It's always good to have new people around. :) Out of interest, where did you hear about us? I've kind of lost track of where we're getting newcomers from these days.

hS

So, you see, I heard about the PPC about a week ago. Upon seeing the community of authors determined to use their writing talent to encourage good fanfiction and discourage badfic, I had a realization. I could be one of those authors. So, I rushed over here and made an account last evening. And here I am.

My favorite media are Pokémon, Rick Riordan’s books, Minecraft, and a few others I won’t include here. Well, that should be everything. I’m hoping to be a great addition to the community, and until I’m ready to ask for permission, I’ll just be hanging around here, reporting badfics, responding to posts, and the like. Have a great day, everyone!

I mean, I love that song but I'm surprised to see it here because nobody's heard of it. Almost noboey cares about any Semisonic track other than "Closing Time".

Did Acacia actually buy Feeling Strangely Fine? Kudos.

Because we've got an edit function, so why not abuse it?

1: 'Misty Mountain Hop' - did you deliberately pick the most discordant Led Zeppelin song from their list? I'm sure it's a very popular song, but yikes I don't like the feel of it. It's also fairly archetypically a Three Chord Song, so I suppose you could play it on the harp pretty darn easily...

2: 'How You Remind Me' - oh, I know this one! Hah, never knew it was Nickelback... it epitomises a certain early-naughties angst, doesn't it?

3: 'Smooth Criminal' - you know, I've never been sure whether Annie (is it Annie?) is being asked whether she's(?) okay, or being told that she(?) is. It's a very confusing song (I mean, I could always look up the lyrics, but nah.) Good grief, and then it breaks down into... just... squeaking noises?

4: 'Everything You Want' - This video is blocked in my country. Noooooo, I was looking forward to something not chosen by a Suvian!

5: 'In the End' - Oh good, rap mixed with pseudo-deep choruses, my favourite genre. [/sarcasm]

6: 'Der Meister' - Oh gods. I've had to turn the headphones down for this one. (Still better than #5 or #1 though...) Actually, now that the lyrics are here, I kind of like it. Maybe that's because it's German; it's kind of hilariously over the top.

7: 'Unknown' - I don't know why - maybe it's the contrast with the Germans - but this song is totally skimming over the top of my mind. I'm not getting any impression of it, it's really weird.

8: 'Engel' - Starts with the Clangers, which is hilarious. And continuous with ridiculously OTT Germans, so I'm not complaining!

9: 'Du Hast' - Oh stars, now the OTT Germans are conjugating verbs at me. See, I was expecting more heavy metal screaming out of Rammstein - not grammar lessons!

10: 'May It Be' - 'AAAAAAAAAY! It's a song I actually like! ^_^ Enya was a great choice for the FotR credits music (in fact, I'd say all the credits songs were great, except for poor 'Gollum's Song').

11: 'Mein Herz Brennt' - Huh, the Germans know about melodic instrum-- OH no, there's the screaming. Oh, well, it'll be a good lead-in for the next song, because I know this one:

12: 'Into The Storm' - yeah, that sort of screaming. Still, a bit of 'Nightfall' is always welcome, and I know this one. WE ARE FOLLOWING THE WILL OF THE ONE! THROUGH THE DARK DAYS AND INTO THE STORM!

13: 'Never You Mind' - Yeah, this sounds slightly snarky enough for Acy. If I'd heard it on the radio enough, I'd probably start singing along. -- especially once the random Star Trek reference shows up. o.O

14: 'The Song with No Name' - ... is this the guy who did 'Fairytale of New York'? YEP it is. Yeah, he... doesn't have the voice for a serious song.

15: 'Thursday's Child' - Despite a lot of Bowie growing up, I don't think I've heard this one. But who cares - his voice is just a comforting blanket. :)

16: 'Shackled' - Well, whatever genre Nickleback were, this lot are the same genre. Very similar style.

17: 'You Say' - This is very early naughties, isn't it? I wouldn't have been at all surprised to hear this on the way to school. I think I like this one a little more than 'Shackled'.

18: 'Toxic Love' - Well, the 'insane clown' thing is coming through very well. -- and ooookay, yeah, skipping that one.

At which point I think I need a quiet-break. Live-posting will resume... probably in a couple of hours.

Right, we're back; let's get started.

