"Do not meddle in the affairs of assassins! They are heavily armed and quick to anger. And not noticeably subtle."

So far as I know it's not technically from a mission, but it just perfectly sums up the PPC to me. Fandom, humour, and a love of all things weaponry. Plus, it holds a special place in my heart for being one of the first things I read when I found the PPC.

"I punched that cat in the face one time, people! ONE! TIME!"
(SkarmorySilver)

"You forgot 'mass goblin sex.'"

"I said unspeakable acts in Moria. Unspeakable, as in should not be spoken of ever again."

"WHY IS THE POOP THERE?"

That mission was the funniest I've ever been. Ix and I knocked it out of the park on that one, and I've never quite reached the same heights. The writing was natural, the agents had real chemistry, it just... worked. It worked really, really well.

Ein Frohliche Weihnachten mit Doktor Trollenfisch und Gabrielle is the best mission I've ever written, mostly because I was working with, to say nothing of inspired by, one of my best friends. It's my favourite line because it reminds me of the wonderful time I had working on that fic, and who knows? Maybe I'll write something as good again.

One day. =]

"It's happened again." Jay leaned back from her console, indicating a flashing red light. "Someone's mucking with the plot continuum."

The famous line that started the entire community. I was hooked the instant I read it.

Not a single quote, but a whole dialog.

"You claimed to create God. You realize that God created the universe, right?"

"Duh."

"And you're part of the universe, so God created you, right?"

She nodded.

"But you created God. You're the Mother of God—and don't give me any BS about a physical incarnation. You gave birth to God's 'true form'. She said so, remember? So, how could God create the universe, and yourself, if she didn't exist yet?"

"I . . . she . . . what?"

"You heard me. Explain how you can exist if God created the universe, but you only now created God."

"I create God, then God creates the universe at the beginning of time and creates me so I can create her! It's a stable time loop!"

"Wrong! If Elaine is present at the beginning of the universe, that negates the causality loop requiring her to be born now. If she's already there at the beginning of time, she doesn't lie dormant 'waiting for the perfect match to find each other'. If that doesn't happen, you don't give birth to her. If you don't give birth to her, she doesn't exist, and neither do you. The loop collapses, and you—both of you—cease to be."

The two looked at each other.

"Oh dear," said Rachel.

"I hadn't thought of that," said Elaine.

Both of them promptly vanished in a puff of logic.

Supernumerary, killing glitterbags and 'gods' with logic.

And for bonus points, the first part of it:


"Shut up! You've played the helpless victim card so hard I doubt you could even touch me." And then inspiration struck, and he grinned. "In fact, I know you can't. You just gave birth. It's taken a lot out of you. You're in a lot of pain, and your muscles are about as useful as cooked spaghetti right now."

And it was true. The world received its instructions and, because they were spoken with conviction and made perfect sense, took them to heart.

From Neshomeh's mission to "Ring Child." It describes what we do pretty well, and it's also quite awesome. :D

Boy, am I late to this party! I'm a newbie myself, so I don't recognise you, but welcome back! Did you miss your sporking days? :) I'm Matilda or Ivy, or any variation of either. I'd be impressed if there even are any nicknames for Ivy.
Have some chocolate. Chocolate is good.

Take a seat by the fireplace, there's always a comfy chair lying about somewhere.

Oh, and take these macrobinoculars. Binoculars, compass, rangefinder, and video camera all rolled into one. Handy, isn't it?

Not as awesome as you are, obviously, but I try.

Ever played any of the Mother/Earthbound games, which inspired Undertale?
Played Mother 3. Jolly good time.
Jolly good writing.

My gift to you is: eighty kilograms of powdered limbium, the only metal harvested from arms and legs.
It was discovered by the very conveniently named John Limb, and was probably invented by God, or someone or something of that type. John Limb, conveniently, was also probably invented by God or someone or something of that type.

Please accept this starter Pokémon:-

Iiiiiiiiit's Roserade!

And your starting item is:-

Holy Limbs from Rogue Legacy!

Now, for a special attacker like Roserade, Holy Limbs is a fantastic item. Not only does it grant a 20% damage boost to all your Special moves, but it also has a 50% chance to raise your Special Attack for every kill you get. This in mind, you're going to want to go all in on damage. I'd recommend using a Timid one with Technician and giving it the moves Sleep Powder, Sludge Bomb, Hidden Power Fire, and Giga Drain for a bit of reliable healing. Remember that you're vulnerable to physical attacks, though - but also remember to have fun. =]

Happy for you that you came back to this madhouse. Have a pot of black-hole coffee, please.

Welcome back, Himu! Have a cup of confused Lapsang Souchong as a welcome-back gift — just be gentle with it, it's not certain whether it smells like a campfire or something else.

I do recognize your name, actually: You posted those two Rune Factory fics on the Unclaimed list. I did a giant cleanup of said list a few weeks ago, so they're not there anymore.

It's nice to properly meet you! Have a pack of miniature index cards, a red pen, and a sweetroll!

Hey there, and welcome back aBoard! Take this plate of freshly-made SPaGhetti!

And I'm guessing it was three years ago, unless someone else drops by to correct me—I showed up back in 2014 and they've been trying to get rid of me ever since. :P

Hopefully you stick around this time!

