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I think that was actually a failed cut. However, as I wasn't the one actually cutting things, you'll have to take it up with whoever was. I believe it was KGarrett, but there were enough of us on when we were voting on what to clean up that I'm not sure.

This one:

"Cannot Spit It Out - Tawaki proposing to Tadkeeta. Fortunately, his stance and the r"

Again, not certain, but I believe the Piper's Children were anywhere between 10 and 16. Suzy, for example was twelve, and had been twelve for the past ~100 years. Also, I know they can't get sick naturally, like Denizens, which is why Suzy was interested in Arthur's cold the first time they met. Them having blue blood would also make sense. Or possibly blue-violet-ish blood, since they're only part Denizens? Either way, I don't think it was ever outright stated what color their blood was.

Drinking is at 18 here. -grins-

Thanks ever so much for the Bleepbeer! Hope you enjoy the party! There's cake on the table, ice cream of your choice next to it, and a wide assortment of Bleepproducts scattered about everywhere.

--anamia

The house should connect to HQ! They seem very similar in a strange sort of way. But they'd have to be different mulitverses because they couldn't fit in one. :(

I'm still not going to actually write for a while, but it's been a month (30 days and 35 minutes, to be exact), so it would be nice to get permission so I can feel more comfortable planning things.

My agents are in Improbable AU. I'm going to claim RC 808 for them.

Name: Kath

Species: Half elf, half human

Home continuum: Star Wars

Bio: Kath was a Mary Sue (based on one of my old characters, though you won’t find the story written down anywhere) in a story by an eleven-year-old (semi-fic blip). She somehow got from Earth to the midst of Episodes V/VI and messed a bit with canon, mostly by rescuing Luke, though there was no actual romance involved. She was recruited and had some basic retraining.

Powers/abilities/weapons: Weak Force power, some pyrotechnic abilities, very good fighter for no reason (her author said she taught herself), moderately good lightsaber user (despite having had no training, but to be fair, Luke had a ridiculously small amount), still has her lightsaber from her story.

Personality/preferences/quirks: Is annoyingly cheerful, will laugh at anything, is permanently energetic despite being an insomniac, is very extroverted, hates spiders, is claustrophobic, has a terror of being a Mary Sue, is a slight pyromaniac. Is fairly ignorant about the Real World because knowledge of it was not written into her fic and retraining didn’t cover it.

Name: Elena

Species: Human

Home continuum: Real World

Bio: Elena wrote relatively good Star Wars and Young Wizards fanfiction for a while, then forayed into Lord of the Rings and got dragged to the OFUM. She was kicked out of OFUM for coming up with a semi-plausible reason for ten walkers. (I was really annoyed to see that it was used in a fic PPCed in the original series. I knew I wasn’t the only one with this idea, but I didn’t know it had showed up in a fic, definitely not badfic. Anyway, it’s explained terribly there, so I think I can still use it.) The OFUM staff sent her to the Star Wars Fanfiction Academy because they were VERY angry at her but realized she hadn't done it maliciously enough to deserve something worse. She somehow managed to graduate and receive a mini-Rancor named Anikin. She went into PPCing Improbable AUs for Young Wizards. Most of her job was getting rid of AU romance stories and original fiction and other miscellanea that was labeled as Young Wizards fanfiction by ignorant authors. (The latter more or less had to be entirely destroyed to keep them from trying to push their way into the YW continuum.) Since there have been fewer erroneously labeled fics lately, she was reassigned to Star Wars.

Powers/abilities/weapons: Can speak and understand the Speech of Wizards to a small extent. Uses a blaster and various explosives.

Personality/preferences/quirks: Talks a lot, regularly drops TV tropes into everyday conversation, enjoys blowing stuff up. Loathes movie adaptions of books.

My writing sample:
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3209952/1/TheLastLaugh
Though anything I posted there will do besides the Wizard's Manual, which you wouldn't like. (I'm considering PPCing it for being a wild and crazy crossover.)

Since I'm not ready yet, I don't know what my first mission will be, but I have a few ideas, including
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6008826/1/FarFromHome AU. Kiya Kenobi, the daughter of a parallel demension of Obi-Wan Kenobi falls into a different time and place and meets Ben, Luke, Han and Chewie. Will her presence change destiny? How will she return home? UPDATE CHAPTER 20
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6032717/1/thebookofthejedi mace windu finds a book containing ultimate power unheard of by the jedi (This is among the worst stories I've read ever, but I always tried to avoid reading badfic before this.)

Thanks!

P.S. Am I to assume that the wiki is up-to-date and what is there concerning Improbable AU is all we have ever heard of the department?

http://ppc-simon.livejournal.com/
With rough Agent profiles and a short of their meeting.

We have enough as it is. I know my opinion doesn't really matter, but we really don't need one.

1. Mary Sue Syndrome. There's a page on the wiki about it, although I don't know if just MSS gets you anywhere.
   
   2. I wasn't planning on Charging; I was just curious for the sake of continuity. (I found a spork where one of the Agents was rather vehemently denying the fact. It confused me.)
   
