Subject: ErÂ…
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Posted on: 2015-04-23 02:32:00 UTC

A plothole is a deus ex machina. That is its function in PPC Origin Tales - an otherworldly device with no relevance other than to further the plot. Because origin/intro stories tend to be written without much more of a goal than introducing a new character to the PPC HQ, that's not usually a problem. But personally, I rather dislike them, on account of I'm a curmudgeon who thinks we could stand to be more creative in our recruitment stories. There have been agents who filled out job applications; yours could stumble into an arcane website, a la Miss Cam, or accidentally interrupt a team of assassins on the hunt, or make their way into L-space while working on a last-minute book report, or any number of methods.

You don't need a Deus ex Machina. There's nothing wrong with using one, plotholes included, but you don't absolutely need one.

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