What a fun mission! I'm glad to see that HTTYD is getting some fan fiction justice. I did notice one error during the scene where Toothless is watching his food with a love-sick expression. The agents were "fetching" against the wall instead of "retching" (I assume).

I do have to wonder what happened to Ruby and Vamps, though. They were as out of place as the Sue and her stupid Night Fury subspecies/variant/whatever, but they were never mentioned again after their first appearance. I would've thought the agents took care of them too? IDK.

Anyway, great work as usual, and if what you've said earlier is true, I look forward to reading Charlotte and Ix's first mission! :D

This glitterbag felt really stupid. What the heck are people thinking when they write people like this? Kudos for Librarian too.



Rant. Sorry, I need this out of the system.

I'll sound like a broken record and a fanbrat, but this tracker annoy me. The events the Aviator talked about already happened, and she paid for them, how the duck talking about them for psychological help, something which show that these events felt real, have lasting and realistic consequences would rise an alarm? Why punish a realistic behaviour? Does this thing exist to make sure Ave can never get better and remain a wreck or what?

Mine had an OC that Patrick married named Patricia and a type of flower called Poofkins that Spongebob grew for Sandy.

Honestly, though, this is just stupid.
Let's bring the kid's show into the thing that implies sex.
Nice.
Smart.
For our next job, let's bring our car into a wall.
Let's bring plastic into a microwave.
Let's bring ourselves into a wildfire.

Luckily, I enjoy Punnett squares.

My Civil Procedure Class's final was the Red Wedding at a 21st Century Construction sight.

We had the exact same homework assignment when I was in ninth grade. holy crap that feels so long ago now My teacher seemed to think that bringing Spongebob into the genetics lesson would appease us. :/

This reminds me of the infamous MLP resume that cropped up on the Internet a while ago. Only, well, resumes can be ignored, but you were actually supposed to do this assignment and wade through all the (presumably awful) OCs within. Blech.

It doesn't help that I've never particularly liked Spongebob, especially not after the sheer amount of marketing related to that show. IT'S EVERYWHERE. Gods, I feel that Frozen, Minions, and freaking Shrek look tame in comparison.

I'm not a dream journal person, more of just a regular journaling type. I still found this article really interesting and maybe if I start having consistent dreams, I'll try it out!

because I can't remember my dreams.
I heard that a good technique to remember your dreams is to keep a dream journal.
A dream journal of the dreams you can't remember yet.

I feel like that wasn't thought out very well.

Fascinating.
What I fond really interesting was that I've been keeping a dream diary for several years now, mostly because I don't want to chronicle my tedious life. Now that I think about it, all these years I've had it I've never experienced too much writer's block. I'll remember this if I ever get it again.

Other than Generic Surface, I don't believe anyone has bothered to draw more than about six pages of PPC comic. The extremely abbreviated Breathing Space mission in GS was 34 pages long. See the problem? ;)

hS

That ultimately depends on the author and the amount of effort they are willing to spend. Creating comics is a more complicated process than just writing a story and illustrating it. Pacing is different. Dialogue is different. Action is different. The whole thing is closer to a script than a conventional story. You're more than willing to try making all your stories as comics, but be aware that it's going to be a tricky thing.

I present to you: Generic Surface!

Though they're not missions in the traditional sense since he made up the badfics within, and the comic is all done with LEGOs (and quite well, too!), rather than a drawn medium which is what I assume you meant.

As for a full spinoff done in comic format...? None, as far as I'm aware.

You've, uh, not experienced the slow page of emailling hS before, have you? :D

hS

It's a brilliant idea.

As for stuff I've made, there's really only this:


Which is a rather old piece that I'm still fairly fond of, despite its many flaws.

My apologies for the awful photo quality. The picture was taken with shaky hands, poor lighting, and a camera phone. Not exactly ideal.

Only things I would have are Warhammer miniatures, that I never painted for a lack of time and talent. (Why, GW, why these prices, why the Sigmarines?)

Although there also was that time I broke my brother's Lego Slave 1. Had to reconstruct it twice, because I mounted the firing mechanism backwards the first time. Still, the fact I had to improvise to replace some lost pieces made it a little more unique.

Just a question: What does that Circular Gallifreyan say?

The pic qualiti isn't all goo, it all depends on when my phone likes to work or not.

First one, as a former World of Tanks player who liked the Hetzer and liked Girls Und Panzer even more I couldn't resist doing this after finding a cheap Italeri model:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-OpVQVHsyhQVmx0YmpMLWZkQ1U/view?usp=sharing

Ooarai Academy's Team Turtle Hetzer. The thing was a nightmare to build as I wasn't a very experienced model builder back then - not only it is in the small 1/72 scale, the Hetzer is tiny compared to other tank destroyers of the time... the model is just three inches long, barrel included! "Decals" were printed by me "stolen" from a GuP mod for World of Tanks, and I did some small modification to the model (like leaving out the roof-mounted machine gun as it is absent in GuP)

More recently, I'm into building Gundam models. They're addicting! Have two in the works so far, they still need some finishing touches but are already assembled.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-OpVQVHsyhQSDh1YUpaaG4xNkk/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-OpVQVHsyhQb1l3Z2pHa084YVE/view?usp=sharing

Yes, they're customized. Some of the additions are scratch built, some parts are from customization kits, and some are cross-switched between the two.

