Mar 2016 Archive, part a

Cameo

They have a chopstick hairdo. I couldn't resist.

Derik 1

Scruffy Derik. I like that they have a stubble option.

Derik 2

This hair style is so perfect that I couldn't resist using it, too. I gave him a more relaxed outfit for this version. Maybe he's going out partying with Gall and the team, I dunno.

Gall

Speaking of Gall, I think the spiked leather jacket and tartan tights capture her essence nicely, if not her actual style (yet).

Ilraen

... Yup.

Jenni

I'm sad that they don't have a pulled-back braid or a nice shoulder-length style without a lot of fringe covering the eyes, but the way this style frames her face is okay. Just imagine it shorter.

And finally, Nume

Y'know, I don't notice the really wide hips so much on the others, but man does it look weird here. Meh.

Overall, attractive art and a decent variety of options. Nice find!

~Neshomeh

Selene says hi!

Actually, Selene just glares. She does that.

hS

Here is Marina.


And here is Richard.

It makes for an interesting character generator indeed. And it also indirectly showed me how hard it is to add pictures on a post. ;)

He sure enjoyed it. I'm sure it will be the same for you.

Tell us about your amazing adventures when you're done, why don'tcha?

*slinks off to pout over the fact that she has to wait to go abroad*

Make sure to tell us all about it!

Have you learned any Japanese to prepare for the trip? It never hurts to know some basic words and phrases!

... that you're not going to Italy in order to find yourself, gorge a boatload of pasta, and snuggle up to Javier Bardem. In roughly that order. =]

Have some NM&NMs.

I'm a newbie myself, so I don't have a standard gift yet. . . Have a two-dimensional kitten. Take good care of it.

I do have a question: How are you?

--Key

And that's all that matters, in the end.
I would have done something really cool, but I had an afterclass. You know how it is.
Just imagine what I could have done. Imagine.

Welcome aBoard, and that. Here, have this cup of smoky Earl Grey tea. And a guinea pig, too.

*high-fives* Here's a box of erasable colored pencils and a legendary-beast-themed coloring book! (Mermaids, pegasi, dragons, unicorns, et cetera.) Perfect for helping you relax! :D

Seeing that everyone else has directed you to all the necessary reading material, I shall say: have some scones. If that's not your taste, have some fresh bread instead. No, I don't make it myself.

It's a sugary narcotic drink from Elsweyr. It won't make you drunk, just very hyper. Welcome aBoard! Now tell us, what our your fandoms?

Relevant Irrelevant newbie! Have a bag of polyhedral random number generators.

-Phobos

This magical shovel digs up...

Uh...

You might want to avoid telling bad jokes. Otherwise you'll be...

*dons shades*

... chunky salsa.

*splatted by tomatoes*

WORTH IT.

Since you've answeered my usual questions, I'll just give ya this plate of fresh SPaGhetti and say "Welcome aBoard!"

Halloa, person of the new!

Have a currently-geographically-relevant camel!

The usual question's already been asked, so here's an entirely different one:

If you were a tree, what species of tree would you be?

(Hey, that rhymed!)

-July, rather sleep deprived and therefore more prone to nonsense

Welcome, welcome! Here, have a slice of Infinite Pizza!

Please accept this starter Pokémon:-

Iiiiiiiit's Basculin! (Basculin-Red, to be precise)

And your starting item is:-

Sack Of Pennies from The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth!

Now, the Sack Of Pennies is... kind of a strange item, because every Physical move used by the holder is followed up with a use of the move Pay Day. It's not super useful in competitive play, but if you wanna make the most of it, get an Adamant Basculin and train it in Attack and Speed. Adaptability is the best ability by far, and for moves you want Waterfall, Zen Headbutt, Superpower, and Aqua Jet. Just remember to have fun! =]

There's no need to be frightened - we're all mostly all pretending to be very nice people.

A very old PPC tradition which I feel a sudden urge to revive is that of giving out bumper stickers to newbies. Therefore:



[Looks around; pokes the newbie] First poke! ^_^

Welcome a'Board.

hS

Have a pot of black-hole coffee. Stepping out of lurking s the hardest step, glad you did it. Wish you a long stay.

Now, what are your fandoms/ favorite series?

HAPPY DAY OF BIRTH.

The Book of Faces never lies. Thank you, July.

