Christianne snorted. “Would it be mean of us to pull an Acacia and find some burrs for his shoes?” - yes, I laughed.

I love the rumers too. ^_^ But I think my biggest grin was the sudden cameo by Miette. :D

And just in general, the sheer weight of references (obligatory sidenote: To Stuff I Recognise). The Blackout. IAHF. The Department of Redundancy Department. The Occasional Hunger Games. The Department of Redundancy Department. I guess the PPC, like all fanfic, has always been fuelled by that type of recognition; the nice thing is that we can now recognise the PPC in its stories, not just the canon it's based on.

And the ending is quite adorable. (Though it does have me wondering if I should retcon Dafydd and Constance's house to be in New Cal rather than off in a semi-blip reality I'm never going back to. Or maybe they should just move. ^_^)

hS

Oh, dear. I have a terrible feeling I've been pronouncing Christianne's surname in the whitest way possible all these years. The spelling reminded me of a lot of names from the U.S. Civil War era (Tecumseh, etc.) so I've been saying "SHY-uh." But know I realize it's probably "SHEE-ay," huh? >_> Oops.

This mission works so well as a send-off for Christianne and Eledhwen! You showed off their new maturity in such a subtle way throughout: they engage with the fic so little compared to Liu Siyuan, always reverting back to flirting with each other! And their discomfort with Siyuan's reactions to the fic get the point across, too; they just don't feel that anger any more. And I think it's appropriate, between that and the fact that they've adopted a child of their own, that they decided not to assassinate John. It respects that the character is a minor, and reflects the out-of-universe push we had some years ago to avoid assassinations when possible.

Siyuan is an interesting character. I was literally just thinking to myself that he seemed too boring to be one of your characters, right before I read Christianne thought he was "too competent and sane." I love the idea of an agent who's actually quite good at the job, but relies on energy from the canon to do said job, which then makes go haywire once the badfic starts corrupting that energy. Poor guy! Hopefully interacting with others will start helping him steel his mind and energy against the problem. I'm all for introversion, but missions are nothing to be tackling alone! I also like that both his flashpatch and exorcism strategy match his culture and style. The exorcism was quite cool, too.

And as a final note, I loved seeing some of the minor characters you've created over the years coming back for mentions and appearances, as well as following up on the deglitterfication project! I hope we'll see some of them get further appearances in future interludes?

—doctorlit, glad to have spent most of the weekend on this wonderful story!

This had such an abundance of excellent references and great lines! Particularly fond of an early one, the 'my wife is a bitch and I like her so much' embroidery, but there were plenty to enjoy!

I have a fondness for Suvians that take canon (or semi-canon in this case with the unoffical English translation) straight up and just... replace a few things and make it all about them. It is incomprehensible logic and I can't help but find it a little endearing. Is this what they think all fanfiction is? Maybe it's the equivalent of keeping the training wheels on when writing so you don't have to think of a plot of your own. I can almost forgive it for that. Almost.

In any case, I also loved every single misspellings joke. There were so many, and they were funny every single time. The rumers made me laugh out loud!

Looking forward to reading more.

/Ekwy

This was a wonderful reminder of why your missions (and just your writing in general) were some of my favorites.

The humor! The timing! (The intermixing of the fic with the Agents asking certain questions absolutely slayed me)

Never will 'abyss' look the same to me again.

I'm already a fan of MDZS, but based on the CAD's input here, I really should check out SVSSS as well!

Thank you muchly for your words and time,

~SMF

This was funny and very wacky. How is it possible for a Gary Stu to turn into a shrew and then have a Sauron eye and all of the other ridiculousness that happens in the badfic?

I certainly had a good time reading it as I betaed, especially since I somehow did the last betaing in one 8 page and one 65 page sitting >.> I think that probably worked so well because I kept laughing. It's been good to see you and Christianne and Eledhwen pop up again, and it's interesting to see how they've grown since they were active agents--you touched on that directly in the mission, in a number of ways, which intensified that.

Anyway, you already know my thoughts overall. Just know that I laughed at a bunch more places than I mentioned in the final (proper) betaing, sometimes aloud.

Also: I'll happily take QuingheNie, if no one else has gotten there in the time it took me to write this post!

~Z

Favourite moments include:

• “You kick Sizhui?” hissed Liu Siyuan. “You kick his body like the football? Oh! Oh! Jail for Tommy! Jail for Tommy for one thousand years!”
• “Tell me, where is I Have Real Estate?” wondered Eledhwen in an eerie impersonation of Lady Galadriel. “For I much desire to give him a piece of my mind.”
• Unlike in canon, the donkey and millstone were connected by a bemused-looking German Baroque composer. -【我只通报重要议题而类。 OOC就是OOC!】
• That CAD in general

I admit, I lost interest in PPC missions a few months ago, but this might be enough to draw me back into a mission-binge. I love the writing style and the references, as well as the creativity with interpreting various typos. Agent Liu Siyuan is a character I would have had a crush on a year ago, if not for my sudden fascination with eldritch abominations.

This answers a lot of questions I had about translated fic missions too, so thanks for this gift to the world. Being able to read the snatches of Chinese also makes me feel very smug.

I wish you safe travels in your future, in the literary world or not. May inspiration always be your friend.