Subject: Hey, no worries. Now you know. ;-) (nm)
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Posted on: 2009-01-11 02:26:00 UTC
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???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? by
on 2009-01-10 01:09:00 UTC
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In a badfic found on Quizilla, what do we do with the entities known as "the Quiztakers"? You know, you get stuff like...
"and then legolas wakled in he was crying and Sierrahressandranianala said 'whats' wrong?'
i luv legolas she cant have him!!! (well ok)
oh no whys he cryng (youll see)
*points sorwd at quizmakre* (oh no)"
...in which those loving Legolas, questioning his lachrymose state, or pointing swords are the Quiztakers. (This is not a genuine badfic.)
What is the correct procedure for disposing of them? Should they be killed? If so, how? They don't actively participate in the story, so do they count as bits or Author-Wraiths or what? Are they merely a glorified AN? Help! -
Bean them over the head with a question mark? by
on 2009-01-10 04:00:00 UTC
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No offense, dear, but that is a lot of excess punctuation.
Anyway, to actually be useful, I think that they'd just be a sort of Author's Note. The author attempting to put words in the readers' mouths, I guess. That's my two cents. -
So, by
on 2009-01-11 18:57:00 UTC
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I'm guessing it would just be a charge? Of course, I'm not entirely sure what you're talking about...
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Well... by
on 2009-01-11 23:09:00 UTC
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...since it's basically putting an author's note right in the middle of a text, I think it'd count as a charge.
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Ah... um... (cringes) by
on 2009-01-11 00:07:00 UTC
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Sorry about that. Thanks for the two cents! I shall buy coffee with it!
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Sorry... by
on 2009-01-12 18:38:00 UTC
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You cant get a good cup of coffee for 2 cents. You can, however, get a half-smoked cigar butt. Guaranteed to have been smoked by only one hobo...
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Hobo yerself. *sticks out tongue* (nm) by
on 2009-01-13 00:19:00 UTC
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Hey, no worries. Now you know. ;-) (nm) by
on 2009-01-11 02:26:00 UTC
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And knowing is half the battle! (nm) by
on 2009-01-11 11:41:00 UTC
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Nuuu... by
on 2009-01-12 15:57:00 UTC
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..having a giant army of pirates, zombies, robots, ninja, rabbits, Orcs, really hot guys, Sith, monkeys, Sackville-Bagginses, fish people, lolcats, and teenage goths is half the battle.
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Never said it wasn't. by
on 2009-01-12 21:09:00 UTC
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Knowing is the other half.
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Because if you don't know that you've got the army... by
on 2009-01-13 12:32:00 UTC
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...bad things will happen.