19: 'Leave in Silence' - Blocked by country. Sorry, Jay!

20: 'Army of Me' - I suppose I shouldn't be surprised it's more thumpy rock... at least Bjork's voice sounds different. This is a pretty appropriate song for the PPC, actually!

21: 'London' - I've gotta say, this sounds much livelier than London really is (possible because they don't Wanna Go Ta London).

22: 'Over at the Frankenstein Place' - Aww, this sounds like a pleasant song, I wonder what it... oh. Yeah, I saw Rocky Horror once, so I'm fully expecting a twist. ... except there isn't one. Weird.

23: 'Singing in my Sleep' - Well that's quite catchy. A shame about the paeans to cassette players as the height of musical technology, but that's the passage of time for you. :)

24: 'Never Let Me Down Again' - Blocked; I suppose Messrs Depeche and Mode don't like Britain.

25: 'Touch-A, Touch-A, Touch me' - Ah, yes, that Rocky Horror. Where's my eyeroll smiley? ... also possibly my ear bleach, I don't think I'm old enough for this.

26: 'This Will Be My Year' - Oh look, we're back to the early naughties. I've never heard this, but I absolutely could have.

27: 'Here's to the Night' - Again, a very familiar type of song. I think this is another one I would have learnt and sung along with, had I encountered it.

28: 'If I Only Had a Brain' - Dorothy, you probably shouldn't join in with the man insulting himself...! Tell you what, though, the instrumental section of this is actually really irritating.

29: 'The Song That Never Ends' - Yes, thank you so much, Suvian. What did we do to deserve this?

30: 'Out of Reach' - Yeah, that's an okay song. Nothing really to say about it.

31: 'The Man Upstairs' - Well, the tune's okay, but I'm not liking the lyrics overmuch. Actually scratch that, I positively hate them.

32: 'The Best I Ever Had' - Well this is much more my speed. :) I'm with you, singer person - 'it's not so bad'.

33: 'Dead Girls' - Oh great, more Voltaire. Once again, the tune is nice. The lyrics are okay as long as you don't listen to them.

34: 'Papercut' - ... wow. That's not good music. I think it's actually making me dizzy. Yeah, I'm gonna have to skip the rest of this one.

35: 'Le Freak' - Pretty sure I've heard this one more in adverts than in real life. I don't like it much, but unlike the last one I can see why people might.

I was going to duck out again at this point, but then I glanced ahead at the next few songs, and it looks like matters improve rapidly.

36: 'Greensleeves' - Lovely. I love some nice old-fangled music. :)

37: 'Windy' - o.O Wow, is this a theme tune or a drug fantasy? Kinda catchy though.

38: 'Whiskey, You're the Devil' - Oh my gods it's a proper folk song. This is amazing. :D

39: 'It's Not Easy Being Green' - Such a weird song. Hilariously, Heather Dale has covered this, singing it with all the sincerity of a folk singer. Heather... no. It's about being green. No.

40: 'Scooby-Doo Where Are You?' - Did Jay go through a bit of a phase in the middle here? Anyway, classic cartoon theme songs are always hilarious.

41: 'The Hedgehog Song' - ... there's a full version of this? Lawks! Weirdly, it seems to miss out at least one line from the books ("... with a giraffe/If you stand on a stool"); maybe I just missed it.

42: 'The Dark Elf/Thorn' - And we're back to Nightfall. :D I think this was the bonus song, so I've not heard it too much. Not up there with my favourites, but it's okay.

43: 'Sonne' - I'd almost forgotten the Germans. Now they're teaching me to count - good-o! Not really much different to the other Rammstein stuff.

44: 'Nightfall' - Now this is the best track. :D BRB, headbanging. (I love the fact that Blind Guardian actually quote the book directly: "Vala he is, that's what you said/Then your oath is sworn in vain--!")

45: 'Princess Mononoke' - Aww, that's quite lovely. I'm not... convinced that was an English version, though.

46: 'The Game' - Ah, a shouty man. Yelling about messed-up relationships and all. No, I think I'm going to have to skip this one and take a break.

Given the state of my workday, the 'break' may last to Monday; we shall see. :)

hS

First of all, because you know I jumped straight to the archiving: awesome! Followed closely by: Yikes, 'Rambling Band' is a bad story. Well done to J&A for killing it. I've added it to the TOS Badfic Archive; the reconstructed badfic (chapters 1 & 2 now!) is here.