   3. Ah, I see. Now I'm getting a mental image of a Snowy/Scops hybrid... 'Hegwig' sounding like a mix of Hedwig/Pigwidgeon. I was just wondering; thanks for the clarification. ^.^ I'll just stick with the accepted mini form.
   
   4. Thank you! It looks like it'll be very helpful.
   
   6. Okay. ^.^ That seems reasonable.

*Miah acts as a bad influence* Have a Bleepbeer!

I approve of the tidying-up, even though I was the one doing a lot of the un-tidying. Urge to trope everything is overpowering, I swear ...

Anyway, opening a Quotes page for us on TVTropes could be fun.

Here's a vial of water from the spring in Tuck Everlasting. This way, you'll have many more birthdays where that one came from!

What's the age range? I don't really want to have a child-aged Agent, but I like the idea enough that I don't want to scrap it.

I didn't think the Piper's Children were part-denizen, although I suppose it makes sense... I'd assumed that they'd have some level of magical contamination (like Arthur) but not enough to stop them aging (Arthur didn't). I'd also sort of assumed that they'd have some physical resemblance to Denizens if they were hybrid creatures; maybe the blue blood..? As it is, they don't really. But then again, it's been a while since I read the books, so I'm probably wrong.

And us, too. :3

Happy birthday, Anamia! Have a coupon. It can be for whatever you want it to BD

I appreciate you asking before doing anything with it.

I can think of one option, and that is to just gloss over that part. Don't mention it at all in the course of the mission. I assume there's enough else going on that your charge list wouldn't hinge on that.

I'm with you in theory, and it wouldn't be the first instance of continuity-traveling characters having to save (or just not kill) Hitler/whoever, but it may be Too Soon for that regarding bin Laden.

~Neshomeh

Huzzah and hurrah! Let there be much consumption of cake!

I recently found a Mass Effect Marty Stu I'd love to take down (time travelling badass soldier saves Shepard = cliches coming out of your ears) I've held back because of the opening scene, where said Stu kills Osama bin Laden. My agents would have to save him in order to preserve continuity. (As found at http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6021452/1/ATaleoftwoMarines)

Now, I would have no problem writing a scenario like this. It's only fiction, after all, and I would not actually rescue the man from a sniper bullet in real life. My fear is that having my agents save the most infamous terrorist in the world could cause a bit of an online kerfuffle.

This is not the only story I've seen with RL villains playing major roles. "If I Was Your Nazi" springs immediately to mind.

How should I approach this? Should I even bother trying to approach this?

I think he was definitely overreacting and (pardon my French) being an asshole, although I'd have to see the exact conversation. Not that I think you're lying, but paraphrasing does have a tendency to

I'd say ignore him. Some people are like that, and you're going to run into people who counter-flame for no good reason, but it's best not to take it too personally. There are plenty of nice, reasonable people on the Internet, too (Just look at this board!), and people like this guy are a minority. Sometimes you can reason with them, but I don't think it'll work with this one.

That being said, I would point out that if he only wants to be told the nice things, he's never going to improve. Self-criticism is a notoriously shoddy method of editing, and while flaming is also bad, a healthy dose of con-crit is wonderful for a writer's style.

Wow. I'm nostalgiaing so hard it's almost painful.

Have a great day!
:)

MSS was mentioned in an issue of the Multiverse Monitor. If you've not read that issue, you should:

Multiverse Monitor, Issue 2

The Monitor is a bit tabloid-like, so it's up to you whether you want your agent to have MSS or not--for all we know, it's about as reliable as the Sunflower official's "love vase". We know that MSS doesn't affect all ex-Sue agents; it may not affect any, or only a very few.

Relevant quotes:
"It happens to anyone who used to be a Sue/Stu. It’s something mainly found in females, though. In short…it’s like turning into a werewolf every full moon…except you turn into a beautiful, long-legged, perky breasted, urple haired freak once a month for four to seven days."

The Multiverse Monitor was published from 2006 to 2007, so this might've happened before it became common for minor ex-Sues to join the PPC. It's quite reasonable that in the four years since then it's become possible to maintain an ex-Sue without her ever reverting. A lot of the current reformed Sues take medication to prevent them becoming Sues again (notably anti-lustin and logicillin). Maybe this is part of what the meds prevent.

MSS was mentioned in an issue of the Multiverse Monitor. If you've not read that issue, you should:

The Faraway Tree? I used to read those when I was little. Awesome books.
Anyway, birthday presents! Have a Random Artefact of Rassilon and a large cheesecake.

Wow, the Faraway Tree? I haven't read those books in about a decade. I approve.

As a birthday gift, I present you with a sack of pebbles, a sling customised especially for you, and a basket of Bleeprin-berries - delicious and good for you. :D

Yep, it's my 18th birthday today. -grins- I will be throwing a party in the Land of Birthdays atop the Faraway Tree*, and you are all invited. Attached you will find a portkey to take you, since I imagine not all of us live next to the Enchanted Wood.

--anamia
*The Land of Birthdays, the Magic Faraway Tree, and the Enchanted Wood are all property of Enyd Blyton, whose works I have not recently reread because my book is at home, but if they weren't then I would be.