Hello there!

[Crossposted from spam-free RP board]

Hey there, newb here. It's been a long time since I've been interested in badfic (especially ever since the fabulous FicBitches fell into inactivity) so imagine my delight that there was a yet active badfic sporking community.

I came across PPC not long ago when, on a whim, a friend of mine Googled a gem of amalgamated bad!yaoific we'd written once upon a time called "Immortality in Fickle Affection," which was listed among the unclaimed badfic on the PPC wiki. Intrigued, I decided to see what the PPC's modus operandi involved, and liked what I saw.

Anyway, the long and short of it is that I'm interested in claiming "Immortality in Fickle Affection" for myself, as it looks like no one's taken up that cause yet (*sadface*). Being one of the writers on the original fic though, I see where this could just lead to a conflict of interests--and far be it from me to harsh anyone's buzz if someone else had their sights on this one (or just the buzz-harsh of admitting to intentional--but really not troll--badfic). If not, sweet! Thing is, I don't really know that this fic is capable of (or meant for) fixing in the usual PPC style when the very body of the text is grounded firmly in the "hey, it would be kind of awesome and ...ed up if this happened next!" school of thought. A mess of genital mutilation and yaoific conventions from start to finish.

So I was thinking, what if by way of "fixing" this fic, I went in and provided direct context for every line/event/bit of characterization seen in it? The writing process of "Immortality in Fickle Affection" was passing it between Tekki and myself to try and get the other to laugh, and those lulz were generally based on exaggerated observations of the characterization and badfic tropes of 4+ years ago. Of course, this would also be explaining the jokes, and that always makes things less funny. (Of course, when the decision was made to upload it to the internet, my assumption was that the sheer ridiculousness of the text would speak for itself, but it appeared--with exceptions--not to be the case.) Thoughts? I could, instead, attempt a more by-the-book PPC fixing solution, but something tells me that it would involve a complete renovation that would render it unrecognizable.

Or if you'd just rather I not touch it and leave someone else to make with the funny on "Immortality", I can do that too. I defer to the hivemind.

Greetings, hail and well met, and other such phrases!

As a newbie, I gift thee with a bag of pebbles and a Random Shiny Object!

Now, I believe you're enquiring about fic claimage? I don't know whether anyone else has gven you this advice, but I'll say it anyway. When it comes to writing missions and whatnot, the general consensus is that you should hang around the Board for a month or so, chatting and letting everyone get used to you and your style. During that time, most people tend to work on creating and developing their Agents.

At the end of that month, you post a message for the Permission Givers, asking for Permission to write missions. In that post you should include a writing sample or link thereto, a description of your Agents, and possibly a link to the fic you intend to tackle.

*deep breath* Now that's over with, I'd like to welcome you to the Board. Other people should be along shortly to give out presents and advice.

If anyone links you to something called C*l*br**n, That Series, or anything else labelled Legendary Badfic, for the sake of your brain DO NOT READ IT. They're Legendary for a reason. If you've already seen them, however, feel free to disregard this friendly warning.

Lovely to have you here!