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I think classical mythology developed in the same way creepy-pastas do, with the substitution of slightly drunk guys sitting next to a fire for random people on the internet. I fully expect there are a large number of bad Heracles stories that got forgotten.

this tale is basically the Sonic.EXE of the Thomas community....in that it's not scary at all, overrated as hell, and has been mocked mercilessly by the fandom's content creators.

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this tale is basically the SONIC.EXE of the Thomas community.....in that it's not scary at all, is overrated as hell, and has been mocked mercilessly by the fandom's content creators.

People will never learn these are cliche now. It's very sporkable.

I didn't realize the phrase came from that, but it makes sense.

i understand if you can't tackle this one, so I've decided to supply a fanfic that's actually sporkable
http://geosheas-lost-episodes.wikia.com/wiki/Ghost_Train

Happy Glorious 25th!

And happy Towel Day while we're here! Don't panic. ;)

Sadly, I don't have any lilac, but I do have a copy of "Night Watch" (which I should really re-read...)

I picked up a copy of "Thud!" some years ago, and I found myself enjoying Pratchett's style, with it's interesting characters and concepts.

I should re-read my other Discworld books, come to think of it...

"With the data network here, the... what was it... right, internet! With the internet here and the Canon Library, things are a lot easier to find than they would be in other universes." Dilx was relaxing as well, fairly certain now that this was what one did at parties.

Links for Ellipsis Flood are fixed.

Checking Indemaat.

That's a lot of missions.

This may take some time.

HG

Ix rubbed the back of her neck and coughed awkwardly. "So... um... enjoying the... party so far?"

After all, the PPC wiki has a Do Not Want page.
http://ppc.wikia.com/wiki/DoNotWant

"Believe it or not... I can get that."

So... yeah. TotalBiscuit died.

I don't know how many of you watched his stuff, or even have the interest in videogames to know who he was. But he was sort of amazing. Not without flaws, but...

TotalBiscuit was a games critic. He did immeasurable amounts for numerous indie games (and helped get word out about a number of obscure games, including Warframe, back when nobody knew what that was). He helped defend numerous content creators from shady developers who tried to get their content taken down or otherwise censored.

But above all that, he was a relentless advocate for the consumer and unabashedly, relentlessly ethical in an industry and sector where that isn't necessarily normal. Even people who loathed the man were usually wiling to admit that.

RIP TB. We'll miss you.

So that's not fun.

Sir Pterry was amazing and Discworld is brilliant. I know there are a few of you out there who haven't read it yet. If you, reading this, are one of those people, I urge you to do so. They're easily some of the best out there.

And while not all that many missions visited the Disc, Pterry's sense of humor and whimsy seem to have been fairly major influence on the early PPC. I can make a pretty strong case he influenced Jay and Acacia, at any rate.

alt.fan.pratchett is still around, although it's small. If you like, log onto Google Groups (or whoever your usenet provider is) and pay your respects.

...I do have another news item today, but I don't think it's appropriate for this thread. I'll post it beneath my Digital Antiquarian plug.

In memory of Terry Pratchett, the Glorious 25th, and the People's Republic of Treacle Mine Road...



... I thought I'd bring this back one more time.

The News



After fifteen -- fifteen! -- years, the Discworld fan-film (if you can even still call something that features Rob Wilkins as Executive Producer a fan-film) Troll Bridge is finally ready for release! The official trailer has dropped here, and you can also see their website here.

If you want a copy for yourself, apparently they're in a weird position where they can only take money while they're still able to spend it on the film. That means that it's essentially pre-order only. You can find the options here.

(My thanks to Discworld Monthly for letting me know about this; I've been receiving it for close to two decades now, and it's great for dropping tidbits like this.)

The Missions



The PPC has a long history with the Discworld, and it all began when the Original Series was kicked off Fanfiction.net. Suddenly, Jay and Acacia were no longer constrained by the rule that your story had to be set in a single fandom. Pretty much immediately, they transferred their agents to the Department of Implausible Crossovers; a couple of missions later, they paid their first visit to the Disc.

The Luggage Runs Off With the One Ring

There haven't been all that many other missions onto the Disc. I did a few, and there's a handful from random people, but I'm going to link here to the only other team who's done more than one mission into the continuum:

A Promise To Be Kept stars the ever-famous Agents Trojie and Pads, along with July and Library. Confession: I haven't actually read it. I intend to fix that today. ^_^

The OFU



There is an Official Fanfiction University of Discworld, written by me. It's one of the very few completed OFUs, and yes, I do someday plan to do a sequel. (To my knowledge, no-one has ever completed an OFU sequel, so...)