That YW scroll is amazing! 8D

And kudos to your wife, as well. /o Yay, Oath-takers!

Sorry.
Got nothing else.

Being in Theatre, I know how to use all manner of tools on all manner of materials.

Exhibit 1: Drill press on dice



These were made for our engagement/fake wedding. Mine is on the left, Neshomeh's is on the right.

Now for something bigger and fancier.

Exhibit B: Sewing machine on multiple fabrics.



I made a cloak for Neshomeh (seen here modeling) one Christmas. It is made of faux-crushed velvet (very stretchy) and some kind of satiny fabric (very slick). The hood is velvet inside and out, the satin lines the inside of the rest. There is also a gold knot-work closure.

When I asked for photos of the cloak, Nesh pulled an entire costume out of the closet. Here is a better look at both the cloak and the rest of the costume.



Next time, I would make sure to only have one difficult fabric, the combination of stretchy on slick was a major pain. I'd also need a sewing machine. I borrowed my aunt's for this project.

-Phobos

Here's the most serious piece I've done to date:



It is charcoal and chalk on... I don't remember. Is chalk paper a thing? It's thick gray paper with a noticeable grain. *shrug* I made it in 2008 (if I'm reading my handwriting correctly) as a Christmas present for Phobos, and unfortunately, I rushed the background because I ran out of time. Sigh.

~Neshomeh

Phobos and I have some arts and crafts to share, but my camera battery has to charge first so I can take proper pictures.

Meanwhile, hS, what are the chances of me talking you guys into making another Two Trees candleholder so I can buy it from you? {= D

~Neshomeh

(I thought the colorful badge would be for getting all the badges, but you still don't have the blue and yellow roses or the crossed pens, so I guess not? I'd say it was for posting arts & crafts, but then why doesn't Iximaz have it already?)

I might have to pay a visit so I can steal borrow acquire steal that Gallifreyan wall art and the Two Trees, because those are gorgeous. The other stuff is cool, too, but those are my favorites. :)

Aside from my costumes, which I think everyone's getting bored of, I don't really have too much in the way of home-made fandom stuff, but I do have my own wand... several... a lot...



The one fourth from the right is "my" wand, custom-made to fit the one I got through Pottermore, though the three on the far right are all various wands I had as a kid.


Also, apropos the LEGO discussion further down the thread... I'm about to show how obsessed I am.


The Chamber of Secrets and the Second Task.


The graveyard, Sirius' tower, the Shrieking Shack, and Hagrid's Hut.


The Quidditch Pitch, Diagon Alley, and the Durmstrang Ship. (That's Helm's Deep in the bottom right.)


PoA Hogwarts, the mountain troll, Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, and the Hogwarts Express.


The iconic vehicles.


My favorite piece of any set. :P

(I had to put them all together so that kind of counts as building, right? Right?!)

Especially the Two Trees.
Also, if this is the last time, does this mean you're gonna tell us what each icon means?
Also also, I don't have any fandomish stuff lying around, but I do have a collection of Star Wars LEGO models. And a couple sword-like sticks.

"Another four bricks in the wall" - panelists discuss name suggestions for the four new elements on the Periodic Table.

Go to page 5 to see what they say about octarine's chances. {= ) (Spoiler: they're not good, but we can still hope.)

~Neshomeh

The bracket will be posted tomorrow, and from there it will be up to participants to schedule their battles with their opponents!

We will be using Pokémon Showdown to battle each other; after each match, please post a replay link in the tournament thread (which I will be starting tomorrow).

Best of luck, everyone!

My final team shall be as follows:

- Emolga
- Ampharos
- Galvantula
- Zapdos
- Eelektross
- Lanturn
&
- Magneton (Subbing)

Best of luck to everyone. I am unbelievably excited for this!

Dragon-type, because... it's me. :P

Dragonite, Zygarde, Druddgion, Salamence, Hydreigon, Latios.

I think I've got my team settled down. I'll finalize by moving Delphox down to the reserve, so Ninetailstales can get some screen-time.

hS

(Though the idea of taking in a team of Fire-type starters is still very appealing...)

...but I'll hopefully have something today.

If it is played on PS, I'll be using this team. I feel like Steel types really need other types to bring out their full potential, but I still think this mono team's pretty good. It's:

-Heatran
-Skarmory
-Doublade
-Magnezone
-Metagross
-Klefki
-Empoleon (Substitute)

Would it be possible to play the matches on Pokémon Showdown? There are several reasons that make me think it's a good idea.

1) I'm a lazy bastard.
2) It would allow others to see the matches live, which is cool, I guess.
3) I'm still lazy.

So... Pretty please?

Got a MonoGround team that's done well on Showdown's ladder, AND I've been making adjustments to it recently so I've got a good substitute. Just tell me where to put it.

Would it be possible to organize a looser bracket? It would be a shame of only doing one match if you're unlucky.

Wow, there's been a lot of 'em lately. Anywhat, although I am incredibly new and shiny I will present you with a plate of cheeses.

Here's a rainbow tie-dyed T-shirt and a Black Lives Matter button! Wear them both at once to give raging conservatives an aneurysm! >:)

You're back!
Good on ya.
I gift upon you:
A pair of obnoxiously loud headphones, and:
A compilation of frogs screaming. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYKPdNvH800

Don't enjoy them at the same time.

Please accept this NG+ starter Pokémon:-

Iiiiiiiit's Mamoswine!

