Subject: Welcome a-Board
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Posted on: 2012-05-17 20:14:00 UTC
Hello there newbie! I have to say, we don't have a lot of big Seuss fans here, but it's always nice to get people from diferent fandoms. Anyway, have a propeller cap, it'll take you wherever you want to go. Just don't put your fingers too close to the blades if you want to keep them!
Hello, PPC boarders! Allow me to introduce myself. I am a sixteen-year-old artist, writer and amateur actress from upstate New York. I've been frequenting PPC Wiki for a while and enjoying its stories immensely, and I've finally gotten up the courage to post a little!
In other words: While I'm convinced I'm going about this entirely in the wrong fashion, I'm trying it anyway. :]
I am most heavily involved in various Dr. Seuss continuities! Specifically, Horton Hears a Who! and The Lorax. I know these aren't incredibly common fandoms and I respect that many of you probably don't really know much about them... however, I'd appreciate a review on a few of my characters and two stories, one of which is so far afield an AU that it may even constitute a mostly original story, and one that... um, isn't?
I like to write about my perception of events off-screen and of things to come post-storyline. In other words: I do not like to mess with canon. I try to take canon characters in a direction that makes sense to me; this does not, however, mean I expect everyone to agree with me, and I love to hear their ideas!
I acknowledge that some of my older characters were cliched and still hold some of their slightly Sueish elements. I'd appreciate fix suggestions on that.
I'm also a shipping maniac who's equally accepting, though slightly more inclined toward het, to things of all orientations. Which brings me to my next point: I also really, really like South Park, and I'm kind of in the process of writing Style smuttiness as a request for my best friend... It's my first try at this, so if anyone wants to wade through terrible slash and give me some tips that won't make my head burst in embarrassment, that would be cool too. =3
I'll acknowledge right now that I can commit fangirlism as much as anyone else. I'm also a first-person specialist and, of course, 16- but I try not to let it show too much. :D
... I know I had other things to say, but I'm writing this in the middle of science class and so my thoughts are a little fuzzy. Apologies! If you're interested, give me a call at ShiningBarboach.deviantart.com, or drop your email address and I will message you privately.
...and I thought my introduction post was long!
I kid, I kid...
So, welcome to the Board, love!
Have a Box of Infinity!
Warning! Box may contain nuts. Do not leave in direct moonlight.
Shipping is lovely, and hey, everyone has to rid themselves of Sue-taint. It's fine.
Have a biscuit.
Hi! I can't help with the reviews, but have some fudge!
Welcome to the Board! Have some of my hydrophobic water to commemorate the event. Keep out of reach of young children, adults, seniors, the undead, humans, non-humans, entities composed of ectoplasm and cats.
Obscure fandoms? No worries, my friend!
We have some that have driven us right off the bend!
Though we may seem quite crazy, you can rest well-assured
That we're all very glad to have you a-Board!
And as for your gift, have the King Kangaroo,
I would have room to keep it, but I don't run the zoo!
Welcome! I've actually heard of the Lorax fandom (I noticed most people call it the Once-ler fandom, though that may be just tumblr) because of some overlap with the Professor Layton fandom. Not part of it myself, however.
Ooh, another shipping maniac! Yeah, I pretty much have at least one ship per fandom, if not multiple. I'm not obsessive, but it still happens.
Hmm, are you also part of any other fandoms?
Haha! Of course you'd have heard that. I'm actually a little proud of myself on that front- I heard of The Lorax and chose Oncey as my favorite character way the heck and gone on November 22nd, 2011. So I'm really one of the original fans. Neato, you've got a Tumblr? I've played through a Professor Layton game, I loved it to pieces despite how hard it was! :D
The Onceluts are very diverse, they overlap with most everything. I suppose that that particular area of crossing over has to do with top hats. Same with Superjail. SHRUG
OH HECK YEAUS. I always get my big fancy OTP (Style, Feferidan, Style, Oncest, Style... um, I don't think I mentioned Style yet) for every fandom but then I just end up whoring around. I just love the warm fuzzies, here in my pathetic l'il life.
Umm, I used to be hugely involved in the Percy Jackson continuity! Other than that... I know a fair deal about Naruto and Fullmetal Alchemist, though I'm not really a fan anymore. I also used to be a major Sonitard, but let's not talk about that. I'm big on Homestuck, and I've been reading Harry Potter since I was a mite. I know My Little Pony pretty well, though since I discovered South Park I've been weaning myself off because it bugs my best friend to no end. I also absolutely freakin' love Ferris Bueller's Day Off, but there's not really a fandom outside of me for that, haha. But mostly at the moment it's all Horton! and Lorax and South Park. :] Though you should really try me! I've seen a bunch of stuff.
Thanks for welcoming me!
Ooh, you should play the other PL games! They're all amazing, especially Unwound/Lost Future, but of course, the others are really close. Tumblr's muzikalnotes.tumblr.com, if you want to follow. Just don't mind the Homestuck and PL spam, along with a host of other stuff.
I also present to you a top hat! You can even change how tall it is!
