Subject: Don't see why not.
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Posted on: 2013-10-24 01:59:00 UTC
Fizz having helpers/colleagues doesn't make DAVD(m) a general practice clinic. There's only a handful of them—who's to say they're not just as specialized as he is?
~Neshomeh
Uh, I'm thinking about making an agent for the DAVD, but I noticed that whatever the flashpatch for it is, it's not on the wiki.
If one exists, do any of you know what it is, and if one doesn't, could someone make one?
Though I am rather perplexed when faced with the concept of a story being a character.
Can you provide an example of a story which has been labeled as such? the Speaker of the Vast Croak does not count
Or perhaps the reviewers are bringing up the "mood" and themes that characterize the story as opposed to referring to it as a living, breathing, sentient being?
Robecca not only managed to possess the landmass itself, but also possessed hundreds of sapient plants and animals that were nearby as she did so. I'm still not sure how the Agents dealt with it, even after reading the story. Apparently Kingdom Hearts magic could split the possessed portions off into mini-Sues, which then merged with the original Robecca after she was removed and charged, allowing her to be permanently killed. I don't know enough about the Kingdom Hearts continuum to determine whether that makes any sense.
There was a case where Arda itself had to be exorcised. That was actually the first case of world possession - Dafydd Illian and Selene Windflower took it on, and then summoned backup.
But I'm not sure these count as actual characters - in my opinion it's more like the way Jay and Acacia first described it, as the canon itself knowing there's something wrong and accepting the help.
This was a good exchange overall. You'd been stressed about the discovery of Sue-settings, and I'd been running low on Bleeprin-candy. Now both of our problems are solved.
I can only find the one, you see, but of course, there's no mission in it, just the set-up. And while it's a very good set-up, I'd really like to see a mission.
The other thing is that I vaguely remember having read a Troll Division mission, but I have no idea who did it or how to find it or if I'm even actually remembering it and not just inventing things. So if anyone knows of a trollfic mission, please let me know where to find it...
~DF
And man, were they crazy. One of them was a Dead Space trollfic that somehow turned off Earth's gravity, and the other was a terrible, terrible Dragon Age fanfic that just got absolutely hilarious.
Did that involve a random Predator showing up, and a sword that was about 10 miles long?
I'm sure I can remember reading something like that.
But it did involve a random Predator thanks to a mishap in the Words.
I can email it if anyone wants to read. It's a bit on the NSFB side, if I recall.
It was for a sci-fi continuum, possibly Mass Effect? I'm not 100% sure about that though.
I vaguely remember that the fic in question had references to spaceships that could move at 'double lightspeed' and the Stu jumped out of a ship in orbit, and landed on the ground completely unharmed.
Don't have a link for it at the moment, but I'll see if I can dig it out.
I believe this is the link: http://vgdivision.dreamwidth.org/2599.html
Although it probably didn't help that I gave you a bit of a red herring by mentioning Mass Effect.
The mission I was struggling to remember is actually this excursion into the Dead Space continuum.
I'll get on that now, and hey, not a total loss - at least now there's at least three good trollfic examples in this thread. :P
You know, most departments also have nicknames for agents, like "Unentanglers" or "Assassins".
The DAVD also doesn't have one.
If it doesn't matter to the rest of you, I propose "Sadies"- short for 'Sadists', and because a good way to survive watching Disturbing Acts of Violence may be to develop a strong sadistic streak. (If not, I will blame the PPC's not adhering to reality for it working)
We know a lot of people in HQ who don't actually work in the department find DAVD agents kinda creepy, and in such a massive place with so many beings bumping shoulders every day, with the kinds of stress levels agents build up, you're going to have people who don't like each other, so I could imagine sometimes people from different departments make up derogatory nicknames.
Sure it's an insult now, but still...
-you get."? Pretty much the same thing, from most sources I've seen. Regular Medical has, for example, brought people back from being boiled alive in at least one mission I've read. :P
...Well there went the arguement that the DAVD(m) was somehow better than the MD.
Though that poses the question as to why the DAVD has its own medical division... 'cause it's closer or something?
In one of the already-existing DAVD stories it clearly states that DAVD(m) has had at least 5 medical personnel at one point.
So nope, it's not just Fizz R the Bizzare.
Fizz having helpers/colleagues doesn't make DAVD(m) a general practice clinic. There's only a handful of them—who's to say they're not just as specialized as he is?
~Neshomeh
I'll see if I can track down any better answers to the question, though, because it's in the back of my mind somewhere.
