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If we're exorcising stuff...

Come on, I know you need a lil' magic
and magic is my specialty du jour.
Don't just stand there lookin' sick,
would I kid you? Play a trick?
Like I told you, I don't do that anymore~

Doktor Trollenfisch und Gabrielle seem like the most natural fit, since it's sufficiently weird an occurrence that WhatThe backup fits the bill nicely. Other than them, you're more than welcome to use either Lola and Algie or Wobbles and the Notary, but not both; I don't want Lola and Tree to meet yet.

I recently stumbled upon a My Little Pony badfic where a human is randomly transported into Equestria and dies, only to merge with the entire Everfree Forest. As in, the entire freaking forest. I'm looking for a good number of agents to make cameos when I get ready to kill this one, because we're going to have to chase the Stu's essence out before I can kill him.

So who's interested?

Honestly, while the fic as written has the bones of badfic, I don't think it really has enough content to qualify. It's not even 500 words long, and covers a single scene. In general, I'd try to pick longer fic, or at least ones that have more actual content, because it gives you more to work with.

Also, your mission needs more content as well. Short missions are fine, not everything needs to be a multi-part epic, but this is shorter than most Permission prompts and takes about ten minutes of actual time. There's no tension or humor or anything else that makes it enjoyable to read - or, presumably, write. The fact that it's a solo mission means there isn't even any inter-character banter. I have to wonder what inspired you to write this in the first place, because it feels rather obligatory, like you're writing this because you have to rather than because you want to.

Besides, I've nominated "Tooth and Claw" a while back :P

They had difficulties to get him a body back after Eowyn and Merry offered him a trip to Final Death, so he ended up turned into a wall.

In conclusion? Pure comedy effect.

I understand Ferry God Mother and I can imagine what caused Long Table Elrond, but I always wondered how a Witch-King can be transfigured into a wall. Do you know which misspelling of what spawned that?

HG

...but we're neglecting the most important thing.

*beat*

It's shipnames. I nominate Bloods and Furries!

~Mattman, who's Inb4 some poor bloke has to make a PPC version of the RWBY Ship Sheet

Glad people are finding them interesting. ^^; As for ship names, I've been using Charlix, but IxiLottie and Tooth and Claw seem to be floating around now as well...

(Maybe because one's rather glamorous, the other down-to-earth?)

Sweet Philemon, that was indeed really bland. The cardboard thing was a good idea for showing that too. Good thing that your agents are so interesting to read.

And to... Nobody's surprise, a new ship sets sail. I 'vote' for naming it 'IxiLottie'.

(P.S. Why I'm thinking about RariJack when I see them?)

First of all, jumping the gun on Skarm is not cool. While he could've phrased things better, what you did was pretty rude (not to mention detrimental to the quality of your mission). You should, at least, apologise to him.

That being said, there are also things to say about the mission itself:
-Frankly, the badfic isn't bad enough. It's too short and consists of "Jim has an uncanon little sister" and nothing else. Remember — the PPC is about making funny (good) stories out of bad ones, not pointing at stories and saying "that's bad". Having an uncanon relative isn't bad in and of itself — cf. this WH40K x [secret] fic (the usual "this is WH40K, grimderp ahoy" warning applies, of course). Other words, there isn't enough substance in the fic.

-Related to that, "is an uncanon relative" isn't grounds for assassination, since it doesn't automatically make a character Suvian.

-The mission itself lacks the proper "buildup, climax, resolve" curve that most stories have. It's basically "Kelly went in, killed an OC, got out", except told in 311 words instead of eight.

-There are a couple small errors here and there — things that a SPaG beta would've caught, probably.

To be completely frank, I agree with Skarm: I think this mission should be taken down for revisions.

I realize now that I ALREADY sounded angry and bitter when I wrote that response, and I apologize for that. I still think posting without my consent was a bad move, but I should probably leave the concrit to others this time. Again, I'd rather not cross the line like last time. ^^;

If those sues turned out to be cardboard,could sue cardboard boxes become a thing? I'd imagine not but it would make for a interesting execution for other 1-dimensional glitter creatures. All you'd need would be masking tape and some box knives.

I did not give you the greenlight to post this mission, despite my feedback, and on top of that you haven't consulted with a second beta who would probably be better at it and less busy than me anyway. I am not amused by your haste on any level, and I would kindly recommend that you take this mission offline and have it beta-read properly before any public release.

And before you respond to me trying to defend yourself, remember how angry and reckless I got when you first requested Permission due to a tense situation being made a lot worse. I don't want that happening again. We wish to help you not only become a better writer, but a better participant in the Internet community as well, so like it or not, please heed our advice.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yUSoExjflrutaeKiyUSytaJWwV5EmdpGzG24J8AlU/edit?usp=sharing

In which Kelly solos a mission.

I am so ashamed.

hS

I was curious about what people would think about this article.

You can find the one I used here.

Your inner nitpicker is always interesting to hear from, at least. :P

Is that a dollmaker picture? It's impressively versatile if so (I suppose that's easier when your 'clothes' are limited to tail colour and type of bikini?)

Though the nitpicker in me queries what kind of broadleaf seaweed they have in those parts... and then goes to look at pictures of seaweed and confirms that actually, it's just about possible... and then gets sidetracked wondering about the varying desirability of wet slimy plants vs hard pointy shells as clothing.

My inner nitpicker appears to have a short attention span.

hS

(Underwater seaweed'd probably be better; think wetsuit. On land, stick with the shells, if only because the seaweed will dry out and start tearing in short order. SCIENCE.)

I was looking for an opening for Charlotte to take the initiative and this fic was perfect, I think. I hope? ^^; I was worried their relationship might be moving a bit fast, but people seem to think it's going alright, so fingers crossed...

I already fixed the dark black thing; that was just me derping hard.