Facial Hair Status: Vandal Savage

-Phobos

Let me give you a self-updating guidebook of all of the deathtraps in the multiverse. (I have got a shortage of black-hole stuff for the moment.)

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
MAY ALL YOUR WISHES COME TRUE
HOPE NOBODY MAKES YOU BLUE
AND YOUR CAKE DOESN'T EXPLODE IN GOO!

*blows noisemakers*

Ekhm... GRAB THE CHAIR, BOYS! WE'VE GOT ANOTHER BUCKET-KICKER!

THIS TIME WE'RE PLAYING FOR THE GOD OF FEAR!

[HIT IT]

Happy Birthday my olde friend.
It seems this horror show will never end.
Any moment's your last breath,
Here is to another day closer to death.

The cake is on the table,
And it is awfully bright,
'Cause there's so many candles on top.
But you are so decrepit,
Your chest so tight,
When you blow them out your lungs are gonna pop.

You cannot complain
Each time you feel a pain,
Though you have arthritis and gout.
'Cause when you start kvetching,
All your teeth fall out.

So have another cigarette,
Have another beer,
Raise your glass to one more year. (GONE!)

Happy Birthday my olde friend.
It seems this horror show will never end.
Any moment's your last breath,
Here is to another day closer to death.

Your skin is so worn out and old,
All over your body it's sagging.
Especially loose is your old caboose,
You're dragging it behind you in a wagon.

Well, you're an alcoholic,
And you're blind and deaf,
And you have Alzheimer's I bet.
You're too old to remember,
But you're too drunk to forget.

So have another cigarette,
Have another beer,
Raise your glass to one more year. (GONE!)

Happy Birthday my olde friend.
It seems this horror show will never end.
Any moment's your last breath,
Here is to another day closer to death.

You're so old you smell like dust,
And now your bones begin to rust.
See that face, it's full of wrinkles.

So have another cigarette,
Have another beer,
Raise that chair to one more year. (RAISE!)

Happy Birthday my olde friend.
It seems this horror show will never end.
Any moment's your last breath,
Here is to another day closer to death.

Happy Birthday my olde friend.
It seems this horror show will never end.
Any moment's your last breath,
Here is to another day closer to death.

... okay, so that was going to be a reference to an old Cadbury's advert:

A ha... a ha... a happy birthday to Phobos!

But unfortunately I ended up in children's literature instead:

Aha! Oho! A track in the snow!
Whose is this birthday? And where did they go?

Also, I feel I ought to discard all of the above and go for a Tolkien joke instead:

Happy birthday! And may your beard never grow thin!

The word 'beard' appears 38 times in The Hobbit.

Make of all this what you will.

hS

I'm pretty sure that the Heart is "posted in the shipfest thread", but in that case July is missing hers. I'm also positive that the... bumper sticker (yeah, let's go with that) is "newbie/introduction post", since only K'eth and Irrelevant have those.

Glad it turned out good in the end, though. :) I love the idea of a One-Stop Plot Shop; is this idea open to the public?

The mission, well... Dunno, I didn't enjoy it as much as the rest of Driftwood. It feels like it's just there — something like "another day, another mission". The One Stop Plot Shop is an interesting idea, though. (If you don't mind I'll mention that somewhere if/when I get the chance. Intertextuality, yay!)
-Des, completely baffled by the badges thing

This is the first piece of Driftwood I've actually read, and I have to say I really liked it. It's also really interesting to see a borderline-badfic get the attention of the PPC, and the One Stop Plot Shop is a fantastic idea.

However, one thing. What do the pictures mean in Traces On The Oscilloscope? Because I cannot figure it out. At all. Sorry, I am very stupid sometimes.

It's always fun to see the occasional goodfic analysis.

The One Stop Plot Shop is interesting. Are they a group within the PPC, or a separate element of the Canon Protection Initiative? Anyway, I liked the Interpretation, and how it seems each character interprets the thing itself as something different. It's a fun way to show something about who they are.

Now, I've dug through my old badfic bookmarks, and I've found one I think you might like:

Fic: "Bella in Black"

Continua: Men in Black x Twilight

Description: Bella is a member of the MiB for some reason. They deal with vampires now. J leaves because reasons; Jacob Black takes his place as "the new J." They're sent to Forks to investigate the Cullens, or maybe protect them, or something. Naturally, Bella falls for Edward and blah blah blah.

