I am perfectly happy to let him stay a mini-Hound

Subject: I am perfectly happy to let him stay a mini-Hound
Author: EileenAlphabet
Posted on: 2012-10-27 13:28:00 UTC

Most of my agents' minis have been rescued from crossovers. No-one has ever mentioned that the minis should be cross-breeds and neither they nor I, feel any great desire to go back and rewrite everything.

I think rewriting Riverdendell to be a crossover Labyrinth x Harry Potter mini would be bothersome enough. What are those even called? Helping Aragogs? Aragog Hands? And the whole 'Chestnuts roasting on an open mini-Balrog' joke would have to go.

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Announcing the opening of the Mini-Hound Adoption Kennel! by Lily Winterwood on 2012-10-24 03:55:00 UTC Reply

As ~~pointedly suggested~~ hinted at by doctorlit, I've moved the masterpost of BBC-verse mini-Hounds to my own Tumblr page.

You may go here to adopt your very own mini-Hound of the Baskervilles from the Modern Baker Street Fanfiction Academy!

Orderly queues, please!

Is Shelock Holms taken? by ThatOne on 2012-10-26 20:02:00 UTC Reply

It looks cuddly and slightly effeminate.

No one has been adopted by Shelock Holms yet. by Lily Winterwood on 2012-10-26 20:07:00 UTC Reply

If you would like to be, then you may!

Re: Announcing the opening of the Mini-Hound Adoption Kennel! by TheMadHatteress on 2012-10-25 21:47:00 UTC Reply

Can I adopt Jon? I've always wanted a greenish mastiff of my very own!

Certainly! by Lily Winterwood on 2012-10-26 05:13:00 UTC Reply

I'll update the list.

Re: Announcing the opening of the Mini-Hound Adoption Kennel! by Miah on 2012-10-25 17:26:00 UTC Reply

The 1895 section is for Arthur Conan Doyle book verse and Granada verse minis?

If so, Homles belongs to Kelok and Unger. They found him in a book verse fic.

Duly noted. by Lily Winterwood on 2012-10-26 05:14:00 UTC Reply

If we see him straying elsewhere, we will promptly return him to your Agents.

Hum. by desdendelle on 2012-10-24 10:25:00 UTC Reply

What do I do with Sherlock Homes I found in my last mission? It isn't, as far as I'm aware, from the BBC-verse (the mission was a Doctor Who x Artemis Fowl 'fic).

Re: Hum. by Data Junkie on 2012-10-25 12:04:00 UTC Reply

It should probably be counted as a Mini-Reaper, since it was found in a Doctor Who crossover fic. Especially since Sherlock Holmes has appeared in Doctor Who stuff before, but not, to my knowledge, in Artemis Fowl.

Good point. by Lily Winterwood on 2012-10-25 22:06:00 UTC Reply

But I've seen occurrences of "Sherlock Homes" in the BBC-verse anyway, so I suppose there's a Hound and Reaper variant of the mini?

Well yes by Data Junkie on 2012-10-26 02:57:00 UTC Reply

I mean, not of this particular instance, but yes. Which mini you get is entirely dependent on what fandom the fic is. For example, if you had a "Modern girl in Middle-Earth" story and she was talking about the Pirates of the Caribbean movies for whatever reason, and she misspelled "Will Turner", it would still be a mini-Balrog, not a Misspelled Monkey.

I'm not so sure about that. by Neshomeh on 2012-10-26 17:10:00 UTC Reply

I mean, by that logic, any misspelled Harry Potter names in "Ring Child" would've been mini-Balrogs, too, because the fic was set there and not in the Potterverse. I don't think that makes sense. The characters are still Potterverse characters even if they turn up in Middle-earth, so shouldn't the minis be Potterverse minis, as well?

Also, I think that would result in some seriously identity-confused minis. What OFU would a mini-Balrog named Arry Potter belong to, for instance? He's not a Rings character misspelling, so he wouldn't fit at OFUM, but if he's not a mini-Aragog, how does he work at HFA?

~Neshomeh

HFA... by Lily Winterwood on 2012-10-26 20:09:00 UTC Reply

Has had a mini-Baragog named Borimir.
We don't see many crossover minis, though, and by that logic then LeStrade should be a mini-Sparklehound because it was found in a Sherlock/Twilight crossover. Hum.

I am perfectly happy to let him stay a mini-Hound by EileenAlphabet on 2012-10-27 13:28:00 UTC Reply

Most of my agents' minis have been rescued from crossovers. No-one has ever mentioned that the minis should be cross-breeds and neither they nor I, feel any great desire to go back and rewrite everything.

I think rewriting Riverdendell to be a crossover Labyrinth x Harry Potter mini would be bothersome enough. What are those even called? Helping Aragogs? Aragog Hands? And the whole 'Chestnuts roasting on an open mini-Balrog' joke would have to go.

Fair point. by Lily Winterwood on 2012-10-27 16:28:00 UTC Reply

I feel like in the end it's really just up to the discoverer of the mini.