And your NG+ starting item is:-

Infestation from The Binding Of Isaac: Afterbirth!

Infestation's a pretty amazing item, since you get to make an additional attack with a BP 60 Bug-type move that does physical non-contact damage after your turn. For the next 1-3 turns. Every time you get hit by a physical contact move. On a mon like Mamoswine, it's brilliant, since it has a high Attack stat. To get the most out of it, get an Adamant one and train it in Attack and Speed, with the last points in HP. For moves, you'll want Ice Shard, Icicle Crash, Earthquake, and Knock Off, then just chuck it out and let 'er rip! The most important thing to remember when using it, however, is to have fun. =]

Welcome back aBoard! I'm about as new to the PPC as humans are to the universe, which is to say I'm still very shiny and relatively sane. I'm not sane. Whoops.
Have some chocolate from the land of Germany, because German chocolate is lovely. I also present you with The Ultimate Frisbee complete with GPS tracker and recall button to help you with your game of Ultimate Frisbee. (I'm very bad at the aforementioned sport.) Once again, welcome back!

-Ivy Matilda Blue

Have this replica Holocron. It may not have ancient Jedi secrets, but it does have a handy map of the Star Wars galaxy complete with tourist destinations and tips on avoiding the latest war.

I think I actually remember your name, though I've only recently ceased lurking so you definitely don't know mine. Good to have you back!

I'm kind of in the same boat as you, except with a 4 year gap between leaving for exams and returning. Nice to meet you! (Again? I don't remember.)

Anyway, have a pack of watercolour pencils and a Luigi plushie. Everyone needs a Luigi plushie!

As a welcome-back gift, have this tiny turtle. It whistles like a teapot.

Have some black-hole chocolates. And since you hae got Agents, I'll add a self-updating guidebook of all the deathtraps in the multiverse. All the handy ways of disposing of a glitterbag.

Tough luck with university. I can only wish you better luck with this year.

I remember you! Here, have this plate of fresh SPaGhetti. :)

Sorry to hear about school giving you a rough time, but I'm glad things are doing better for you.

And I'm sorry to hear you failed and had to relearn Stats. As someone who has had to take a crash course on it for my software position, I can say for certain that it gets a lot harder as you go deeper.

Anyway, I hope to see you around more often, and best of luck with your writing projects, both academic and personal! :D

Can't say I was fond of it.
I feel like it was written on the run. Things just happen, and I have no idea why.
The logic of some of the characters is Venusian, and I, in general, didn't really care about any of them.

My favourite thing in the movie is how Batman's ultimate purpose is to be 'the guy with the gun.'
Batman is famous for firearms, after all.
And killing people.

I mean, I probably should go and see it, just to see if its as much of a car crash as it's been made out to be (spoilers: the answer is almost certainly yes), but I read The Dark Knight Returns and everything about it just made me dry-heave. I despise that conceit, and I equally despise the idea of Batman as some kind of super genius planner (if he's that brilliant, why doesn't he have plans in place to keep his rogues' gallery in their various mental institutions) and the one we're supposed to root for because he's not Superman. It shows a total misunderstanding of what Superman is (IMO, YMMV) supposed to be - someone to aspire towards, someone who is great and through their greatness allows us to be more. Batman is not some kind of populist hero. Batman is the exact antithesis of a populist hero. He's an immensely wealthy private individual with a penchant for dressing in spandex and a hateboner for the poor (odd that he doesn't really go after corporate criminals but instead gangbangers who have precious little else in their lives). And that's okay. There's a lot you can do with that character. I just hate how he's been morphed into this unstoppable, overprepared mope machine purely because he's popular and hangs around with the Justice League.

The Dark Knight Returns purported to pitch human against superhuman, Earth against Krypton, mental strength against physical power. What we got was Batman dressing up as a knockoff Space Marine punching Superman in the face. It's garbage. Compare his anti-Supes suit with the Marvel version: Tony Stark's Hulkbuster armour. The key difference is that the Hulkbuster suits don't work particularly well and are largely there as a precautionary measure - the Hulk doesn't have a lot of control, and it should help lower the collateral damage until Banner comes back. Batman has his suit because he doesn't trust Superman, because he doesn't trust anyone, because he's an ungodly wealthy sociopath wallowing in the only real tragedy to ever cross his life. Plus, throw in Lex Luthor as an industrialist trying to persuade him that Superman's a menace when Superman keeps fighting him should give a supposedly sane and smart person at least a little pause. But no, we get Batman versus Superman: Dawn of The Dark Knight Returns to the Death of Superman and/or Justice. Christ.

I'll take it as read that Gal Gadot's scenes are good - Zack Snyder can do precisely one thing well, which is shoot conventionally attractive women in fetishy outfits beating nine kinds of hell out of CGI monsters, and he does it really well - but one does have to wonder what she's been given to work with by him. He, er, doesn't exactly have the strongest track record with women in his work. Just look at Sucker Punch. Or, er, don't. That is also an option. As Bob Chipman put it, his film aesthetic is "somewhere between Alex Ross and some guy who airbrushes dragons and wizards onto the sides of panel vans in southern California", and the sexual politics of his movies are skin-crawlingly bad at times.