They literally drive into the movie. It's pretty bad.

(Incidentally, and speaking of MSTs, I discovered to my amusement that there's an MST of Alec's first Marrissa Picard mission. It's kind of hilarious, because I don't think the MSTer realised what the mission was until they'd already started...)

On to the playlist: this is some amazing work, and I'm putting it on right now. I'm not sure how well my workfromhomeday will stand up to German industrial rock, so there may be some skipping, but we'll see!

hS

Before I give you the link, please be aware that some of the tracks on the playlist are Not Safe For Work. By far the worst is the one by Insane Clown Posse. It's humorous by the end, but it's also absolutely X-rated and gross. Toxic, even. {= P We can thank Agent Luxury for that contribution. ^_^;

YMMV with the rest. I've included every song either identified by name or by lyrics cited. I've also filled in the gaps where a band is mentioned, but no specific track. That includes music listened to or sung by the agents AND music listened to or sung by Suvians. I'm providing a track list with details below, but first, here's the link:

The Original Series Playlist

Track List

Items in [brackets] are my best guesses at what fits. Open to improvement!

From "Rambling Band"

1. ["Misty Mountain Hop"] - Led Zeppelin - one of several songs performed by Laurel-Sue and her band. Sadly(?), I couldn't find a harp cover. I wasn't trying very hard, though. (Psst, hS, I found chapter 1 of the MST!)

From "Chosen"

1. "How You Remind Me" - Nickelback - sung by Phoenix-Sue
2. "Smooth Criminal" - Alien Ant Farm - sung by Phoenix-Sue
3. "Everything You Want" - Vertical Horizon - sung by Acacia
4. "In the End" - Linkin Park - sung by Phoenix-Sue
5. ["Der Meister" - Rammstein] - "harsh German industrial" listened to by Jay
6. ["Unknown"] - Lifehouse - sung by Acacia

From "Lady of the Fellowship"

1. ["Engel"] - Rammstein - fallen asleep to by Jay

From "What Might Have Been"

1. ["Du Hast"] - Rammstein - listened to by Jay
2. "May It Be" - Enya - sung by Hanae-Sue
3. "Mein Herz Brennt" - Rammstein - sung along with by Jay
4. "Into the Storm" - Blind Guardian - sung along with by Jay
5. "Never You Mind" - Semisonic - hummed by Acacia
6. ["The Song With No Name" - Shane MacGowan] - "goddessawful bad" song about a "lady fair" sung by Legolas (Nothing against Shane MacGowan in general, but this song fits and it's from the right time period and his maudlin performance grates on my nerves. ^_^ )

From "And In the Darkness Bind Them"

1. "Thursday's Child" - David Bowie - listened to by Jay
2. "Shackled" - Vertical Horizon - sung by Acacia
3. "You Say" - Vertical Horizon - sung by Acacia

From "Children of the Earth"

1. "Toxic Love" - Insane Clown Posse - hummed by Luxury
2. "Leave in Silence" - Depeche Mode - sung by Jay
3. "Army of Me" - Björk - hummed by Jay
4. ["London"] - Third Eye Blind - listened to by Jay and Acacia
5. "Over at the Frankenstein Place" - Rocky Horror Picture Show - sung by Jay
6. "Singing In My Sleep" - Semisonic - sung by Acacia
7. "Never Let Me Down Again" - Depeche Mode - sung by Jay
8. ["Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me"] - Rocky Horror Picture Show - standing in for "all the words... to all the songs in the Rocky Horror Picture Show," sung by Lux and Sean
9. "This Will Be My Year" - Semisonic - sung along with by Acacia

From "Why am I Here?"