Type of Badfic: Crossover

Plot Holes/Offenses Against Canon: The writing is wooden and soulless with plenty of typos, and the chapters are generally underdeveloped—the shortest, Chapter 8, is just four lines long and it's recapped in the following chapter, making it redundant to boot.

Bella and Edward manage to be even more annoying than they are in canon. They fall in love instantly, with absolutely zero interaction. Bella in particular gets away with openly flaunting the rules of the MiB, culminating in this little gem of a scene in Chapter 12:

I slipped my glasses on my head so I could look him in the eye, "What are you going to do, Boss?" I asked, "You going to fire me? Kill me? Take me off the case? You're not going to do anything. You know just as well as I do that you can't do anything. I'm the best agent you have. You can't risk loosing me."

He stared at me and then he started to smile, "I was wondering how long it would take," he said.

"Till what?" I asked.

"Until you broke the last rule," he said, "Telling off the boss. You're more than ready for this, Swan." Then he was gone.

Everyone was quiet for a second and then I ran after him. "Boss!" I yelled. He looked at me, "How are you okay with me breaking the rules? You tell me not to break rules, and then you call me by my real name, tell me that breaking rules is okay, and walk out!"

"You are the best agent, Bella," he said, "I've waiting for you to finally stand up to me like that. You are ready. Now go back to your boyfriend." He laughed and got in his car.

Besides being stupid, I feel like it's ripping something off, too, but I can't think what. {= /

Then there's the horrible "fight scene," if you can call it that, in Chapter 14. The story proceeds to ruin Twilight canon by having Bella turn into a vampire after being bitten by James, And They All Settle Down And Live Happily Ever After. *vomits*

Oh, and a minor plothole which is nevertheless annoying: the story makes a big deal over Edward not knowing Bella's real name, but in POV sections other than Bella's, the narrative uses her name before the characters learn it. Just sloppy.

It's a little over 6,000 words, but there's enough pointless drivel that I think it might slide? Plus, it's MiB, and we need more MiB missions.

~Neshomeh

Got the email alert right before class today and it motivated me to finish work faster so I could read. :P

All in all, a thoroughly enjoyable mission. Kaitlyn and Selene's banter is always fun. :) When was the last time a mission happened into a non-badfic? Been a while, hasn't it?

I'll see if I can scrounge up something suitable for sporking later. Muahaha.

The Aviator and Zeb are flitting up to the only house shown in their surroundings, peeried through windows until Zeb waves the Aviator over.

Pretty good. I like how they were fairies for most of the mission.

Zeb bobbed his head awkwardly and went to his bed, brushing some fur off the sheets before setting them down.

I may be reading this wrong, because I’m not a native speaker and not very familiar with Zeb’s habits. Are you saying that Zeb brushed some fur off the bed sheets and then set the bed sheets down? Where have they been before he set them down? Is there a figure of speech I’m not aware of? My wild guess is that you wanted to say that Zeb put the books he was carrying down on the bed, and somehow lost a part of the sentence.

HG

(Eleven pages is short, right? :D)

Anyway, that meant I could actually read it. I don't have a lot to say, I'm afraid; I snerked at 'NeverLAN', and thought the idea of piggybacking Hook's plan was a nifty one (on your part, for storytelling, specifically; it didn't seem to gain the agents much).

I'm a little bit confused as to how the Suvian died? Did they leave her to drown, and if so, how did they know someone wouldn't come and rescue her? Heck, even Hook was after her, he could've plucked her off the rock to use in his dastardly schemes. Muahaha, etc.

[Reads interlude]

... well, I can't say I wasn't warned. ;)

hS

Haven't read the interlude yet, but the mission was OK. I only caught one spelling error:

They found several blackberry bushes, with plump fruits easily the size of their heads. They picked several berries—as many as they could carry—and perched on a leaf, plucking off individual druplets and biting into them, causing sweet juices to get everywhere.

There's an E missing: it's spelled "drupelet".

Memories stay forever.

Also happy to see Ave finally beginning to climb back from the pit.

Please don't break her again with My Immortal.

Nice to see Ave's slowly getting her bearings straight.

The mission was nice too - Zeb goign crazy with fairy stuff was very fun, and them both going around pickign and eathing berries was somewhat sooting... they were having a good time.

If I have to nitpick something, the ending of the mission felt somewhat rushed, but it might be me.