Sure, the departments do completely different things, but in-universe if you say "Medic" people are going to think the MD.
True. Plus the DAVD as medics are kind of a stretch...
...I have already read TOS, but I haven't read the DAVD stories...
...By the way, can you point me to the others? I can only find three DAVD stories on the wiki, and I feel like there should be more...
For missions, at least. You can find other stories where DAVD agents show up by looking through the agent pages in the Disturbing Acts of Violence Department category, though.
~Neshomeh
... if the Pyros were nicknamed for their department, I'd've had to call them 'Doggies'. ;)
hS
I mean, I don't think the old alumni would be amused, but still. :P
...that and the accidental italicizing of half the board down below...
...at least THAT got fixed, but unfortunately this can't...
I'm an absolute idiot.
I'm sorry.
...I'll come back when I'm a bit less of an idiot...
...might take a couple weeks...
As Nesh said, I think it's less a case of idiocy going here and more a case of extreme enthusiasm.
And hey, you know what? I like enthusiastic people that are coming up with ideas! Coming up with ideas is part of the fun of writing, and I think you're taking a step in the right direction. Now all that's left is to temper those ideas a little bit. I think this is a matter that most people struggle with, so you're actually not completely alone in that regard.
So no, I don't think you're acting like an idiot. I think that this is a case of inexperience, which is not the same thing.
At least, so says the guy with two DAVD(A) agents who's working on a mission for them among many, many other projects. It probably needs reworking though so it could be a bit, and either way I look forwards to seeing your DAVDers in action! It's not my call really, but for what it's worth I kinda like your patch ideas.
(Incidentally, why not "Daves" for a nickname?)
Thanks.
Also I'm not sure how "Daves" would relate to the DAVD- OHHH... Now I get it...
Pretty puntastic name, I admit.
(incidentally, I'm now hitting upon the idea of a character with multiple (well, two) personalities that could "think" to each other in his head- that way, he'd have all the bantering of two agents, but would be only one.)
For your elucidation. {= )
~Neshomeh
Wow.
Heh... I guess I'll be reading some of her work...
Well, I'd definitely have him in a different writing style than Rose/Ross (with the two mostly communicating to each other in thier heads, through thought)...
...and I can still say he's the first multiple-personality agent that was created using a typo (he couldn't make up his minds) in a (fictional) badfic and then recruited...
...however I don't know if it would be termed as plagiarism or stealing ideas or whatever. Anyone know?
I'd call it something of a grey area, but we generally change the character's name and stuff to avoid direct plagiarism.
Reminds me of the Dr. Seuss poem "Too Many Daves."
Did I ever tell you that Mrs. McCave
Had twenty-three sons and she named them all Dave?
~Neshomeh
You know, 'cause Dave misses the D at the end.
That would be a problem for Davids named David though...
That is, referring to agents in-prose by their department nicknames makes sense when it's Assassin or Pyro or Slasher or whatever, but writing "David" over and over would get either confusing or bad-silly pretty fast, is my worry.
avoid confusion by writing it "DAViDs," perhaps. You still wouldn't want to overuse it, since it's clunky to look at, but there'd be no doubt about what you were referring to.
~Neshomeh
It might even be something to be proud of, in a strange sort of way. I suppose the specific reaction would depend on his personality, but it would at least be a decent conversational icebreaker.
That would be adorable and sadistic at the same time...
Well, I was thinking that since Shocker would be a (talking) Pokemon, he'd be naturally violent. Plus I'm thinking of sporking Cheerilee's Garden which (kinda) fits in the DAVD's department (it's disturbing and violent), so I'd need an agent in the DAVD(a).
After actually reading the DAVD fics, I've basically come to the conclusion that not only is Cheerilee's Garden a DAVD-bound fic, but Cupcakes should've been handled there too.
The Special Operation Division lacks its own patch, and if I remember correctly divisions have different patches from the department they belong to.
I had an idea about the design (a coat-of-arms like thing with a rifle, a sword and a magic wand crossed, with or without the hyacint in the background), but I lack the skills for actually makign it...
Two Urple Cookies says the Troll Division will end up having the "trollface" meme as their flash patch...
...should be, as you mentioned, a completely insane thing.
I propose that it should be a flying green lawnmower.
...sorta like a circular patch with a blue background with little white clouds here and there and the green lawnmower sailing majestically through the sky, coming at the viewer.
A trollface patch for Troll Division seems too obvious. Heck, I don't think we ever got an explanation as to why DMS has a cactus on their patch.
I like it.