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Don't apologise, I'm aware I get things like that wrong occasionally, thanks for pointing it out.

Of course, with the power of editing it now no longer exists of course, so it's like I never got it wrong in the first place, right?

right?

Nova

Thanks Linstar, it's not unhelpful, don't worry about it. Just clarified something I'd got confused in my mind. I know Sierpinski has put a couple of threads on the Board asking for Betas that haven't had too many response but I wasn't certain if you'd agreed to do so on the Discord or something (I'm not on the Discord).

On your side note, as TheBefuddledBookworm has said, get a Beta, go through your request with them a few times to make sure everything's squeaky clean both with the Prompts and your character's bios etc. You can also use the Wiki if you're not sure on how something within the PPC works, or how a 'canon' character would act and make sure you understand that side of things as well (I will always recommend reading TOS as well), and if you're really worrying, there's a very helpful guide on the Permission page of the Wiki that helps: Right Here

She wondered why Ebony thought that Sauron being a nffhole was a good thing. She wasn't sure what Ebony meant by being statistic either.

If someone could give an accessible link to it, that’d be great.

Particularly since you already have been in an RP with one of my Agents.

I think I’m likely to be decent with SPaG.

Though first I'll have to find somewhere to post my stories.

My problem when I tried for the first time was SPaG bungling and writing some stuff unrealistically.

If you want, I can beta your request, Linstar.

Although I love the mental image of her confusedly watching it happen!

—doctorlit, unicorn friend

Sorry if that's unhelpful. :/

Side note: I'm likely going to be requesting Permission myself in a few days. What advice do you have that could prevent me from having to go through multiple requests?

Don't worry about it. I know I've had to duck out of betaing stuff before now (once because I forgot my password to my email account).

Nova

I saw that you'd volunteered to beta on Sierpinski's Interlude request a couple of threads down, it wasn't obvious/stated that anyone had Beta'd on their actual Permission Request so I had assumed that no one had. If I'm wrong, then I'm sorry, but if you don't mind confirming then I'll take another peek and re-evaluate (or if I've grabbed the wrong end of the stick just let me know, I'm friendly really).

Nova

Because of school and other things happening.

Have some rose-colored glasses! Happy Boardiversary again!

As long as it's not the aforementioned Toy Story fic that shall not be named, I'll beta for Sierpinski. Of course, I don't have Permission myself...but there's that.

Any help, Novastorme?

"Im statistic 2. Dat Saurn guy ounds rlly goffik."

((Ow, SPaG bad. No verb.))

First of all, I've got to apologise for taking so long to getting around to doing this, life, especially with work, has been beyond hectic for the last month or so and it's really taken a toll on me. That being said, things are starting to look up and so I've been able to give your Permission Request the full attention it deserves. I'm making this a separate post as your Permission Request is now about halfway down the second page, and not a lot of people go beyond Page 1 so I wanted to make sure this was seen.

Your characters and prompts have improved, it feels like there's more comedy in them, I feel like there's less errors and I like what I'm reading and seeing with your characters and how you've written the in the PPC continua. I'm not going to say it's perfect, but it's at a good level. To the point that personally I think, in other circumstances, I would be happy to push the big (imaginary) green button and say the magical words of Permission Granted.

Unfortunately that's not quite the case. I've got two problems with your Permission Request.

1) There's still no sign of a Beta (or multiple Betas), while as I've said I feel like your characters have improved and your overall writing is better, it's better to have a Beta and to have a Beta and work with them shows us that a) you're able to and b) you've been able to get your work into it's best possible state. And this is something that is mentioned in the Permission article on the Wiki and I feel like it is something that should be followed.

2) Your badfic. "Woody got Wood." Oh boy, I am going to have to use a load of brain bleach to get that out of my head. That being said, I did have a look at it. It's 300 words long (or just over), incredibly NSFW (as you've mentioned) and I'm going to be honest, it does not feel like the sort of 'fic (bad or otherwise) that you could make a convincing Mission out of that has the humour and style of a normal PPC Mission. That added to the fact it certainly feels more like a crack/trollfic than anything else makes me wary of anyone taking it on as a Mission, and certainly not as a first one. Also, can you include a link to your badfic in the Permission Request so that people don't have to go searching for it (for those who really want to look at it, one can find it in the Pit).

I'm going to be honest here, I'm feeling really conflicted at the moment, your writing is good but your overall request is just missing those couple of little bits that would make me comfortable to grant you permission, to the point that I don't quite want to deny you permission either, but I am going to have to say Permission Denied. I would say this, get a Beta, spend a small time with them really polishing up your prompts and your character bios, get a better 'fic to mission come back once more and we'll see then. Please do not lose heart, your are so nearly there and I would like to see Noman and Winifrey in action in the PPC (and I would happily Beta a mission if you wanted it), but not at this time.

Apologies, and good luck.

Nova.

to conquer the world I used to live in, Middle Earth. It's not actually my homeworld though. I was brought there by some sort of magic."

I like Moira’s style of narration! She seems like such a sweet character (which hopefully will last; I haven’t read about a lot of sweet characters in the PPC!). Aw, what, no throwing the newbie into a super tough badfic for their first mission XD? Poor Moira though, she’s trying so hard to be kind to Blank and the Sue. And wow, that is a terrible Sue.

"I'll help you fnnid your frien."

...but that sounds terrible. Ugh.

Moira absolutely, 100% needs to talk to someone. She's just not quite there yet. But yeah, she has a lot of issues about herself that she needs to puzzle out.

NOBODY expects Buddy to be a thing! His main weapon is surprise, surprise and fear. TWO, his TWO weapons are surprise, fear and ruthless efficiency. His THREE weapons are fear and surprise, ruthless efficiency and an almost fanatical devotion to Moira. His FOUR--

Sorry. Got some Monty Python stuck in my throat.

Thank you for reading!

/Ekwy

I always wanted to turn Mellon human. He had oodles of personality even as a crow, and they're smart birds. My next story is going to be an interlude where it's explained how this change happened, but it's in the plotting stage currently. I want to make sure it fits in with established PPC lore, even if some... ethical liberties might be taken. XD Still, explanations will be given! I can definitely reveal that he did not have a human form originally, that is a PPC addition.

Oh, and your explanation for the Unicorn Fiasco? Yeah, that's canon in my brain now. Entirely what happened, it's epic, I can picture it perfectly. Standing ovation. (Seriously, that's the funniest thing I've read in a while. XD) Unclear what Amalthea had to do with it, but I guess she stood nearby and stated that she found it very strange.

Thank you for reading!

/Ekwy

I'm enjoying Moira's approach a lot myself, as I am convinced there are few bad ideas. Bad execution, yes, but most ideas can be worked with. It's just that it takes a lot more effort than Sues are willing to put in.

I remember my first agents having basically only their wands and the Sword of Godric Gryffindor to work with, and the latter was Agent Ekwy's weapon of choice since she sucked at magic. XD It's nice that there are more options these days!

Oh, and you did do the translations for my first mission, so the conversations about them are in the Google doc I used for Nesh betaing that. It was in July of last year, so I don't blame you for not remembering. "Tiny Baby" was definitely the politest way of translating Wirdith, but one of the translations for the name of my Galadriel ripoff Queen Rondomodith was Rond+Omod+Ith: Vault of Infinite Stuff/Cave of Endless Snow. Which is quite pretty and poetic, but you also said it wasn't like... a valid name. Which is fair. I clearly just... threw random syllables together. What was I thinking? XD

It's good to be back. =D Thanks for reading!

/Ekwy