Not that you posted this (great idea!), but that I can't join in. :-/ Reason being, the characters I'd enjoy doing it with all turn out not to work.

-Dafydd and Constance are retired and well out of it.

-Agent Kaitlyn would just die quickly. She's competent, but not that competent.

-Selene could be interesting... except I have no desire to write an unhinged vampire in a war-zone. Shame.

-Morgan, again, could be very interesting - except her story would probably involve at least some of the other Time Lords, and I don't have the mind-power to even try to get into that.

But I will definitely be watching to see what comes out of it.

hS

I really need to do one more pass-through of self-editing before it's good enough for you to look at, though. I don't really have a time frame at the moment. <.>
—doctorlit keeps taking on new things and never finishes old things. Time travel is probably involved.

Hmm.

Hmmm.

Hoom

I'd need to think about what I'd like to do involving my agents, but this sounds like fun! Might have to send you an email in the future.

Also, pretty sure hobbits give presents on their birthdays, so I'd say this isn't unusual. :P

My email is Baridthetroll(at)gmail(dot)com With the usual replacements.

-Phobos

I'm not sure what to do...

Also, nice picture. XD

I know Voyd's told me about you, and I believe we've talked once or twice on the MGE chat. Hope you have a good time with us!

Have one of my own shed feathers, and a pocket-sized chibi Khepri! (The MGE version. Totally isn't a monster-girl version of the Khepri from SMITE, nope.)

I know I'm the one that brought you here, but have a magical shovel that digs up halos! Now you can shop at the Gates of Hell, ask Rodin for Colonel Kilgore.

Welcome!

Welcome to the madhouse, my name's Dorano, have some Bloffee. Trust me, you'll need it.

Another Elder Scrolls fan, eh? Shiny. Do you have a favorite faction (either Oblivion or Skyrim)?

Please accept this starter Pokémon:-

Iiiiiiit's Gorebyss!

And your starting item is:-

The Back-Up from Risk Of Rain

Now, The Back-Up's quite a peculiar item. When the holder gets down to 50% health, their attacks gain a 33% damage boost and hit all enemy targets without a damage penalty. Outside of Triple Battles, you're generally better off with a Life Orb, but Gorebyss can make use of it. Try a Timid one with Swift Swim and EVs in Special Attack and Speed, then give it Hydro Pump, Ice Beam, Psychic, and Signal Beam. Just remember to have fun! =]

Fandoms? I don't think I belong to many. Oh wait no, I know a few. Lets see here. Guild Wars, Guild Wars 2, MGE (Monster Girl Encyclopedia) Monster Musume, errrr what else. My Little Pony Friendship is Magic (Don't kill me please. 'cough')Fallout (Mainly 3-4), the Elder Scrolls (Mainly Oblivion and Skyrim.)I don't think I have any Anime fandoms. I don't stick around long enough for me to get THAT interested.

That little bird's name was Voyd211. I'm pretty sure you two might know each other.

Welcome a'Board! [Pokes the newbie]

In accordance with a very old PPC tradition which I'm trying to revive, have a bumper sticker!



hS

Have these black-hole chocolates, please. This place could be the one you're talking about, but I need you to answer some questions before giving you a confirmation: what are your fandoms?

What little bird was that? Tell me and I'll give you a snow globe that plays music when you shake it. Very pretty, delicate, German metal.

Have a Clem noggle. Chh-chh; Clem, Grakata!

Hello, and welcome aBoard! For your newbie gift, take this plate of freshly-made SPaGhetti!

If you haven't yet read them, may I point you towards the Original Series and the Constitution? They're pretty much the only required reading around these parts. Another useful resource you might use is the Wiki; if you have any questions, just look here before asking. We like it when newbies do the research. ;)

Hope you like it here!

Also, welcome! Here's a bucket of popcorn to eat while you read the Original Series and Constitution, linked to at the top of the board homepage! Enjoy your stay~!

I forgot my mom and I need to go on a last-minute Target run before the Tokyo trip.

Still fully intend to spork all of them.

I don't even remember claiming one of them, anyway (though I do know the story it would have gone with).

-Phobos

Keep, that is.

If I get a chance sometime this evening, I'll go through and update the claim dates to today, but even if I don't get there today, this is me officially continuing to claim whatever I've got.

