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And I'm serious - the best kind of review is any review that exists.

hS

It's just that your "deleted" part made me think it was a good idea to make my policy official, since I don't think I had ever mentioned it anywhere before. In fact, I'll take advange of this to lay out my policies in full!

-Spinoffs: As I said, proper spinoffs of TWWA not written by me or Aelit will be the exception, not the norm, and will have to be preventively approved by me as the original creator of the entire project. Those spinoffs, however, will be able to sport the "canon unless contradicting the main series" badge (and that is why I am quite picky!).

-Fanworks: Those are actually absolutely welcome! Fanarts are welcome (hS actually pioneered them here) as long as they follow common decency and don't show my characters in OOC situations. As for (recursive) fanfiction, I'm not against one-shots featuring estabilished characters (as long as proper crediting is made, and following the same guidelines as fanarts) but for now I'd like for no big complex stories to be made as those woudl be... well.. a spinoff XD. Other fanworks (music, dioramas etc.) are fully welcome with the same guidelines as fanarts, but I would frankly be suprised if any of that is made at all XD

You know, I really, really like Charlie. They're just so very mellow, it almost makes the badfic weirdness more relaxing for me as I read. On another character, Charlie's nonchalance and lack of regard for Jiwon's discomfort, might come off as indifference, or even mockery, but with Charlie, it's so obvious that they really are innocently unperturbed by most of what happens around them, that it just comes off as wholesome. It helps that they always become supportive and caring towards Jiwon once he really starts getting overwhelmed. They make a great partnership!

You had some great badfic imagery in this mission. The big stand-outs were the moments when the canon characters were kind of flopping around in weird positions while trying to act out the scenes. It gave me a strong "Team Fortress mod crappost video" vibe, which looked especially weird, imagining it happen in a Disney CGI setting. The scene where Anna and Elsa were eating at a table with all the other characters standing silently around them like a collection of character models was quite creepy and weird to picture, as well. I also liked the extremely tall library (All that paper wasted on giant books with blank pages? Shameful!), and laughed out loud at the oil-and-chocolate wedding cake just sort of collapsing on itself on the table. It's a well done mission!

I suspect there's a joke I'm missing in the interlude (I have no idea how coffee is made), but I still enjoyed Charlie continuing to be wholesome!

One typo:
"'Got them in position?' Charlie asked, flipping opening the chargelist."
Either "flipping open" or just "opening," I reckon.
(I would also argue that "charge list" ought to be two separate words, but it can be a stylistic thing too, if you like it they way you have it.)

—doctorlit, taking a break from PPC+20 to read actual contemporary missions

They often go back to pretty again in under an hour.

then I remembered they're teeny tiny fairies 😅

Here it is: https://youtu.be/PAJ6xVhRBg4

It's a collection of weird fanfic tags that had me laughing.

And I liked it, particularly the “French” gag.

And honestly, I’m bad with reviews anyway.

—Ls

I know we should theoretically all be concritting all the time, but realistically, the #1 best thing we can do for each other as writers is to just say we've read it, so we don't all feel like we're shouting into the Void. (I don't know if anyone's actually read my spinoff of Sergio's story, for example.)

Forget reviews, or save them for later - if you've read something new, at least drop an "I read this".

(Have not read this mission, because I rarely read PPC stuff and I've been on Ix's book. But I've got it open now for tomorrow maybe.)

hS

Didn't see the ending coming, though I probably should have. (I've been slow because I don't read well on my phone, not because of the book itself.)

The trio of cheery - grumpy - angsty worked well, I thought, especially since you took care not to lock them into the roles. Bella is my favourite character; she reminds me of someone but I genuinely can't figure out who she's pinging as.

There's two moments which jumped out at me as drawable: the fence-jump in chapter 8, which I might attempt, and the Gloam beast appearing during Terry's spell, which I think is beyond me.

Fanfic... not sure. I tend to play with minor characters, and I'm not sure there's anyone who falls in the space between "too major a player" and "No distinguishing features". I'm also wary about writing anything which will be proven wrong by the next book. :) I'm most interested in the wizards from a fanfic perspective, because they're the ones who stand apart from other depictions of the same concept.

One possibility would be a crossover; the Gloam has Mist-like properties which would make something Percy Jacksony work, but it might be more fun to run some or all of the trio into Dresdenverse or Night Watch vampires or werewolves. Actually you push a lot of the same buttons as Night Watch and its sequels, apart from not being Russian and dark. So that could have potential.

