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That the Tories look like Corbyn, compared to you. :P

Something like the census. People won't feel as pressured into agreeing with the majority opinion, and if they hold a minority opinion, won't feel as if they have to speak for everyone who shares their views. We can get a better idea of the full diversity of PPCers that way. Even the quiet ones.

--Key is making a Google Form as she types

He's maybe too idealistic. For example, he supports California Proposition 61, a mess of a proposal whose positive effects rely entirely on big companies doing the ethical, supportive thing -- and if the big companies behave the way big companies are known for behaving (selfishly), lots of patients will lose access to potentially lifesaving drugs. And I'm scared it'll pass because of Bernie's endorsement -- he's pretty popular here.

--Key

I will be doing a reading of Death and Resurrection of Shining Armor tomorrow, 12:00 est. Stop by if you can!

Have a Niffler:-

Take a wild guess. =]

And I think we were both wrong about the first word, at least at first. It appears to be an P in a serif font, only part of it is obscured by shading and the doll on the stake. In which case, NO SPEAKING might be more appropriate.

An ironic thing to have in large capital letters, but there we are. =]

1) I'd say left-leaning center.

2) Because though I'm all for LGBTQ+ rights and stricter gun laws and access to contraceptives, I don't want to ban guns outright or force religious institutions to perform gay marriages. I've heard some really far-left people I know say religion ought to be banned entirely, which I think is stupid. Just because you yourself aren't religious doesn't mean you have the right to tell other people what to (not) worship, kthx.

3) Now that Bernie's out of the running, I'm just crossing my fingers and hoping Trump doesn't get into office. Still, even with Hilary in the White House, the Republicans are almost guaranteed to get people into the majority of the House and the Senate, and we'll be stuck in another political gridlock. Woop-de-flipping-do.

I realise Scape is our vocal socialist on the Board, but I'm out there too. I'm the one who voted no to Brexit on /principle/, rather than evidence.

Why? Because I don't believe anyone is less important than anyone else. I want everyone to get a fair and positive existence - even if they live outside my country. Our goal should be to help /everyone/, not just the rich or the English.

Right now, Britain kind of sucks at that. We have a conservative party in power, gleefully privatising everything they can get their mitts on while dragging us out of the continental union. We have a left-wing leader in Labour, elected to the position by a landslide - but every politician in his party hates his guts. We have a far-right nationalist party who got /15% of the vote/ in the last election. Racism, nationalism, and isolationism m are rife, and we have no functioning Left.

So yeah. 2016 sucks, please don't make it worse America.

hS

I do my best, though I have been known to fail spectacularly.

(Right now I'm all kind of fuzzy and 'yay someone expressed an unprompted positive opinion of me as a person' inside. The 'thank you' was very much sincere.)

hS

Congrats on coming out!

https://discord.gg/0zL6OvKrsM4gca0Z

I registered an account, but have no idea how this works. I think I need an invite? I'm not sure.

Something I've been wondering for a while. Or, rather, a few somethings, directed at the PPC-at-large:
1) Where do you put yourself on the political spectrum?
2) Why?
3) What does the political situation in your current country of residence look like? Who would you support, and why?

In the interest of fomenting this discussion, I'll answer those questions, too.
1) I've been saying I'm centre-left for a long time, but I think I've been moving rightward a little recently, so centre, I guess. It should be noted that in Israeli politics the main left/right divide isn't economical/social as in most countries; rather, it's more about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
2) On one hand I'm against being an ass to people because they're not of the right skin-colour/religion/whatever. On the other I'm also against self-flagellation (hello, Meretz), asinine revolutionism for the sake of revolutionism (hello, Merav Michaeli) and identity politics (hello everybody). I'm also growing more disillusioned as to the chances of peace as the time goes by.
3) Terrible. The sane people figure they can't achieve anything in politics so they don't bother, so all we have pol-wise are crazies (hi, Meretz), crazier crazies (hi, Bennett) and corrupt power-grabbing career pols (hi, Bibi).

Ladies and Bruces, feel free to join us on game and our Discord voice chat!

Here's the link!

https://pyx-2.pretendyoure.xyz/zy/game.jsp#game=116

Passwords is "PPCGAME" all caps, no spaces, and no quotes!

All right, I promised myself to take reviewing missions more seriously (one of the reasons being I actually want to get good at both writing and helping out), so this is my first shot at an actual, (maybe) helpful, con-crit review:

We started with a nightmare flashback, which showed us the origin story of Ix-Wolf. Now, just from the first paragraph of description I could tell it’s Greyback that bit her. Sounds exactly like the scenario he would choose. I have to commend you on setting up the atmosphere, too. The portrayal of Greyback as cannibalistic and sexually creepy, and his preference for children was shown nicely. However, the scene reminds me of Lupin’s “origin”: Greyback biting him as a revenge for what Lupin’s dad said about werewolves. The changes here were Greyback making a mistake (He probably did bit Caitlyn next month, I assume), and apparently somebody contracting him to do so… Which I don’t know if he would, but that’s just my musings. Also, there is Greyback’s uncertain fate after 1998 (Neville and Ron “brought him down” which could imply anything from imprisonment to slaying), but I’m gonna let it slide.
Lottie being the overly protective Sparklepire girlfriend was really cute, and I approve of it with all my might. And as I said before… Saibhir was a pretty clever reference. I do hate you for the Hair of Slytherin, though, because that’s the worst pun in the history (:P).
(Sidenote: I will kill the author for disrespecting The Merchant of Venice…)

As for the mission itself, it was easy to follow and clear. I like the house-elves disguise; first time seeing it being used, and I think those should be implemented more often. I like how they were forced to do the house-elf speech. You could’ve leave it the second time, though. Felt like something that would come as a price for the disguise (Good Lord, I hope I would never have to disguise as a Gungan). The charges list was quick and simple, and the execution was efficient. It was a good mission.

Possibly because US politics is my current obsession. But mostly because hS is the most rational person ever and I love reading his opinions on things. ^_^

(I wanted Bernie, but Clinton is the only nominee who I feel has any connection with my views. But who cares - I'm not American! *grabs popcorn*)

I was trying to show she was pleased by the attention but also unused to it and unsure how she was supposed to respond. So... maybe any suggestions how that could be improved?

I think what bugs me is that Ix doesn't seem really into it; she blushes and gets flustered and seems kind of uncomfortable herself, like she's just tolerating it because she doesn't know what to do about it. It's not clear—in this story, anyway—if she really wants that kind of attention.

So, uh, I guess that's a critique after all. ^_^;

~Neshomeh

I'll try to tone it down in the future. Guess it's my fault for not knowing how to do fluff properly. :(