~DF

Suicidal Nightmare and 120 Days Of Blueblood are mine. One day I may even get around to missioning them! =]

There are a bunch of undated entries right now, so there's no way of knowing how long those have been on. (Well, digging through the page history, but that's a chore.) After all the trouble eatpraylove went through last time to get the pages in order, it's a bit annoying that people haven't been keeping up with the system.

—doctorlit, up thirty-three minutes past his bedtime

Ship me all you like, with whoever or whatever you want. I mean, I got shipped with an actual ion last year, so... well. Weird shippery is fine. I'm female IRL, but I am totally okay with genderflippery and such.

This is my ship, there are many like it, but this one is mine.

Darkotas/Desdendelle because they have the Ds

My body and will are yours to defile. Enjoy!

Let's list our ships!

This is not the thread for writing stories. That'll be a little later. This is a thread of pure madness wherein we list the pairings (and more-ings) we ship in the PPC community. And then the list will be used to kick-start the main Shipfest, because it's actually made things dramatically more fun for the last two years. (Weird, right? I do something and it works?)

Da Rules:

-List your PPC Community ships - people in the PPC community (not organisation) that you totally think are/should be together.
-Give reasons for your ships. Otherwise it's just a random name generator.
-Revenge shipping is perfectly okay!
-Shipping someone with yourself - if you're not actually in a relationship - is a bit creepy; please don't do it.
-No stories. This is just a list. Stories is a later thread. (If you want to say whether you're willing to have stories written about you, go ahead; people can get a head-start on the writing-but-not-posting that way.)
-Have fun! It's a ludicrous exercise in ridiculousness, after all.

If you have a vehement objection to being even mentioned in a ship name, speak up, and people won't do it; it's as simple as that. And again - when the main Shipfest thread comes round, no-one will write stories with you in them unless you specifically give consent.

So... let the shipping commence!

hS

(I'll give my ships in a reply, so as not to clutter things up here.)

Is this a thing which a newbie without Permission could potentially participate in, in some way/shape/form?

Though I guess I can bump it up to today, since you've got a thread all ready for it...

hS, pondering

I mean, yes, it's interesting to see an Intelligence operative on a mission to a fic that's not quite bad enough to send in the ol' jackbooted legions of fangirl oppression, but other than that? There's not much to say. It's a fanfic review framed as someone bimbling around Hobbiton and following the action of the object of review.

Then again, that's basically what every PPC mission is, if you want to be unpleasantly sarcastic about it. =]

Still, it was an interesting diversion and didn't outstay its welcome. I think that's about it. =]

I know I read through Architeuthis' spinoff at some point in the past, but unfortunately it escaped my memory. Thank you for bringing it to my attention once again. My reading list expands once again!

I'm seconding Huinesoron on both the world-building and Architeuthis' way of worming into the world. Having to build a cover and integrate yourself really helps distinguish spies as being their own beasts, and not just slightly sneakier and less violent DMS agents. I also wanted to bring up the use of first-person perspective. I so rarely see it in the PPC, and it works really well here (especially with the overall lack of agent interaction once the story makes it to the fic).

That's why I occasionally write Intelligence reports myself - I love the format she came up with, and it's very different to what we usually see.

This mission in particular is a good one to reread for its worldbuilding. So Alice is telepathic because of nanobots? And she's a 'floater' (remember, this was way before the Department of Floaters was concieved)? I knew none of this!

One thing I particularly like is that Architeuthis doesn't just wander around spying on things. She has to give herself a cover, and slot into a world that can actually still see her. I'm not sure how to square that with the PPC standard of canon-cloaking, but it makes for an interesting read (even if she doesn't mention it very much).

hS

Definitely normal type for me. Can't wait to see how everyone's teams are going to turn out!

Get ready for (the beta) team Death From Below, the motley Ground-type crew:

-Cyr the Diggersby
-Banzai the Torterra
-Trident the Excadrill
-Bastion the Gastrodon
-Landorus-T
-Sigbert the Hippowdon
-Archer the Nidoking



I don't expect to get very far, but we'll see how it goes.

You get to face my Silver Version mono-Normal team!

Girafarig, Smeargle, Stantler, Fearow, Wigglytuff, Aipom and Eevee!

That's right: All pre-Gen III moves and no items! I'm sure that won't put me at any kind of disadvantage against the current metagame. 'Bout to teach you childrens how we did it back in 2000. SONNNNNNNNNN.

