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Good grief, this is supposed to be a family-friendly establishment, there's no call to go evoking images of David Bowie's tights... >;D

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I think it took a good 3 hours scattered throughout the day, perhaps more. As to how I /found/ the time... luckily the children were happy to entertain themselves a fair bit (with the careful addition of a few new toys).

I started with the furniture, constructing all the lines in light pencil before going over them im dark. Then it was just a matter of looking at the spaces and deciding what should go in there. (The last thing I did was adjust the bedcovers to try and get them to look better. The second to last was removing high-level shelves above the ones I left, so as not to have to put anything on them... :D)

hS

Do I just... throw it here?

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Bl01B1KsRROA7xPcSBPvHviD4EAhhH-hB0dm5axJIbg/edit?usp=sharing

Hi! Welcome to the board! I'm - well, you know who I am, it's right there above the subject. In any case, I read a lot of fanfic, mainly bad ones because they make me laugh. I am currently working on an original world that I discovered hidden in my google drive. So, for your newbie gift, have a piece of eden from Assassins Creed, It could be whichever one you want. If you don't know Assassins Creed lore, it defaults to the Apple of Eden.

I really need to work on my background skills. Usually if I really need a background, two characters are interacting so I never really drew a big background like this.

This is an adaptation of The Saint Stephen's Day Murders, with apologies to Irish folk band The Chieftains and Elvis Costello, of all people.

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I knew of two FicPsych doctors name of Christmas,
Called Dawnie and Eve, of course, and they were assigned to the Tree
For whom we all know it is always the season
Of goodwill that lasts 'till the feast of Saint Stephen.

For that's when FicPsych can eat, drink, and be merry
Until all the Bleepka down gullets has flowed
And the whole Doctor stock you neglected to bury
Is stuffing their faces until they explode

There'll be laughter and tears and mixed Tia Marias,
Suebuprofen, and drinks made from girders
'Cause it's all we've got left as they draw their last breath
Ah, it's nice for the kids, since you've finally got rid of them!
In the Saint Stephen's Day murders!

Fitzsimmons gargles some heartbreaking air
As the babe in his arms pulls out more and more of his hair
No-one's drunk enough yet to dare criticize
The spinning bow tie he's about to baptize

His gin-flavoured whispers and kisses of sherry,
His best Crimbo shirt slung all over the shop,
As the Christmas Tree's singing voice blows up the telly
He skids out the door on a hidden pork chop

And the Dish Of The Day, or what's left anyway,
May still be found haunting the kitchen
And there's life in it yet Dawn and Eve might regret
When the colleagues they poisoned stop twitchin'

And there's laughter and tears and mixed Tia Marias,
Suebuprofen, and drinks made from girders
'Cause it's all we've got left as they draw their last breath
Ah, it's nice for the kids, since we've finally got rid of them!
RID OF THEM!
In the Saint Stephen's Day murders!

So... nipples, then?

~Neshomeh

How do you have time to draw a room this awesome? You're making me want to go back and pretty up my room during the 3 day catch up period. I really don't see anything that really needs improving. It's really good.

Though probably also true. I wasn't looking.

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(No, Dafydd can't have it; he's got one of his own. And Derik doesn't have this one anymore, anyway, though he is due to come into possession of an Elvish one in an unwritten mission...)

I think Skepnadth's neck is going to have to decline away from the POV, and then his body will incline back towards us, so his back end will be more forward. Something like that.

And I will make sure there is a bulge. Just for you. ^_~

~Neshomeh

Hey there, Smiley! I'm Twistey, a new-ish but pretty active Boarder who gets too many ideas. My fandoms are numerous, my fandom OCs even numerous-er (just kidding, more numerous), and my original story characters... Ooooooh jeez.

Anyway, enough about me, how about you? What are your fandoms? Do you have any notable works of writing or any agent ideas? What do you plan to do here (what types of fics do you want to cover and in what manner)? I'd love to know! :)

As for your newbie gift, here's a Cuphead hat. Not like a hat hat, more like a "stick it on your head for a Cuphead cosplay" thing. Cuphead's head that's wearable. I don't know. Give it to your agents if you don't want it; there's probably a lot of badfic in that one already and you never know when it might be useful.

