Subject: Re: Hm...Moral Event Horizon crossing?
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Posted on: 2009-03-10 02:53:00 UTC
That's the problem now isn't it? You can't kill babies.
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Harry Potter Badfic by
on 2009-03-09 23:03:00 UTC
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I was scanning the Pit for fic today, when I came across this. ( http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4875631/1/Baby_Project )
Just the summary is bad enough. Enjoy:
99. Baby Project » by mediwitch3 reviews
yeah i know a classic, and im doing it for my other one 2. i like babies, and so this is great! Plus it's Harry Potter so i can make it as unrealistis as i want! basically the title, it is Harry x Ginny and Hermione x Ron. T for language.
Fiction Rated: T - English - Humor/Drama - Chapters: 2 - Words: 1,759 - Reviews: 8 - Updated: 3-8-09 - Published: 2-19-09
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Re: Harry Potter Badfic by
on 2009-03-13 17:31:00 UTC
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There's something called FU-udge in there, which I can only imagine as being some sort of dessert that makes rude hand gestures. Might be worth bringing back, as might the Cliffie who appears at the end of the second chapter.
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*headdesk* by
on 2009-03-11 16:02:00 UTC
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...I can make this as unrealistic as I want??
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Re: *headdesk* by
on 2009-03-11 23:02:00 UTC
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Strike her down with all of your hatred, and your journey towards the Dark Side will be complete.
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Grr. Potterverse isn't an excuse for 'unrealistic'! by
on 2009-03-10 04:51:00 UTC
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Kill it.
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*nods* by
on 2009-03-10 07:36:00 UTC
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The "i can make it as unrealistic as i want"[sic] bit in the summary was what made me actually report it instead of passing it by as just another Harry Potter badfic.
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Re: *nods* by
on 2009-03-10 16:11:00 UTC
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That line pretty much sums up every Suethor, doesn't it? There's a difference between unrealistic but a good read and unrealistic and stupid, and our dear Suethor seems to have crossed it.
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Crossed it to the point of insult. by
on 2009-03-10 22:20:00 UTC
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How can she claim to be a "fan" anymore? Grr...
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Ugh. by
on 2009-03-10 00:33:00 UTC
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If it's so easy to make babies with magic, why don't wizards outnumber Muggles ten to one?
If babies didn't require nine months of gestation, meticulous planning and a lot of pain, their lives wouldn't count nearly as much. They would just be discarded once their parents are tired of them. A lot of babies would be made by irresponsible people on the spur of the moment, and adoption centers would be chock-full with them. That's only one of the many things that are horribly wrong with this fic.
Would a PPC Assassin be required to kill those babies? That would be brutal, even by our standards... -
Not to mention that, well... by
on 2009-03-10 07:39:00 UTC
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the students are doing this as part of *class*; they presumably have no choice in the matter. Why can't people *think* before they write?
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Can I have this? by
on 2009-03-10 00:19:00 UTC
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The canon breaches make me want to burn things, but it helps that one of my Agents will be very, very interested in this. He's a bit of the mad-scientist type.
And the amount of havoc that could be thus wrought rather amuses me.
Though I will thoroughly kill it as well. Because only a very small portion of my brain is amused. The rest is screaming for vengeance, on behalf of Rowling and basic human biology. -
Hey... by
on 2009-03-10 18:17:00 UTC
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Can I adopt Lycaeonion? *points down*
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Oh, bugger... by
on 2009-03-10 23:35:00 UTC
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...not a mini-Boarder...
This may be somehow under my jurisdiction, so I say sure.
Whatever it is, it wears a lot of black and has a fedora hat. The hat is also black, and has pinstripes.
And it probably thinks it's either a wolf ('Lycaenion' meaning 'little she-wolf') or an onion.
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looks sheepish by
on 2009-03-11 00:03:00 UTC
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Sorry?
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*waves hand* by
on 2009-03-11 01:10:00 UTC
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Oh, it's nothing, relax. I'm not bothered, long as someone gives a home to the poor little bugger.
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Go ahead, take it. I don't want it near me. (nm) by
on 2009-03-10 07:40:00 UTC
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Hm...Moral Event Horizon crossing? by
on 2009-03-10 02:51:00 UTC
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If the Agents kill the babies...
