Hello. I just found the PPC through an Indemaat story ("NSIS") on FFnet. I read it thinking, "It's about time somebody took on these terrible stories!" Then I followed back to her website and finally to the wiki. This is a great idea.
I've never actually put pen to paper for fanfic, as I have always recognized that most of my fanfic ideas are not something I'd want to publish. I'm not a shipper, just not very good at making an episode-like story that I feel meets standards.
I do write original fic, so if I ever get the nerve up to request permission for an agent, then I'll have something to point to.
I like to read episode-like stories, episode tag stories, and good character pieces. I have read AU and slash that I liked, but not much. My favorite characters are pretty solidly het in canon, so it always involves a lot of OOC, usually by making one or sometimes both of the characters a whiny little *word meaning female dog*. I have seen it done well, though.
I don't much care for shipper stories, I have seen a few well written, but most of them are vastly OOC, usually in the same way as above for the guys.
I read a lot of NCIS, Stargate SG-1, and Stargate Atlantis. I have not seen the last season of Stargate SG-1 yet, though I'm working my way up to it on Netflix. My favorite characters to read about are Rodney and Shepherd (not shippy) from Atlantis. Tony only or with Gibbs (not shippy) from NCIS, and Daniel from Stargate SG-1. I love to read fics focused on Jonas from SG-1 too, but goodfics including Jonas in a meaningful way are one of the rarest things in fanfic, I believe. These are not really lust objects, more just my favorites to focus on and/or torture. (torture of these characters not being entirely unheard of or even really that exceptional in canon)
I have been known to read X-Men in the comic verse, mostly because I had a teenage crush on Gambit in the cartoon. Yes, I was weird. I've read very little of the actual comics. I have checked out the official site for summaries of the plots, so I have some idea of what is canon, but not enough to ever think about PPCing one of them. And there a lot that really, really deserve PPCing.
I watch Bones and House. But I don't read their fanfic, because House and Bones are rare and specialized geniuses, and I figure that very few fanficers have the intelligence/knowledge to write an episode-like story in that world. I also love Firefly (hated Serenity), but gave up on the fanfiction a long time ago. I like Star Trek-the original, Next Generation, and DS 9. I have also read the larger and less annoying of the novels such as Spock's World.
I am a big fan of Tolkien and certain Star Wars books. Anne McCaffrey is my favorite author. I especially like Pern and Petaybee. Actually, I like all of her stuff I have read, and I have read approximately 80% of the total, which is impressive when you consider she has written more than 100 books. I have never gotten into fanfiction for Pern though.
I have read and liked Harry Potter, Artemis Fowl, and the Warriors. Percy Jackson is next on my list after I finish up with Warriors.
When I first heard of fanfic as a large presence on the internet, I fell into some really, really badfic from Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings. I have really never been back to their sites. I don't know if this is or was very common, but the stories I ended up with had Faramir (my favorite character from the books) as a terrible weakling/victim, modern terminology/concepts spouting out of Hobbit mouths, and/or Legolas was, uh, far from noble, etc. Harry and Snape are in love (like in a sexual relationship regardless of the fact that Harry was supposed to have been 12-13 at the time. It was disgusting.
Anyway, I look forward to reading more PPC missions, and maybe someday creating an agent myself.
Miah