1. "Here's To the Night" - Eve 6 - sung by Acacia
2. "If I Only Had a Brain" - The Wizard of Oz - sung by Charlie-Stu
3. "The Song That Never Ends" - Lambchop - sung Alex-Sue

From "Laugh at the Moon"

1. ["Out of Reach"] - Voltaire - "gypsy fiddles" on Jay's "new Voltaire disc" listened to by Jay and Acacia
2. "The Man Upstairs" - Voltaire - sung along with by Jay
3. "The Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning)" - Vertical Horizon - sung by Acacia
4. "Dead Girls" - Voltaire - sung at Alexis-Sue by Jay

From "Gwendolyn"

1. "Papercut" - Linkin Park - sung along with by Acacia

From "Sisterhood"

1. "Le Freak" - Chic - hummed by Jay
2. "Greensleeves" - [lute instrumental, Daniel Estrem] - alternative lyrics sung by Acacia (Alas, I could not find a video with the "purple shirt" lyrics. If you know one, please share!)
3. "Windy" - The Association - parodied by Jay

From "We Cannot Be"

1. "Whiskey You're the Devil" - [Clancy Brothers] - parodied by Jay (She gives the name "Whiskey in the Jar," but the lyrics she spoofs are from this very similar traditional folk song. Easy mistake to make.)

From "Darkness Awakened"

1. "It's Not Easy Being Green" - Kermit the Frog - sung by Jay

From "Two Worlds"

1. The Scooby-Doo theme - Scooby-Doo - hummed by Jay

From "The Luggage Runs Off With the One Ring"

1. "The Hedgehog Can Never Be Buggered At All" - Terry Pratchett - sung by Nanny Ogg while Jay takes notes

From "The Dark Elf"

1. ["The Dark Elf"/"Thorn"] - Blind Guardian - listened to by Acacia; disc loaned by Jay
2. ["Sonne"] - Rammstein - listened to by Jay (only the album Mutter is named, but Jay sings the song "Mutter" later, so this one instead)
3. ["Nightfall"] - Blind Guardian - listened to by Acacia
4. theme song - Princess Mononoke - sung by Solaris-Sue (in Japanese with English translation echoes, but I can't replicate that, so you get a nice Japanese cover)
5. "The Game" - Disturbed - sung along with by Jay

From "Elemental Crystals"

1. ["Feur Frei!"] - Rammstein - listened to by Jay

From "To Know Where You Are Going"

1. "Aenema" - Tool - sung by Jay (I couldn't find a "cheerfully rendered and folksy version," so you get a really good acoustic version.)

From "A Taste of Blood"

1. "Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" - Britney Spears - encountered in a Britney Spears RPF recalled by Dee
2. "Ich Will" - Rammstein - music video visited by Jay and Dee while disposing of Damien-Sue
3. "Bück Dich" - Rammstein - visit to the music video by Jay and Lord Vetinari recalled by the Big Thorn

From "Broken Doll"

1. ["Wer Bist Du?"] - Megaherz - listened to by Jay, mistaken for Rammstein when Rhus walks in
2. "Das Modell" - Kraftwerk - sung by Jay

From "No Way Back"

1. "Seemann" - Rammstein - listened to by Jay and Rhus
2. "Anything But Ordinary" - Avril Lavigne - fic's background music
3. "Mutter" - Rammstein - listened to by Jay and Rhus
4. "Turn, Turn, Turn" - The Byrds - hummed by Rhus
5. "How Soon Is Now" - t.A.T.u. - fic's background music
6. ["That Don't Impress Me Much"] - Shania Twain - fic's background music
7. "Wicked Windows" - Jethro Tull - listened to by Jay and Rhus

That's 60 tracks total. Nice number, isn't it? If there's interest, I could make split "Jay" and "Acacia" playlists, too?

Either way, I hope you enjoy this!

~Neshomeh

A little while ago Bram made a valiant effort at infiltrating the discord server, which is why the invite got closed to begin with. The mods said they'd opened it again, but maybe that link is still defunct?

Will inquire further.

Yeah, I was wondering about that, too. The invite is invalid. So, is there any way to get in?

It says invalid invite. The wiki says it was turned off.

For those of you who don't know what it is, think Cards Against Humanity meets Mad Libs! I'll be streaming tonight's game over Discord, and anyone who wants to participate can just join in on their phones.

To clarify, we'll be playing at 10pm UK time, 5pm EST.

If you go to the wiki and hover over the Community tab, the entry on the drop-down that you want is "The Chatroom".

I would like an invite to the PPC discord.

I don’t watch a lot of movies, but I think that Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Predator is my favourite movie. It’s about Arnold and his team of soldiers rescuing kidnapped diplomats in a jungle, but they encounter the Predator as they try to get back to their base.

It’s not for everyone, since it’s pretty gory and has some body horror( especially the scene they find skinless corpses).

