By Leo McGarry's awesomeness, that is a lot of questions!

The West Wing: OFU, minis, and more research questions by Aeidhryn on 2012-04-05 16:40:00 UTC Reply

'Ello there! I'm hoping one of your knows something about precedent & the West Wing re: the PPC. *waves at Chatvert*

I've got all the Wiki stuff, but the mini bit doesn't make sense.

The West Wing mini has been established as an Elefunky through the precedent of the mission Halloween, handled by agents Kitty Callahan and Alec Trevelyan.

What do elefunkies have to do with the West Wing? Normally, minis are taken from the universe, so shouldn't it be a mini-assistant or a mini Secret-Service agent or even a mini computer or mini pen? I don't understand it. Did I miss something important?

Also, is there any OFU for the West Wing? I don't actually see a giant need for one, because most WW writers are pretty good, but I had an idea, so now I'm poking around. Can I make one?

Can anyone tell me about the precedent of fics about non-OFUM students writing fan fiction?

If I write and mention OFUs that I don't make and don't actually exist as long as I'm not actually in the OFU and do cite Miss Cam, is that okay?

Am I making any sense?

And finally (since I'm hoping Chatvert is out there), on an entirely different subject, how's the Langley OFU going? And the adoption of mini-Jackals? And have you seen Saisoto's deviant art of Sherlock Holmes? And what can you do with an International Relations degree (it sounds really fun but I wouldn't know what to do with myself)? And please don't think I'm a stalker but I had questions and you put your tumblr on the Wiki, so yeah. And lo, the geeks shall inherit the earth... Did you freak out when Star Trek was mentioned on TWW?

The crazy n00b plotter is back, my friends. Back in full force. *evil laugh*

By Leo McGarry's awesomeness, that is a lot of questions! by Chatvert on 2012-04-06 04:54:00 UTC Reply

I WILL DO MY BEST TO ANSWER.

1. Re: Elefunkies - I decided to combine the Party symbols of Democrat Donkey and Republican Elephant for the Elefunkies. I didn't want to use mini-humans ('cause I find that frankly gimmicky) and mini-inanimate objects have always struck me as odd. I figured that the parties themselves were as close to monsters as anything in the show!
1a. I have the second part of that mission written up as well and just need to revise it before it can be posted. owo

2. No OFU, but I'd gladly assist with one. I wanted to run one but my plate's full up enough as is!

3. Re: Non-OFUM students writing fanfic, not sure what you mean...and personally I wouldn't reference OFUs that are as-yet nonexistent because I wouldn't want to step on any potential toes. But that is just me.

4. Oh my God, it's been insane but I am working on it. It's been going through a lot of revision. Mini-Jackals are up for adoption if y'all want one. No I have not seen this dA but I am intrigued now. And an IR degree basically makes you good for employment at an NGO, IGO, or government agency. My personal focus is International Security (which I can most likely trace back to Josh's obsession with the smallpox data in The Crackpots and These Women) and nonproliferation. I also feel that Star Trek could have been handled better on TWW...we Trekkers are maligned enough without outside help, lol. But it kicks ass that our president is a Trek fan and blerg blerg my tumblr isn't interesting also it is full of slash blerg

blerg

You da man! by Aeidhryn on 2012-04-06 20:38:00 UTC Reply

THANK YOU. (Leo McGarry, Leo McGarry, Leo McGarry!)

1) Okay. It makes sense...but oh so sadly, I'm having trouble picturing an elefunky. :( Still, I'm definitely supporting the precedent.

2) Okay...TWW OFU is CLAIMED. By MOI. *cheers loudly* (It's not as though anyone else was going to do it, anyways!)

3) No problemo, look at #2.

4) Revision is good; jackals are good; smallpox, not so good (though that was an exceptionally good TV moment). I'm surprised people aren't freaking out more over biowarfare after I wrote a paper on it for school-isn't it cheaper and more accessible and more suited to terrorist-types than nukes? *the n00b speaks* I am highly accustomed to avoiding slash if it's distasteful slash, so it's all good over here.

What is this blerging?

Um, yeah, also--I was that Maelwys person way back when. Heh. *waves* I didn't have an email, so I couldn't get an ff.net account, so, yeah. *headscratch*

Expect us to be da men, Toby-style, soon enough--I SHALL JOIN YOU *insert ebil* laugh here* Ahem. Exercising cautious optimism over here.

*coined by Artix Games, ebil is basically evil, but cuter, embodied by a conspiratorial blue bunny-like thing with a little skull-staff named Zorbak.

And how do you feel about Lustbader? I remember being rather annoyed that HE got to make much money and fame while the rest of us, you know, beg for reviews like the stereotypical caffeine-addict-y, sugar-high-y, slasher-jumpy, wild-plots-inclined people we generally are...

We are, collectively...da men! by Chatvert on 2012-04-08 06:10:00 UTC Reply
1. I have doodled pictures of them! I shall have to put them up on the interwubz one of these days.
  
  4. Well, none of it's stuff I'd want in rogue hands, me. *shiver!* And I try to only reblog the tasteful stuff. Nothing explicit! ;)
  
  Oh, I blerg a lot. It's a habit I picked up from Tina Fey's character Liz Lemon in 30 Rock, she says "blerg" when she's disgusted or fed up with something. Or "nerds!", which is just a good all-purpose swear word.
  
  Oh, so that was you! Fair enough. xD; JOIN US. We don't have cookies but we do have slightly burnt muffins (and Marie's excellent meatloaf).
  
  (a la Scar) YOU KNOW THE LAW. NEVER EVER MENTION THAT NAME IN MY PRESENCE! *crash of thunder* Ugh, that man. I do my best to ignore his books. When I'm not sporking them due to deep-seated masochism. I'm actually in the process of writing a bookverse fic that's been stewing up here for five years or thereabouts. It's fun. Deeply involved. Trying to set it in 1997 and be period-accurate. My beta is too busy for me now, though. :/

You guys rock.//Yeah, we really do. by Aeidhryn on 2012-04-08 23:27:00 UTC Reply
1. Do eet! Deviantart?
  
  4. No kidding. That's okay...slash and I just don't get along.
  
  I say bah (with humbuggery implied). Blerg. Huh. Works pretty well.
  
  Yeah! *high five* Shall I fill out an admissions form?
  
  Beta-ing is ... well, it can be stressful 'cause there's Real Life getting all up in your face at times.
  
  You spork them? Where? Can I see?
  
  Wow, five years... *kowtowy bow*

Wait wait lady wait lady wait no lady I know I know wait by Aeidhryn on 2012-04-05 16:42:00 UTC Reply

lady...

space.

I am the best at space? by Techno-Dann on 2012-04-06 02:46:00 UTC Reply

I'm afraid I know nothing about West Wing, so I can't comment on minis - not being canonical critters does sound a bit odd to me, though. (I would be a fan of mini-Secret Service, personally)

As far as OFUs and not-OFUs and other stories about fanfic writers go, knock yourself out! Miss Cam gave the idea of OFUs to the general community quite a while ago - as long as you cite her as an inspiration, you should be fine.

-is that you? -yes, son. now we are a family again. by Aeidhryn on 2012-04-06 13:49:00 UTC Reply

The Fact Sphere always did remind me in the PPC (in both good and bad ways). The square root of rope is string, after all.

Thanks for the OFU-stuff. :)