her former life, rather than outright killing her, so it's . . . I don't know, diet mission?

It's here. You might want to give it a quick read-through, just to double-check. I don't swear much myself, but I think the badfic did some, and I don't know if I included any in quotes.

Also, I'm sorry you're in this situation. Just keep in mind, if you end up needing to back off from the PPC for a while to keep in good standing with the parents, don't sweat it. It would suck, but we'll still be here waiting when you're able to hang out again. :)

My missions are hardly likely to be explicit, right?
...right?
Anyway, you could try the two PPC Camping Trips. I don't think anything too bad happened to them.

(Moms can surprise you, huh? :))

I wouldn't necessarily include my Blackout Interlude, both because it's currently unfinished and because if it was finished it would have...well, not particularly offensive swearing, but perhaps a little more of it than would be preferred (I blame the Winchesters. And Meg).

However: April Fool's Day stories are fun, funny, and not quite the usual sort of PPC writing, which could be pretty interesting and help give a broader view of what we're about! We're totally all about rabbit!agents, shhh. However, I would not link your mom to my lj account, mainly because it's also rehosting Deleterius material, which is...not even remotely always worksafe, unfortunately. I really should have put it in a different journal, but...ooh. Maybe I can somehow repost it to one that's actually called 'deleterius'? It'd make it much easier to find, and it would make my journal worksafe again...that's a thought.

Anyway. Fortunately, I have a worksafe alternative (er, so long as you don't then browse the site, though that's also true of FFN to a slightly milder degree): AO3, or Archive of Our Own. For some reason, they have a tool that converts LJ posts into AO3 stories. It's kind of useful. To my sorrow, it doesn't work with FFN, which is where most of my fics are actually posted, but what can you do?

So. April 2013 AFD mission, wherein agents are cats and a Disentangler is called in. The only swearing there is one instance of 'Flaming Denethor', as far as I can see. No sexual references that I remember seeing, either.

Next, T'Zar's Reassignment, which is the 2014 AFD interlude and also links to the real interlude (very worksafe, just has two agents meeting each other for the first time). It has one mild swearword and...Captain Jack Harkness, so there's your passing reference to sex /sigh/. It's basically an...implication? A mild suggestion? It's not crass or overt, just him being a flirt, which...yeah, more or less unavoidable. He does then make out with Ianto for a while, which then becomes a bit of a running joke. It's not described in detail, though.

And then we have this year's AFD story, which is the Carrot Juice Shop AU (and should probably be put on the wiki). No swearing, I don't remember or see any references to sex, and this is literally just fluff.

I'd also add the next interlude I post, which I shall do reasonably soon. It's also extremely worksafe, hopefully funny, and not exactly the usual sort of PPC story...well, no, it sort of is, but...well, you'll see. It's inspired by something hS said, and is not a mission. It's also got the continuity of using agents who appear in the AFD stories :)

Hope that helps!

~DF

Don't have a link handy, but they're all listed on the Wiki under either my name, or Jof, Mohan, or Lyn.

Okay, first up: Original Series. Can't go wrong with those.
First mission
Second mission

Marvin and Printworthy seems like another good choice.
The Lost Land is a great example of some of your work as well

Selene and Dafydd in "More Than Ordinary"

The same in Brown DragonRider of Pern

With some editing, "He Was Practically Asking For It" could potentially work, but might be iffy.

This is just a start - I'll be adding more in replies when I have some more free time. I've got your back, Ixi! :)

Allow me to leave my opinion of her to the side for the moment.

Most of my missions that aren't to NSFW fics will do. Nothing I do is more racy than accidental contact with Kala or Gabby's chest.

Presenting (Un)Intelligence: tales from that one department which is super-important but that people tend to overlook.

Room-flooding, Patronus-casting, clothes-laundering, foreveralone-gaming, lonely funeral action that's guaranteed G-rated. Bring your kids!



I should really continue that series. Yeah.

I guess I can help. My email is spenuerfoucart (at) gmail (dot) com

Permission prompts are fairly short, as I remember, so betaing for two people shouldn't equal overextending myself. I'm in! Share the GDoc with dawnfire360(at)gmail(dot)com. I'd be happy to take a look :)

~DF

... to have the page at all?

Non-interesting assassination methods don't need to be listed anywhere, really. Interesting ones would probably be better listed under the canon in question, no? Having a section for methods (including body disposal, which was where the whole idea started) on each canon page seems more... unified?

hS

Have some chocolate! I stole it from Remus Lupin, but I'm sure he won't mind.

Here's a tip: No line-stealing. Don't have her say lines that the characters use in either the books or movies. It's incredibly annoying.

Also, be careful with how she could share her knowledge of the Fellowship's future. If she does, there must be consequences. One OC I read about went with Gandalf to see Saruman, and Saruman read the girl's mind, finding out about the movies. The catch was that she wasn't sure how much he'd seen, and Elrond worried that there might not even be a Fellowship.

I see you've read Tenth Walkers - awesome! Glad to know it's doing its job. ^^

My initial response to this question is, um... how big an answer do you want? I can do anything from a five-line comment on your plot suggestion (in your response to Iximaz), to a two-page spiel. My preference is usually for the latter, I'll point out.

To prepare for whatever you're looking for, that plot: you say she wants a herb which she knows about from Aragorn, but... how did she find out about that in (I assume) Modern Earth? And when did she arrive in M-e? (I won't ask 'how did she get there?', though if it's something relating to Middle-earth lore, you might want to tell me anyway to get comments. ^~)

hS