Subject: A few thoughts.
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Posted on: 2012-06-13 20:29:00 UTC
There are quite a few fandoms out there with the potential for risk regarding the safety of the PPC. You've got things like radiation, zombie viruses, brain parasites, doppelgangers, mind control spells, alien races bent on assimilation, and other various sorts of nastiness.
How do we deal with all that? Simple. We don't write about it.
I'm sure we could come up with any number of in-universe reasons for why agents aren't coming down with the Green Flu or getting indoctrinated or what have you. The main reason, I believe, is that writing those stories is something that most people don't want to do.
I wasn't around during the various Emergencies, but from what I've heard they were a pain in the rear to write. After a while, people probably just wanted HQ to remain a safe - if somewhat odd - place. Somewhere stable. Keep the crazy drama to a more manageable (and tolerable) level.
I don't think there are any continuums that are deliberately avoided for being dangerous. Because their authors don't allow fanfiction, yes. But remember: writing missions shouldn't be about going after the most horrendous or most dangerous badfic. It should be about writing the best, most entertaining story YOU can.
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