Subject: The accidentally anonymous posts...
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Posted on: 2013-05-28 20:36:00 UTC
... usually get "claimed" by their authors just seconds afterwards, so you have to open the page at about the right time to find one without a "claim".
(The TCDA being the Transfictional Canonical Defence Authority, a Steampunk PPC created by Pieguy and run away with by me)
Some time ago I considered what it would be like if the Internet was a Victorian concept.
Lily has recently mentioned the idea of AU PPC Boards.
a + b + c = The Board for the Appreciation of the TCDA, where many erudite souls discuss their affection for the Forces of Literature Conservation.
It's clickable! (Zoom-ins open in new windows or tabs)
And for bonus points, with the exceptions of Lacksidacksical (my 'generic newbie' from previous discussions) and KinemaFantastik, everyone on there is (loosely!) based on a Boarder... how many can you spot?
hS
Which reminds me I had a plan to write a mission for the Organisation... Also I spotted Phobos (Deimos) and... I think that's it.
I almost want to see an Electropunk fic, though I fear that many metalevels might cause our internets to escape again.
Also I didn't spot myself on there, but then again I might have not clicked on enough bits (and I haven't been on the Board in a while, sadly). I wonder how firemagic would even translate - combustionwitchcraft, perhaps?(KarrinBlue could probably be something like HekateAzure)
For our very own Aikaterine has toiled day and night to render the complete manuscript of her electropunk TCDA - or 'PPC', as it is termed - report, featuring bizarre analogues of our own beloved founders, the great Janet and Acacia. Featuring familiar TCDA devices and undertakings seen in a fundamentally altered light, as it were through a kaleidoscopic mirror!
Follow this thread to read the report.
O'ershadowed Eagle
And about the names, I'm pretty sure I am not there too.
Besides, what would Sergio Turbo become? Serafino De Bollitore? Serafino is an Italian name that fell out of use and now feels outdated, and "bollitore" is the Italian term for boiler, a core component of steam engines, with the vestigial preposition "de" before it. ("De" is roughly an equivalent of "of", and is a retail of the formal naming scheme "Serafino of [the] Bollitore [house/family]")
Nope, Aikaterine is Karen, and PastryGentleman is Pieguy.
Very entertaining, although I must admit to being slightly disappointed that it isn't another actual TCDA story - which is what I'd been expecting from the subject line you used. However, this was still good fun to read.
I'm pretty sure I spotted myself on there, and I managed to identify a few others.
-the Irish Samurai
Although it did take me several seconds to understand what a 'flawlit' was.
Also, I'm now very tempted to either change my screenname to Eos'Flame, which sounds very nice, or else to write something set in that Board AU (which is more likely to happen).
Also, lovely use of threads.
Electropunk TCDA. ELECTROPUNK TCDA. That is wonderful and amazing.
Who's Professor Challenger? I feel like I should know, considering that Eos'Flame has just written a report set in his world, but I have no idea.
And hey, goodbye anonymous posts! Handwriting is all we need...:D
All in all, wonderful. Although who, I wonder, is the Unnamed Academian?
~DF
Professor Challenger
The Unnamed Academian
And, of course, it is worth noting that 'anonymous posting' is kind of difficult on the Board... we can all see your IP, after all.
hS
Yes, please.
...and that means that that particular 'action I am forbidden to undertake' was the result of a Steampunk Blackout! Would Electropunk Agents get tossed into that?
Or, scarier still, what would Steampunk Slorp look like?
Steampunk Slorp? Oh, wow. That's a scary mental image.
And Christianne and Eledhwen would totally come through XD
~DF
Ahh, that makes a lot more sense. And I've seen that Unnamed Academian story before! Not sure when, but it's nice to see it again.
~DF
Specifically when they're doing so to be inflammatory? Pretty much every time.
hS
I mean more if someone posted a serious reply to a serious questions, and my point is completely moot, isn't it? I think I just tend to find these anonymous posts after the writer has identified themselves or been identified.
