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Subject: How to handle idea for parody ...
Author: Laburnum
Posted on: 2010-10-07 17:41:00 UTC

So, I had an idea for an intentional-badfic type parody, a la the sort at Fanfic Land or similar, which my Bad Slashers could take on for the "non-assassination mission" challenge. All my missions so far have been done on real, or presumably-real, badfics, but a few agent pairs have taken on intentional ones written by themselves (e.g. Rena and Shay). However, I am not confident in my abilities to write convincing badfic, nor am I sure I could make it horrible enough to be funny.

I had the idea of writing it as the bullet-point notes written by one of the agents in the process of assembling a chargelist, so we only see it through his/her eyes. Think this could work?

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How to handle idea for parody ... by Laburnum on 2010-10-07 17:41:00 UTC

It could work... by PoorCynic on 2010-10-07 21:03:00 UTC Reply

A first person account of a mission is something that could be really funny, particularly if you show two things: commentary from the agent him or herself, and a steady degeneration in the agent's demeanor from the beginning of the mission to the end. You know, starting with ordinary things like:

-- Unnecessary repetition in fic title. Contacted Department of Redundancy Department.
-- Your/you're confusion. Administered half a tablet of Bleeprin to self.

Then moving on to items such as:

-- Canonical character now has breasts twice as large as normal. Forced to restrain partner.
-- Canonical character said something both OOC and offensive to modern sensibilities. Injured arm in effort to restrain partner again. Must remember to visit Medical after mission.
-- Viewed something really horrible, ate more Bleeprin, forgot what something in question was. Partner refuses to tell me and instead only muttered a string of curse words.

And so on.

Yeah, that was about what I figured. by Laburnum on 2010-10-07 22:02:00 UTC Reply

I was thinking the fic's a crossover with something S&S aren't familiar with, and the only person they know who knows anything about the canon and is currently free to go with them is Molly, who, at the time, is aged about seven. So they have to simultaneously show her bits of the mission for charges and keep her away from the unsuitable bits, which, given that it's Bad Slash, would be a lot of it.