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In a later post comparing it to its sequel, I described The Calculating Stars as "What if punchpunk space travel, but also prejudice?" Given [gestures vaguely at 2020], it's a pretty topical book for something set in the 1950s.

And it's good. It's really good. :)

hS

I mean, it basically consists of "all the body parts were LAAAAAARGE" written a hundred different ways, with weird digressions into ice cream and magic sticks. But "Legendary Badfic" meant the kind of "traumatising" you can troll newbies with, not the kind that left you genuinely disturbed. It's a change; I don't dwell on it.

Plort is all Legendarium. ^_^ Um, yeah, sorry, I'm not sure what you mean.

(What Plort actually is is seriously outdated. I really need to dig out my old 'replacing the Board' story and fit it to the actual Fall of YourWebApps.)

hS

... a perfect opportunity for a drabble mission.

Or a haiku mission.

Has anyone ever written a mission in a single word? Your 100th would be a great time to try that out! :D :D :D

But seriously though that is an incredible number of missions.

hS

No, not that kind of--

Ahem. I've been nefariously plotting for a very long time. You can take my nefarious plotting from me over my cold, dead

I SAID NOT THAT KIND OF--

hS

Still plan to tackle My Immortal as number 100. I honestly think it's nervousness to do it well that's making me drag my feet.

But yeah I definitely support My Inner Life getting Legendarized.

Also, does Plort have a Legendarium?

I'm sure I saw a high 90s mention the other day.

I actually wrote a few paragraphs of PPC mission the other day! But then stopped again. XD I really don't have my writing head on these days.

hS

Iiiiinteresting. Very interesting. :3

(God, I need to get back into writing missions again, but I'm currently... checks word count, gulps 115874 words into a Castlevania fic with no plans to slow down on that yet. Honestly I'm just glad I'm writing anything again.)

Speaking of you: you (well, you several years ago) may have just inspired me to write a new mission for the first time in yonks. We'll have to see if I bother to put in the time.

(According to the post I just ran into, the specific inspiration is your mission #6. Not positive that's accurate, but...)

hS

You have fallen into my nefarious trap! With this precedent, I will soon be able to declare all my missions Retroactively Legendary. Oh, yes indeed - I may start small, saying "Al and Death is legendary in the PPC, because it came back for seconds", but soon it'll be "The King's Mercy is a Legendary Badfic because it was surprisingly good", and I shall rule! the! WORLD! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Er, or maybe not. ^_~

(muahahaha)

hS

Though Tor's ebook of the month club, you can get a free copy of The Calculating Stars through this upcoming Saturday (June 27, 2020).

I have not yet read my copy (and I'm not sure when I will), but hS has enthusiastically approved of this book if you want more convincing than "c'mon, it's a book and it's free".

I'm not great about keeping up with new missions and such, so I'm not the best person to ask. ^_^;

Some of my characters have kids, though. Currently, there's Henry Robinson (11), Simon Robinson (4), and Gadrik (1). I'd volunteer Henry for agent training, but he already has an internship lined up—plus he's slated for a pseudo-Hogwarts education via HFA come September.

Come to think of it, though, I think you could use Ian Thomas Horowitz if you want to. James Shields was going to adopt him five years ago, but vanished before doing anything with him, so I've sorta hung onto him for occasional mentions and RP appearances as Henry's best friend. Even if James Shields pulls a Rip van Winkle, too, I don't think there will be any conflict.

(See also: Sprout Movement. It would be fun to see more of that!)

~Neshomeh, getting all domestic in her old age.

27 is a good number, as it is 3 to the 3rd power! It's even more 3-esque than 9!

Squick was never too brain-numbingly terrible for me (though it's really bad). The complete murder of logic and/or the English language is what gets me. I guess I'll just have headaches instead of stomachaches...

The smut is just badly written, not grossly disturbing. It hails from the days when "really bad fic" often meant "really bad writing", rather than "NSFPlanetEarth squick".

(Though we had those too - hello, C-l-br--n!)

hS

Well... it seems like it meets the criteria. I... think it should be legendary. If you'll excuse me... I'm just going to try not to get sick from this fic...

Disguise generators are a thing needed outside the GFFA for Wallis, as an Ewok would nuke an SEP field and allow canons to see agents immediately. A Special Edition of this mission would be of some use.

Aight, guess I'm doing this, then. Putting forward my vote to make this one Legendary.

Now if you'll excuse the Aviator, she's going to need another drink.

The wiki's a bit odd, to my eyes - lots of anonymous contributions, only one accounted author. (Anyone know an AgentParadox? With a name like that...)

However, there's also a drinking game with more than a dozen contributors on TVTropes. And, just to go by that summary... I'm impressed and horrified, and I haven't even looked at the main page. If a badfic is so bad it can establish its reputation solely by reading a drinking game for it, and has been doing so for years, it sure sounds Legendary to me.