I also just misspelled that as 'indentified'. I wonder what that would look like?
~DF
... usually get "claimed" by their authors just seconds afterwards, so you have to open the page at about the right time to find one without a "claim".
In the list of Actions in which I am Forbidden to Undertake at the TCDA, there is an item about the Great Detective deducing the true nature of the Citadel.
Is this a Mass Effect reference or was that meant to be some other Citadel?
There's a mention somewhere in the stories, but I can't track it down right now.
hS
Eos'Flame = DawnFire - Eos is the Greek goddess of the the dawn, and flame = fire.
Daisy Snowbound = Lily Winterwood - Flower first name, winter/snow. Also a liking for the works of "the Great Detective".
O'Ershadowed Eagle = you, hS, but that was mostly because of "Davillo and Serenity". Otherwise, I'm not sure how it fits.
Aikaterine = Karen - this took some thought, but Katherine is the short, Anglicized form of Aikaterina, and Karen is further a shortened form of Katherine.
Deimos = Phobos - Simple mythology reference. Also the two moons of Mars.
Psyche = Neshomeh - Nesh has stated that her name means soul, and Psyche means soul in Greek. Also, "Psyche" is in charge of a reference tome, and Nesh does a lot of the wiki organization.
Great Auk = Tawaki - The response to the newbie thread involved a "First Dotterel" - aside from the phrasing, a quick search on "dotterel" revealed it to be a bird in the plover family.
SlyWitch = VixenMage - took some thought, but now that I see it it seems obvious.
Unknown Graphologist = Nameless Admin
I'm confused on the identity of A, though. PPCers usually have complicated, creative names.
This made me want to read the TCDA, and while I have difficulty understanding some of the AU terminology and don't know some of these agents' prime counterparts, I find the imitation of Victorian writing really accurate and the stories entertaining and clever.
I confess, I've never been a fan of the Victorian era. Too...proper, and the female fashions have never appealed. But against my prior judgments, I do like the TCDA, and may try to write in it some time.
Aw, I'm not in there anywhere, though not like there'd be much to work off. Seeing the board's real fun though!
Only one mistake - Karen may well be a short form of Katherine, but if you run through Greek > French > Irish > English, you get a different derived name...
(Huine = 'shade', Soron = 'Eagle'. It's a direct translation from the Quenya)
And Lily's right that 'A' is Araeph. I like to think she's got some long, complicated name that she can't be bothered to write out.
As to female fashions - I agree. But dress sense in the TCDA tends to be more, ah, creative. (See image)
hS
Teach me not to read a whole thread before I post.
Karen and Kaitlyn are related names.
Ah, now I know where your username comes from.
After careful thought, I will say that my AU username is "Athene of Baker Street". My username can be simplified to "[strong female character I admire] of [canonical location]". Both Greek Mythology and Sherlock Holmes would be popular during the Victorian era, and like my current username, you can imagine the character visiting the location. According to the Percy Jackson series, famous historical figures were children of various gods - Sherlock Holmes being a son of Athena would not be too far fetched.
Gods, now I want to write a crossover of Percy Jackson and BBC Sherlock.
Maybe it's because it's an A in red pen. Or maybe someone on the Board has admitted to liking the Scarlet Letter, and I wasn't around to see that.
Lackadaisy!
Awesome webcomic with anthropomorphic cats in 20th century America!
Fun!
Not me, though... But, I wasn't too hopeful, since I haven't been on in a while, and how would my username even translate in Victorian speech?
(Astounding Bespectacled SC, I guess?)
I did find, however, DawnFire, the Admin, and I think Tawaki.
I get the feeling that I'm Daisy Snowbound on there. And Swordsman of Hibernia is probably the Irish Samurai, and Deimos is Phobos, isn't it?
I especially liked how they were writing Jay and Acacia.
You're a credit to the Authority, sir.