Don't get me wrong, I want this to be good. I want more good movies in my life. I just... don't think it's going to be. The bar is low, and I fully expect Snyder and company to see it practically on the ground, share a meaningful glance, and go off to look for some shovels.

What, does Superman fly around the world so fast it goes back in time, or something?

1.) Is it possible for a pair of agents to only work in one continuum, but multiple departments?
2.) How do Agents from the Real World find the PPC? This has stumped me for ages.
3.) This one is sort of clarification. We are allowed to role play our agents/agent concepts before we have Permission (if there's an rp going on), correct?
Many thanks! I hope I'm not inconveniencing anyone.

-Vee

You can check the Killed Badfic sections, and see that many badfics missioned are even shorter. as long you find enough charges, everything will go smoothly.

Even one-shots are sporkable if they're bad enough.

I transferred the major changes into a new file.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/108sqm4_79vMO-09NG4DYMSkxOSXonq9DlRVaKCv3X6c/edit?usp=sharing

It seems that species names seem to be the same name as the planet and nationality. I don't capitalize human or cat, but to use hat planet naming conventions, we would be Terrans and the cats would be called Terran felines. Or would it be Terran Cat?

If you mean can you have stories for both prompts in the same document, I'm pretty sure the answer is 'yes, just make sure it's clear where each one starts'. On the other hand, looking at your wording and the doc makes me think you meant 'can I write one story using both prompts', which...is a pretty neat idea, though I have no idea if that's an okay/done thing or not. Someone else want to clarify? Do we even have an answer for this yet?

A Bit of Light Betaing (because I noticed some things but don't actually have much free time right now):

In terms of the actual story, which I glanced through a very little bit (okay, I mainly read through the ending for some reason): I see you have a Klingon in there. That's cool! Is the Klingon meant to be a particular Klingon (I believe there are only two currently identified as agents--Morgan's former partner, and Kozar)? Or is he a new one? Either way, he needs a capital letter on 'Klingon' (see Memory Alpha for how it's used--which is quite simple: just capitalize it!--and for more information on Klingons).

Speaking of more information on Klingons: what September says to him? That should get her a *very* angry Klingon, not a Klingon who gets distracted by the ball of whatever it is (do I...want to know? My current guess is 'horse dung', except...from the centaur? Which sounds like a slur against centaurs, but...)

And, of course, speaking of the ball and the interaction with the Klingon and everything: it seems...kind of nonsensical. Even leaving aside the Klingon not really reacting to the insult apart from stomping over, I don't understand what the ball is, why it's there, what the Klingon knows about it (or why he should care), and, perhaps most importantly, why the Klingon feels so urgently responsible for it that it's the only thing he focuses on.

Also: er, would a Babysitters Club character really swear like that? I was under the impression they didn't really do that in those books, though my knowledge admittedly comes from the first few Snark Squad reviews of the books and not from reading them myself. Also: Babysitters, no apostrophe. There's some ridiculous reason in one of the first few books.

One more small thing: Kelly says she comes from a "Ben 10 Men In Black crossover." Crossovers are generally denoted by either an x (as in Ben 10 x Men in Black) or a slash (as in Ben 10/Men in Black). As well, titles of movies, TV shows, books, magazines, and so on (probably games as well) are usually italicized, giving us "Ben 10/Men in Black crossover." And, lastly, Men in Black doesn't have 'in' capitalized, according to iMDB and grammar rules. (Similarly, Star Trek has no hyphen and gets italicized.)

...and one last thing: I don't see any mention of which prompts you've used, and I can't really guess (partly because I don't exactly have them all memorized). So: which prompts have you used? And might I suggest putting them somewhere visible in the doc, either before or after the story text?

Hope that helps a little.

~DF

Kelly Stone is a human from a Ben 10 MIB crossover. She worked for a bunch of aliens who had an exorcism business. It was a scam because they would set up the hauntings.

She had polarized reading glasses which would prevent neuralysation. I would like for her to be able to keep the uncanonical technology.

Kelly has a mean streak, but mostly it should be directed towards Sues and badfic. Most of her moods are defined by how irritated she is. Almost nothing really surprises her. If she says "good job" and means it, she's actually really impressed.

Kelly is very picky about what she eats and drinks. She also hates getting substances on her, but getting muddy is considered highly annoying instead of something to freak out about. She prefers to keep her RC and equipment neat and tidy. This is not OCD, it's just recognizing that keeping things organized makes life easier.

Kelly is good at predicting what will go wrong and avoiding it. She has an almost obsession with the Ironic Overpower, which means that not having the worst thing try to happen is slightly disturbing for her.


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September Johnson came from an artist colony. The ideal personality type was Manic Pixie Dreamgirl. Since September was a more down-to-earth type, she was a bit of an outcast. She's also shy. She doesn't seem to have any special artistic talent. She would have been good at science if she had been encouraged to pursue it as a child. She loves science fiction.

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Tom had to leave the field because he couldn't control his non-specific mental problem when he doesn't get enough sleep.

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I hated writing the Orkan. Hopefully that plothole was lined with spikes.

Would the minis for all versions of MLP be Discords, or would they be something that matched their generation? If different, would it match the setting, or the setting that the character comes from?

…either by the coordinators of the continuum-specific OFU or (if no such OFU exists) by the first person to write a mission for that continuum, as stated on the Mini wiki page. How "iconic" the mini turns out to be is ultimately depends on the person creating it.

