It is entirely possible - PPC Posting Board

Subject: It is entirely possible
Author: Miah
Posted on: 2010-08-19 00:35:00 UTC

...to have enough canon breaking elements in a couple of chapters to justify killing it. It isn't so much the actual word count, as the content.

I've done at least one story that was less than 1000 words, but still managed to have enough in it to kill it. I've done one that was over 25,000 words that I had to send my agents through the entire thing to get that final charge. Well, it was actually killable by about 15,000 words, but it had major charges at the very end, too.

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Xeno/Pred Badfic by Sister-to-the-Queen on 2010-08-18 18:11:00 UTC Reply

Hey everyone,

Suppose I wanted to put up a fic on the Unclaimed Badfic page
featuring xenomorphs and/or Predators, in what category should I put it?

Depends. by Neshomeh on 2010-08-18 20:28:00 UTC Reply

Is it one fic with elements of Alien AND Predator? In that case, it's a crossover, and it goes in Crossovers.

If it's something actually based on Alien vs. Predator, I would guess that gets its own category in either Films or Video Games, depending on which iteration the fic is based on.

If you've got two fics, one in Alien and one in Predator, each fic goes in its own category in Films (probably). If the categories for the specific movies aren't there at the moment, just add them--but make sure they're in alphabetical order.

On a completely unrelated note, why the random line breaks? The text box you type into will wrap your lines automatically, and it doesn't reflect the width of the page once you post anyway, so it's not like there's no room for a long, continuous line. O.o

~Neshomeh

Re: Depends. by Data Junkie on 2010-08-18 21:31:00 UTC Reply

Actually, since both the Aliens and Predator comics exist in the same universe, and crossover frequently, I don't think it'd be any more of a crossover than a Superman/Batman fic if it was one story based on the comic 'verse.

It all depends on where the story was on ff.net, I suppose.

Good point by Sister-to-the-Queen on 2010-08-18 21:48:00 UTC Reply

Good point. I'll stick with the ff.net classification, just to be safe. Thanks.

Oh, and another thing: by Neshomeh on 2010-08-18 20:32:00 UTC Reply

If there's already a post about badfic on the Board, like the one directly below yours right now, in the future, you'd want to make any additional badfic notices in that preexisting thread rather than start a new thread. This prevents older posts from falling off the first page and is a good idea.

Thanks!

~Neshomeh

Thanks for the info by Sister-to-the-Queen on 2010-08-18 21:07:00 UTC Reply

Hey Neshomeh,

Thanks for the information. I already have a few little fics in mind... *evil grin*

About the line breaks, I know the text box wraps my lines, I just thought it look prettier. :) But don't worry, it won't happen again.

Also, I thought badfics from different fandoms had to get their own posts for the sake of clarity. But hey, you live, you learn.

Anyway, I appreciate the quick response.

Bye!

Another question by Sister-to-the-Queen on 2010-08-18 21:09:00 UTC Reply

Okay, I know this is gonna sound incredibly stupid, but could you tell me how exactly I can put links in my posts? It's just that I've never done this before.

Bye!

Ooh! Ooh! I know this one! by Miah on 2010-08-19 00:28:00 UTC Reply

All this HTML stuff has been really hard for me, but I have the links down finally.

Replace the [] with in the following.

[a href="your url here"] your text here [/a>]

Like this:

[a href="http://miah-arthur.livejournal.com/"] Shameless plugging of my PPC stuff [/a]

Shameless plugging of my PPC stuff

Thanks! by Sister-to-the-Queen on 2010-08-19 10:30:00 UTC Reply

Oh, you shameless self-promoting little monster, you!

No, seriously, I'm glad about the help. It'll make things so much easier.

Bye!

Re: Another question by Data Junkie on 2010-08-18 21:38:00 UTC Reply

You enclose the text in [url] tags, I believe, replacing the [] with . And if you wanted to put a link with text other than the url, you'd do [url=x] text [/url]. Like so.

Or not. by Data Junkie on 2010-08-18 21:39:00 UTC Reply

Whoops. I guess I was wrong.

One more question by Sister-to-the-Queen on 2010-08-18 21:25:00 UTC Reply

Just figured it'd be best to ask them all at once, you see.

When someone puts up one or two atrocious canon-breaking chapters belonging to a fic that was supposed to be much longer,
but then abandons that fic, can I report it or is two chapters simply not enough to make it killable?

It is entirely possible by Miah on 2010-08-19 00:35:00 UTC Reply

...to have enough canon breaking elements in a couple of chapters to justify killing it. It isn't so much the actual word count, as the content.

I've done at least one story that was less than 1000 words, but still managed to have enough in it to kill it. I've done one that was over 25,000 words that I had to send my agents through the entire thing to get that final charge. Well, it was actually killable by about 15,000 words, but it had major charges at the very end, too.

Short badfics by Sister-to-the-Queen on 2010-08-19 10:34:00 UTC Reply

Oh, now this opens possibilities... *evil mode*

I can see why it's possible. The "best" badficcers don't need many chapters to drive us crazy. Even a one-shot will do. Ain't that right, laura-who-gave-us-legolas?