Subject: Welcome to the madhouse!
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Posted on: 2016-12-21 04:39:00 UTC
Here's an iron ring so you can punch Sue-wraiths in the face, a coffee mug, and a Hufflepuff scarf! Because Hufflepuff = <3
Subject: Welcome to the madhouse!
Author:
Posted on: 2016-12-21 04:39:00 UTC
Here's an iron ring so you can punch Sue-wraiths in the face, a coffee mug, and a Hufflepuff scarf! Because Hufflepuff = <3
Hey, so, I have been lurking on your wiki for about a year. So far I've read the original series, plus most of Desendelle's and Iximaz's stuff, and SkarmorySilver's stuff, and the works of the immortal Trojie and Pads- Honestly, I've read a decent proportion of what's on the wiki. I'm a huge fan, possibly even a fangirl.
Now, I've been lurking on the Board as well, since about August, but couldn't bring myself to post because I have had bad, bad experiences with message boards. I am also leery of joining new communities because it somehow always ends, if online, in internecine warfare and death threats, or if IRL in cliques and restraining orders. I would like to avoid that. On the other hand, I have characters and ideas in mind and I would like to use them.
My fandoms are Star Trek (mostly TNG, DS9, and VOY, but I have working knowledge of the others), Star Wars (late Old Republic through the end of the Yuzhan-Vong wars are my most familiar time period), LOTR (a bit rusty, I was obsessed in my teens but that was a while ago), Harry Potter (have essentially memorized canon there!), Cthulhuverse (expert level in Cthulhu and Yellow Mythos), Supernatural, Firefly-verse, Alien, Terminator, Animorphs, X-Men (mostly post-1980 comics/movies) and I have a working knowledge of WoW and Silent Hill universes but do not play.
I have a degree in evolutionary biology, do come to me for Bad Biology, Bad Medicine, and Bad Genetics issues if you would like! I have also beta'ed work for others before and am willing to do so again, in return for beta-ing of my work and/or collaboration on missions.
Anyway, I hope I am welcome here? Sorry for the huge novella of job application there.
Nice to see another Star Wars fan about! I'm more of Clone Wars though Galactic Civil War sort, but I can definitely understand the appeal of the Old Republic era. As for the Yuuzhan Vong... Well, to each their own.
So then, for your newbie gifts, a Replica Holocron (First time I've given one to someone who listed Star Wars as a fandom, yay!) and a pocket cutlass. Simply press the button on the scabbard and it shrinks to allow comfortable pocket transportation.
Finally, what Hogwarts House do you call home? I'm a Hufflepuff myself, but you strike me as a Ravenclaw. Am I right?
I don't so much LIKE Yuzhan-Vong so much as I am morbidly fascinated by the psychotic buggers. Keep in mind that I am a Cthulhu-verse fan, so weird, grimdark, highly alien stuff has always been my thing. I hold similar feelings of "ooh, cool, how does that work biologically/sociologically speaking" for Anzati. Because of my tendencies, friends have suggested Warhammer 40K to me, and I haven't gotten into it only because I'm lazy.
I've tested both as Ravenclaw and as Gryffindor, honestly. I'd say I test as Gryffindor about 60% of the time and as Ravenclaw the rest. This is going by a wide range of tests, including multiple iterations of the one on Pottermore. But not the stupid tests with five questions, or tests which ask which House you'd "like" to be in, those don't count as proper tests!
Well, I can definitely understand that angle (I also think the Anzati are pretty cool, and your friends are probably right about Warhammer) but it's not so much the species as the creative decisions that spawned them that I have a problem with. The writing and story direction for the Yuuzhan Vong era is my least favorite out of the whole franchise. To be perfectly honest just about everything turns decidedly "meh" for me roundabouts the Young Jedi Knights series.. It's a bit unfair, I'll admit, given how little I've actually read of those stories, but something about the general tone just sticks in my craw.
Well, I was pretty close, then. Though personally I don't put much stock in the quizzes. Even the one on Pottermore. After being told no less than four times that I was in Slytherin (despite being neither particularly cunning nor ambitious in the least) and once in Gryffindor (which is just laughably wrong) I pretty much decided self examination would be far more effective.