Heehee! I'm guessing the gifts are a PPC thing? I have so much to learn. Anyway, I needed a top hat for my cosplay, so many thanks. X'D
Welcome! Have a book of Seuss-esque rhymes. Now with a section on alliteration.
YES. I SHALL CHERISH IT FOR ALL MY DAYS. :'l
In other words, thanks for the welcome, Ivan!
Hello there newbie! I have to say, we don't have a lot of big Seuss fans here, but it's always nice to get people from diferent fandoms. Anyway, have a propeller cap, it'll take you wherever you want to go. Just don't put your fingers too close to the blades if you want to keep them!
Hats! I saw that you were more than just a hatteress, you're also a hat lover! Well, let me assure you that you've got a friend in me, so to speak! I, too, adore hats, and am commonly admonished in class for wearing one. Currently my favorite is my Kyle Broflovski green bomber hat, a present from my best friend on the 10th, which was my birthday. But I also love my fedora and my buffalo hat, and I own, like, 20! I could talk about 'em for hours. :]
Heehee! Oh, trust me, mistress, I am very famililar with the obscurity of my obsessions- and I've been known to even pride myself on that, as a self-proclaimed semihipster. :D But other than that, I honestly thought South Park was more popular than it is! Hmm, I suppose I could fit in equally well with the Pokemon crowd or the Homestickers... then again, I tend to lock horns with those groups based on the fact that they've been known to be a little, um, scary.
Whee! Oh, the places I'll go! I take it, based on your moniker, this is an original creation? I shall cherish it, and make sure not to remove my beloved gaming appendages in the process.
Have a Pair-i-scope for all your shipping needs. It looks like a periscope but it's programmed to focus on cute couples. Also, besides Dr. Seuss what have you read?
... :'D BEST GIFT EVER. Now I can have an upgrade from my inborn Shipping Sense!
Ooh! I read lots of things! (Descriptive, I know.) I usually have an easier time focusing in on animation than literature, but I absolutely LOVE the Percy Jackson series. Lo, for I have been a fan since the very first week the first book came out. Other than that... I really enjoy reading books about Columbine and other massacres, for some twisted reason... and I used to hit a lot of manga. Not so much anymore, heh. Oh, and Going Bovine is a great book, too!
Thanks for the welcome!
Welcome to the board. I must confess I didn't even know there was a fanfiction community for Dr. Seuss continuities but I shouldn't really be surprised. You learn something new every day. South Park is cool and, strangely enough, less preachy than some other shows out there in spite of having Stan say "y'know I learned something..." at the end of every episode.
Hey, don't worry about having Sue-ish elements in your characters and trying to stomp them *all* out. We were all like that at one point in time or another. We could, of course, play it safe and not make mistakes but that would be like never learning to ride a bicycle because you were afraid to get hurt. Besides, from my point of view, if a character doesn't stand out in some way why should we, as the audience, pay attention to them?
Thanks! ;D
Haha, well, maybe I should clarify that. There IS a fanfiction community... However. It's quite small, ESPECIALLY in the case of Horton, and the fans for HHaW... Well, I love a good read as much as anyone, but let's just say when I wanna read good Who stories, I've usually gotta go write 'em first. :/ It bites!
That's one of the big things I LOVE about SP! Maybe it's the fact that I only own seasons 11 and 15 and, due to the fact that I actually don't have cable TV and only have limited bandwidth on my home Internet, I've only seen a handful of other episodes at my Gramma's, but somehow I've only managed to see like 2 episodes where the moral is explicitly stated, and one of those was by Kyle. Pff. But yeah- basically, the sense of humor is very similar to the one in my household, being very curse-laden and playing into a bunch of stereotypes, but at the end of the day, we/they are very open minded and end up shattering more preconceptions than we/they feed, and there's always a lesson to be learned~ And dat cast! I really love huge, colorful, diverse casts where everyone somehow manages to be lovable! I love this show. I'd write more of it but I'm really nervous about writing kids since I still feel like one and can't seem to draw maturity lines, and I feel like my older versions are downright shoddy and cliched.
... But I digress. The fan's dilemma. Sorry about that. XD
One of my main characters started as what was pretty much a self insert. Thanks to a healthy dose of low self esteem she survived with flaws intact, buuuuut I kinda ship her with my favorite character from HHaW (... Or anything else, for that matter) and so she ended up sorta Sueish. I've succeeded in diverging our paths, making her more of a serious character than an experiment and leaving her with more of my younger personality from the period of her creation if I give her similarities to me at all, but she can still be a bit of a Sue. Ah well, we write what we know, I guess- and I'm nothing if not self-critical, hehe! :P And one of my primary original characters lived through a school shooting because they fascinate me and I've researched them extensively, and while most of his resulting psychological quirks are realistic I still think he ends up being a big old emo cliched mess on occasion. I sure hope that counts as interesting to an outsider! XD
Teal deer, thanks for the warm welcome- it's very nice to meet you, Rabbit! If I can call you that. And then some rambling, but who cares!
Heck, you can call me Susan if it makes you happy (wait, would a 16 year old get that one? I hope so...).