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A few questions regarding sporking... by Church on 2011-12-15 00:49:00 UTC Reply

1) If a fic that was in the process of being sporked was deleted and the sporker had a copy of the text, would it be necessary to reproduce the entire fic in a seperate document so readers have an idea as to what is occuring?

2)A major issue I have encountered in my LOTR-based sporking is that the charges are spread out across all three books/films on which this fic is based on.

With that in mind, is it possible to use Agent-created portals in order to skip unneccesary or repetative moments? Or can the entire operation be carried out on foot?

3) If the spork in question is going to be split up into three parts, I'm interested in aquiring the services of a beta reader who can check to ensure I am sticking to LOTR canon and that the spork remains true to the spirit of the PPC's humour. Any recommendations?

Thanks for your time.

Also answers. by Cassie Cameron-Young on 2011-12-15 02:31:00 UTC Reply
1. No, don't post the entire fic elsewhere. If the writer took it down, then it should stay down. Complete the mission, but note that it's a deleted fic.
  
  2. Yes, jumping unnecessary and repetetive moments via Remote Activator (aka the "portal thingy") is very popular with Agents. Skip to the chargeable bits and save your Agents' sanity.
  
  3. If it's a LOTR canon-beta you're looking for, I could do it. That's one of my most favoured fandoms. You can get in touch with me at cassie.dramateacher AT googlemail.com if you'd like.
Answers by HerrWozzeck on 2011-12-15 00:55:00 UTC Reply

Thankfully, these are all questions I've dealt with before. So here we go...

1) Generally, it's seen as being in bad taste to reproduce a fanfic on the internet if it's been deleted. Trust me, I did it once, and it didn't really go over that well.

2) Yes. One of the great things about portals is that you can skip the less brain-killing moments and get to the meat of the action, and I think you'll find that some of us do it a lot.

3) I don't know if I can help you with a beta reader, but I know that July, Data, Nesh, Aster, or VM would be willing to help in this situation. Just ask around, and you should receive at some point.