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which is why I write it as "belong"

NTV is run by Agent Undis Closed, which is presumably a pseudonym for an agent whose identity is... ah, you get it. But Undis is lazy as sin; he's always happy for people to send him shows to run. He provides the arena (it's a blue marker north-west of the city, but is delighted for other people to do the work. :) That's how Dafydd wound up with the job last time round.

hS

Clearly the mere sight of her name got you so hot and bothered that you forgot where you were supposed to be posting. Honestly this whole 'wrong post' thing is probably cover for the fact that you actually edited your message to hide your wild declarations of devotion.

hS

This time as we get back to RC 381, Momo seems to have a dilemma.

Buzz seems to start having a thing for Woody as well. The fic hasn't continued past that point.

What sick creep would make a child's toy capable of that in the first place!?

• The disclaimer should start with something like "The PPC belongs to Jay and Acacia."
• The summary above probably should be "settle into their new lives"

Typos at the front aside, it's a nice bit of writing. I can't think of much to say about it, especially since it's more a worldbuilding piece than anything else.

I've been messing around with scenarios and events and such to give the thing a much more PPC-like flair, with help from some of the folks on the Discord. Hopefully I'll have signups ready to go in a week or so!

There is something I'd like to ask, though - does Nutmeg TV have a volunteer service, and would it work to have a bunch of vaguely incompetent part-time workers as hosts? (Also, am I allowed to use Nutmeg TV in the first place? I don't want to step on any toes.)

-OrangeFox

Zing and I have a DMS/DBP mission from way back when (I recently rewrote a portion of it, which is why it's not been shared yet) and we definitely went the DMS mission route of going into the fic itself -- but then, the fic needed going into, since it was a trite parody of pon farr, and that's hard to take down using just ticker tape!

As for descriptions, I definitely fall into the trap of under-description myself. I think it's because I internalised at a young age that describing a character's appearance down to exact details was ~for Sues~. Nowadays, I have some characters who might take some time out of the narrative to describe other people, but still not necessarily themselves.

Christianne, though, she's been noted as deliberately eschewing describing people. In one forthcoming interlude she said both Dawn and Naergondir had dark hair in braids, despite their hair being different shades and in different styles :P But again, in one mission back in 2014 (?) she and Eledhwen were referred to as "beautifully ethereal by human standards and decidedly human by human standards", or "Pointy-ears and Ribbons", but those were from the Sue's POV.

I doubt this will come up, but please be careful around food allergies. I'm allergic to nuts, seeds, and peanuts. That might be a good opportunity for hurt/comfort, actually. Other than that, do whatever the heck you want. Make me OOC as all get out, ship me with Tolkienverse, Narnia, Star Trek, Terraria... you know what, I'll just post a link to my user page which has a (incomplete because I can't seem to find time to add to it) list of fandoms that I am in and am willing to be shipped with. Fandoms

Am very pale, but I tan very easily. I wear rainbow shoes and mismatched socks. And that should be it.

-kA

Phobos, too, if you remember who he is. {= )

My reality is irrelevant to this nonsense, but if you want a description to go on, here. Have fun!

~Neshomeh

Feel free to ship me with whatever. I'm pedantic, blunt and possessed of a dark sense of humor and far too much random trivia. Refer to me as male - feel free to swap in the story if you want. For the sake of comedy, all fictionalizations of me are an impossible kaleidoscopic fractal of triangles.

No limits, so long as it's recognized and stated that it's not the real Sierpinski. The more ridiculous it gets the better.

Did they have to pay royalties or not?

I still intend to subject the planet names in a fictional star system whose world names are Pokémon-themed to a few language changes' worth of sound-shifts, regardless.

And aaaaasaaa the concept is just aaaaaaa!

-kA

It's settled right into the "classic PPC" mould, at a time when TOS itself was still exploring new concepts. Another first - this is the very first fic to show an agent pair meeting for the first time! Jay and Acy, Lux and Sean, and Kazra and Rich were all established teams when we first met them.

There has definitely been a push towards standardising missions on the DMS model. That said, anything other than "they go into the fic" makes for much less interesting reading, so, y'know...

Descriptions: you say 'spinoffs', but as far as I recall Jay and Acacia didn't get decent descriptions (or surnames!) until the OFUM chapter. I think it's partly backlash at the overdescribed Suvians they were dealing with; the writers saying "actually, it's not relevant to the story - we're defined by our actions, not our hair colour".

(I still try to only describe 'in-line', rather than in block text, which means sometimes "long black hair" only shows up halfway through a story. It helps that I can just stick an image on the Wiki to cover the gap!"

hS

I didn't expect Architeuthis to wind up creating virtually the entire early Infrastructure side of the PPC (except for Personnel, of course). That's cool!

I think there's a difference between "Suvian falls into Middle-earth" and "author inserts themselves into Middle-earth". I'm not... entirely sure what that difference is, but the PPC in-universe clearly believes it exists. Perhaps it's about whether they claim to be part of the canon or are just along for the ride? By claiming to be "Cliffhangers", the main two make themselves story objects, not just inserts.

Or perhaps Archi was just very bloodthirsty. ^_~

One interesting point in this story is the implication that all badfics happen in the same world. Architeuthis went into this story on the Witch-King's say-so from the previous one, because she could see "Manic Depressive" from Minas Morgul. This isn't a concept we lean into much, instead treating badfics as separate worlds; but it would go on to be explored at great length in Andy and Saphie's Suedom.

hS

Basically take the lead from Turning Red, make her an adult with responsibilities (gasp) and... that's me. Have fun!

As usual, not a whole lot in terms of limits. Keep it PG-13, just... make it funny. It's shipfest. Crack is good, completely off-the-wall crack is better.