In the case you've given regarding mini-dragons, I would argue for misspellings creating either a non-descript dragon or a dragon with a power somehow connected to whatever was misspelled. I would also argue that mini-dragons are a little generic, especially since there are also multiple canons that use mini-dragons or dragon-like creatures. But like I said before, it's up to the person creating it.

For example (quoting the wiki), Avatar: the Last Airbender/Avatar: Legend of Korra minis vary depending on the nation of the misspelling. Air Nomads create mini-Sky Bisons, Water Tribals create mini-Unagi, Earth Kingdom subjects create mini-Badgermoles, Fire Nationals create mini-Fire Dragons, and Republic City-related people and events create mini-Fire Ferrets. Unaffiliated or miscellaneous minis take the form of mini-Flying Lemurs, and all minis default to this form when sent to the Official Fanfiction University of Avatar: the Last Airbender.

I noticed in some instances, like in a fantasy universe, that the mini is the first monster encountered (God knows I wouldn't choose a Fury for the PJO continuum... Can we change that?).

In others it's simply a miniature version of the character or item in question.

Others may even be an important character (Mini-Roots? Who cam up with that for the Artemis Fowl continuum) or iconic item.

Thanks, Iximaz. and happy Regeneration day to you! In some way, it's a far more appropriated name for this day. Now I'll find some way to convince the bells of dropping dark chocolates eggs...

And thank ye kindly for the balloon, Iximaz.

Also, totally stealing Regeneration Day. It's perfect.

Thanks for the balloon :) Here are two multicolored rabbit toys for you to pat, cuddle, or play with as you decide!



https://cdn-img-3.wanelo.com/p/71d/80d/d12/da10b9558bb460b41ee08f9/x354-q80.jpg

*pats the bunnies*

bramandintook at gmail dot com

Both videos are excellent. Broad Strokes, where have you been all my life? Beautiful choreography, great characterization, every detail in place. Moar plz! If I had money, I would go tell them to shut up and take it right now.

~Neshomeh

This time, we get a Dumbledore story.

I've been incredibly busy lately, but I promise that I'm looking at all the material (I have about a thousand notes on my phone where I write down all my deductions). I'm really excited to get to all of them, and I promise that I'm still doing this. My schedule has just been absolutely packed, meaning I don't have as much time for the things I want to do.

Next deduction day will be next Thursday! Thanks for putting up with me.

-Vee

Yesterday, I was putting together Nanoblocks. The table was crowded so I had to put the tray with the blocks on my left and the instructions on my right. I was using my left hand to manipulate the blocks about half of the time.

Left hand.

Right hand.

Desk.

Handwriting sample #1.

Handwriting sample #2.

Deduce away — I am curious as to what you will come up with.

Since I'll be prodding desk photos later, I figured it would be only fair to share mine.

Split up into three pieces for space, and with apologies for the camera quality. (The black bar is a... no, actually, you can go ahead and deduce that too.)


Left


Centre


Right

Fire away. ^_^

hS

Left hand.


Right hand.


My desk, which is never used because... well, take a look for yourself.


My actual writing space.



You did a good job with the handwriting sample so I'm interested to see what you do with these.

Seriously, this the opening to a horror story and involves burning alive (It's a nightmare, honest). You've been warned.

Anyone who is still here, see what you can make of my handwriting.



-Phobos

I took some cell phone pictures of my handwriting and my "desk," which isn't really a desk. You'll see.

Here's the handwriting sample. Be warned, though, it's from a future mission. It's not exactly spoilers, but still, don't look if you don't want to see it in this very, very rough state. (And in case anyone is wondering, no, I don't usually hand-write my missions. This is a special case.)

And here's my desk, from left to right: part 1, part 2, part 3, and part 4.

No hand pictures, at least not right now. The lighting is crappy, so they wouldn't be very good.

~Neshomeh

On the tumblr Ivy linked, I saw the author analyzing the rooms/working spaces that people have sent to them, just for him to tell something about the sender. So I thought to myself... Okay, let's skip the right hand/left hand beginner's course and go straight to this:

What can you tell?

As you said, I'll sometimes try to figure things about people watching them or listening to them. As awesome as it would be to have Holmes's abilities of observation, I doubt I'll ever get very good—but I'm a little in awe that you're pursuing it.

So, I have a . . . potential deduction, if you want to try. I have some minor injuries on my hand—nothing gory or actively bleeding or anything, but I'll understand if you don't want to look at the pictures and ignore this post. I'll link them below.

So, what caused the following three injuries? And what else can you determine from these shots (if anything)? Let me know if you need a hint or two later. The following three pictures are left hand, right hand, right hand. Minor warning for minor injuries.

—doctorlit hopes he isn't being squicky or weird with this at all . . .

Post this on Thursday and, with a little bit of German magic, call it Deduction Donnerstag! :D

Also, I'm afraid both links redirect me to this exact thread instead somewhere outside.

Life goes on, I suppose. I hope everyone who knew her is adjusting and has the support they need. . . Email is clickable if you're, I don't know, revisiting this thread after a hard day and you want to talk to someone, or something.

I pray that her family finds peace during this troubled time, and I suggest that you take the time to grieve as well. If you ever need someone to talk to, I'm willing to listen. You should have my e-mail address already.