—doctorlit, actually ill right now

Now I'm beginning to regret that I have virtually no knowledge of Pokémon. Oh well, there's always next year, eh?

If I can get the time after work, maybe this year I'll be able to actually participate. Anyway... ahem. RELEASE THE BIRBS! (And one not-birb. But can still love birb. Because reasons.)

- Falchion, Skarmory (Steel/Flying)
- Pit, Togekiss (Fairy/Flying)
- Douglas, Talonflame (Fire/Flying)
- Moctezuma, Hawlucha (Fighting/Flying)
- Garuda, Zapdos (Electric/Flying)
- Rodan, Aerodactyl (Rock/Flying)

Substitute - Stratogale, Staraptor (Normal/Flying)

Team You Get Poison and You Get Poison Everybody Gets Poison

1. Venusaur Poison/Grass
2. Nidoking Poison/Ground
3. Crobat Poison/Flying
4. Drapion Poison/Dark
5. Scolipede Poison/Bug
6. Dragalge Poison/Dragon

I can only confirm I am using Flying types, but this is my idea currently.
Tropius
Honchkrow
Pidgeot
Gliscor
Crobat
Fan Rotom
Salamence
Is there anything wrong with this?

Do you need permission? OHKO moves allowed? Species clause? Sure someof these things sound like common sense, but I would try to get away with anything I can. >:)

Woo! I have been waiting for this all semester. I'm so in. My team currently is in the works.

My team is a mono Ghost. Jury is still out about my substitute, or eventual modification, but here they are for the moment:

Golurk
Chandelure
Gengar
Sableye
Trevenant
Douublade

Been a while since I've battled competitively, But I'm into trying this out. Tentatively going with Ghost, but I may change my mind. I'll post my team when I've done a little more research.

Still not sure if I'll be playing, so you can either leave it off the doc or be prepared to withdraw me. :P

In no particular order, with no particular certainty, and based almost entirely on appearance:

Charizard - Fire/Flying
Ninetales - Fire
Chandelure - Fire/Ghost
Torkoal - Fire
Pyroar - Fire/Normal
Camerupt - Fire/Ground
Delphox - Fire/Psychic

hS wanted Talonflame because it looks gorgeous, buuuut apparently it's banned. Guess that means I have good taste? ;)

I'm gonna be using a Fairy type team

Composition:
Mega-Gardevoir
Azumarril
Togekiss
Sylveon
Diancie
Clefable

I'm gonna experiment with a mono-Water team this year.

Quagsire
Starmie
Poliwrath
Alomomola
Empoleon
Mantine

Substitute: Floatzel

That is, Des' MonoFlying team:
-Ignis the Charizard
-Sanctigris the Hawlucha
-Tysis the Togekiss
-Quanta Vandal the Yanmega
-Torrid the Crobat
-Ripkas the Gliscor
-Torid the Mandibuzz, the substitute

(PS: Fun fact: Top Gun is called "אהבה בשחקים" — ahava ba'shkhakim — in Hebrew; it means "love in the sky".)

I didn't choose the Bug-type... the Bug-type chose me.

---

Scapegrace's Bug Type Team
Galvantula
Volcarona
Yanmega
Heracross
Armaldo
Scizor
Pinsir [Substitute]

I'm using Dark-types. Pangoro, Bisharp, Mandibuzz, Honchkrow, Hoopa Unbound, Absol.

It'll be pretty easy, since I've still got the files from last year... ^_^.

Have not decided whether I want to participate. Does the website (whatever the website was) have a play-against-computer option that could be used to test it out?

hS

If you wish to change your team roster before the cutoff, that is perfectly fine as well. Just post and I'll switch it right away.

I'm not sure whether we should do that or not, but Smogon's Monotype banlist is slightly different, compared to its OU banlist.

Psychic Type
Gardevoir
Gallade
Malamar
Delphox
Slowking
Reuniclus
[no substitute]

And it is almost scary how the lyrics fit for Rebellion despite the fact that that trainrewck didn't exist when the fandub was made.

I personally like Miku-tan's dubs of both opening and endings of PMMM, too.

