Hrm...

A few sporkables, two Mini-Balrogs, and a help request. by Laburnum on 2010-09-04 00:46:00 UTC Reply

Last things first; does anyone willing to co-write a mission have any Bad Slashers or Floaters who work the Harry Potter continuum and are likely to know anything about the music of Nine Inch Nails? I ask because a fic I've bagged for sporking is a NIN songfic which utterly mutilates the lyrics of one of my favourite songs (the song being "Suck", in case you're wondering). The Bad Slashers I use are probably not the type to listen to NIN's music even when it's not being mangled horribly, and I'm kind of hoping to have them do some things without Laburnum and Foxglove hanging off them.

I'd also like to report the appearance of three Mini-Balrogs I haven't seen around before: Bradybuck, Brandyduck, and Bradyduck. (Quack.)

As for the sporkables, they're all Harry Potter fics found via TVTropes:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FanFic/ASadStory
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FanFic/Deserving
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FanFic/DarkSecrets
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FanFic/PassionNight

Speaking of TVTropes, I set up a BagEnders page: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FanFic/BagEnders Anyone want to fill in some tropes there?

Arriving late... by Cassie Cameron-Young on 2010-09-04 21:40:00 UTC Reply

I'll take on the minis at the Agency, if nobody wants them.
Hrm... by Rosie Azrael on 2010-09-04 07:32:00 UTC Reply

Well, Rose/Ross are at least passable in Hary potter, and while they might not really know anything about NIN's music, I can see that as being the basis for a lot of amusement, actually. Along the lines of "Wait, I was selected for this mission based on one album that my ex loaded onto my computer years ago and I listened to enough to decide it wasn't worth my time?" quickly followed by "Wait, this doesn't even sound like the same band! Can't believe I never listened to any of their earlier stuff..."

So yeah, if you don't find anyone else, I'll do it.

Wondering what the effects are of a songfic which ... by Laburnum on 2010-09-04 14:45:00 UTC Reply

... completely screws up the lyrics. I'm thinking the song plays over the action, as has been mentioned happening in songfics before, but now it's horribly off-key. Sounds right?

Yeah... by Rosie Azrael on 2010-09-04 20:39:00 UTC Reply

Sounds just about right. I know in the last songfic I had to tackle (thankfully it was only a chapter of a larger fic) the ficcer changed a couple of the words, and those were screechily sung off-key over the real words. So perhaps in this case it would be mostly screech with a few points of actual song?

Since linkage might help ... by Laburnum on 2010-09-05 00:07:00 UTC Reply

Here's the fic: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1699444/1/bSuck_b
And here are what the lyrics are supposed to be: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/nineinchnails/suck.html
Aside from the mutilation of Trent Reznor's work, we have rampantly-OOC Harry Potter and Remus Lupin, less-than-great grammar and spelling, and the rather disturbing physical impossibility of Harry managing to bugger Lupin while Lupin is sitting in a chair (yes, it's definitely that way round).

..... ':| by Rosie Azrael on 2010-09-05 00:25:00 UTC Reply

Um? Joy. Physical impossibilities are my FAVOURITE. /sarcasm

I'll look it over. Let me know when you want to start.

Re: A few sporkables, two Mini-Balrogs, and a help request. by Sedri on 2010-09-04 01:23:00 UTC Reply

Sadly, no - if it were just Harry Potter, my Agent Sedri could help, but she's Freelance DMS and about to be thrown into the DIC, and she can't stomach bad slash. I also don't know a thing about Nine Inch Nails. Sorry.

But I love that mini's name - Bradyduck? Seriously? :D

Could be worse; "Mary Brandybuck". by Laburnum on 2010-09-05 18:13:00 UTC Reply

I'm not sure if that counts as a Mini because I've never seen it in fic, but my sister was convinced for a while that Merry was in fact a girl, because his name sounds kind of like "Mary". (The difference is more distinct when it's said in our own accent, she was a preteen at the time, and she wasn't really paying attention to the movies.)

Sadly enough... by Cassie Cameron-Young on 2010-09-07 00:34:00 UTC Reply

Mary is an actual Merry mini. I don't know where he/she(?) is from, because there's no record and zie's one of the older ones, from back when Miss Cam still ran the adoptions.