Subject: ...You need an incentive to write for fun?
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Posted on: 2016-06-01 17:47:00 UTC
(We're just teasing, I hope you know that.)
Subject: ...You need an incentive to write for fun?
Author:
Posted on: 2016-06-01 17:47:00 UTC
(We're just teasing, I hope you know that.)
I was idly prowling around on TV Tropes (note: no tab explosions were involved) and discovered the PPC through their tropes relating to absurdities in fanfic (in fact, the first page I landed on in the wiki was the Citrus Scale, from TV Tropes' pages on Lemons and Limes.) Wonderful.
I've been stalking the wiki for about a month or two now, and I felt like it was finally time to begin the process of involving myself in the community.
Cheers!
P.S I can't figure out how to change my wiki username, so it's different from my current screen name. It's Wizmalk on there.
Welcome to the PPC! Have a baked potato with melted cheese on top. It's the kind of cheese with the texture of plastic, but I hope you enjoy it anyway. People call me Key, or sometimes Cat, and refer to me with the pronouns she/her/hers. Rampant nicknaming is okay. My questions for you are: How do you feel about nicknaming? Are there nicknames you hope to encourage or to avoid? What pronouns should we use when referring to you?
I couldn't help noticing that you're finding fics to spork and working on your Permission prompts already. It's great to see this enthusiasm, but I'd advise you to relax a bit. You can't even get Permission unless you've been an active member of the community for a while (around a month, I think it was?). So poke around, get to know us. The PPC is a big place; there's lots to see here. You said you were only part-way through TOS; that means you haven't even read about an exorcism, much less a WhatThe mission or multiverse theory. Of course, if you're more interested in the badfic than the PPC universe, that's okay. Just keep in mind that the universe exists and the agents' characters are important to PPC stories; this isn't MSTing. And because of this, rage often isn't the best mode to write PPC stories in; it's a levelheaded sort of sporking, because you have to write a good story around that bad one. (This is mostly a summary of things other people have said. I don't have Permission; I've only been here since March and I'm still getting to know the universe and style.)
I fully understand most if not all of PPC terminology and other related concepts, including those that you've listed.
In addition, I have a penchant for writing (much to the chagrin of part of my sub-conscious), so to finally be given an excuse to write for fun may have lead me to basically jump the shark here. Also, with the badfic, I already knew that the PPC was not, in fact, SRS BSNS or MST and thus planned accordingly.
I'm a guy, and you can refer to me by the abbreviation "Troc." The "V" in my username is a fictitious last name that I only just recently fully extended to "Vesia," so if you want to refer to me by my full boarder name, just call me "Trocyte" (the "c" is pronounced like an "s" unless you use my preferred nickname.)
Thanks for the advice anyways.
The PPC gave me an *incentive* to write for fun.
(We're just teasing, I hope you know that.)
I realize I'm a bit late, but have this Replica Holocron all the same. I don't know how much mystic lore you have to record, but you can use it for other things, and it makes a dandy conversation piece.
Please have this bag of black-hole chocolates. Hope you're here to stay. This madhouse always need more people.
Have a mithral-and-darkwood shovel, just like the one used by one of my agents!
...come to think of it...
*tap tap*
...I think you should take this before Valon finds you.
Welcome aBoard! Have this piece of Fake Internet Wedding Cake. From a Fake Internet Wedding.
Here, have a cup of tea. Nothing beats a good cup of Earl Grey.
Welcome one, welcome all!
Arms, legs, head, large intestine, liver, appendix, you're all welcome, mate!
You've done your study, too.
And through stalking, too! The best method of studying, in my honest opinion.
As it is customary to toss gifts the way of our newbies, I bestow upon you: an imaginary hat.
Better than a real one, because real hats can hardly quote Bilbo Baggins and teach driving lessons, can they?
*throws SPaGhetti at you* I'm sure you'll have a wonderful time here! What sort of fandoms are you in?
See my reply to EPL's comment.
I found my way here exactly the same way you did! (and found C*l*br**n) Since it's customary to give newbies gifts I think I'll give you an Alicorn Amulet. I don't think it's too important to who I nicked borrowed it from.
So uh, since eatpraylove already asked what your fandoms are, What's your favorite thing about the PPC so far?
The fact that we get to do Mary Sues some justice in a parodic nature. I love it.
Welp, Iximaz beat be to what I was going to say, but I can still give you a copy of "The Mark of the Loremaster".
Hello, and welcome aBoard! For your newbie gift, take this plate of freshly-made SPaGhetti!
Since EPL has already asked you about the Original Series and you've mentioned the Wiki, I'll just toss you a link to the Constitution and ask you what your fandoms are.
Hope you like it here! :)
Congratulations on avoiding a tab explosion. ;) What are your fandoms? Have you read any spinoffs besides the Original Series yet? (You should also read the Original Series, BTW.) Here's a pack of sticky notes and a pen with a feather on the end!
My fandoms are Plants vs. Zombies, and the Super Robot Wars franchise (a JP-only turn-based strategy game series that basically combines all good mecha anime into one plot of, as the fandom absolutely LOVES to put it, kicking so much ass.)
Personally, I think the PvZ fandom/continuum suffers from at least some damage due to an imbalance where fanon greatly outweighs canon. It's also got some weird rules for writing fan material without sucking so I think missions in it will need at least some more education than usual.
Anyway, I have read enough of the Original Series to grasp the entire concept of the PPC as a whole, so that's out of the way. I've also read the constitution.
Like I said above, I love PvZ, and it's good to know that we now have someone else who does as much as I do!
And as for newbie gifts, well... see my reply to your badfic report post above. ;)