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It'd be a rather contrived way of doing it. by
on 2009-03-10 05:16:00 UTC
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Overly predictable. Just turn them in to the nursery. Figure something else if you want an Agent to be so evil. Which wouldn't really work because, on a multiversal scale, the Agents are supposed to be the good guys. At least relatively. :P
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Oh well. by
on 2009-03-10 05:38:00 UTC
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Destruction of towns and planets is still on the menu. And my view is that we're a bit too light and soft. Where's the Grim Dark?
Seriously though, they're only the good guys because the Sues would destroy everything if they weren't killed. Overall, the PPC saves more lives than it takes. (Correct me if I'm wrong) -
Smack me down if this is out of line, but... by
on 2009-03-10 05:46:00 UTC
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...it believe that the original purpose of the PPC was for comedy. There was no Grim Dark, there was only the snarky and generally lighthearted elimination of Mary Sues.
Because that's what this is all about. Lightheartedness. Having fun. Sometimes there is no need for Grim Dark or excessive drama. -
Thank you. (nm) by
on 2009-03-11 16:27:00 UTC
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I stand corrected. by
on 2009-03-10 05:56:00 UTC
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Point taken.
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Ugh, that should read "I believe". DX (nm) by
on 2009-03-10 05:51:00 UTC
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Why isn't this board on Invisionfree? by
on 2009-03-10 15:41:00 UTC
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It would be much more practical: we could send PMs, we could use BBCode, AND we could edit or delete our posts. Not to mention half a hundred other things.
(Sorry for straying off-topic. Had to say it.) - Explanatory linkage :) by on 2009-03-10 21:15:00 UTC Reply
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We did have a Proboards forum in 2003. by
on 2009-03-10 19:45:00 UTC
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However, that one died, only a few spammers use it now. Maybe we could put it to a vote and make a new one, but this one's kinda traditional.
- That is a very good question~ by on 2009-03-10 17:03:00 UTC Reply
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I agree... by
on 2009-03-10 16:07:00 UTC
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but I doubt anyone else does. Unfortunate.
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This is the PPC, not Warhammer 40,000. by
on 2009-03-10 05:45:00 UTC
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Though now I want to make an Agent with the motto, "There is no such thing as goodfic, only degrees of bad". But still, killing babies is just too much. It's reprehensible enough that I think the Agent that did it could very well be kicked out, if not just hunted down. Besides, it'd just be more interesting if you thought of another way, and Lycaenion's claimed this fic anyway. Also, the tone honestly depends on whose spinoff you're reading. You can be more cynical in tone without resorting to baby killing.
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Reminds me, I want mine to realise they've gone Too Far ... by
on 2009-03-10 15:49:00 UTC
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... but considering they weren't bothered by having an Evil!Stu raped to death by a gigantic blue rat (don't ask) I'm not quite sure what would make them realise they're going too far without making them into official villains.
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In the grim darkness of the multiverse... by
on 2009-03-10 05:51:00 UTC
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there is only glitter. :p
Of course, the soul issue has been raised below, and I know Lycaeonion's claimed it. -
Lycaenion, actually. by
on 2009-03-10 05:55:00 UTC
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Anyway, it's possible to say that the "babies" do not actually exist, but standard PPC policy for infants in badfic is to bring them to the Nursery to be raised as Agents. Dunno if it's ever been anything else, but that seems to be current policy.
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Oooh, good idea. (nm) by
on 2009-03-10 15:43:00 UTC
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Re: Hm...Moral Event Horizon crossing? by
on 2009-03-10 02:53:00 UTC
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That's the problem now isn't it? You can't kill babies.
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Well, if it's a problem, I'll take it... by
on 2009-03-10 03:58:00 UTC
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I want one of my Agents to be a Complete Monster, and this seems as good a way to do it as any...
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Won't they die on their own once logic comes back? (nm) by
on 2009-03-10 03:12:00 UTC
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Re: Won't they die on their own once logic comes back? by
on 2009-03-10 04:56:00 UTC
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If you really think about it, since magic cannot create life, then the babies aren't really babies, they aren't human.
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No, Just No! by
on 2009-03-10 00:07:00 UTC
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That is so messed up. It would never happen in Hogwarts, magic cannot create new life. So what now?