Yeah. These questions are a bit more sinister in terms of what they're asking. Nasty stuff.

4. Is HQ affected by the words, much like other continua? (heheheh)

5. If someone's badfic was PPC'd and they were aware of it (yet not angry enough to baaaawwww about it) could they potentially write something to reverse the mission, or god forbid, kill the agents? (Yeah, this one's kinda nasty...)

6. Is there any real explanation to why when agents die, they can't be resurrected? (My guess is that their "words" are rendered inert or almost inert after their death. Perhaps a disadvantage to being somewhat independent/seperate from their creator?)


7. Related to the above, is it possible that they just might be able to be ressurrected, given the right circumstances, like the kind of death mentioned in question 5? (As in a death without their creator's permission. This kind of makes sense, as sues come back sometimes after agents kill them)

8. Someone (Sedri, I believe) answered one of the questions in one of my older question threads implying that agents are more independent than the normal word construct. Just how much of this idea has been explored in-universe? (Ooh, might not want to ask this one... Opening up a whole can of worms with this one)

I needed to ask these ones before I started using the general concepts and such involving them in my writing. Expect more later.

From the patterns I've seen (and remember I'm new, though unfortunately prone to lectures):

In any given continuum, things will follow the default rules of that continuum unless those rules are directly twisted by a 'Sue.

When the rules do get twisted, the continuum attempts to follow them as directly and literally as possible--which results in some rather odd effects, such as Mini creation.

When someone crosses from one continuum to another, he will generally still behave as though the new continuum were a part of his home continuum: Someone from the Harry Potter verse could still cast spells; a Vulcan could still perform a mind-meld. I can only assume that this means characters retain a connection to their home continuum. It doesn't make characters invulnerable to things that would hurt them in their home continua, though: A vampire from "Dracula" would still be vulnerable to a stake through the heart even in a place where vampires do not exist or are not vulnerable to stakes.

Those rules seem to hold true for characters from Sue-twisted continua. A Sue that enters HQ from her own world will still retain her Sue powers. Sue weaponry and magical artifacts still retain their qualities. (Most of the time, though, friendly resident ex-Sues and any Sueish possessions are deliberately depowered to avoid influencing agents.)

Characters from worlds that have been influenced by Sues seem to retain the Suefluence-related characteristics even after they travel to another world. That holds true even if the Sue is killed or the major aberration repaired, and their home continuum reverts to its original state. When the home continuum reverts, all canon characters still in the original continuum tend towards reverting to canon as well, though those who have had the most contact with the Sue will probably have to be neuralyzed. However, any characters on a different world at the time do not revert along with their home canon.

It is probably possible to transfer some of the effects of one's home continuum to someone else. Learning magic from a character recruited from the Harry Potter 'verse seems to be possible, for example; as is becoming a vampire if bitten by a vampire from any one of many places where vampires bite and turn people.

How does this apply to biology (other than my loving long lectures)? Well, basically, biology is just one more rule that a Mary Sue has the ability to alter. The rules of a home continuum--even one that has been altered by a Mary Sue--will imprint on anyone leaving that continuum, and work the same way for them afterward. That means that bad biology would most likely still work for anyone who traveled to World One--even for things that were obviously impossible, such as flying with wings much too small, or being an impossible hybrid with three parents.

Exceptions:
*There are reports of Agents assimilating into continua that aren't their original ones. They are no longer cloaked by the canon (as active Agents would be), but tend to retain some effects from their home worlds. Theoretically, if someone with biology impossible on one world were to move to another and stay there, it might eventually become either dangerous or deadly to stay, or simply become impossible to use whatever powers their original biology granted. (Possibly both, depending on the exact nature of the difference between the two biologies.)

*Some things tend to either blow up in your face, or at least stop working, if you question them too hard (I shan't mention bleeprin). Bad biology in a world that doesn't support it may be one of those things. While there are no recorded instances (that I've found), pointing out the illogical nature of someone's biology, while in a world that does not support said biology, may be enough to cause the current world's rules to assert themselves... possibly in a very messy and satisfying manner. Think of it as a more scientific version of "I don't believe in fairies."

...I recall seeing a pair like that once upon a time, I think. I could be imagining things, but I'm pretty sure there's precedent. I'll do some looking.

As to question one, my personal take is that since Agents function fine in other continua, and Agents recruited from fic function just fine in different continua, that unless there's something explicitly very wrong with the biology, i.e. incompatible atmospheres, everyone should be fine.

And, uh, as to two, it's not that bad. Most of 'em find a place and cope. The others get shuffled off home quickly. Again, my take is that usually totally unsuitable, closed-minded people don't usually find the plotholes because they don't have the conception that such thing could exist.

I don't know much more than you do, but here is what I think for each of your questions.

1. It depends on the continua involved. Assuming similar atmospheres, the character should only suffer minor discomfort when moving to a different Word World. In World One, anyone who can pass through the Reality Room should be fine. I imagine that, just as long as the writer doesn't actually describe bad biology, the character still defaults to functionally accurate. I hope so, anyway. I intend on having one of my agents repeatedly break the disguise generator.


2. Like you said, it depends on the temperament of the traveler. Randall (one of my agents) comes from a world where magic is common, and maybe a year or so before he fell into HQ, a lot of his perceptions of his world were broken (story coming eventually). For him, the PPC wasn't too strange of an adjustment, but it could definitely be bad for other people.


3. That sounds like it has a lot of great potential! I don't see why it wouldn't be allowed—repentant Suethors are not uncommon, and a large portion of the other agents are recruited from badfic. I can see the author getting confused a lot (“But you aren't supposed to like doing that!”, “You should be doing this a different way!”).

1. A lot of Agents (most self-inserts, for example) would be from World One or a similar world. I'd expect that as long as the atmosphere of World One is similar enough to the Agent's home continuum they'd be able to survive. Different gravities may make it hard for them (or cause some long-term bone problems), and there's always the potential for a War of the Worlds style "oh no, the bacteria, they kill me!", but I guess Medical would be able to immunise against that.
   Bad biology is bad biology, though. If the Agent could only exist in a highly-magical environment, or in very low gravity, entering World One may prove fatal, but YMMV.
   
   2. Shock, insanity and craziness, one would assume. Whatever is the funniest (keeping in mind that the Laws of Comedy are more-or-less pre-eminent in HQ).
   
   3. Agents can be recruited from basically any continuum, so I see no reason why you couldn't recruit and author AND a character from one of their fics. In a slightly-less canonical example, PPC Boarders and Agents have been known to socialise together (usually in the Shipfest or so on). I agree that this definitely has a lot of potential for hilarity to ensue.
   
   Elcalion

1. Depends on the person, I believe. A lot of agents *come* from World 1, so that's no problem. And, personally, I work under the assumption that biology is correct until proven otherwise. It's when you get blatant biological aberrations that you have problems. For non-World 1 natives, it would depend on the species. If the original Canon has them visit World 1 (I'm thinking Animorphs and such here), then I would think they'd be fine. And most canons are at least partially based in World 1, since authors tend to be human. It would be harder, I think, for people to function in places other than World 1, but, again, I imagine it's more of a case-by-case thing.
   
   2. Speaking for my own agents, they accepted it more or less easily because, a) they were recruited by an agent who sort of explained it, b) they wanted to be there anyway, or c) they're bonkers anyway. I can't speak for anyone else, but I assume one of the qualities you want in an agent is the ability not to break.
   
   3. Ooh, that sounds really fun. Especially if the character is mad at the author for putting him/her/it through some kind of hell. -evil laugh- If you don't end up doing so, I think I might.
   
   --anamia