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Fellow newbie, it is my great pleasure to present you with this bar of pink chocolate, the first ever produced. Please do tell us what it tastes like.
On a different note, wow, it's been a while since I thought of Ender's Game.
Anyways, I'm happy you decided to join!
Diana.

Do you read self-published tales about already established stories?

Are you sick and tired of reading tales that are less than good?

WELL DO I HAVE THE THREAD FOR YOU!

For those unaware, this thread is dedicated to people recommending fics that they believe are awesome! Feel free to make your own recommendations below.

((Not sure how to respond. Thanks for the feedback? Sorry it wasn't worse as a Badfic Games thing? Either way, in true badficcer fashion, this is all YOUR fault. Not mine. :P

Seriously, though, um. No, I couldn't keep a straight face at all. And I guess I'm a slash author now.))

Dear gods, what hath I wrought? ¿Por qué? ¿Por queeeé?!

No, for real though, I am conflicted. On the one hand, actually decent writing! It doesn't hurt my eyes, and the porn itself, while naturally YMMV according to taste, does not straight-up hurt my brain, either. Like, I'm not into cat peens, and I'm not sure they work quite the way you think they do, but you do you!

On the other hand, the characters are still painfully OOC, your lemon is a tad purple (which is not a healthy color for lemons!), and the last paragraph made me laugh. This is not a good thing. First, that is a terrible, awful, no good, very bad joke about poor Zeb, and you should be ashamed! Second, buckets of it, seriously? *giggle snort* And finally, are you telling me Zeb's eau de vie contains some sort of anesthetic? That's... that's a nice feature, that is, I admit, but come on. XD You just couldn't keep a straight face on it, could you?

But still, I must congratulate you. I was thoroughly over-the-top ridiculous at you, and you called my bluff and made something I can honestly call half-decent. Kudos!

--Lemony

(( I'm not sorry and I'm not apologizing! {X D Unless Ix is actually mad, in which case I will.

(( And once again, the Badfic Game gets more M-rated toward the end. ))

http://makemegoogly.com/Y4R2Z

((I decided to go ahead and create my personal interpretation of JayBird's and NTtDFA's online personas. You're welcome, hS.

-Twistey))

Thanks to LemonyEggnog, I've decided to write a second part!

((Seriously. They're to blame for this. It's waaaay too NSFW for the Board, but here is a link to it. NSFW for graphic smut. May Iximaz have mercy on my soul :D ))

http://ppc.wikia.com/wiki/Jaycacia_Thornbyrd

That, but less so. Her hair is probably more strawberry-blonde, and I'd guess she wears it long but in a ponytail (she /wants/ to have it loose, but it's too stupidly curly, and just tangles). She's actually moderately cute, if you don't mind glitter and incoherence.

(Also she's apparently from New England, which I think gets cold? So while she'd like to wear that dress, she's probably in something warmer.)

hS

(I myself am aiming to grab some of my writer friends and take them here. They have some serious potential.)

Anyway, hey there! I'm Twistey, a chaotic good-ish lightly-used-bie who is in a ton of fandoms (although Wolfenstein 3D, Camp Camp, and Sheep in the Big City are currently my life right now. Weird combination, I know.) I currently have a lot of original universes and some fanfiction that are works in progress, and I plan to write missions eventually. Hopefully.

Anyway, enough about me. What are you like? What do you generally write, if anything? Having had a Board conversation with Thoth in which he explained Warhammer, I know that there's got to be a good reason why he brought you here. Do you like missions? MSTs? Stuff like GAFF? I'm curious to know :)

As for your newbie gift, since I often grab things from the Wolfenstein 3D fandom (haha, ask Thoth about what I gave him), and since you seem to be into the mech fighting genre, here! Have this prototype version of Hitler's mechsuit from the third episode! Complete with four chain guns, a good amount of armor, and ventilation! (And clanky sounds... Don't walk around in it near me or I might freak out. That boss fight scared me to death.)

Anyway, nice to meet you! Welcome to the Protectors of the Plot Coninuum!

-Twistey
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(In case you need more detail about the mech suit, here's a link to the Wolfenstein Wiki page about its corresponding boss. Copy and paste the link because clicking on it won't work.)

http://wolfenstein.wikia.com/wiki/AdolfHitler(Wolf3D)

((Because I seriously want to draw more googly eyed fan art. Y'know, JayBird and NTtDFA literally trying to kill each other and then hS and I in the background stuffing our faces with popcorn like we're watching a movie. That'd be great.