It's so easy to take for granted that the people who come and go in this community are somehow immune to living and dying like everyone else, and that there is all the time in the world to get to know them. This is a sobering reminder of how untrue that is.

My heart goes out to her loved ones. I know nothing could have prepared them for this. I hope they'll somehow come to recover and move on.

I don't know that there's anything to say. I didn't know her. And now I never will.

But there are people here who did, and my mind goes out to you.

May she rest in peace...

And may whatever gods or spirits there may be watch over her.

I joined recently after her, and never got the chance to meet her. However, I hope that her afterlife is joyful, and send my condolences.

-Vee

Somewhere,
over the rainbow,
way up high,
there is someone,
someone,
who shouldn't have...

And yet, as sad as it is, I'm glad to know about it. I worry sometimes that people I don't see online anymore have died, and I'll never know, never have the opportunity to grieve properly. So thank you, Matt, for sharing this news with us.

*hugs*

~Neshomeh

My sympathies to her loved ones.

Do you mind if I share a poem I found when my papa died?

Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there. I did not die.

*offers all the hugs*

The day of her accident, I had actually won the first mini4wd race after I got back into racing. So I wish to dedicate this cup in her memoir:



*salutes*

Are you doing okay?

I never knew her but my heart goes out to everybody who did.

Although no words can bring her back to us, nor give enough support to those who grieve her passing, it feels right to say this.
May she find herself at rest and at peace wherever she is now, may her God look after and comfort those who were close to her and give them a light to carry on in this dark time.

Storme Hawk

Just no. That's horrible.

I can't say anything worthwhile.

I'm sorry.

I'm only a bit down Page 3 (I'm busy with other stuff) but there are definitely some charges in the last couple of pages (like completely removing Venom from Bane's body and completely healing Superboy's ear) that seem to stray into Sue territory.
To be fair though the author has stuck fairy rigidly to Young Justice, and has made it so that Oh El (aka the main character) isn't too OP. Is it truly mission worthy? I don't know at the moment, it depends on how things go as the fic goes on. Would I base a mission on what I've read so far? No, there's not enough there.

...but all I can think here is 'wow, you read OOTS too?'

Every new block of text is a different person's POV. Warning, contains an mpreg birth scene. In their species, the men give birth.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11222107/1/Stay-or-go

I haven't got to far into it and I have to agree with you, something is off about the writing, I think it's the sentences, they're either two words long or about a line long most of the time. The worst case I've found so far is:

"everything hurts too much! My arms. My chest. My abdomen, my teeth, my eyes!"

They obviously know to list things you use commas, but My arms and My chest are two sentences separate to the rest of the list for some reason (also not sure about the use of exclamation marks)

Interesting note: the main character (still haven't found a name yet) is actually from around Eastbourne, I study at Brighton University (so not that far away), so his description of the train line makes little sense, the line east out of Eastbourne splits BEFORE Polegate station, not after it, so why he would mention the station at all is weird (possible charge there, if anyone picked this up).

Another weird bit, he looks at the business of offices to work out what time it is, not the sun (and even if he is in New York, he hasn't stopped flying around yet so he could go high enough to avoid all the skyscrapers.

That's all for Part 1 (I've got to go now) I'll finish looking at it later

I can't promise I'll have anything useful to say, but it never hurts to have an extra pair of eyes, aye?

If only I had / Permission to write / the tales of the PPC / as I scribble through the night...

AKA I would love to, but I can't. Whoops. The song is to the tune of If Only, from The Little Mermaid, because that was my most recent show, and the songs are still stuck in my head. If there's anything I can do to help with this sporking, I am up for the challenge!

-Vee

The graphs were really intruiging - how do you keep track of all the posts? It certainly appears to be a lot of work just looking at it, so congratulations on a job well done.

Also, the badges are absolutely brilliant. I was inwardly squealing when I saw them. They're so colourful, and the designs are creative and adorable. I'm curious, now - how did I earn the Threadlocked badge?

-Vee

I didn't mean to gunjump, it just came to me!

What'd I gunjump over, again?

I've been very curious about this whole thing. Yay! I finally know what the badges mean! =D This was all really cool, hS. I hope you do more stuff like it in the future.

I'm curious, though; what did I post that you couldn't think of a way to respond to?

-Alleb

Do you have full charts for all board activity? I mean, as in boarders joined, posts, mission rate, just.. things in general, for the entire history of The Board. Yeah, this does look kinda sad. But the thing is, this isn't exactly sone of those sites you can find easily on the internet. That may be a good thing, though. Less trolls to worry about. The more people in an internet community, the higher chance that someone will make it so that we can't have nice things. I do wish I had caught on to how the badges really work, they seemed cool. I'm a bit sad because now, I think this means the decline of the Absurdly High Level Hobbit Huinesoron in "Dungeon of the Board".

Last thing, you didn't post this just to squeeze just a little bit more life here, did you?

I really want to know what all the badges mean, but I also really want to figure them out myself. To answer key or not to answer key, that is the question.

Oh well, my personal dilemmas aside, thanks for doing this. It was a ton of fun.

Do you mind if we keep this badge system and gift more f them. I found them interesting.

Besides, you need to cheer up. The way you post, one could think that the Board is dead or dying.

I've been trying to participate on the board as much as is feasible, which is... honestly not very, because I can't watch any videos or load many photos or even google docs most of the time (editing or sharing version just doesn't load on Internet Explorer on these computers), much less have the time to read much.