Rule of funny applies, I suppose by EileenAlphabet on 2012-10-27 20:12:00 UTC Reply

I don't think I could get better comedy from crossover minis than from the regular type. Borimir the mini-Baragog is funny, but I think that is also partly because he is different.

Yes, I guess so. by Lily Winterwood on 2012-10-28 06:54:00 UTC Reply

Also, I finally got around to finishing up our collaborative mission; shall we get a beta or two before we post it? You should also add your notes at the end, if you've got any.

Great! by EileenAlphabet on 2012-10-29 14:09:00 UTC Reply

I've added my notes as well. Do you have a preferred
Beta? Mine will be doing NaNo and might be rather tied up.

No, you can ask around I suppose. (nm) by Lily Winterwood on 2012-10-29 16:03:00 UTC Reply

I never come across this phenomenon by EileenAlphabet on 2012-10-26 08:30:00 UTC Reply

Can you point me to any missions where it happens?
So that means by Lily Winterwood on 2012-10-26 03:00:00 UTC Reply

There's a mini-Hound Sherlock Homes and a mini-Reaper Sherlock Homes. Although, that fic being an Artemis Fowl/Doctor Who crossover, wouldn't that make it a mini-Rootper? After all, HFA has a mini-Pokegog and a mini-Baragog, both found in crossovers...

Well... by desdendelle on 2012-10-26 15:22:00 UTC Reply

Since I had original minis (Arctic circle) and mini-Noo-noos in that mission aside from mini-Reapers and mini-Roots, I figured it'd be a mini-Hound of the Baskervilles. I can edit the mission, though.

Count it in as a BBC-verse mini-Hound, I suppose. by Lily Winterwood on 2012-10-25 07:28:00 UTC Reply

I'll add him to the list, thanks!
Arguably ... by SingingTheThunder on 2012-10-24 10:32:00 UTC Reply

It counts as BBC verse due to Doctor Who being BBC. This could of course make no sense at all, but I thought it worth mentioning.

In that case ... by EileenAlphabet on 2012-10-24 09:33:00 UTC Reply

... I know Mittens would love to adopt LeStrade.

And LeStrade he shall have. by Lily Winterwood on 2012-10-25 07:29:00 UTC Reply

I've put it on the list that Mittens has adopted him, thanks!

Oh, how wonderful! by KittyNoodles on 2012-10-24 07:44:00 UTC Reply

I'm happy those sweet little minis finally have a proper kennel. It just isn't right to have them roaming about, homeless until someone adopts them!

/officially has a soft spot for minis of all varieties and may eventually become a crazy mini lady

Also, while I'm here, does anyone know if there's an OFU for World of Warcraft ? If there is, I wish to read it. If there's not, I'm feeling masochistic enough to give it a whirl.

Re: Oh, how wonderful! by ShatteredSanity on 2012-10-24 14:19:00 UTC Reply

You do know that there already /is/ a mini adoption center right? It just isn't featured very much, and I think most people prefer to find their own mini's rather than adopt pre-existing ones.

Who, me? by KittyNoodles on 2012-10-24 16:37:00 UTC Reply

I be confused about who you're addressing. /shrugs
Wait, you mean a general one? by Neshomeh on 2012-10-24 15:37:00 UTC Reply

Is there? I know there's a Mini-Balrog Adoption Agency, and a few other specific ones (some of which are even run out of HQ), but who started a general one?

Back in my day, the only way to get a mini was to ask an OFU coordinator, anyway...

~Neshomeh, walking uphill both ways in the snow.

You mean... by Huinesoron on 2012-10-24 18:37:00 UTC Reply

... back when you got an official graphic of them to go with it?

hS, lost both hands to frostbite - then grew them back to lose them again

Yep! by Neshomeh on 2012-10-24 21:38:00 UTC Reply

I've got mine for Arasgorn and Severe. I even drew a mini-Hellpuppy for the Good Omens Official Fanfiction Summer School to use.

Yessir, those were the good ol' days.

~Neshomeh, whose family all lived in a cardboard box in the middle of the road back in those days—all 150 of us.

Looks like I've lost Thanduril's. Oh, well. by Huinesoron on 2012-10-25 20:33:00 UTC Reply

Maybe if we try real hard we can force-I-mean-convince Lily to do official mini-Hound graphics?

And of course, who's to say what might happen when my OFU gets back online...?

hS

And by the way: by Lily Winterwood on 2012-10-26 06:16:00 UTC Reply

is what the certificate will look like. I'll do 'em after college apps.

Yay! Very nice! ^. ^ (nm) by Neshomeh on 2012-10-26 17:11:00 UTC Reply

You clever knave! by Lily Winterwood on 2012-10-25 22:04:00 UTC Reply

After I finish college apps in a couple of weeks I shall put mini-Hound adoption forms on the list of graphics to make. ;P

Yes, but by Lily Winterwood on 2012-10-24 14:56:00 UTC Reply

I think that one is largely run by the PPC. This one is run by the Modern Baker Street Fanfiction Academy, where all the minis are anyway.