-Twistey))

I didn't mean to come off as accusative, more as "here is an interesting question your words have raised." My apologies also for not being more clear.

And yeah, I totally get where you're coming from. It's basically another side to the same problem, I think, of news people unscrupulously pushing a story without regard for the actual facts, reliability of data, etc. Mostly I get riled about this sort of thing when it comes to science and medicine stories, because people tend to grab onto statistically meaningless numbers and use them to insist that chocolate is great for your health, or butter is the devil, or whatever the latest trend is. Or like, the sugar industry shelling out to place all the blame for obesity on fats when it doesn't really work that way.

Or people arguing that climate change isn't happening and/or we have nothing to do with it, which is the thing I was thinking of, and am saying now because I now think being vague about it might be less helpful to a discussion.

Basically, I think we agree with each other that the news should strive to be honest and accurate, no matter its political leanings. Like, IMO, if your political party is doing something dumb, you shouldn't defend it, you should call it out so they stop being dumb, right? ... Eh?

~Neshomeh

I'm pretty sure we had this conversation last time, only with more capslock. Once again, to quote my dear would-be rival D4rkm0k, he's totes gay. It's all there in the subtext.

That said, you are completely free to write Nume with "someone like a girl," by which I presume you mean your OC, if you want to! It would be better if you based it on his actual character and not a rancid garbage fire like Christian Grey, but hey, de gustibus non disputandem est, right?

... I miss D4rkm0k. Sigh.

--Lemony

(( I looked up the 2015 Badfic Game to quote myself. That year was kind of epic.

(( Also, yeee. ^_^ ~Neshomeh ))

I see you're a friend of my Pretentious Mythological Name Buddy. It's nice to have you here! I know the Author thing says "The Triumvirate" but nobody calls me that. It's more of a relic than anything. Call me Calliope! Or Cal. Cal is a good abbreviation.

For your gift, I present to you: a set of roleplaying dice! You can choose the color and pattern at your leisure, but try not to make it urple. Or bled. Or rue. Those colors hurt.

Because you and Thoth are friends, I present you with one gift further: a hand-written copy of the Imperial Creed. Yes, I see that Warhammer fandom - have fun with this!

u do kno Numie is'nt gay right!!? ugh. He supposed to be wtih someone like a girl!

((*looks around and secretly bookmarks*))

Thank you all for the warm welcome and the gifts! I have read the Constitution and the original series, although I may re-read the latter since it's been a while.

Even before I actually properly tried figuring this stuff out, I sort of vaguely heard that they were good. And then the websites said it was good. And then pretty much everyone here concluded that it was good.
This is all, needless to say, probably very good evidence that they are good.

Also, I would have definitely made some mistake, regarding those opinion pieces, so cheers for the warning!

Outrage clearly has its place, no doubt, but I was more talking about when it's exploited, y'know? Pardon, for not making that more clear. Ahem. The sort of stuff like straw men, misrepresenting sides of arguments, all that sort of stuff. I suppose there's a dichotomy between presenting something that's genuinely outraging, and carefully trying to manufacture it. I mean, I can't stand that kind of thing. Straw men give my jimmies a good rustling, they do.

I'm sorry I can't think of my own good, maybe less obvious example, but my homeroom teacher fellow is constantly shoving videos by Ray Comfort down our throats. These videos are full of that stuff, and the only person who could ever possibly find any enjoyment or reason out of it would be people who already agree with everything within them, because it panders to them, gets them all mad at the people who are 'incorrect'. Said 'incorrect' people, of course, having arguments misrepresented, straw men getting tossed about, all sorts of other dishonest tactics, et al. What are reasonable beliefs with reasonable backings are portrayed as absurd, immoral, and those unethical fools are then torn apart and imprisoned in the Comfort Zone, on camera, by Ray Comfort's Comfort-Ray of Justice!
Now, if the 'incorrect' group was honestly shown and people were still outraged, that would be correct! That is true outrage, right there! It's being presented with something genuinely deserving of outrage, which then has people getting outraged.
But it's not outraging, is the problem. It's just sneakily put together in order to make it seem outraging. Or, er, such.
If you know about Ray Comfort, you probably know that he's a little goofy. But I can still respect his opinions, and I can still see where they logically come from. But that sort of dishonesty drives me up the wall.

