Subject: *pulls out her Chicago Manual of Style*
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Posted on: 2008-11-22 05:44:00 UTC
According to the CMS: "If a regular verb ends in a single vowel before a consonant, the consonant is doubled before taking the present or past form's ending."
So, once and for all, it's portal-portalling-portalled.
*goes to edit her missions*
~Neshomeh
DIC Mission 3: Harry Potter and the Dragonriders of Pern.
This so needed to die. What's in the mission, despite its ridiculous length, isn't even half of it. {= P
Thanks again to my volunteer agents and beta-readers! *gives hugs and chocolate*
~Neshomeh
I still haven't summed up the courage to check out the Pern fandom ... Pern badslash would be a horrific beast. Much praise and Bleeprin-infused lembas to you and your team :D
*distributes lembas* Poor dragonrider!Erik needs it...
... You would have to work really hard to write Pern slash and make it horrible, considering that dragonriders are the perfect excuse for that sort of thing. Heck, the whole Pernese culture is more lax about sex than ours, really.
I may regret this, but should you happen to come across anything at all involving Robinton, I want it. NOBODY messes with the Masterharper on my watch. }=
On a lighter note, see my reply to Makari for a link to Pern goodfic.
~Neshomeh
Likewise, people who mess with F'nor or F'lessan get my bell somewhere *painful* ...
I'll let you know if I spot anything deserving.
~Neshomeh
I am quite happily amused. Very nice, very long; that's a good thing in this case. Literally made my day.
And that 'Sue... AUGH. I've never had the misfortune to encounter a Pern 'Sue before. I think I may learn to terminate them with extreme prejudice. Jeez. Thank you for killing it.
I role-played in Pern before the fandom opened up to fic, so I was already acquainted with a variety of horrors in the fandom. You have NO IDEA the lengths to which fangirls will go to make their dragons, and their characters, "special." *shudder*
For Pern goodfic, though, check out Astrokath. She makes me happy. ^_^
~Neshomeh
I had a lot of fun reading that, especially when the volunteer agents were brought in. Nice and quirky, just how I like them. Anyhow, that fic must have been a real headache to read, and I don't envy you at all. Crossovers get my back up at the best of times, but when you throw Sues into the mix too... *shudders* not fun.
And I look forward to reading your agents' next mission!
I'm notoriously slow, so it will probably be awhile until the next one, but thanks. ^_^
I really enjoy the idea behind crossovers, but people seem to miss the point, which is to figure out how to make it make sense and keep everyone involved in character. It is sad.
~Neshomeh
I do like how literally the canon interprets everything. Although I'm now put off ever reading Pern. Even without knowing anything about it, the mission still pretty much made sense, so good job!
a deep, snuff colored lump
These I have seen. Generally in my dad's hankies. They are not something anyone with any sense would be investigating.
Also, I see you also have "portaled" with one L. This is the standard American spelling then?
Spotted one thing that's confusing me. You've written "to wit"; so far as I know it's "to whit". Certainly Pratchett uses the latter. Google isn't helping me find much clarification on which is correct - all I found is Merriam-Webster giving "to wit" but they're an American dictionary. Anyone got any ideas on this one? *is totally a geek when it comes to the English language*
Aww, don't hate Pern because of bad writing. Even the author isn't the greatest ever, but it's just such a cool world, with really cool characters in it.
... Eww.
I believe I checked "to wit" vs. "to whit" on Merriam-Webster, and I went with the American spelling because I am American.
As for "portaled" vs. "portalled," neither one is actually a word as far as I know, so all I can say is that I think the former looks better. I don't remember learning a rule for this sort of thing, but if I ever find a definitive answer, I'll let you know (and revise my work if I have to).
~Neshomeh
Oh, those sneaky gerunds! Google suggests that portal is a perfectly legitimate verb these days, however, what with its in connection with internet portals. Have to disagree with you on which looks better, but then, I tend to be a bit of a fascist when it comes to British English spellings, and as mentioned recently, we double letters a lot.
Good to know I'm probably not erroneously using "to whit".
I suspect one of these days Trojie will force me to read Pern. But my reading will be tainted with memories of the badfic, in much the same way as I can now never watch the Land Before Time. And I suspect I'll be expecting Pratchettesque satire where none is to be found, what with the dragonriders in The Colour of Magic. Alas.
According to the CMS: "If a regular verb ends in a single vowel before a consonant, the consonant is doubled before taking the present or past form's ending."
