I find the idea agents never reported to upstairs before odd

Terri Ryan reviews 'Rambling Band' by Huinesoron on 2013-07-12 11:22:00 UTC Reply

Terri's Review

My reasons for reviewing the very first PPC mission are twofold. First, because it's an awesome story and this gave me an excuse to reread it. ;P

Secondly, it's been bothering me for a while that, internally to the PPC, there is absolutely nothing special about Jay and Acacia. They weren't the first agents (in-universe), or the first Assassins, or the longest-serving, or anything. But given how unique they are to us - and given how often that drifts over into agents revering them for reasons undefined - I feel like there ought to be something special about them, something that sets them apart (from an in-universe POV) from everyone else.

This review is my attempt to define that uniqueness. I think it makes sense - and gives them their due.

hS

Answers! by NotHimAgain on 2013-07-13 18:22:00 UTC Reply

Thanks for that! I've read the Jay and Acacia missions, but I had been kind of wondering why they were so historic in-universe.
Wonderful! by AelinTheAmazing on 2013-07-12 23:28:00 UTC Reply

This was just... so spot-on in terms of everything that makes Jay and Acacia stand out. It's definitely helpful to have an explanation in-universe for their importance, too. I've sort of wondered about that before, because we see them mentioned in other missions as revered figures, but we never actually see why they're so important. So now we know!
Oh, yes! by Ailavyn Siniyash on 2013-07-12 15:48:00 UTC Reply

I adored this! And it's good that there is an explanation for their popularity now, I think.

-Aila

I find the idea agents never reported to upstairs before odd by Ekyl on 2013-07-12 20:25:00 UTC Reply

Mostly in that no organisation worth the name that does this kind of thing wouldn't require its field operatives to file reports on their assignments and such. Half of patrol work as a police officer is reporting on what happened that day, for instance.

The idea they were the first to actively publish their reports in HQ for other agents to read makes sense though.

On the other hand by Ugolino on 2013-07-22 14:54:00 UTC Reply

The PPC and professionalism don't exactly go hand in hand, and it'd be fairly obvious if Agents bungled their mission. In addition, I got the vibe the Flowers had someone watching over the Agents while they were in the field. (eg: them getting called in for Bad Stuff right after it happened)

I like to assume the PPC isn't totally inept/devoid of commo by Ekyl on 2013-07-22 14:56:00 UTC Reply

-n sense. And if anything else the Flowers aren't stupid enough to let agents run around the Worlds completely unsupervised.

Jay has being a hero of the war against the DIS, at least. by Ekyl on 2013-07-12 12:07:00 UTC Reply

Acacia always seemed like just another random agent in-universe, though, yeah. I always assumed they had got a reputation offscreen for being just really bloody good at their jobs. Still, awesome to see missions getting reviewed again, and where better to start? :P
Incroyable! by DawnFire on 2013-07-12 11:36:00 UTC Reply

'(so they thought went)'
I think you may have meant 'so the thought went', or something like that?

Other than that...amazing. Really amazing. And thank you so much for providing an in-universe explanation for Jay and Acacia's popularity. I'd be happy to mention it in a mission or interlude if I ever get the chance.

~DF