I'm an anime fan, but I'm a sub person. What's more, English fandubs are just another foreign language to me (albeit one that I actually speak).
As to what you link: I've listened to Magia and Ignite, and well. I find AmaLee's voice annoying; further, Ignite is cringe-inducing. Just, no.
Instead, have Dragon Ball Z's Hebrew opening, which is a rather accurate translation of the Japanese Cha-la Head Cha-la.

But I do enjoy myself some fandubs. Natewantstobattle and AmaLee seem to be one of my more liked fandub singers.

More specifically, Natewantstobattle's Overlord opening.
And AmaLee's Noragami Aragato opening.

I have to go with a German fandub of 'Guren no Yumiya' from Attack on Titan... or, as some would call it:

SIE SIND DAS ESSEN UND WIR SIND DIE JAEGER!!! \m/

Although I'm not really into the series, I do enjoy this fandub.

Kelly's intriguing. Maybe it's your editing, but to me she doesn't seem so much snobbish as painfully bored. I don't think she needs to be taken down a notch; she needs something exciting to happen. And you've already got the beginning of something exciting: the paper carnations. They look innocuous (secret admirer flowers! How cute!), but they could easily signal something much more sinister. Or they could be sweet secret admirer flowers. Either way, I'm intrigued.

Oh, I have negative feedback too. Her reaction to the Harry Potter fic was confusing. Did reading it make her happy? Was she irritated by it? Was she slightly-less-bored by it? I couldn't really tell.

On the plus side, Kelly does seem to have a discernable character.

On the minus side, I really don't like the character she shows. She's condescending in the extreme, seeing herself above everyone (she doesn't descend to the banality of gossip). She knows what's good for the muppet better than he does, but won't deign to share her opinion. She knows better than the entirety of the PPC + J.K.Rowling how Harry Potter should be characterised, and is willing to consider not actually doing her job in order to promote that.

She... just doesn't come across as someone who would be interesting to either read about or write about. Are you actually enjoying writing her? If so, what about her is making you feel that way?

hS

(PS: I don't think you're after a beta as such; betas are for stories you think are finished and want to get another pair of eyes on. If you don't like the story, then you're not at that stage. ^_~)

Has someone already poked you? I see they have. Good; all newbies should be poked.

Since that's been done, I'll just leave you your Official Unauthorised PPC Bumper Sticker:



... and wish you a very enjoyable stay here.

hS

I like the Khajiits for Elder Scrolls. As for Redwall, foxes are my favorite vermin, and badgers are my favorite goodbeast.

'Bows politely' I'm not really a member of the PPC 'yet' But I think it would be nice of me to give you a present. Here are some Reese's Pieces and a Auto Shotgun with unlimited ammo. Just in case you have zombie troubles, or Sue troubles, or maybe even 'gasp' Zombie Sue troubles.

Well I guess take care and enjoy yourself, I certainly am.

Although I'm not sure we can talk about newbie with someone who lured so long on this Board. Anyway, have some black-hole chocolates.

So you finally decided to come out of the shadows and join us. You probably know almost everyone here better than me, so it's a little strange to welcome someone who's been here for so long. As a reward for joining us have a sonic wrench!

I feel weird about welcoming you, since you've technically been here for way longer than I have and you most likely know everyone here much better than I do. But anyway, have a fake dolphin! I look forward to seeing you around.

Have a shovel that digs up lost Let's Play videos!

Speaking of, you're worried about Texas infecting your accent? From one YouTuber I've seen, RoahmMythril, you're more like to get a blend. He was raised in Texas... by Scottish elders.

Please accept this starter Pokémon:-

Iiiiiit's Mienshao!

And your starting item is:-

Glass Cannon from The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth

Glass Cannon is an amazing held item - the 2x damage multiplier you get from it is the biggest in the game - but there are drawbacks. It halves the holder's Defence and Special Defence stats, which means that you have a hard time staying in. On the other hand, Mienshao's defences are pretty ropey anyway, so it's not that big of a deal. You'll want to go all in on the damage build, with Reckless as your ability, but I'd recommend a Jolly nature to maximize your speed since you will not be taking hits. From there, you want High Jump Kick, U-Turn, Knock Off, and Stone Edge, with EVs in Attack and Speed. Finally, just remember to have fun. =]

Welcome! Make yourself comfortable and have a slice of Infinite Pizza!



Also, because I have to:

Have one of my own shed feathers, along with a working replica of the Golden Snitch and a copy of the One Ring that totally doesn't make you invisible!