I give you a wooden cutout of a dragon. A European-style dragon. If you push the button, it shoots real flames! And plays a prerecorded sound of a person yelling "Mr. Rogers! Mr. Rogers! Definitely safe to carry around; what are you talking about.
Your concerns about joining communities. . . seem very, very valid to me. I won't say that we don't have problems, but we're a good bit politer and more honestly invested in resolving them than anywhere else I've been. Have you read our Constitution? We tend to follow that. We're definitely not at the point of death threats (unless I'm missing something huge).
Star Trek! . . . funny story there; my friend and I decided we'd watch all of Star Trek in order of airdate this summer (we're on season 3 of TOS; regrets abound but we're not stopping) and I decided that I couldn't bring myself to ask for Permission to write for the PPC without creating and developing a Vulcan agent (scrapping two perfectly good non-Vulcans in the process). And because I am an Endless Fount of Bad Ideas and Overplanning, I have decided that I need to figure out the day-to-day workings of Vulcan biology (no, not that kind. Along the lines of how often do they usually eat). . . anyway what I'm saying is that if talking about this kind of thing is your idea of fun, click my username; it'll give you my email (if you don't want to, no worries -- if I needed someone, I'd post a general call to the Board. Just if you're bored and want an excuse to come up with elaborate Star Trek headcanons, or to befriend one of the less-shiny and new Boarders).
--Key is actually pretty new and way too enthusiastic; engage at your own risk.
Here is a pot of black-hole coffee, to keep you awake in the dark depths of Cthulhu Mythos. Always remember the greatest hero, Old Man Henderson, the one who permakilled Hastur.
And of course welcome for a long time, I hope, to the madhouse.
Here, have a best hamster and a nice bit of music.
Since I'm at work, I don't have access to the Infinite Pizza, but... Have a Convenient Egg&Bacon McMuffin
So... HP, Supernatural and X-Men... Yep, I like you :) Hope you're gonna have fun here!
Here's an iron ring so you can punch Sue-wraiths in the face, a coffee mug, and a Hufflepuff scarf! Because Hufflepuff = <3
I don't know how much I'm authorized to greet newbies yet - I only introduced myself about a day ago. I don't have Permission yet.
But if this isn't a major breach of conduct, I'd love to welcome you! I even have a gift picked out. Ahem:
You have obtained a D-3. It has FOUR SIDES, not three; it is named a D-3 because unlike all other dice in its set, it has THREE NUMBERS ON EVERY FACE, one in each corner; when rolled, the number PROPERLY FACED TO BE READ (WHICH IS THE ONE AT THE TOP OF THE PYRAMID ON THE SIDE FACING YOU) is the number you have rolled. The D-3 is shaped like a PYRAMID.
Cheers,
Calliope
That goes for all you newbies. :)
Welcome to our little corner of the internet. We're all pretty friendly here, so don't worry too much. Just sit back, relax, and have yourself some fun. :)
For your newbie gift, I give you a working lightsaber! It has a blade at both ends, so be careful what you're standing near when you activate it.
Welcome to the PPC! Enjoy your stay!
Welcome!
And, personally speaking, I love job applications. They go deliciously with a mug of warm milk.
Cthulhu Mythos fan, oy? What's your favourite story in it?
Mine's the Case of Charles Dexter Ward. Er. Maybe. It might be The Rats in the Walls. Or Dream-Quest. Mountains of Madness?
Bugger.
Not familiar with the Yellow Mythos, however. If it's tied to the Cthulhu stuff, though, I'm definitely interested, if you've got any recommendations relating to that, or some such.
PPC community's pretty chill, generally speaking, so you'll be right! No worries, no problems, no spooks.
Interested, indeed, in seeing those characters and ideas and whatnot you've got.
My gift upon you is: a fancy, minimalist hardcover! For your job application novella. It'll protect it, look real fancy, it can hold doors open, you can use it to weigh down a hot air balloon, you can grind it up for sustenance if you're lost in the wilderness, and you can use it to beat people into unconsciousness, if you hit hard enough.
Welcome! Again!
