Subject: Re: Hello!
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Posted on: 2009-04-08 21:19:00 UTC
It's not yet up, but profiles and sample are on my InsaneJournal
http://khajidu.insanejournal.com
Subject: Re: Hello!
Author:
Posted on: 2009-04-08 21:19:00 UTC
It's not yet up, but profiles and sample are on my InsaneJournal
http://khajidu.insanejournal.com
Hi there, I'm kinda new here... y'know, in case the title didn't give that away... I've been reading the original PPC series, and might look into writing a few of my own, but... er...
...I'm sorry, could someone please explain how this board works? I was expecting a more traditional sort of forum '>_>
Also, is there a list anyway of all the 'continuums' under protection (ie LotR, Disc and Harry Potter being the obvious ones from the original PPC series, but what others?)
I haven't checked, but I know my fellow Boarders, so you've probably been handed a dozen links, and twice as many rules in various forms. However, what a lot of people seem to forget is that trying to set rules for the PPC Board is like trying to herd cats when the cats are on fire and swimming in treacle. Possibly they are also all possessed by insane aliens. In other words, it don't work, and the results wouldn't be pretty if it did.
So. This is the Board. You make threads with the Post Message button, and you reply to posts with the Post Reply button. And then the Board moves along and hopefully people reply to you.
We have a Constitution. No one ever links to it any more, but it's still linked at the top of the Board. Look! We also have a vague rule about not making two threads in a row, or too many in a short period of time, but apart from that -- nothing. You're free! Free as a bird! And not even an on-fire-treacle-wading-insane-alien-possessed bird. You lucky thing, you.
hS
To the PPC.
and sorry, not sure about the list.
Have a notebook to write down what you learn about the PPC.
Have a bunny-shaped plush.
I gift thee with...an egg whisk! It's shiny, gold-plated, and hey, it whisks eggs! Use it for good and not evil.
Welcome to the insanity! Enjoy your stay. ^_^
I notice that people have been mentioning the Wiki, but I don't recall anyone giving you a link. So, here's a link to the PPC Wiki. The article on Permission is particularly enlightening.
Beware the Legendary Badfic. Reading them is not recommended. Even the summaries can strip sanity.
Welcome, please leave your sanity in the receptacle provided by someone else and enjoy your stay.
PS. The Floaters are always looking for new bodies to help out with all kinds of badfic.
I believe the others have already said everything you need to know, so I'll just scare you with a VERY LARGE HINT that the DMS is the best department to work in (as well as the most in need of new blood agents.
The Hedge is useful against the Knights of Ni, should you ever encounter them.
But won't they be wanting shrubberies?
You can fool them with the Hedge into thinking it's a shrubbery. It provides a distraction while you slip away. You see, they haven't decided yet whether a Hedge is a type of shrubbery or vice versa.
All continua are under the protection of the PPC, really. Recently I took it to the world of Happy Tree Friends.
Feel free to take a complimentary walnut from the bowl by the door. If it starts talking to you, please ignore any advice it might give you.
I gift you a derringer pistol with garlic-soaked bullets, and a sock full of rocks. I'm sure you'll find use for them.
Why thank you. Fear not, I know the walnut will never threaten to stab me
Again, this was posted by me. Forgot to log in >_>
Just type your name in the "author" bar every time you post. It's easier. Unfortunately, this also means that trolls can impersonate us when they want to, but the real Boarder will eventually come along and smack the impostor poster with a wet noodle.
Nice name. Have a winged kitten, and watch out for giant glass jars!
Here, have a couple pounds of Composition 4 plastic explosive. or C4, if you want to call it that. i don't care. you can light it on fire to cook stuff. just remember not to stomp on it if it is lit, because it will detonate. see you around.
…so have a Mark II K-9. BTW, will your Agents be based in a TARDIS or response center?
Response centre, probably
Whoops, the above post was me
Lovely to meet you. Here, have a bag of pebbles and Random Shiny Object.
How this Board works... I assume you mean regarding writing PPC stories. Well, we have a few guidelines that we prefer people to follow.
First of all, you should hang around for a month, posting and letting everyone get to know you. Then, after that month is up, you post with basic bios of your Agents, a writing sample and a fic you'd like to take on. Then it's up to the Permission Givers to say yea or nay. If they say yea, then you can sally forth and defend Canon with pride!
And as for the Canon worlds, you can take on any one you like. We have people covering all sorts, from LOTR to Star Wars to Halo 3.
Lovely to have you here. I'm sure somebody will be along to throw the relevant links at you in a bit, they're traditional newbie-gifts.
(Ha, Tawaki, I beat you at it!)
Welcome aboard, Guessmyname. We can always use cannon fodder.
I'll grant you that this board is not very practical, but people are friendly and activity never dies.
It's a low-tech forum: no edits and the older posts vanish. You might want to look around the wiki if you've just read TOS. Welcome, and have a vibrospork. Good for those Jedi Sues who don't know about cortosis fiber.
Heh, thanks. And it's not Bob.
Is there anything on syntax I should be aware of? Like, for example:
[i]Attempt One[/i]
''Attempt Two''
'''Attempt Three'''
(If you're wondering, I'm trying to italicise them)
"
That html is used, not bbc (I think that's the code for message boards like invisionfree).