Anyway, nice to meet you! I hope you have a great time here and welcome to the PPC!

-Twistey

Thanks for the chocolate!

I learned of the PPC through TvTropes, got directed to the wiki, and I started reading. Now I'm joining because it seems like fun.

I don't like heavy dialects. I don't have a problem with peppering in phonetic words for flavor, but mostly it will be properly spelled.

https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/most-common-mistakes-dos-and-donts-of/ This covers my readability quibbles.

The other part is kinda... well I wish I could dig up a good article on it. Mangling the spelling to express their accent can convey them as "less than" someone who speaks something similar enough to the queen's English to have it expressed with proper spelling.

"Trolling for a cause" doesn't seem to be linked from Barid's character page. Are there any other stories about him that are floating around?

I also apologize if I don't get his characterization close enough.

I'm kinda picturing his "mountain climbing, swimming, and going places where he really has no business being" as a more realistic interpretation of Teacup's tendency to get into the behind places where the texture seams are noticeable.

I will allow for the use of Barid in your permission request. The caveat to that is that I don't want to remove myself from the potential PG pool (in case we need a WoW expert), so I won't be your beta.

Good luck, and know that I won't judge too harshly if you get his accent wrong.

-Phobos, available for questions at baridthetroll(at)gmail(dot)com

Such a pretty space... and the view out the windows! I loooove iiiit.

Ahem. *wipes drool off chin* So. Concrit. The only thing I find off is the window seat. It seems way too deep, and I'm afraid I had no idea that was a fire-lizard until you told me. She is very tiny—not out of scale, probably, just tiny.

Aside from that, though, this is a very hard act to follow. I might skip this prompt and save myself the embarrassment. >.>

~Neshomeh wants to draw Henry at various stages of maturity.

I just read the talk page on Permission.

I apologize for asking for public feedback on my character concept. I didn't realize that was wrong.

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It seems like people were talking about making the page easier to read by making it more concise? Right now, there seems to be a lot of information and I can see someone missing something important because it's buried. Or just forgetting something because there's so much to absorb even if they do read every word.

Someone also mentioned that it was confusing? I can see them getting caught up on whether or not you need to use the prompts because the FAQ seems to indicate that it's okay not to use them but people would rather that you did use them. Is it leftover from an old version of the process? (I think I once read a complaint that all the requests started sounding the same because of the prompts.)

I don't have any examples handy, but it the past I've had an idea for something to happen, and the story turns away from that moment for something completely different but good. Well, my Supernatural fic was going to end one way, but that changed when I haven't even gotten to that scene, and it will probably change again. One story that I didn't write down was about something in the middle of the ocean that caused all sea life to leave and a ship going to investigate. All I could come up with was a story about two sailors watching dolphins and talking about their families with no mention about the phenomenon they were going to go study.

The first prompt I rolled had me a bit worried because I really couldn't figure out how my characters were going to do one and the other one is possible but I have reasons to reject it. I found another prompt set where I feel I could try both of them. (I won't go into more detail unless you agree to ignore the cheating.)

Hey there! I'm Twistey, an amateur game dev/writer/etc and lightly-used-bie. I have lots of fandoms, OCs, and original worlds. I tend to focus on gauging the Sueness of characters and the levels of social responsibility in stories (ignoring stuff that's the fun kind of incorrect, like Wolfenstein 3D.) I am really active on the Board on the weekends and other days when I'm not busy all day.

But enough about me, how about you? What are your fandoms? Do you have any prominent pieces of writing? Any agent ideas? What do you plan to do here? I'd love to know more! :D

Finally, for your newbie gift, here's a replica of the Spear of Destiny from the Wolfenstein 3D sequel (ish) of the same name. Give it to your virtual self or your agents and it'll look impressive anywhere! (Sadly, you can't summon demons with it. Giving a newbie the real Spear of something that actually functions akin to the real Spear would be bad.)

Nice to meet you! I hope you have a great time here and welcome to the PPC!

-Twistey

Password is "Scarlet Destiny".

Hello newbie! Here, have some chocolate and enjoy your stay!

So what brings you to our corner of the world wide web?