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"I suppose that does mean good proof. Sadly, The Good Lady was unavailable this evening. I'm sure she would find our Hostess' plans amusing." He smiled a little. "What kind of task do you have? Perhaps it will be easier with some help?"

Being on FiMfiction so long, I forgot that the Board uses triangular brackets, not square ones!

Memory serving, the Scholars' Empire was on a continent to the north of Plort, with Plort being somewhat in between the Scholars' Empire and Weab. So I take it that this is a retcon?

I'm not saying that it would be [i]bad[/i], per se, if this is inded the case--actually, it works quite well that that Marizu and the Scholars' Empire are on the same continent, vying for supremacy. But I want to be sure that I am interpreting things aright.

"Given her display just now, I think this will come in handy, especially since I do have a task to do, apparently." They bit their lip behind their mask, then, in a whisper, said, "Perhaps... Regent of the Angel of Madness would be a better title?"

The man nodded his head. "Considering who she is, I can't disagree with a desire to be able to evade or escape." Then he tilted his head. "Unfortunately, I'm not sure I'm familiar with what you're referencing. I'm going by the White Wolf tonight."

...the similarities are fewer than I thought. Seems like Bram didn't know enough, whereas I know far too much, about this subject. And there's also the fact that the Permission requirements have become better worded since that time, which resolves the recognition of Bram's back-and-forth about doing the wrong thing with Permission attempts. Whew. No I'm not Bramandin, zdimensia or Toopurple, on my word as a PPCer. If I were, I would not have had to read the profile page to resolve lacks of understanding, am I right? (Wow, this has escalated pretty quickly.)

There does, however, still stand the vague shared trait of, how to word it, frequently jumping to the worst conclusions. (Not to mention I'm also kind of afraid of being discriminatory!) But I do realize that these are my faults and not those of the PPC, and that I will, over time, eventually get better at maintaining a state of balance. I apologize for making too many moves at once with regards to... everything, it seems. That often happens when I discover something new. Probably won't get banned after all, may I have your forgiveness?

-Twistey

So many folks who create content involving that stuff, it's almost like he never died. I've been to really weird parts of the Internet, and even outside of it, it is almost like he is a god. Either I'm overestimating it, or you're underestimating the number of weird and/or messed-up people that exist on the Internet.

The multiplicity was kind of similar to how in the regular PPC, a character replacement is a different being than the canon. Wait, hang on, that doesn't match my thing entirely. Let's make a compromise of having it it more similar to what I'm actually comparing it to, and make it so that the particularly OOC depictions become separate characters, like impostors trying to use his infamy to get people to do stuff. I'm kind of starting to see your point here. But what do I know, I'm just a culturally insensitive, privileged, emotionally unstable piece of ADHD trash, and that is my honest opinion of myself. You can do whatever you want.

Wolfreidi is obviously Wolfenstein 3D, so logic follows that Castwolf is Castle Wolfenstein (a castle that Eidsaf'twaer acquired through claiming it after it was abandoned), New Wolfreidi is Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Wolftino is Wolfenstein: The New Order/The Old Blood (but it's a city), etc. If you've got time to also add in the other points of interest in the District, there do exist the fortresses of Du'um and New Du'um (Doom and its 2016 reboot), a city called Komankin (Commander Keen series) and Kwaik and Raij, which I am unsure what to make.

This hasn't calmed down yet. I saw Bramandin's huge thread before she was banned, and am now reading the page on the Wiki about her PPC career as TooPurple and zdimensia as well, and I saw a little of myself in a couple (thankfully not all) of her perspectives. Didn't feel that they were right, but felt that it could happen to me as well. Give me some reasons why I'm not going to be banned eventually.

-Twistey

To Fandom News: Somebody's out of ideas. But yet, it's cute.

To Silly News: Oh! Oh that's pretty fun!

To Serious News US: No comment.

To Serious News Switzerland: That's an interesting story, and indeed very heartwarming, as you said.

To Not News: Making references to other popular fandoms just because they're popular. Star Wars has fallen.

-Twistey

"Oh hi, thanks for checking in, I'm *singing* still a piece of garbaaaage~!"

-Twistey

And it also made me guffaw very loudly. Much thanks. *tips hat*

that the precise form of the worship of Spelin varies across Plort. For example, many priests in Borrd do not perform the Rite of Edyt in view of the congregation, unlike in Ozerbord, where this is common practice.