So I'll definitely be ramping things up when I return.

I appreciate the effort, certainly.

For a number of things, actually. Thank you for providing us with a wonderful puzzle to solve. Thank you for putting in so much work in an attempt to raise the bar. And thank you for FINALLY giving us the answer key.

I know that I posted some threads that I wouldn't have, otherwise. Well...I'd have posted the Catastrophe Theory thread eventually, but I did move up the timetable. I think that led to me re-starting to work on the next CT story, so...mission accomplished?

Also, if you remember, how did I jump the gun? That badge, in particular, bugged the crap out of me. I couldn't figure it out.

-Phobos, compulsive puzzle solver

I approve.

I do have one sizable question that will likely affect how I look at the data you've collected. You said that "the threads that were around didn't feel like the threads I wanted to see." What did you want to see? What, to you, qualified something as an "interesting thread?"

PC, who honestly didn't notice the badges until the second week.

So Phobos was right about the flower colors corresponding to the badge ring colors. He'll be pleased. I insisted they didn't match that closely.

There should be at least one gold rosette out there, though. I am the trivialest!

On the success of the endeavor, you did get me to start one thread I might not have otherwise, so that's something. I know my discussion follow-through has been lacking in recent years, though. Put it down to waning base enthusiasm levels due to aging?

(I am surprised more people didn't respond to Silenthunder's HP fan video plug, though. I would've loved to talk more about those.)

~Neshomeh

Although I'm not sure what I got it for, but glad to know I have the skills to do this.

Even if the badges didn't do what you hoped they'd do, I enjoyed it immensely.

(Also, dangit, I wish I'd figured out how to get the sonic screwdriver earlier!)

As for dropping numbers, it's nearly April. The end of the school year is approaching, which means lots of exams, projects, homework, and studying. I'm sure they'll pick back up again soon.

I can satisfy my curi— wait a sec, what did I do before you? How did I ninja you?

Very well done~!

I knew you'd get it completed in time.

It's so intricate... Are the colours intentionally those of the Pyrdonian house? The headdress (or shoulder-dress? I'm not sure what it's called) is beautiful, and the Gallifreyan is impeccable. You appear very pleased with yourself, and for good reason! I'm thoroughly impressed, as with everything you do.

-Vee

That is a terrifyingly intimidating look.

Excellently well done.

(Though I am now imagining the staff is Gallifreyan for 'stop', and you're actually a Citadel traffic-warden...)

hS

Looks like my hypothesis as to what happens when you crossbreed a Geisha and a battleaxe was incorrect.
I'll have to finish up my report on this...

Nice work on the scepter, too. :)

Only thing left is yoinking a certain gauntlet.

You could fit three whole rabbits in that hat!

Most people struggle with one!

Holy cow, I never would have guessed.

Stylishly late, as always.

By Louis Armstrong and Louis Jordan, You Rascal, You, which they have a bloody fantastic time singing.

Even though I know the actual context, I can't help but imagine a maddened, mud-coated agent clutching a flamethrower mumbling this song, replacing all instances of 'wife' with 'lust object.'
Gets real weird at the instrumental bit, I'd imagine.

And, before you ask, yes, Louis Armstrong is that fellow who sang What a Wonderful World, and, no he didn't go to the moon, because he was a jazz musician, and because the moon-landing was faked by the facist American pigs.

Given the fact most of the glitterbags are self-styled 'heroes', We Need A Villain indeed.

I think it describes most Sues pretty accurately.

I can see an agent gear-up montage set to this tune.

Talking to a Suvian, maybe?

Paying a little visit to DoDAEG.

Time is a funny thing in the PPC. Some agents have been here for only a few short months while some have grown up in the organization... and yet some don't look older at all. From an outside perspective, some might call it limbo.

It's not always about blaring consoles or raging partners or overly dramatic Suvians. Quiet moments do exist at the end of a long, long day.

I think "Exterminate, Regenerate" by Chameleon Circuit fits us and our struggle against Sues perfectly. This one's also on the previous PPC Fanmix (thank you, wiki), but it still applies. Lookin' at you, Aviator

Possibly Cardboard Castles by Watsky.

"Centuries".

First up, "Word Crimes" by Weird Al Yankovic. I think it speaks for itself. (Oh, warning for use of the word "spastic" as a pejorative, which I know bugs some people.)

Next, "I Can't Feel My Face" by The Weeknd. The girl in this is either a vampire or a Sue, I'm not sure. Either way, it's a terrible idea, dude. Just say no. O.o

I could nominate just about anything by Voltaire, but I think all agents probably feel like this some days: "Screw the Ocampa (I Wanna Go Home)" - warning, NSFW.

Also, pretty much the entire soundtrack from "Once More With Feeling." It's an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer that has a demon who forces the residents of Sunnydale to burst into song and dance as though they were in a musical, and they're aware of it. It's one of the most beautiful and perfect things in existence. Here, I'll just give you the first track: "Going Through the Motions." You can find the rest from there, if you're so inclined. (I also recommend the entire series—just have patience through the first season, it gets better.)

~Neshomeh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCiFO7qV54E

The Music or the Misery by Fall Out Boy

Crazy=Genius by Panic! at the Disco

Britland City Theme by Ken Ashcorp