So, once and for all, it's portal-portalling-portalled.
*goes to edit her missions*
~Neshomeh
*does the Dance of One Small and Petty Victory in the Face of Myriad Transgressions*
And, of course, this means I now have a legitimate reason to bitch at people who persist in writing "worshiped". Truly, it is a good day.
I've always had a soft spot for the Dragonriders. Poor E'rik, though.
Yeah, I know... it sucks to be him right now. You will be seeing more of him, though, if I can get my act together. {= )
~Neshomeh
Cheers! It's just as good in the second read.
No offense to the Sue killers on the board, but I've always wanted to read a Bad Slash or DIC or DOGA mission just to see how it was different from the "kill the Sue" type ones. This is the first DIC mission I've actually been able to see, I'll definitely give it a look.
I was more using them as examples, but I really was curious to see how departments that weren't necessarily involved in Sue-killing (though I know those two do kill them sometimes) worked, and even though I've seen DOGA and Bad Slash work a couple times I've never seen a DIC mission. It was very interesting to read though. Heh, three Sues, that must've been annoying to deal with.
Yeah... I'm afraid the Sues overshadowed the crossover aspects of the mission, but they're Sues--that's what they do. {= P It's straight-up crossovers in my queue for a while now, though. {= )
Glad you enjoyed.
~Neshomeh
Harry Potter and Saiyuki? Apart from the fact that there is no way these canons should ever be crossed because of extreme incompatibility. And no, damnit it, physical similarities in the form of green eyes and black hair does not a reincarnation make!
Green Eyed Reincarnation
Having skimmed through the fic, though, I wish I did know Saiyuki. I'd love to take down this foolishness. When will they learn that Harry is not compatible with Snape or Draco? Argh.
~Neshomeh
because that one bugs me. The thought of Harry as Hakkai is... agh. Hakkai is a calm, polite person who you really don't want to make mad, will make small talk with someone who is meant to be one of his worst enemies, can hold his alcohol better than any of his companions, is the general 'mum' of the group (but thinking he's weak because of it will be the last mistake you ever make, as several youkai have found out) and became a youkai himself by killing 1000 members of a clan of youkai that kidnapped, raped and impregnated his lover, who also happened to be his sister which was a relationship they knew about, and who killed herself rather than carry the child to term.
He's about as far from Harry as you can get.
That's quite the story. And just from that, I can tell Harry/Hakkai is WAY out-of-character, reincarnation or no.
Is this a series of manga/anime, or is there a single thing I can find when I have time?
... I think my next actual mission is HP/FMA. For some reason, I can't seem to find crossovers in continua I know that don't involve Harry Potter. O.o Didn't someone declare that a rule of the internet is that if it exists, there is a HP crossover of it?
~Neshomeh
based on the classic Chinese tale 'Journey To The West'. The manga is, IIRC, 9 volumes long with at least one sequel. The anime is about 50 episodes, with a movie, sequels and OVAS.
Don't look at me. I'm guilty of HP crossovers mysely. July just passed me the summary for a HP/Ouran crossover that sounds frightening.I hope to never see a Code Geass, Macross Frontier or Gundam 00 crossover with HP. They're about as compatible with it as Saiyuki.
Well, I'll see if any of my anime-loving friends have it. It sounds interesting for its own sake.
This is what I'm looking at doing next:
Full Metal and the Hogwarts mishap
Ed goes to Hogwarts to investigate these so called wizards. Posing as a student from Durmstrang, he runs into Harry and his gang, and guess what happens? mishap!Please R&R AU EdWinry! Harry and Ginny or Harry and tonks havn't decided yet
I warn you, it will make your eyes bleed just to look at it. The formatting is that bad.
~Neshomeh
*and is guilty of planning a DC/HP crossover/fusion/AU series*
^^;;
Ouran Welcomes MrPotter
Harry is tierd of Hogwarts after fourth year and decides to go back to muggle schooling after a year in English private muggle schools as well as private magic studies he moves to Japan and meets our Favorie club.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mine and Trojie's DBS missions are all archived at her livejournal: agenttrojie.livejournal.com. There's a PPC tag. Presumably Laburnum keeps hers at her livejournal too: chelonianmobile.livejournal.com. Though she doesn't appear to have tags on hers, so have fun rooting through.
Thanks, I'll look through them soon, probably today.