The Work-in-Progress



I actually have a PPC story with a bit of a Discworld bent in the works. Here's a snippet, though be aware that I have no idea when I'm going to finish it:

It's a grand life for the Nac Mac Feegle clan here in the Headquarters o'the bigjobs' PPC. There's nae beasties to hassle ye, nae lawyers to go writin' yer name, and nae Quin o'th'Fairies sneakin' in every Friday night. Well… that is to say, the mini-beasties are quite friendly, the lawyers never leave their lair, and the Fair Folk are all agents who never have time to play their tricks. It comes out to the same thing, ye ken?

The Fannish Idea

I ran across this a few days ago, and was quite taken with the idea: what if the Discworld became a Cinematic Universe?

The page plots out four phases, 22 films spanning the length and breadth of the Discworld series. I like the fact that they're willing to take a few liberties with the timeline to make the series work - for instance, they have The Colour of Magic as the seventh movie, after Rincewind has already been introduced - but I think they might take it too far at times. The idea of Tiffany Aching playing Agnes Nitt's role in Carpe Jugulum doesn't sit well with me, partly because Agnes is a very cool character, but also because it means seriously messing with Tiffany's very tightly-plotted arc; their Carpe takes place after Tiffany has only had two films, so she's still very early in her witchery.

I do like the way they've pretty much used the Susan books as the end-of-phase teamups. I don't know if it was intentional, but that's how it falls out, and I think it works. Susan has a habit of dragging in other characters.

On the flip-side, I'm not at all fond of the 'every mid-credits sting leads directly into the next movie' conceit. They clearly had fun with it, but they also had to stretch badly for some of them. The biggest one is that they frame Small Gods with two scenes establishing it as a story told by Mightily Oats to Tiffany, which... fine, I guess, but given that it contains almost no characters with actual relevance, I don't see the point. (What you'd actually use Small Gods for, in addition to 'for its own benefit', is to establish the character of Lu-Tze and the History Monks. They already make cameos, so amplify that and set things up for Thief of Time.)

Ultimately, it's clearly an idea they've put some thought into. They allow for their actors to rotate out, carefully bringing Tiffany in late to fill the young-hero Spiderman role, and the overall narrative they're telling holds at least vaguely together. The biggest issue, though, is that unlike comics (where the source material has been changed countless times already), the Discworld is a single series with a defined plot. I don't know that the fanbase would appreciate the drastic changes they propose, and I don't know that you could sell Guards! Guards! (their first movie) to an audience that didn't know it already.

Ultimately, assuming the estate would even allow such monkeying, I think the whole thing would swing on the actors. Much like Robert Downey Jr carried the MCU through to the first Avengers, whoever played Sam Vimes would need to be similarly amazing.

hS

"It is good that someone is handling those," he said. "It sounds like it presents a particular challenge." He took a drink as he finally managed to get out of the crowd around the drink table. He was enjoying this conversation thoroughly, and had discovered that he was even losing some of his discomfort at talking to a stranger for extended periods of time.

Without the food in her mouth, it was much easier for her to grin widely, partly out of excitement over the cookies and partly out of excitement over T'Zar's words. "You work in DOGA?" she said. "I want to work in DOGA! I'm in the DMS now, but as soon as I can I'm going to request a transfer. Tell me about a mission! Have you ever had to deal with a whole mountain range?"

As she stopped talking, she realized she had completely ignored Dawn and Abaddon. "Sorry," she said, waving awkwardly. "It's nice to meet you guys. I think it's a taco hamantas- haman-" She trailed off awkwardly. "Cookie," she finally finished. "Or at least hamburger." Her eyes strayed back to T'Zar, waiting for her response.

He never really tried for the Olympics but he went to the junior olympics his first year fencing and he's currently the youngest licensed coach in the U.S. (He got his license when he was sixteen.) He doesn't really do fencing anymore, which is a pity. He was very good at it, and coaching pays very well.

She seemed to be enjoying herself, which was good. He looked around for his own partner, but didn't happen to see him. "My partner is around here too, but I don't see him at the moment. We usually work with continua that have extensive, occasionally confusing, and often difficult-to-track-down canons."