Hard Core Mythos fan, with caps, yes. I play CoC weekly since 2014. I've read all of Lovecraft's work, all of Clark Ashton Smith's and Robert W. Chambers' stuff, and even all of Derleth's stuff (ugh); and I'm going to be starting Masks of Nyarlathotep (the big one!) in January with my droogs.
I'd have to say that my favorite is probably The Colour Out of Space for pure horror (radiation poisoning is a squick button of mine), Dreams in the Witch House for an acid trip, Dream-Quest for adventure, Charles Dexter Ward or Shadow Over Innsmouth for mystery/thriller, and Rats in the Walls or Mountains of Madness for balanced pulp. I also liked Shunned House, partly because I read it while suffering from actual fungal pneumonia lol. And Cats of Ulthar because I love my little princess and she will probably eat my body should I die unexpectedly.
The Yellow Mythos is everything deriving from Robert W. Chambers' "The King in Yellow" cycle. This includes such things as True Detective. The Mythos is diverse, but it centers around Hastur, who is a Great Old One like Cthulhu.
Thanks for the hardcover, I promise I won't let B'Elanna the Destructor wreck it!
I love all of those ones!
Bloody hard, figuring out a favourite Lovecraft story, honestly. There's heaps, and all of the brilliant ones have enough differing elements to be set apart from the other brilliant ones. Innsmouth (bloody great ending, that) and The Colour Out of Space are definitely, also, some of my favourites. Witch House, too, was brilliant (math-magic!)
Haven't read Cats of Ulthar or Shunned House, though...
Consider this rectified!
You know, I've actually heard of 'The King in Yellow.' I think it's on my reading list, actually. Best place to start, then, oy?
And I'd like to see B'Elanna try wrecking it. It's not called 'hardcover' because it's soft!
Have either of y'all looked at your existential horror stories and thought that they could use a (sort-of parody) spy agency, a big pile of nerdy jokes, and a snarky narrator? If so, you might want to stick Charles Stross's Laundry Files series (first book is The Atrocity Archives) on your reading list.
- Tomash, who sounds like a late-night infomercial right now
Maybe in fifty or so years, when I've finally gotten through that bloody list, we can kick back and talk and laugh about our favourite parts of it!
Ooh, I've been meaning to read those. Some are on Hoopla, I believe, but for the full set I'll probably have to go to Amazon. Once my number of Hoopla downloads renews at the end of the month I'll see if I can get Atrocity Archives.
Hello, and welcome aBoard! For your newbie gift, take this plate of freshly-made SPaGhetti!
Looks like we've got a pretty good number of fandoms in common! Hope you decide to stick around for a while; it's always nice to have new people. :)
Have one of my own shed feathers and a complimentary kit of Spikes!
Hmm, out of curiosity, which of the missions you've read so far are your favorites and why? Totally not asking for the sake of our nonexistent candidate screening process, nope not at all >_>;
I'd have to say "Don't Fear the Reaper". It was a nuclear explosion of lolwut. Although that Indiana Jones clusterfrell came pretty close. Because I am a total mental child, I still snerked like Butthead over "Sore of the Explorer", though.
Oddly enough, the Dark Yagami mission is one of those that I feel like I could've done better with, particularly since I'd kinda lost touch with writing my Floaters team at the time and had that not been the case, I'd have probably done the utter "WTF"-ness of that fic a lot more justice! X'D You have no idea how flattered I am that you listed it as your favorite, though! :D
And in case you're wondering about the next time Ripper will be showing up, you're in luck, since I'll be focusing on my Floaters team for the next nine missions I'll be publishing prior to a certain widely-anticipated event I have planned. And while I intend to focus on the agents I got Permission with for a couple of them, Ripper will definitely be rejoining the hunt after that. He certainly can't stay in Medical forever, after all! ;)
Thanks for the gift! I don't plan to write missions right away, I'd like to get known on the board first.
Oh, I forgot to list some other fandoms I'm competent enough to work in- Stand Still Stay Silent, the webcomic by Minna Sundberg. And the Evil Dead-verse. These are kind of obscure, though. Probably why I forgot them before.