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Hmm. Sounds interesting, though given that one of my Agents is technically a tri-morphic shapeshifter (Humananthro cougar full cougar), I'm not sure how well that would work out for her. Still, it sounds like an awesome idea.

Welcome to the PPC!Here is a near-infinite capacity weightless Bag of Holding, perfect for carrying all the various stuff your Agents will ever need or that which they pick up through their travels. Also, some Generic Parrot feed for your parrots. Enjoy!

Once, I had the vision of a massive crossover. it would combine many canons and many characters: LotR, Discworld, Gargoyles, Weekenders, an obscure MTV series called UnderGRADS among others.

It collapsed on top of me and broke 80% of my bones.

I got better.

But I come to donate a plausible Idea from the Discworld portion of the story. I had envisioned a grand host of some tens of thousands genetically modified, extra-dimensional Quarrymen berserks storming Ankh's Least Gate.

They would have had 2 objectives:

-attack the Unseen university and destroy it in revenge (for an affront I never got around to finish writing)
-slaughter everything in their path

Of course, in the defense of the city, I imagined several ingenious devices courtesy of Leonard of Quirm. The most useful of these is what I gift to the ages: morph-able armor for your classic bimorphic werewolf. In theory, it would take advantage of an intricate system of folding and shifting lamellar, sliding attachment points for ringmail and extensive use of either mithril, titanium or some disc-native equivalent.

To be absolutely honest, I think ol' Lenny had it better planned out than I did. But if anyone wants to use it, it's here.

Unfortunately, giving you one doesn't seem quite like a PPC-style gift, so I'll have to settle with giving you a parrot-patterned bladed yo-yo. psst...try twisting it apart, and don't break the e—akk!

The following is dictated by Goldenrod111, following his unexplained neck injury:

I recently started the Temeraire series and just finished Sabriel, and love both! I have never read anything by Asimov, though.

I have a similar opinion of characters. There are several I'd want to meet, but to learn something, not romantically.

Finally, are those beefsteaks being handed out? Randall's looking over my shoulder, drooling.

There are negative connotations for "geek" in the non-fandom-loving world, but no one here will care, methinks. "Fangeek" has my support - I shall endeavour to use it whenever possible. :)

Nice to meet you! Always good to see a new face.

It seems I've managed to jump in ahead of the other members of Link-Giving crowd this time, so I am particularly happy to present you with...

(drumroll, please)...

THE LINKS.

;p

Which, if you don't know, are the lot of 'Go Read This Now Please' urls that we throw at every newbie since they actually do give Useful Information. In relative order of sensible-reading-ness, they are:

* The Original PPC Series, which we assume you've already read.
* The List of Killed Badfic, which will direct you to a large number of non-Original PPC Missions.

The Board:
* The Board Constitution
* The FAQ: For the Board

The Wiki:
* We have our very own PPC Wiki
* The very-important-to-read-before-requesting-Permission Permission article
* Our (my!) Guide To The PPC
* The Mission Writing Guide
* The Slash-Sporking Guide
* The FAQ: For Newbies.
When you are ready to edit the wiki, make sure to read Neshomeh's excellent editing tutorial.

And finally, but very usefully,
* The List of Everything PPC


Hope that's not too overwhelming. Nice to meet you :)

OK, so a mini-boarder is created when a boarder's name is misspelled, and is a small version of the Boarder. In-canon, the boarders are Authors. That means that a self-insert or Avatar should create a mini that looks much like them if they misspell their own names. Since both self-inserts and Avatars are overwhelmingly of the sueish persuasion, it'd make sense that other Sues would also create a mini version of themselves by misspelling their own names.

Presumably, some of these minis are weak enough to pop out of existence when their progenitor is killed and the continuum reverts to normal, like bit characters when a Sue is killed. Others would be more like OCs or secondary Sues, in that the continuum couldn't revert back to normal until they were killed. How strong they are probably depends on the proximity of the misspelling's location to Sueish actions, urple prose, or other Suelike qualities.

When a character is named, the continuum conjures them up. When a character's name is misspelled, a mini is conjured up because a name requires the creation of a character, and the mini is based on a canonical creature. So, if a non-canon name is misspelled, wouldn't a non-canon mini be created--a mini-Sue? Not a mini from that continuum; but a mini of the Sue (actually, come to think of it, any OC's name should create a mini-Sue rather than a mini of the OC because the Sue is the most powerful creature in her fic). Misspelling her own name might be one way a sue keeps her influence over the canon, because it creates a small backup version of her that also has to be killed.

In which case, Enoby is probably a pretty formidable Sue...

That was me, being dense. Anyhoo...

I have read the A/V missions. I enjoy the premise of A/V, and I might just write something for it in the future. However, I think that these particular agents might be more entertaining in a department with more action than A/V...or, at least, more action on a regular basis. Therefore, I think I'll go for the new department.

It will be the Department of Irrelevant Background Music (DIBM). Let the fun begin...

I've started watching the new series of Who (and Torchwood, for that matter) recently, and thinking eventually might start doing Who missions.

Would I be able to send one/some of my agents to GFU as a "learning experience"? I think there's vague precedent for this (e.g. Agent Laburnum went to the Redwall OFU, although maybe that was before joining the PPC?).

It would mean having a character with very little canon knowledge (I've watched a few episodes and read some of the novelisations, so I have a vague knowledge of some of the earlier series), but also little fanboyish tendencies.