- Tomash

(( That is, I'd like to worldbuild out of the corner we might've ended up in. ))

Having mini Agents (or mini something-like-Agents) sounds like it'll be fun reading. I also like the movie trailer feel, and I could practically hear the dramatic music at the end when I read this the first time. You've also, I think, done a good job of sketching out Fortesque's motivations (and therefore a good chunk of his character).

- Tomash

... breaking the Rule of Tincture is so unusual that you should expect people to ask why you've done it.

hS

Sort of Shakespearean comedy but without the need to be tied to Shakespeare's scripts and sphere of knowledge.

hS

It's the chasuble, and the way it interacts with the arms, that's throwing me off. Plus I still don't know what you're aiming for with the collar.

hS

"Oh, an' how's our newes' friend settlin' in, eh?" Hagrid peeked into the corner where Fortesque had settled in to the great, room-spanning web.

The mini-acromantula, recently delivered by a PPC agent team who had saved him from a mission, had strung an ice cream cone into the web. Its fangs were inserted deep into the dark red ice cream—probably strawberry?

Hagrid blinked. "I still dunno where you misspellin's o' Florean always seem to come up with ice cream. Ah, well. Just don' go spoilin' yer appetite! New shipment o' rats jus' came in."

As Hagrid stomped back out of the room and into the canonical parts of Hogwarts Fanfiction Academy, Fortesque settled back into his treat. Lulled by the gentle hissing of all his web-mates, he let his mind wander. Inevitably, it kept coming back to the scarred agent who had shrieked at him not long after he had "hatched." Why would an agent be scared? The PPC were friends of canon. Only Sues should be afraid of—

"So, what is this place?" The deep human voice spoke out suddenly from somewhere in the room, making all the mini-acromantulas rustle in the huge web. Fortesque looked back and forth around the room. (Without moving his head, of course—he had eight eyes.) No one was visible; the floor of the room was empty, save for some dusty barrels in the corners, draped in old web strands.

"Who'sssss there?" called out Godirc.

"Not to worry, folks. I'm no enemy of yours. I must ask again, though: what is this place?"

Multiple minis chimed in.

"Hogwarts Fanfiction Academy!"

"The canons teaches the fanthingssss . . ."

". . . And we protects the canons from the fanthingssss!"

The unseen stranger didn't respond right away. "So you protect canon . . . by hiding out in this sub-reality, and acting as bodyguards to cheap knock-offs of the real thing? Interesting strategy."

The room filled with angry hissing.

"It is tradition!"

"Tradition, Precioussss!"

"We serves the canon!"

"Well, protecting the staff allows them more time to focus on teaching the students properly. This, in turn, leads to a higher turnout of goodfic writers at the end of each year, fighting against the imbalance of fics that are canon-damaging versus canon-supportive. It's a slow process, but we're making steady progress."

The other minis all stared at the spider who had spoken.

". . . Precious?" he added, hesitantly.

The human voice spoke again. "Be that as it may, surely at least one among you would consider taking on a more . . . active role in the Canon Protection Initiative? You there—new boy." Climbing up onto the barrels directly underneath Fortesque, behind which he had apparently been hiding, was a tiny dark-skinned human with a black suit and an eye-patch. Staring directly up at Fortesque, the human-shaped mini asked, "Are you content to defend this canon from your corner, or do you want to defend all of canon—head on?"

Fortesque stared. He thought of the screaming agent. Perhaps, if minis were more visible in their efforts to combat the uncanon, agents would see that minis were allies, and not be scared? He lowered himself on a strand of silk until he was face-to-face with the strange mini, who didn't flinch. "Yessss, Precioussss . . ."

The Avengers Minitiative
coming May 4, 2012

Acromantulas and Hagrid belong to J.K. Rowling. Nick Fury belongs to Marvel and Stan Lee. I'll also be adopting Midguard. The name "Avengers Minitiative" was coined by Good Mod Addict in the Discord chat.

—doctorlit

I like it. I honestly like it. Extremely much. So much that I do not talk to my closest allies often because they go watch rerun of Naruto and Boruto, Bleach, and patiently watch One Piece, while I wonder when Vinland Saga will ever get their anime adaptation.

However, having a 'less gritty somewhat comedy period drama' should be an explored genre. Where's the show of Venetian bankers trying to make that absentee landlord pays his bank dues? What about the daily troubles of trying to run a commedie del arte shows while touring through Europe? What about Buginese 'pirates' trying to escape the clutches of Dutch taxes? Or, some sports, such as a knight trying to win tournaments? We have a movie about that, but come on, it's been a long time.

