Subject: Hello!
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Posted on: 2013-05-19 13:05:00 UTC
So, er, hi! *looks around; this place is very, very large* I'm Len, and I'm hoping to join the PPC.
I'm not really sure what else to put on this post, unless anyone wants a ten page rant on the epicness of the Himalayan tahr. (The take-away? They're extremely epic.)
'Kay, well, I've read all the homework and I'm looking forward to writing with you!
Yo Yo 'sup! Have some Mysteriously Glowing And Possibly Radioactive Chocolate!
Ooh, fun.
Awww, thanks!
I can't say I've ever read/played/watched Pokémon, but the Ditto sounds adorable! And useful. Definately useful.
I shall name him Kuiga.
:)
Did you check the link that I put in my post? If not, here is the URL again: http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Ditto
It leads to Bulbapedia, the Pokemon Wiki, which has information on what Ditto is and does.
Thanks much!
It doesn't take real vilification for me to rant about something. I just start yammering and it goes downhill from there.
Nice to meet you! Have pair of glittery sequined urple work boots. Perhaps you'll find a decent use for them. And some cookies. You can never go wrong with cookies.
Thank you! I think I will find a use for the boots indeed... Does the suspenseful genericness of these wonderful cookies give them any sort of mystical qualities I should know about before chowing down?
Welcome to the PPC and stuff! Have some lemming repellent!
Thanks!
I'm afraid to ask why you thought the lemming repellent was necessary, though.
Which is the way we call Quotev, a fanfiction-and-other-stuff hosting website we recently discovered, due to its users' tendence to write horrible fanfiction that look all like each other.
Thought Fanfiction.net was bad? Take the worst out of it, copy-paste it one hundred times, add the abouse of the ability to use coloured text, different fonts and linking images, and you have a good approssimation of what the Circle is.
Oh, wow.
That's a distressing concept.
At least FFn has a few gems in it, although they are being increasingly buried by the bad stuff.
Hope you'll stick around a while (although I promise you'll see a lot of badfic). So, in honor, how about some bleepolate ice cream? Homemade and sooo good, I swear!
Awesome! Within my first week at the Board, somebody else joins up! I hope you stick around, Ms. Snow! Aand... I hear it's the tradition around here to give gifts to new people...
I have this nifty rebrella from Un Lun Dun (try reading it sometime). Enjoy!
Thank you!
Actually, I'm beginning to be concerned for the sake of fanfiction. It's getting harder to find things worth reading.
Gah! That was intended for Pauline07.
To you, also, thanks much!
Welcome to the Board! Have some of my world-famous hydrophobic water to commemorate the event. The preferred drink of the Zz'gash dune runners!
Aww, thanks!
Have some Swiss Chocolate and some Bleepka. You'll need them both soon.
Thank you!
Have one CD case, two double A batteries, a tube of red tempera paint, a pair of chopsticks, and a bag of NM&M's. Welcome to the board!
I'm sure I'll find a place for all this somewhere...
I can't believe how many times I've typed "thank you" today. Everyone is so generous. So... thank you! ¡Gracias! Erm... Merci?
Nice to meet you, Ms. Snow! Welcome to the PPC! I wouldn't mind that rant about the tahr, if you would? They're so adorable!
Ah, but to business! What fandoms do you enjoy? Are you a book gal, or do you prefer movies? Any interest in Japanese manga and anime?
Here: as a welcome gift, have some cookies, made with real Bleepolate chips!
Thank you! I'm more of a book person, honestly. As I mentioned before, I kind of roam around from one fandom to the other. Right now I'm kind of obsessed with Tolkien, but I've written for a few different canons, like The Hunger Games, Divergent/Insurgent, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, even a Harris Burdict painting, which was a strange story.
I have only ever watched one anime- Last Exile- and I enjoyed it, but never found the time to finish the series. As far as manga goes, I've not read any, but I draw in the style (not well, but I try).
I am thoroughly welcomed!
They do look a lot like Ibex/Ibexae/Ibexipeople. Distant cousins, maybe?
When I saw that name (tahr), it looked like some Star Trek name. Who knew that it isn't a fictional creature at all?
As for the plural of "ibex," it depends on whether you want to follow the original Latin or not:
"Ibices" is the way you'd pluralize it in Latin.
"Ibexes" is the way you'd pluralize it following English pluralization rules.
It gets smaller... or, well, cozier at least. Here, have a carpet (heavily embroidered with ducks), five wall-hangings (showing the deaths of particularly bad Sues), and a rather threadbare spotted couch or two to furnish your corner of this gigantic warehouse.
And I took your advice down there and looked up pictures of tahr. So very epic indeed.
-Aila
Thank you!
I'm feeling the warm and fuzzies already. :)
Hello, and thanks for the warm welcome!
As for the rest...
1.) Nope, no relation to another Len. I hope I'm not stealing someone's name.
2.) I've always been rather fond of Mr. Rogers, actually. Although I'm pretty sure I'm missing something funny in that sentence.
3.) The very same sapient cats, actually. It was a phase... *blushing ridiculously*
4.) I shall guard this briefcase with my life. And I wouldn't worry about food. Mutant insects are notoriously loose in morals.
Ah... I must have missed that scene when I read the Original Series.
Actually, kudos to you for stopping after the Power of Three. While I agree that the New Prophecy arch wasn't bad, it went downhill from there. I couldn't make it through the last book and a half of Omen of the Stars because it had just become so godawful.
Sure, I'd consider eventually going to those continuums if they're short staffed. And I do plan on writing, but I'd like to get aquainted with the site and the PPCers before I get into that.
Greetings, new friend! Help yourself to a pair of snow shoes! They're Sasquatch-sized, unfortunately.
And what on Earth is a tahr? If it's even from Earth. Is it a snuggle-able animal of some kind?
How did you know my shoe size? That's disconcerting, that is. O.O
Weeeelll, if they got over their mortal fear of anything that moves, I imagine tahrs would be quite snuggle-able. If you picture a really cute llama, and give it ram horns, and then genetically merge it with a Kooshball... Okay, maybe just look it up on Google images.
I know, right? The epitome of hircine beasties!
I'm sure the maneating tea will come in handy, in time... (And, yeah, I've read them. Thanks for the advice, though!)
As far as fandom goes, I rove around. I'm in somewhat of a Tolkien faze at the present, which is how I found the Original Series in the first place, but I've written for Harry Potter, the Hunger Games, Divergent, PJO, Warriors (shamefully), Harris Burdict paintings (that was an odd one), and I think that about covers it.
:)
First off, try to lay off writing missions until a few months of active discussing. You can write your own fanfictions though, and try to get betas or concrits from a few people here. Not me, I hadn't been writing for a while due to my writer's mess.
Ift is traditional to offer virtual gifts here to newbies. Therefore I present you with an virtual anvil. Very useful if you're a roadrunner with a particularly obsessive predator.
Thanks for the advice! I'll definately keep that in mind.
Futhermore, I shall graciously accept this fine anvil, and pray that its virtues are never needed. -.- It shall be my pookiemuffin, and I shall treasure it forevermore.
First off, try to lay off writing missions until a few months of active discussing. You can write your own fanfictions though, and try to get betas or concrits from a few people here. Not me, I hadn't been writing for a while due to my writer's mess.
Ift is traditional to offer virtual gifts here to newbies. Therefore I present you with an virtual anvil. Very useful if you're a roadrunner with a particularly obsessive predator.