Elcalion

Contents: One hamster (brown), one bag of food pellets, one bag of hay (for sleeping)
Use: for cuddling and sanity-preserving.
Warning/alternate use: may react badly to being woken up in the middle of the day*
Cage sold separately

*I did this to my pet hamster when I was eight years old. I still have the scar. Now, if you got your enemy to do it...

P.S. I love Abhorsen and Keys, too.

I expect those more familiar with the internet than I will recognize it and laugh, and you more than made up for it with you actual post, which was nicely spelled and had proper grammar. I think I've been spending too much time reading badfic by people who don't know any better...

Sabriel was one of the first fantasy books I read, and it remains one of my favorites. The other two are good as well, of course, but that one's the best. I'm also a big fan of the Keys to the Kingdom, for all that they're written for children.

No, I haven't heard of that. It sounds promising, though. -Makes note to go to the library soon.-

--anamia

Have some guns like the ones Zero Suit Samus uses in Brawl!

I was wondering when we would get an intro thread from you. Pleased to make your acquaintance. Here is a velvet bag full of polyhedral random number generators.

Enjoy your stay

-Barid

Your mentioning of parrots made me feel obligated to go watch this again:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npjOSLCR2hE

My apologies for the dead parrot humor. To make up for it, here's a baby emu. It's fuzzy and adorable now, but when it grows up it will be able to kick out your lungs through your spine. Welcome to the PPC.

Right. Get on with it. Get on with it!

@.@ Thank you!

Discworld is love. I must read them~

-disappears into a cave for a week- Parrots dislike being disturbed while reading.

All in one leather-bound, gold-leaf hardcover volume. You could break someone's neck with that!

On another note: Yay, a fellow Temeraire fan!

Fellow newbie here! And welcoming you to what I hope will be a nest of like-minded people. If like-minded means "utterly insane nerds".

No offense meant to any poor souls who think "nerd" is an insult. Nerd pride!

...Ah. I don't often use it (and actually quite dislike it), but since "So I herd u lyk ..." is an internet joke, I figured it was okay. If you say it's bad, though, I guess it's bad. ^.^; You've been here longer than I have.

Ooh, shiny rock. Is that garnet I spy? I like garnet. Ish pretty~

Yeah, Garth Nix is awesome. I prefer the Abhorsen books to most of his others, but Keys is pretty good, too. Have you read Abarat by Clive Barker? /Amazing/ fantasy. Absolutely amazing. Among the best alternate-universe series I've ever read. Book 3 comes out this year; I can't wait.

Welcome to the PPC! Have this shiny rock (pickax not included). It is useful as emergency punctuation, can be either a projectile weapon or a blunt instrument, and makes a very good paperweight. Use it well.

Ooh, Garth Nix! Glad to see another fan!

--anamia
P.S. As an aside, I'd avoid chatspeak, even as a joke. Some of us (myself included) are... not exactly rational on the subject of chatspeak.

Well, if they make an error, it's entirely their fault. I have no sympathy for spelling and grammar mistakes. It happens when you're an editor's kid.

Anyway, that wasn't so much my point as when it's perfectly correct English and even a reasonable bit of figlang. You've made a very good point ^.^ True, it can be overdone, but if it's for the sake of humor, it doesn't really matter.

Hellooo~

I like my parrots. I am named after a parrot. The parrot after which I am named is very pretty and (in my experience) generally sweet-tempered, and I luffle them and want one for a pet. Also they are lovely and soft and fluffy and warm... ~squee~

Actually, the same goes for almost all birds, including the ones that would gladly bite your face off if you tried to snuggle them. (I'd do it anyway. Eyes are overrated, and it's not like mine are good for much anyway. 20/800 vision sucks.)

Anyway. I like fantasy, sci-fi and manga. I like Naomi Novik's Temeraire series (imagine the British RAF; give them dragons. That kind of awesome) among many, many others; but I've been getting back into Temeraire recently, so that' the first one that comes to mind. Also LOTR, Isaac Asimov, the Abhorsen and Keys series... I read a /lot/.

I tend to pick Favorites (as I call them) rather than Lust Objects. Case in point, Sai from Hikaru no Go: I don't want to /kiss/ him, I just want him to teach me Go. I don't believe I've ever fangirled off a movie or novel character.

So hello, PPC! Let beefsteaks abound!

There are times when I've felt it was spurious, especially in cases where the expression in question was something in common, every-day use.

However, as others have pointed out, it can be incredibly funny to take figurative language literally, and we ARE a parody society. There are certain times you almost have to laugh at it if you're really paying attention. In the case of speech tags, it may be all well and good to write something like: "'Stop that right now,' he barked." The problem happens when the writer gives us something like: "Stop that right now.' He barked." Improper punctuation takes a perfectly good speech tag and turns it into something laughable because the connection between the speech and the descriptor is lost, forcing the figurative language to stand alone and giving the sensitive reader no choice but to read it as written. Cue people barking like dogs.

Another example is something from one of my newer missions: "A skirt, bright with swirls of emerald, violet and royal blue floated around the floor, stopping at the toes of black boots." Now, you and I know that the writer MEANT to say the skirt floated around the wearer's feet, but the fact is that the writer did not say that. The writer said it floated around the floor. For humor, I took that to mean the skirt actually floated around the floor, leaving the character's lower half uncovered. ^__^ Also, one of my agents picked up the stray skirt, which to this day will always come to a halt if there are black boots in its path. {= )

So, yes, criticizing figurative language can be taken too far, but I say if the writer isn't using it properly it's fair game.

~Neshomeh

I'll need your contact info to send you my Agents' profiles, though.