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But it was totally worth it. (Yep, surreal is the word I was looking for.)

Since your writing is so unique, I hardly dare to nitpick, but I guess these repetitions aren’t intentional narrator’s quirks:

In the third part: The voice was faint and wavy and unsure, exactly, of what it was it was meant to do.

In the last part: Anne looked back and and saw the rest of Shift Twentieth marching down the corridor

Also in the last part, how did Ninetwo get a daisy clock? Isn’t she a dandelion?

HG

Just so you all know, I've finally started converting The Lost Tales to CSS. Some things (e.g. dividers, which I've renamed to make more sense) may look a little broken for a while in unconverted areas of the site, but don't worry, everything is under control. I'm starting with TOS, of course, and will work down the list from there.

If you're comfortable with CSS/HTML and want to help, let me know!

~Neshomeh

Apologies. I definitely did skip town sort of in the middle of that. Now that I've read over it more carefully, I kinda understand better.

Congratulations. I know how hard it is to finish long fanfics firsthand.

I also checked over the other Article Number references, and patched a few of them up, too.

hS

Well, two threads, since Tomash accidentally started a new one instead of replying to the original.

I understand if the stress was too much in the heat of the moment, but if you can bring yourself to read over it carefully now, you'll find that hS apologized to you, profusely, and that the matter was only closed after I, not he, suggested a solution that I hoped would satisfy everyone. I waited several days for any objections or suggestions for improvement, and there were none.

Please take some time to look it over, and if you still feel unsatisfied with the result, you can e-mail me at neshomeh [DOT] soul [AT] gmail [DOT] com (with obvious punctuation substitutions), and we can talk about it.

~Neshomeh

So it's been a while since I've really done anything on here, or been on the Discord (I'm actually not on the Discord right now so if y'all want to reach me, DM @ Quincy Jones#6104), and this is because I've reached a point where I don't feel comfortable really interacting with the PPC at a whole. Let me explain why.

Not too long ago, I was involved in a Board issue regarding something I said over the gen chat on the Discord. People thought I was being malicious; I maintain that I was definitely not, and furthermore, I accept no accusation of wrongdoing. I am not the type of person who says things deliberately in order to hurt people. I apologize that I wrote something that may have been taken that way, but I honestly don't think I DID, and I feel as though I've done nothing wrong and have suffered an attack out of spite. I could very well be wrong on this front, however.

You may be thinking to yourselves, "Okay, but... we resolved that, didn't we?" And I am here to tell you that maybe you guys have reached closure, and the issue is well and truly in the past, but I have NOT. In fact, it has been weighing rather heavily on my heart. Why? Well, I don't really know. I think it's because I never really saw a decision made on whether or not I was wrong/right/whatever, and because the person who had a problem with my posts hasn't said anything beyond the initial ping to Huinesoron, at least not to my knowledge.

The deal is, I don't know what's going on. I have no idea if everyone hates me, if everyone loves me, if I'm right, wrong... I can't sort the issue out because the person I offended hasn't said anything and quite frankly I'm afraid to seek them out... and this seems to be a trend that happens a lot. I dunno if I'm imagining things, but the way we seem to deal with our issues here is to bring it to the Board, argue a bunch, wait for Huinesoron to say something, and then just shut up about it and never speak of it again. We gloss over it and act like it's all okay. And maybe it is okay. Maybe most of us just move on and forget it ever happened. But I CAN'T, and it's eating me alive, to the point where it makes talking to you guys and hanging out with you guys awkward and scary. I don't know what I want. I don't know what to do. But I do know that I don't want to stay silent, because even getting kicked out of the PPC is better than spending the rest of my days in limbo.

(BTW, it's official, my parents blocked the Board on my computer. I don't know whether it's about the distraction or whether it's about "negative influences" and "criticizing things" and "people who dedicate all their time to fanfic need to get a life" and all that stuff my dad keeps saying. Either way, I'll be on the Board less from now on.)

-Twistey

After six years, my Lyrical Nanoha and Madoka Magica crossover fanfiction is finally complete!

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8162205/13/IrregularS

I'll fix this and the numbers on Monday.

hS

Was that the Plot Protection Society Wiki? I thought that had a plagiarized version of the "Rambling Band" mission on it.

...there was a time when someone plagiarised it? Not sure that's what Twistey was referring to, though, especially since, to my memory, it happened long before she showed up and hasn't come up a lot.

~Z

Full text for reference:

The PPC is a vast sprawling mess, so it’s perfectly fine to lurk around on the Board and the Wiki for a while before committing yourself. Before you actually post anything anywhere, however, you should post on the Board at least once to introduce yourself and receive whatever gifts people have for you.

For the second sentence, what about:

Before you jump into any community activities, however, please post on the Board at least once to introduce yourself and receive whatever gifts people have for you.

I think that covers what we actually want: lurking is fine, but make sure we know who you are if you're gonna do stuff.

~Neshomeh

LOL: Love Education and Literacy.
Used as a slogan by some Administratum adepts.
FFS: Forget Foul Sorceries.
Please turn yourself in to your local Arbites station if you remember foul sorceries. Remember, citizen, only through the flames of faith can heresy be purged.

When I first posted on the board, twistedwindowpane cryptically alluded to a story that appeared to be someone's misinterpretation of the Original Series. Where can I find out more about this?

Some incorrect article numbers are referred to:

- 23 should refer to itself, not 19; there is a 19, and it's important!

- 25 should refer to 15 and... 24, maybe?

Also, I noticed Article 17 says "Before you actually post anything anywhere, however, you should post on the Board at least once," which is a little confusing. I'm guessing this means "please say hi on the Board before getting heavily involved in the Wiki or Discord"?

I'm hoping this can be a quick fix and not require another vote.

~Neshomeh

Have a Campbell-pattern autolaser.

The official Constitution has been updated with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments - AKA the Harassment and Discussion Amendments. It also now lists the Chitchat Amendment as rejected, and I've updated the list of signatures too.

Somehow, we managed to keep the whole thing in exactly the same number of Articles (29), though the Sections have increased by two. Given how broad the changes are, it's probably wise to go and give it another read.

hS

If it's something the reader needs to know to understand what happens next, definitely include it, and rework it to fit if necessary.

If it isn't strictly relevant to the plot, it's up to you (and possibly your eventual beta[s]) whether you feel it adds enough humor/characterization/whatever to be worth including or whether it just slows the story down.

BTW, since your previous mission-writing question is still fairly high up on the Board, you could've added this one to that thread. With the pace of the Board being so slow these days, it's not a huge deal, but still something to bear in mind.

~Neshomeh

If I was going to criticize Tolkien, I'd actually argue that he's too much in love with words: it feels he focuses on words and language over the story, often to its detriment. So too is the case with the broader worldbuilding: it's great, but it leaves the narrative awkward and bloated.

As a result of Tolkien's approach, Middle Earth is one of the most well-developed, fleshed-out and intricate settings in all of fiction. And unlike most similarly detailed settings, it's consistent, coherent, and clearly the well-thought-out result of one vision, one mind.

However, as someone who slogged through LoTR, barely awake, and was mocked for my peers for being unable to remember the difference between Barad-dûr and Khazad-dûm, I think I can safely say that, at least from my perspective, the narrative suffers.

But maybe my biases are showing...

"Farah Tahar." she said. "Nice to meet you, Miss Seeker!"

"It's not my first time in here, but it's my first time ordering something. You have any suggestions?"