Aside from them not crediting Miss Cam. That's something that should be mentioned, yes.

But beyond that, OFUs are first come, first serve, or second come, and completed.

We, the PPC, don't have anything to do with the OFUs in and of ourselves. There's nothing wrong with non-PPCers running OFUs.

And yes, of course it's a legitimate OFU. The fact it not ran by a PPCer does not change that fact.

Beyond that, the general thing with minis and OFUs is that the OFU gets the priority in what the minis are called, even if the OFU comes after the mini is already created in the first place. Minis are OFU concepts, not PPC concepts.

And, last I checked, she doesn't care all that much about OFU legitimacy anymore. I don't think it's our place, at all, to take it down. And if they're not making claims about the PPC itself, we can't exactly claim they're treading on our turf.

Honestly, I'd say leave them alone. It's possible (though improbable), that she doesn't know OFUs should be credited, or that she asked and Cam said "Yeah, do whatever you want," or that she doesn't know that they're supposed to follow OFUM. Either way, it's not really our jurisdiction, so to speak.

while OFU writers are not required to be answerable to the PPC, they should definitely credit Miss Cam.

And someone giving the impression the PPC makes OFUs... well, that's really not good. There's generally been a strong affectionate link between them, but they're separate and separately-run entities.

And finally, this person implies that these people are good enough to do the same sort of work as the PPC, but weren't hired. Which kind of goes directly against what we've always taken for granted - that the flood of badfic is so heavy that the Flowers'll hire anyone. I mean, they hired Luxury. :P

Personally, I'd suggest we ask this writer to either fix her mistakes or take it down. :/ Though the latter is something of an extreme measure, I'm aware.

It probably won't happen for a while, and I'm sure you'll do "It's My Life!" long before it, but... I dunno, I'm just curious - what would your idea for a mini be?

I'm certainly not the expert on this, but I would think that would not be a legitimate OFU. They also seem to use a form very similar to those of the OFUs (they even ask if the applicant has heard of OFUs before, but cut out the question about the PPC). It seems that they want the fame of an OFU without dealing with having to be a member of the PPC. (Correct me if I'm wrong/being too judgemental, anyone.)

Oh, and the fic is here, if people were wondering.