Welcome, by the way.
Incidentally, Luxury is coming! Hide!
Eek!
Welcome. Here's a tall ship.
Pretty much all continua are under protection. Star Wars is a popular example, as are Stargate and other SF universes. Fantasy universes too (Pern, Valdemar, ASoIaF, WoT, SoT, Eragon... and yes even Twilight), as well as TV shows (House, CSI...) and even RPF (actorfic, bandslash, etc.).
I just joined and haven't asked for permission yet, but personally I'll be protecting Star Wars, Star Trek, Stargate Atlantis, Watchmen, some fantasy universes, House MD, Numb3rs and U2.
Awesome. Good luck to ye, and send me a link when it's up!
It's not yet up, but profiles and sample are on my InsaneJournal
http://khajidu.insanejournal.com
Er, sorry about that...Anyway, hi! Welcome to the Board. Please deposit your sanity in the provided receptacle. *holds out bucket marked "Warg fodder"* We don't tend to have much use for things like that here. Also, have some hugs and a thermos full of chai tea. Use them well!
How the Board works? It works like this. People post topics and other people reply to them. Eventually, old topics are pushed off the page to make room for new ones; for this reason, we tend to frown on making truckloads of new topics. That's how the Board literally works, but perhaps you were asking for an explanation of how the Boarders work? Well, most of us are completely insane. (See first paragraph.) We're usually very happy when there are newbies- you will likely be presented with lots and lots of virtual gifties. We natter on about a lot of random stuff and help each other with writing. It's fun!
List of continuums under protection...hurm. It would probably be easier to list all continuums not under protection, but I don't have a complete list of those either. What I do know is that, although Twit-lit, also known as Twilight, has lots and lots of Mary Sues and badfic written about it, I've never seen a PPC mission for it, except when it is crossed-over with another continuum. I can't speak for the rest of the Boarders, but I personally don't like said book. If you do, I won't hold it against you. (Ooh, that reminds me- Have a can of patent Sparklevamp repellent!)
Someone will probably come along and give you shiny links to things which will help explain more stuff to you, and they'll know how to use hyperlinks, so it will be prettier than if I just gave you links. Signing off...
-Mad Maudlin
Hehe, thanks. I've not read the Twilight series, but from what I've heard having truckloads of MSes around would not surprise me. Some of the continuums I'm interested in protecting:
Left 4 Dead (There is some BAD fic out there. Apparently some people are under the misimpression that Tanks can be killed with single headshots... from pistols. Erm, no.)
Warhammer 40,000 (Because it would be fun. One of the few universes that can pretty much guarantee being capable of delivering something worse that the fic itself when called upon. It'll probably be within 5 metres too!)
Neon Genesis Evangelion (Not sure if there's much badfic out there. There is definitely SOME, though, in DIRE need of sporking and liberal application of automatic weaponry...)
As for fanfic *reccomendations*, a good list can be found here:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FanFicRecommendations
It's where I go to find good fic. Incidentally, it's also where I came across PPC in the first place; there's an article on there for it already.
Meanwhile, it seems I should be trying to invest in a Bag of Holding...
My brother Zotz plays it. He hasn't been to the Board in a while because he spends all his time on the computer playing the computer game, and all his time off the computer painting his models. Or eating. Or sleeping.
I've read some of the books. Reading is cheap, especially when Zotz buys the books because he is so obsessed and then I steal them because I am so sneaky. Mwahaha!
I've read Twilight.
Don't read Twilight.
Gary-Stu gets Mary-Sue pregnant, despite the fact that he actually has no blood... Major biology FAIL! And every day, someone new is surprised that I don't like Twilight, because- OMG! She wears black! She must like Twilight! OMG! Aargh. Okay, rant over.
Behold this little gem:
http://www.the-editing-room.com/twilight.html
I need to show this to all those people who keep telling me that I should read Twitlit.
some of the anti-Twilight stuff at Anti-Shur'tugal?
Anti-Shur'tugal is dedicated mainly to Inheritance sporking, but there's also some good Twilight sporking. I haven't read either series, but I still love to read people rant against it.
Oh well, better out myself now. I have read Twilight and the sequels. I liked it.
Don't kill me.
Albeit, I get the criticism and I laugh at the parodies and whatnot. I understand why some don't like it and I would bet if I was in a different mindset when reading the series, I very well may have been on the other side of the fence.
I figure it's on a very delicate balance with me, and the fanfiction that is written about it is all too easily going to head in a bad direction.
Thought to offer another viewpoint on the series. :)
I like the Inheritance cycle. Not because of Eragon himself, because of Angela. She is totally awesome. I wonder what the real-life Angela thought of the character's portrayal in the movie? (cross between Tia Dalma and a stripper) Watch out for ferrets!
Evangelion and Warhammer40k, huh? Have you read 'Shinji and Warhammer40k' yet?
Yup. Proof that Sues *can* be done right, in my opinion. Though it's very, very rare.
Plus, it's freakin' NGE. When you have likeable/sympathetic characters and a really bad, mind-screwy ending, even the writers will want to make everyone happier >_>