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Subject: PPC+20: "Taken Far Too Literally" 10
Author: [GreyLadyBast]
Posted on: 2022-06-05 20:30:51 UTC

The adventures of the sweariest accidental Mary Sue continue - or perhaps come to an end?! Yes, Mary finally meets Jay and Acacia for real, and her fate is decided. What fate? Spoilers!

Taken Far Too Literally 10: Grief, Gizmos, and Gollum (Who's Not As Dumb As He Looks) by GreyLadyBast

I actually remember Bast talking about this chapter two years later or so. She was very proud of herself for 'predicting' a certain change Peter Jackson made to the Mount Doom sequence in RotK - which, remember, was a long way in the future when this chapter came out. See what you think.

hS

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PPC+20: "Taken Far Too Literally" 10 by [GreyLadyBast] on 2022-06-05 20:30:51 UTC

Re: Grief, Gizmos and Gollum + 20 by doctorlit on 2022-06-12 14:40:07 UTC Reply

Gosh, the J+A cameo is nice, but the agents really could have resolved things for Mary a lot more straightforwardly! For starters, a CAD reading would have revealed Mary to be non-glittery, which would have removed the assassination option entirely. I don't see why they couldn't have portalled her back in time to when she left home, either, unless we were treating World One as unportalable back in this time period. I guess the opportunity to recruit, and earn more vacation time, was too tempting for J+A, but I would have just gotten Mary home, if it were me. You can probably guess what ending I'm rooting for, too!

As for predicting the film version of this scene . . . All I'll say is, bumrushing a villain feels a lot more natural for a human than it does for a Hobbit!

—doctorlit, shaving in Neshomeh's bathroom!?

If I didn’t know there was a Gathering going on... by Linstar on 2022-06-13 13:06:23 UTC Reply

...the shaving comment would sound incredibly creepy.

Yeah, no, I'm just keeping Doc in my bathroom now... by Neshomeh on 2022-06-13 18:00:22 UTC Reply

He has food and water. Everything is fine.

^_~

~Neshomeh is actually pretty sure he's getting back home soon, if he hasn't already. ~~Thoth and GMA, on the other hand... (are currently on a train with me and Phobos).~~

It's a fine place to be imprisoned, if only Agnes wasn't so shy! ;_; (nm) by doctorlit on 2022-06-13 18:43:49 UTC Reply

Why do I get the feeling that Agnes is Nesh’s cat? (nm) by Linstar on 2022-06-14 12:09:23 UTC Reply

You are correct. {= ) by Neshomeh on 2022-06-14 14:19:28 UTC Reply

This is Agnes Nutter. She is very sweet, but does take time to warm up to new people.

(And yes, she does give Nice and Accurate prophecies about when it's time to feed her. ^_~ )

~Neshomeh

Aw! She’s so cute! by Linstar on 2022-06-14 15:07:24 UTC Reply

(I knew you were a cat person!)

Sounds like the first line of a novel. :) (nm) by Huinesoron on 2022-06-14 07:53:52 UTC Reply

PPC+20: "Mary Sue, Sue Mary and the Broken Plot Continuum" 4 by [Nath] on 2022-06-08 15:59:39 UTC Reply

Nath's masterpiece continues, and Mary Sue and Sue Mary are out of Rivendell and causing trouble to the south...

Mary Sue, Sue Mary and the Broken Plot Continuum: This wasn't in the film? by Nath.

hS

re: This wasn't in the film? + 20 by doctorlit on 2022-06-13 11:24:51 UTC Edited Reply

A rather nice chapter! Good to see canon trying to stabilize, and shake off the invasive elements as best it can. It's especially good to see that the slash versions of the Fellowship aren't portrayed as noticeably different from their usual characterization!

—doctorlit, soon to depart from the Chicago gathering : (

Interesting... by Kittyauthor on 2022-06-08 13:55:04 UTC Edited Reply

I haven't read the other chapters (apologies) but I never figured that the months of posting the fic actually would pass! If I knew that... nothing would happen, because I haven't sporked any dimensional hoppers. I'll keep that in mind, though.

This reminds me of a later PPC (?) fic, where a "Sue" was part of a Mary Sue class in the factory (O think?) and the final test was "go into Middle Earth and mess it up" and this "Sue" was hunted down by oblivious PPC agents, despite the Sue not wanting to be a Sue? I think? It's been a hot minute since I've read it.

But, anyways, I like the feel of this chapter. Now I need to go back amd read the others.

-kA

Oh! You read that? by Huinesoron on 2022-06-08 15:55:24 UTC Edited Reply

The story you're describing sounds very much like Diary of an Undercover Sue. The part you're thinking of starts in chapter 16, and the agents are a certain Dafydd and Selene of DOGA. I actually cowrote those parts! Hirilnara was a good real-world friend of mine.

Also, good catch on the 'four months' thing. I was assuming TFTL took place in a few real-world days, so I need to adjust my thinking now!

hS

Yes! That! I had blanked on the title, sorry. by Kittyauthor on 2022-06-08 16:48:40 UTC Reply

Yeah, I really enjoyed it. I need to reread it because it was fun.

I forgot that your agents were used and didn't know (or forgot) that you cowrote those bits! That's awesome!

It may or may not have given me an idea a while back, but I never acted on the idea in fear of accidentally copying. Now I can't remember the idea lol.

-kA

It tellls the story from the Sue's perspective. Interesting. by TheBefuddledBookworm on 2022-06-08 03:34:01 UTC Reply

This made me laugh. Now I want to read some more of GreyLadyBast's stuff.
Random thoughts. by Linstar on 2022-06-06 14:11:05 UTC Reply

Well, I liked it. No surprise there. It’s funny, and I like that Jay and Acacia try to recruit her. I like that Jay and Acacia appear at all.

Um, I thought that the swearing wasn’t as bad as it claims. That’s what I get for reading My Immortal.

Side note: when does the PPC +20 event end?

—Ls

The PPC+20 project... by Huinesoron on 2022-06-06 14:37:20 UTC Reply

... will run at least through to the final TOS mission, which went up in August 2003 (less than a month before I joined - oof). Whether I continue it after that point depends entirely on how fed up I am with it. Doing okay so far, but it's only been 4 months.

(It would be nice to hit my own first PPC story, in October '03, but... well, who knows.)

hS