When I asked about your fanfic policy, what I meant was: if it gets written, do you want to see it, and if so, any restrictions on what you see? I'm thinking of the Marion Zimmer Bradley fanfic incident, and don't want to make you uncomfortable.

hS

(Of course for real funsies I would contrive a reason for Selene to run into them, with or without Kaitlyn in tow... :D)

So I made my own. ^_^

Constance's height I knew. Dafydd is a head taller. Huinesoron is average elf height. Morgan I suddenly realised is funnier if she's short (though I think she's still close to average). Kaitlyn has made herself on the tall side for a Hobbit lady, possibly because she doesn't want to be below Selene-wolf's shoulders.

(This chart also serves to illustrate why elf/Hobbit romances are O.O)

hS

Nath's masterpiece nears its end! Only one chapter to go.

Mary Sue, Sue Mary and the Broken Plot Continuum: The world in pieces by Nath

hS

I guess it’s just that I've never seen any of the mentioned continua? Shrugs Guess I should watch more (well, any) anime.

(It’s the World Without Suvians...and yes, I named it. kA did most of the work, though.)

And I genuinely wasn’t being serious about asking to write, that was just facetious. That’s why I crossed it out.

—Ls, clarifying.

Fandoms are meant to be totally random, and are actually chosen in a "can I make use of it in my story?" sort of manner. Making a list of "fandoms that have not yet appeared but are there", so, is utterly meaningless as I would besically be limiting my own narrative options ahead of time. Same goes for the surviving PPC personnel - I'm not making a list ahead of time, especially sicne the PPC is not the focus of this story (I consider the PPC more like just one of the involved canons, not the "home canon" of this work.) But I can say that most of the other agents are, well, gone. Due to how it was set up, HQ was even more vulnerable to the Unravel than normal fiction space is.

The rest of the TWWA world is... well, not too different from the Contested Continent in which my main story is set. For the record, Huinesoron's spinoff is actually happening in a different continent, which ihelps justify why there has been no contact between his group of survivors and mine even months after the Unravel.

Other timelines got to interact, as clearly shown by the fact my main group of characters comes from at least three different ones. There's no reason why characters from, say, the World Without Sues (Uuuhm... the way you named this timeline feels oddly familiar) could've come in instead of the main ones, just like the characters from Muv-Luv have several in-universe timeline from which the can come (so far I've used only the ones from the The Day After one, though.)

As per TWWA spinoffs, I'm afraid the answer for the time being is no. I greenlit Huinesoron's out of friendship and mutual trust (and he brought me the story for scrutineering before publishing), but TWWA still remains my pet project. Greenlighting people to write for it will be the exception, not the rule.

And I like it. It’s short, it’s sweet. I’m glad Kaguya is conscious again, but man, he’s is gonna be really bruised.

—Ls

In which Momoka has a nice idea to break her master from his catatonic state.

The important part is just to keep writing.

And for what it's worth, I do have your mission on my to-read list, but I also have to finish reading Ekwy's last mission and do some beta work for hS 😅

~Lily, whose day job drains her English ability to the point that she doesn't want to offer concrit after work

You must be spot-on about Sub Rosa. Might have been an error on the document, but there could be a funny story there, too, about her getting saddled with two departments, and the Lichen perhaps arriving at a fortuitous time . . .

I thought I had my backup doc for Meg Thornton complete after you posted "Sleepover!!!" + 20, but I'm happy to be wrong! It's especially rare and fun to see notes from an old mission like that, and a reference document from the early days is pure gold! updates Word document

—doctorlit suspects hS is secretly a member of DAS-AWAY

(Having looked at the nearby buttons on the page, the fun one is probably the "Blame" button, for when you want a detailed history of exactly how all the code in that file is my fault)

I figured hS had enough background to not run away screaming from "hey, here's how you propose edits to the HTML for the Board" but definitely underestimated the git/Github factor.

I have now read all 18 (so far) chapters of the WWA, and I really like it. I’ve been able to fully pick up on the characters and their interactions, which I like. (Especially Gino.) I simply must know what happens next. Will they rescue Captain Dandy and Prince Bedwig?

And now I’m curious...what is the rest of the WWA world like? What other fandoms have been mashed together? How are the other agents faring? Do other timelines, such as the somewhat similarly-named World Without Suvians, exist too? I really wanna write my own WWA spinoff.

—Ls, excited.

I’ve read without reviewing myself. I’m just hoping this post isn’t too much buried behind others for people to notice. (I guess no one’s much discussing Ki no Shirayuki’s recent mission either; I’m not alone.)

And I’d add a “so far...expressed interest” instead. Sorry if I came off as whiny.

—Ls, just disappointed a bit, trying to be patient and certainly Not Angry. (Pretty sure I’ve heard the last bit before...)

sometimes people read but do not review, or they are busy enough with IRL that they do not have time to read a mission. Please be patient.