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Since Narrativium is the substance of story, anyone in a story is already exposed to it. If they're the main character, like a PPC agent, there's naturally more of it about them than (for instance) a bit character. This is why the Laws of Narrative already affect agents as they do.

As for good stories vs. bad, I would say that good stories have high concentrations of Narrativium, whereas bad stories have only diffuse amounts. In other words, they don't hold together well.

~Neshomeh

Personally, I'll poke fun at or charge for metaphors when they're badly done, confusing, or absurdly unnecessary for the story. A metaphor that's well done will slip right past me as I read, and that's a good thing.

So how about this FAQ answer be something along the lines of:

How do I handle metaphors and similies and such? Do the Word Worlds take everything literally, and if so, should I charge for it?
Not if it's done well. Metaphors and similies, when properly used, enhance the storytelling process and are undoubtedly a Good Thing. The problem comes when fanfic writers misuse or overuse them, particularly when it causes confusion for the readers. Generally speaking, if it doesn't bother you while reading, don't charge for it. However, if the badfic you're PPCing is already pretty bad, then the Word World will already be weakened and chances are that such phrases as "eyes aflame" will manifest literally.

(Structured like so, though, it might be better in the Mission Writing Guide.) Anyone want me to add something/take something out?

Honestly? It was the first non-human item to spring to my mind.

I was thinking, What would happen if an agent from the real world got exposed to pure Narrativium? My thinking was that if a real person or an Agent from world one was exposed to pure Narrativium, it might give then the ability to imperfectly use abilities from the word worlds. The reasoning behind why this would work is that because if Narrativium is the elemental substance of Story, then getting exposed to a ridicules amount of it would but one in touch with the local cannon. The downside is that the Agent in question would be more heavily affected by changes to the cannon and the laws of dramatic irony and narrative comedy would jump at the chance to affect the agent.

I admit, I started thinking about this when I wondered what happened to all of the Narrativium in a good story when it gets turned into a badfic.

THISISWIKIAAA!!!

I added a link
And it is under "Parody" in the Eragon fandom, search 'lemon'

I've read the mission you've done on this thing, so I kinda know what's going to happen. I'm sorry, but that smut scene is not something I can read. I'd lose my French fries if I did.

In other news, I've claimed 'One & Only' (permission pending). Nobody, and I mean nobody, screws (literally) with my favorite creatures like that and gets away with it. Growl and hiss!

And here is your gift. Nothing even remotely sexual, but NSFB to the point where it causes actual brain damage. And fangirl Japanese. I fecking hate fangirl Japanese!

Summer Time!

For the record, I know precisely nothing of the 'Gatekeepers'-anime, but according to the author of the MSTed version of this thing, the 'plot' is so totally random that it doesn't even matter. Enjoy!

Welcome to the PPC Posting Board! Here, have some chocolate, and enjoy your stay!

though I am by no means an expert on the matter:o)

I completed the second mission of Agents Sergio Turbo and Corolla. They have to deal with a rapefic in the Card Captor Sakura continuum, and much more...

The badfic has been deleted while I was at half mission, and I couldn't find it anywhere else, so the second half follows rougly what I remember of it. However, it was so badly written that I couldn't lose details... There weren't.

You forgot the "a href=" part. It's HTML for "this is where my link goes." (If you're really curious, it stands for Anchor Hypertext REFerence.)

Each and every hyperlink ("link" is short for hyperlink) needs to look exactly like this:

<a href="MY URL">MY TEXT</a>

For instance, this:

<a href="http://starshadowhall.tripod.com/ppc/index.html">Neshomeh's Archive</a>

gives me this:

Neshomeh's Archive.

That last bit, the </a> closing tag, is VERY IMPORTANT. If you forget it, everything after your text will also be turned into your link, and it messes up the "Post Reply" and "Return to Messages" buttons.

~Neshomeh

Originally it was designed to keep one's mind from wandering, fire-resistant because, well, you know what they get into when you're not paying attention. :P

It is a LEMON! Oh noes!

*bursts into giggles*

There's nothing inherently wrong with figurative language, but if a fic is badly written enough, there's no reason for me to believe that the writer knew what they were doing when they used it; no benefit of the doubt = manifesting metaphors.

Also, taking things literally is funny, which is really the important thing. {= )

This isn't the first time this has come up, though. Maybe it should have a space in the FAQ: For Newbies or something?

~Neshomeh

but I can't seem to be able to find it. Could you tell me who wrote it? That should make things easier.