...but is the debate on the new Department over? The posting just sorta stopped when I said I could maybe do a remake of the A/V division. I don't know if I was unclear - I probably was, knowing me, sorry - but what I meant by that was that I could do it if the Department didn't go through. But so far, I haven't got a concise "yes" or "no" as to the new Department.

I do have a compromise. Maybe I could write a couple of missions for the new Department, on a trial basis. Like, the Flowers have disagreed on the best way to deal with a division like this, so they've made a temporary Department which will police songfics until they've made a decision. It might also give everyone a better idea of where this is going, and where a division like this would belong.

Would that work?

Whatever it ends up being classified as, I am very glad that someone is willing to tackle these awful things. I am sure somewhere out there, there is a good songfic...but I haven't found it yet.


(totally irrelevant and off-topic, but I just now finally watched Avatar! Great movie!)

I like it. Your agents are a nice contrasting pair and your writing sample made me chuckle. I don't know a thing about Kryptonians but you explained every relevant detail without bogging down the narrative, and that's not only hard to do but often entirely neglected, so I particularly applaud you for that. Well done.

One tiny, probably entirely irrelevant thing:
to make sure her thumb is tucked under her fingers when she punches someone
You mean that the thumb is pressed against the outside of the knuckles and pulled out of the way, right? Not tucked inside the fingers? I did TKD for years and the one thing my teachers always said is that if you have your thumb wrapped up in your other fingers when you punch, you're going to break it. Just want to make sure.

That said, go forth and write! (Well, once the debate of the songfic department is over...) Welcome to the PPC! :D

While I'm not a PG, I think you've got great agents there, and the they seem fun from the sample.

Personally, while I do agree in general general basis in regards to the whole 'semi-moratorium on new departments', I don't think the idea of a bad songfic department is a bad one, and could be interesting; it's just a matter of what others think.

That said, I do think that as a 'badfic' type there are enough out there that it could be relevant (as much as anything here is) and a possible department on its own, with no need to be put under Floaters or be an aspect of the A/V Division.

The PPC (as a collective) is not very big on starting new departments. There must be really something special that can't be covered in any of the other departments (and note that there is a department of floaters which can pretty much carry the label miscellaneous). I do think, however, that songfic may be special enough to have its own department.

If the new department gets a pass (from permission givers and/or the PPC board) I know an author in A-Team fandom that writes mainly inapproriate songfics (2007 songs in a fic that is set in 1983, for instance). Knowledge of A-Team fandom not required; the author doesn't seem to know it either.