The action scenes are enjoyable, my favourite is this one.

What else do I need to include? Umm, the camera work is great? I did like the relationship between Dillon and Mac. I also liked the fact that the Predator carries a first aid kit, but doesn’t even know what it does. The music, I really don’t know on how to judge music. As long as it sounds good to you I guess it’s fair.

You can watch it on Netflix or on an illegal movie sharing site( please don’t download bootleg movies, they may contain Trojan horses and screw up your computer.)

~SomeRandomPersonAccount

Sorry for the late reply, the board forgot that I existed and I forgot that my password even existed. Have this question mark shaped piece of ice! ~SomeRandomPersonAccount

I'll have to go with 3. TARDISes are much more roomier than an RC, and I've sworn off dorm rooms if I can avoid them.

1 is a close second, but I'm not sure whether the Kudzu and Ontic will cancel each other out or if we'll have to deal with someone going flamewhrower a while in.

Besides, Zeb is probably very floofy and I figure he's likely to be open to some petting.

The TARDIS is telepathic, and if she doesn't have a room (and she has many, many varied rooms!), if you want something, she can probably create it if you're nice to her. ;)

(Hopefully you don't mind dealing with a very clever toddler, though!)

Hey there. Since I'm currently stuck in a house with the entire Illian family, plus a broken person, plus a houseplant, I'd be happy to pester Mr. Narrator into giving the fire lizards a clutch for people to weird-fourth-wallishly receive eggs from. Heck, I can probably even get him to put up a fire lizard generator so's you can see them!

{What? No? I don't have a fire lizard generator.}

So make one. You've got that Minion generator.

{That took time! I'd have to draw all the pictures, and-}

So draw them. You've figured out colour-shifting, right? Come on, this'll be easy.

{But I'm doing so many other things!}

"If you want something done, accost a busy person." Is that how that goes? So, you make the generator, all the lockdown people get their lizards, everyone's happy.

{Am I happy?}

Ah, you'll be fine.

~Lou

{& hS}

Having been reminded just how small RC 999 is, I'm definitely going with House 3. My introverted self wouldn't survive a lockdown in a space as cramped as RC 999 would be with six people in it.

Incidentally, the only reason I didn't choose House 1 is because I'm so empathetic that being locked in the same house as Ontic while she's having a breakdown would probably be a BAD idea.

To save myself from dying of boredom I’ve been watching Sherlock for the last few weeks. I still haven’t fully processed the last episode and its utter weirdness, but I now have an urge to read fanfic.

So I checked out the page on AO3, and failed to find anything that took my fancy (although I am wondering how on Earth Mycroft/Lestrade is the third most popular pairing...)

Anyone got any recommendations for goodfic or missions? (Well, I’m going to binge-read all of the missions anyway, but where should I start?)

I'm pretty sure the people in that house are the only ones I can deal with. Two humans and three Flowers, how bad can it be?

Do you think they'd let me have a fire-lizard? puppy eyes

Acacia lives (at least in my repeatedly-asserted headcanon; obligatory note that none of my J&A writings are canon unless you, dear reader, want them to be) in a fairly nice insula, or apartment building, rather than a domus, or in-city villa. Insulae, based on my memory of Wikipedia, occasional informative signboards, and the Roma Sub Rosa series, tended to have communal bread ovens but no kitchens. Romans tended to eat out, buying food on the street - oysters being a popular takeaway, because they come in their own handy bowls!

Liliac, meanwhile, is head of Ispace. Her job is protecting elves - any elves - and she takes it very seriously. She has literally gone to war with the PPC and the OFUs over this. She's mellowed somewhat since the Ispace Accords were signed, but she can still get quite... intense. Basically, she's going to spend the entire lockdown trying to convince Nume a) that he's an elf, and b) that he needs to come with her to safety immediately.

She's probably still the least-worrying person in the Enemy Slot, but... well, she's up against Jaycacia, so that's not saying much.

I actually have no idea how often fire lizards clutch; my suspicion is that D&C usually take Hera back to Pern for the occasion, to avoid either selling off countless eggs or infesting Malij with uncanonical fauna. Though if the lockdown goes on too long...

(Oh gods, crazy!murderous!Ontic with a fire lizard. Please, by the Egg, no!)

hS