Recruitment has been used in the past for a variety of characters but, in my opinion, some guidelines should be followed.

1) If the character in question could not conceivably be reintegrated into the canon world, then recruitment is viable option. If they can be reintegrated, then maybe they should be.

2) If you have no use for the character in your spin-off, then maybe it is best not to recruit them. We already have a fair number of NPCs that are free-to-use. Sadly, many of the NPCs we have are overlooked in favor of recruiting a character or creating a nameless character for a one-off appearance, especially the ones in Fic Psych and Medical.


It occurs to me that we have gotten away, somewhat, from the practice of letting bit characters reintegrate into the canon world. I don't know why this has happened, but I've noticed a tendency toward recruiting every minor character and putting them up for adoption (though they never seem to make it to any of the lists I posted above). I can't recall seeing many mission plugs, recently, that didn't have a recruit that the poster was putting up for adoption.

To quote a wise man, "We're not hosting an intergalactic kegger, here."

This is all just my opinion on the matter, of course.

(Though this is mostly in my spin-offs, because I'm recently trying to find ways to redeem badfic characters, or point out ones that aren't so bad after all.)

It's fairly understood the reason Suvians are killed, among other things, is because they are a destructive influence... even if they're oblivious to it. They run in, tramp mud everywhere, and brainwash people.

However, even if a suvian or sue-accomplice does some bad things, I think (and it might just be me, everyone's free to do it their own way!) if they have the potential to do constructive, non-trivializing things or have meaningful and deep relationships, they have the option to be recruited. Perhaps they just aren't fully realized as characters, or have been since glittered-over, or have been strung along by a possessing Suvian spirit... but for whatever reason, if they have substance, I personally believe they can be rescued. If it's not too late for them, anyway. I imagine it might be too late more often than I'd like.

Mind you, getting a deeply imbedded glitter network out of them might mean a long stay in medical, pliers, fairy dust, strange machines that go 'honk' every so often, the Vegetable Lamb of Tartary, and apocryphal applications of a rubber chicken... but eventually they might only have to take a single handful of enormous horse pills (Also available in wahoonie-flavored chewable tablet form) to maintain productive status in society! Or what passes for society in HQ anyway.