But, yes! There certainly is genuine stuff to be outraged about, and it would probably a bit insulting, with some of those things, to try and redirect things away from them. Because they do deserve outrage, they do.

Also, I think I might vaguely know what your example might be, and I do apologise for bringing that sort of thing up or seemingly supporting it or such, with rubbish phrasing and general rubbishness.

Hi there.

Have a pile of multi-coloured pens.

Title: "The Cabin" (( NSFW, seriously. ))
Summary: The most uptight agent of them all finally learns to relax with a little help from a friend. Supernumerary/J. Robinson, genderbending, M/M, D/s, casual drug use.
Rating: M
Genre: Friendship/Romance
Status: Complete

You wanted it, lovelies, and you got it. Enjoy! But not too much.

Ah, who am I kidding? Go nuts! :D

--Lemony

(( A couple people encouraged me to finish this during a CAHQ game, and then Phobos practically sat on me until I did and has pronounced it good to go, so here it is!

(( As I said of the original release: This story is intended as one of the rare stealth goodfics that crop up every now and then in the fic archives. 100% non-canon, but not actually bad. YMMV on the subject material, but I did my best.

(( ~Neshomeh wrote an entire lemon ohgodohgodohgod... ))

Have some popcorn to eat while you read the Original Series, or throw at Sues if you've read it already :)

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When it comes to pitching fictional characters, I've really been a fan of what I've called the "Mini Story" method, and not using adjectives or subjective qualities that leave things open for guessing. Instead, I prefer to use means of describing characters that is much more concrete. Although I advise this to other people who pitch their characters to me, I also think it could be one way to expand on characters that aren't fully finished yet and figuring out the hows and why's of who this character is.

It's one thing for someone to say, for example: "My character is really proud of herself but can be modest too." This really doesn't tell me much about your character, and I think that's the best way to give people the wrong idea about your character because everyone will interpret being proud of yourself in different ways. I think a better way I could put this would be to tell what I call a "Mini Story" about your character.

"My character likes to brag about her accomplishments in sports but if she meets someone who shows more expertise than her, she'll always shut up and listen."
"My character loves to show off her acting skills in front of other people, but keeps her acting life separate from her stage life and doesn't talk about it."
"My character flaunts her swordsmanship in front of other people, but when she sees magic, immediately shuts up."

Not only does telling a "Mini Story" shed more light about your character and give some concrete examples of what they do, it also can shed a bit of light on your setting, possibly their job, and also is able to separate, reconcile, and add more depth to two contradictory terms.

When it comes to making characters and not just pitching them, I find that if I start with one "Mini Story" I can start branching off from there, and build more onto that Mini Story by asking myself questions about the character. From there I can build more onto it.

"My character loves to brag about her accomplishments in sports." -

Maybe she was in a varsity?
Did she build any friends in there?
How could some of those friendships affected her?
Friends don't last forever, why would some of them have not made it?
How could this have had an impact on her as a character? How did this affect her worldview?

Or we could take a different road and take the first.

Why would she choose to so readily shut up and listen?
It sounds like she has a competitive streak, which is tempered by respect for people that are more experienced than her. Why such reverence?
Was she humbled in the past in a way that could've left a lasting impact on her?
Why?
How does this apply to the rest of who she is as a character?

- From there things just grow, and I find that having these sorts of things written down also helps, especially if you're trying to explain the character to another person. These notes come in incredibly valuable when trying to explain who the character is to someone else without having to give them the whole infodump, and can let you explain a character in just a few bites of information, without making your audience go glass-eyed.
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Great to see you, Grundleplith, I'm new to the forum as well.

Hearing about Redwall makes me feel nostalgic, I think Redwall was one of my first forays into the fantasy genre, glad to meet more people that also like it.
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Great to see you, Grundleplith, I'm new to the forum as well.

Hearing about Redwall makes me feel nostalgic, I think Redwall was one of my first forays into the fantasy genre, glad to meet more people that also like it.
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Hi! Welcome to the board! For your newbie gift, I'll give you an over the top weapon from RWBY. What configurations it has is entirely up to you.