Apparels are lengths of fabric that were pinned to various places on a priest's main robe (the alb). However, it transpires I misspoke when detailing the one at her throat; that should be the collar of her chasuble, which is the massive cape thing that I, er... neglected to describe. Whoops. Might as well give it a go now! =]

Lacking other information regarding the worship, priesthood, or iconography of Spelin Tam-Ara, I've had to borrow from medieval history and basically make stuff up. Thus, Ye Scape-Grace's chasuble (held in place by the big neckcloth described in the original post) looks for all the world like an enormous poncho, because that's... basically what they were descended from. It is trimmed with light blue cloth delicately embroidered with scenes from Mordly oral history, but the main body of it is pure white, with an amazingly elaborate pattern picked out in the rich, midnight hue of old ink. The thin trails loop and curl like a forest of vines across the chasuble, giving her the image of the Well-Written Word of Spelin Tam-Ara.

She looked left and right, hoping someone would come talk to her so she could be saved the potential awkwardness. Parties are weird, she thought, kicking at her skirts.

At least her secret remained unknown.

Another week, another bout of news... much of this comes from the first half of the week, for some reason.

Please remember that, when it comes to the state of the world, not everyone will agree with you. You're free to state, discuss, and defend your viewpoint (provided it does not violate the Constitution), but please don't use that fact to attack others.

Fandom News


(Link)

It seems there's a movie coming out next spring about the formation of the bond between humans and dogs. So... I guess the whole 'gritty violent period drama' thing (see: Vikings, The Last Kingdom, etc etc) has reached its apex with this? Unless they want to do 'Sapiens versus Neanderthals', I suppose...

I knew I had to post it the instant I saw the above shot of the wolf drinking in an adorably angry way. "I'll take your help - but I'm not happy about it."

Silly News


(Link)

Google have added the International Space Station to Street View, and it is glorious. You can wander into the cupola, the inflatable module, the Russian and US labs... everywhere.

A few things to look out for:
-The guitar on a wall.
-The religious icons in the Russian section.
-The treadmill on the 'wall' - zero gravity, folks!
-The US sleeping arrangements... well, I haven't found these yet!

Serious News


(America & Switzerland)

In American news, Twitter Personality & President Donald Trump tweeted the following:

As I have always said, let ObamaCare fail and then come together and do a great healthcare plan. Stay tuned!

Now, I'm sure I remember him going on and on about how he was going to repeal Obamacare immediately, but I'm sure we can trust him to tell us what he's 'always said'. More importantly: this is literally a plan to let the peasants suffer for a while so they're grateful when he bails them out of things. That's... um, vile?

In lighter news(!), a melting glacier in the Swiss Alps has revealed the bodies of a couple missing for 75 years. They vanished in 1942 after heading up to tend to their cows.

Tragically/heartwarmingly, their youngest daughter - who is now 79 - is planning to hold a funeral for them. She was four when they disappeared; that's a very long time to wait.

Not News



Nobody said anything about the appearance of Alolan Vulpix in The Last Jedi. Lookit the crystal fox! Just lookit!

hS

Baron Huinesoron most definitely regrets tying the worship of Spelin to the Diskord, and he doesn't believe for a second that Ye Scape-Grace is in any way devout. But that's because he's a grump. ^_^

I'm not sure what's going on with the thing at her neck, though. It's not a hood - she has one of those separately - so what is it? And where is it pinned?

(And is the 'apparel around her right cuff' just a description of the panels on that sleeve, or is it a bracelet or something?)

hS

There is a world of options between "Hitler is a godlike being whose legend has spawned thousands of interlinked avatars strewn across Weab" and "I must leave the PPC in shame".

Look: Lord of Darkness. Nice and simple. Your thousands-of-Hitlers version was a sheer violation of Godwin's Razor: "Do not unnecessarily multiply Hitlers."

Can you tell me what the various castles represent? I'd like to tag them in the page.

hS

I feel pretty confident about my agent bios and the explanation of why I want to mission the first fic I plan on killing. However, I feel like the second writing sample is a bit lacking, and I'm not quite sure why. Thus, if anyone's willing to beta for me, I'd very much appreciate it.
Link to the Permission request: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1wFyP_7I3VrrMnmNpBvtNU79LPmKq7nElUjbvYl6FfR8