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He's quite literally a blank slate; even I'm not sure how he's going to end up.

If it takes place in 2010, she'd be eight (unless it's after mid-September, when she'd be nine), but not a lot more mature than she is as of my current storyline (in which she's six) and not broken of the habit of chewing everything in sight up to and including people.

If you mean that you want comments, suggestions and/or advice on how to deal with this specific Sue, it would be helpful if you provided a link to the fic.

You can always save the fic and put it on the Claimed Badfic list until you have Permission (if you have it already and my memory is just being fail-y, ignore that comment). But I don't think there'd be a problem with a Pokemon Sue being tackled, any more than any other Sue. Besides, fics that provoke spit-takes are generally quite PPC-able.

(On another note altogether, what's your Agent Cassie like? Because I have one running around the DMS, so it could get a wee bit confusing... XD )

I know Alyssa and Kian have... issues about people trying to touch Kian, or assuming he's a CAF of some sort. And Ethan... well, as I said, he backslides towards his TLJ personality too easily. So either of those could be mentioned?

If I decided to commit some Pokemon-Sue murder? I've been doing an RP lately with a decent character, went on ff.net, innocently clicked a link and shortly after nearly spit out my coffee in a "you have GOT to be kidding" reaction.

*takes deep breath*

Anybody out there got comments, suggestions, advice? It won't be my current character, Agent Cassie, though I may have her "reassigned" temporarily as a solo deal.

Eeeeeexcellent...

If you use Iza (and I do suggest you ask Trojie first, since she's going to have to incorporate it into whatever mission she writes for Iza next), she can have been forced to kill a bit character again - she was moved back into Bad Slash because she couldn't handle murder, and gets queasy and very upset every time. The other option is to have her be having trouble with her own lack of personal history, but that's very complicated for a cameo appearance.

All I was saying there is that using the canonical tools of whatever universe you're in to kill a Sue is standard proceedure (in order to keep from warping canon further), and almost certainly doesn't qualify as "cool" or "unusual". What does qualify is certainly going to be a matter of opinion regardless, so... well, yes, it depends on what your agent would find most ironic and satisfying (without breaking The Rules, of course).

...she probably has a problem with crushing on Jack Harkness, or being too cheerful.

Jack is hyperactive and prone to sudden mood swings.

If you use Kestrel, have her lounge in her chair and, if asked to present a problem, say something along the lines of "Don't lookit me, mates, I'm jest 'ere fer the free drinkin' water." Caleb would probably glower at everyone and say that if one more agent who asks him "Team Jacob or Team Edward?" or utters the phrase "sparkly faggot" in his presence, he will drain them of bodily fluids.

As for Jack... I don't know, he's actually very happy with his station in life. If you do have him say something, he'd probably be whining about authors' tendencies to forget that Hunters don't have eyes, as this is one of his pet peeves. Or he'll be bouncing off the walls (literally) while Caleb tries to keep him from pouncing on people.

I used to do similar stuff, when I was young and very silly. I'd put my OCs, some of whom were definitely Sues, into situations in the canon where they didn't touch the main characters--into the future or the past, or in a different location. I think I did this because whenever I like a story, it tends to be very much because I like the world itself, not necessarily the characters (though those have to be at least decent for me to like the story in general). Putting my OCs into situations where the main characters had little more than cameos let me "tour" that world without getting swept up in the main plot. It was very much wish-fulfillment, and as I've said before, I did end up with blatant Sues. Actually, I need to see if I can dig up some of my old stories; they might be worth PPCing.

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I know a few in Chinese but to most peple they would be unpronounceable...

...but there is a definite breaking point for my characters - causing them to miss the 2008 Invasion - and so I'm trying to do missions from before then so I can at least have a history for them before all hell breaks loose. I am tempted to go out of order and do other stuff, though.

tl;dr I try and do it sequentially? But HQ allows for time anomalies.

Anyone have something that they specifically want their character to say/have had a problem with that week? Because, again, otherwise I'll just have to make something up.

I think that this will be very helpful to the agents that came from badfic, so again, splendid...just splendid. After all, personalities are very good to have, and it can humanize (or at least, make people much more personalized) people as well.

Let's see...

Well, there's certainly Agent Iza, a Bajoran from the Trekverse who was recruited from a badslash fic but had absolutely no personality, meaning that she's in the process of figuring out who she is. Aside from very random mood swings, she tends to be very energetic and optimistic and exhausting to be around. However, I handed her over to Trojie (and Pads) a while ago, so you should probably ask her, but I see no reason why Iza wouldn't go do such a meeting. She'd probably end up running the place with a big grin on her face.

I'm also in the process of making a new agent, Agent Ketay, a Cardassian woman (also Trekverse). She probably wouldn't be interested in such a support group, though; she keeps too much to herself and is actually pretty stable for a recruit. If you like, feel free to mention her as having not come - maybe if you have someone taking a roll call or just asks someone whether they know if Ketay's coming.

Other than that, the only agent I've created is Sedri, and she's from the real world. Sorry.


That said, this sounds like a great deal of fun! I can't wait to read it. :D

Agent Kestrel was rescued from badfic, but she was a background character who never made an appearance, so I'm not sure if she'd count.

Two agents I haven't officially introduced yet would also qualify. Agent Jack is a Hunter from the Left 4 Dead universe, rendered sapient by accident in a badfic. He's completely blind, but gets around with smell and hearing. His partner, Caleb, may or may not qualify; he's a very surly vampire from Twilight.

I appreciate the input. And yeah, that's more or less what I expected, which is lovely, as it means I really can do whatever I like, which in this case means that my unfortunate Agent has been working on her own for an indeterminable while. This suits me very well.

Cassie, if you're reading this, I'll probably have my answer to your challenge ready by late next week. ;)

In fact, a few oldbies have copied my Links list ad verbatim to give to newbies themsevles - it's hardly mine, save for the arrangement, and I don't care about that. Nor are the links mine (...well, I wrote the Guide, but it's still communial PPC property).

I babble - go right ahead. :)

I've got some questions: What are Griffin and Charlie/Georgie's personalities like? What do they like/love, and do they not like/hate? Since you shared their talents, then what are the things that they are not too good at?

PS: Sorry if I seem too demanding to you: I just want to help you flesh the characters out with these questions. Just trying to be helpful...

Hm...

That still doesn't improve it, POV-centric or not. Besides, I have a feeling if it was focusing on the sue's point of view, then I bet it'd be gushing over one of them and treating the other like dirt. (refuses to acknowledge the sue as a female)

The Despatch flash patch has a single lightning bolt, but I don't think it would be too confusing. Visually it would be quite different enough.

The two bolts would have to meet at a single point, naturally.

~Neshomeh