Subject: Ooh- excellent!
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Posted on: 2016-12-22 20:37:00 UTC
Congrats to you, Larfen-- you've definitely earned it. Well, probably, from the perspective of my extraordinarily limited experience, anyway.
By which I mean I liked it. And so did the people who actually know what they're doing.
Well done.
This is not a prank, this is not a joke, this is not a spoof, a goof or a gaff.
Pranks, jokes, spoofs, goofs and gaffs are hereby banned, upon the threat of exile, very rude words, and me throwing cream pies at you.
So, I'm requesting permission! It didn't quite take a year for me to sort it, but, er. It wasn't far off.
Perhaps it would have a certain drama and irony, if I were to wait and do this on the date I joined, but, mate. I can't bloody remember that far. And I've been sitting on this stuff for so long, it's going to leave a permanent mark on my bum and trousers.
Permission!
Over to your left, you'll see my bios.
And a little walk to your right, you'll see the control prompt.
And then, back to your left again, sort of stacked on top of the bios, we've got the random prompt. Agents find a mysterious thing, or some such like that.
And last, and really, really, most certainly least, the badfic.
And we need that explanation for the reason we want to mission the badfic. It recommends a sentence, but, mate, I could write an essay. It's amazing.
It's a Cowboy Bebop fic, and can be generalised as a big collective of melodramatic sobbing, intercut with scenes of melodramatically holding back tears. Two OCs are introduced, one of whom is a classic Sue, what with the fancy eyes, a speshul and ultimately plot-irrelevant inviso-ship, generic beauty and kindness and all, and generally acting like a sort of plot black hole. The other OC just sort of faffs around and has a stupid backstory.
Not a single canon is IC, and most of them only really appear once or twice within the whole story. Jet and Spike, who appear the most out of all the canons, are completely replaced. Prose is beige, the story skips over all the interesting (canonical) parts, and there... are... heaps... of... ellipses...
All in all, it's a cute little mess, and I could imagine missioning it.
And I've got to thank my lovely betas, Cat-On-The-Keyboard, Granz the Ice Cream Monarch, and SkarmorySilver for being really cool.
And also for betaing my stuff.
So!
Lay it on me!
Even if you aren't a PG, concrit is always nice, so if there's something or other you ought to say - go ahead!
I thought for sure someone would get to this while I was asleep, but it seems not.
*cracks knuckles*
Do I know you? I'd like to think so. You've been around for a while, you've contributed to the community, and you're quite active in Discord as well. Green light.
Do I like your characters? I should say so. They've been a blast to roleplay with, I like how unique they are, they've got some plot hooks in their backstories hinting at character development down the road, and from what I've sen in both RPs and in your prompts, they're likeable as well. Green light.
Can you write (technical)? No questions here, you get a green light. I did notice some SPaG errors in the bios and prompts, but they were minor enough that they didn't detract from anything and I'd have to go back and look to find specific examples. I doubt it'll be a problem when you write missions.
Can you write a good story? Well, your prompts made me guffaw when I was high out of my mind, and when I took another look at them today, they still made me giggle. Especially the "mug of sugar (with a few spoonfuls of tea.)." You did have a bit of a tendency to use the same gag of repeating a few lines with slight variations (example below), so I'd watch out for using that too much.
He glanced at her.
Maz immediately shifted her view forward.
He grunted vaguely, and looked away.
Maz looked at him, again.
He glanced at her.
Maz immediately shifted her view forward.
He grunted vaguely, and looked away.
Maz looked at him, again.
Can you choose a good badfic? Well, I don't know Cowboy Bebop, but I took a quick look and oh dear Rowling my eyes hurt. I don't envy you on that one, and I'm inclined to take your word about how bad the rest of it is. Green light.
*looks up from checklist* Huh, looks like that's it, then.
*takes out sword and touches it to your shoulders* It is my pleasure to announce the newest knight of Plort, Jan 'Lawfen' Stockins!
But you must agree, Larfen's writing style is so charmingly quirky it's hard to tell what's a mistake and what's just him being eccentric. Did you know that Tolkien's editors kept trying to change "elves" to the "correct" spelling, "elfs?" I'm not saying that Larfen is the next Tolkien, of course, no sacrilege is intended. Although, he might be -- it's a little early in his career to tell.
*Defensive Beta is Defensive* *Defensive Beta retreats to a hermitage to make an intensive, undisturbed study of comma placement and sentence structure*
Now that I've kicked my ego out of the way: Congratulations, Larfen!!! I've said this before, but I'll say it again: I never had a moment of doubt that you would get Permission. I love your writing, and I think you'll be an amazing force within the PPC. *brushes away the beginning of an actual tear* Kohai's all grown up.
--Key
You don't know how happy it makes me, that my reputation has grown as such that it's honestly difficult to tell whether I'm rubbish, or just being weird.
I... I think I need to brush away a tear, too.
Now, Tolkien! Those are some awfully big footsteps to fail at filling, oy? It'll be difficult, but I think I can handle that. I've always found spreading disappointment second nature!
Oy, thanks a lot, mate. I'd go into how much of a bloody great help you've been, but I feel like that'd be kind of soppy and, as we all know, I'm a big steely-hearted manly man who refuses to show any emotion other than raging, testosterone-fueled anger.
I can't wait for your spin-off, though, seriously. I've seen so few snippets of your writing, and it's all bloody great.
Keeeeeeeeeeey, get permiiiiiiissssiiioooon
(butactuallytakeyourtimeyou'llprobablybuggerupifyourush)
I didn't trust a simple pinch, so I moved on to bashing my knee against a table.
I didn't trust that, so I bashed my outstretched arm with a mallet.
I didn't trust that, so I went at my toes with the lawnmower.
I did things of this nature a bit longer, and when I had finished extinguishing the last fire from the pile of sludge and ashes that used to be my house, and removed the javelin from my chest, I had finally concluded that this is, in fact, reality.
...
WRRRRRHHHHNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGHH
IT GOT ACCEPTED
WRRRRRHHHHNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGHH
I'm very happy about this, in case you couldn't tell.
Looks like I'll need to learn how to use Wikis!
WRRRRRHHHHNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGHH
BALLOONS! CAKE! ICE CREAM! CONFETTI! HAVE IT ALL! Blows noisemaker. I knew you could do it! Way to go!
And here is a gift: a self-updating guidebook of all the deathtraps in the multiverse.
May your spinoff be long and eventful.
Congrats to you, Larfen-- you've definitely earned it. Well, probably, from the perspective of my extraordinarily limited experience, anyway.
By which I mean I liked it. And so did the people who actually know what they're doing.
Well done.
Forgot to mark off one more check on the list: PPC knowledge. You're good here, too, but I'd like to say as such here for completion's sake. I iz a derp.
Welcome to the order, Sir Stockins! May this Mask of Comedy serve thee well!
*Larfen J. Stocke,esq Obtained one (1) Mask of Comedy
Congratulations. Here's your prize!
A barrel of Industrial Sprinkles! They SAY it's not for consumption... but when did it stop us?
Congratulations, Lawfen. With your skill and daring, I am certain that you will become a legend among the knights of Plort! This calls for a celebratory troll hunt!
(In other words, congratulations! *tosses Spikes*)
I don't feel like I can take a proper look because I'm all addled on sleep meds at the moment, but I'd like to put in my two cents. I've seen Maz and Yocherry interact a lot in the Rudi's RP on the Discord channel and I really enjoy getting to pair up with them; they're a cool duo as far as I'm concerned.
Best of luck to you, Larf!
Can't be helped, eh?