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Have a calculator. A sentient calculator. That will sing K-pop whenever you turn it on. :)

*pokes*

It's traditional. {= )

Now, the aforementioned links. The first one, of course, is to the Original Series. If you haven't read it, that is the first thing you should do, since it's what this whole glorious panoply is based on.

Second, if you are so inspired that you want to write your own PPC spin-off, you need to find out how to get Official Permission to do so.

After that, there are several pages on the PPC Wiki and elsewhere that contain useful and important information. In order of sensible reading-ness, as Sedri says, they are:

* The PPC Board Constitution, because it's Da Rules;
* The Board FAQ if you're not quite sure how to use this quaint old thing;
* The Guide to the PPC,
** FAQ for Newbies,
and eventually the
** Mission Writing Guide, written by Sedri with support from the Board.

You may also eventually be interested in Trojie's Slash-Sporking Guide if that's your thing.

If you wish to edit the wiki at any point, you should definitely check out my new Editing Tutorial.

And, of course, you should check out as many PPC spin-offs as possible. The Complete List of PPC Fiction and the List of Killed Badfic are good places to start.

And that is quite enough to be going on with. Welcome!

~Neshomeh

'SPLOSIONS HOORAY! *goes off to 'splode stuff*

I can't commit to anything right now, but I draw stuff, and I have some middling skill with the GIMP. (If you're unfamiliar with it, it's like Photoshop, but open source.)

Of course, this would be significantly down the road anyway, but I'm curious. {= )

~Neshomeh

Now that is scary. Though I did like giving it to the minis. Do we ever learn what happens to her, or is there potentially still a Balrog 'Sue running around?

--anamia

Yes, cookies. I have the actual recipe if you'd like; all you have to do to make it chocolaty is add about two teaspoons (or more, if you like it really chocolaty) to the mix.

They're very 'splody. And they shoot sparks when on fire!

If you're from the US, think Sour Patch Kids, except without the sour coating, IIRC. Here, this'll help: Jelly Babies

Hooray for cookies! Also Frying Pans! I shall treasure them always.

Hello, and welcome to the Board. Here's a Frying Pan of DOOM^tm and a freshly baked batch of quite yummy vegan chocolate-oatmeal cookies. I'm sure someone will be around with the Official List of Links for you sometime soon. In the meantime, enjoy those cookies!

Yeah, it's been merged into DoSAT as a division, and yes, its agents are (or at least were authorized at one point) to kill Sues when necessary.

Adam and Frenchie, the original A/V Geeks, only have two missions. However, one of them is the infamous Balrog Sue and the other takes place during the little-known 2003 Mary Sue Invasion.

I'm not actually sure what order they were originally written in, but it seems to work either way.

~Neshomeh

Perhaps it's like Dwarf Battle Bread in Discworld?

Here, have a Frying Pan of DOOM^tm. It's useful for clocking 'Stus and 'Sues over the head so they don't run away while you're charging them. Plus, it can be used to cook with. Alton Brown, geeky chef and allower of only one unitasker in his kitchen (the fire extinguisher), would approve.

You mean jelly beans, right, not actual babies made of jelly? *shudders*

I think I'm getting into PPC mode already, considering I picked up on that.

I love yo-yo's. Especially yo-yo's with blades.

and welcome to the PPC!

I think similarly about original characters, with the additional explanation that you can have a lot more fun with a character you create yourself, because you don't have to stay within a pre-designed template. Neither do I go out of my way to include romance in anything I write. If it seems to be something that would develop between two characters, great! Otherwise, there's not much reason to include it, and even less of a chance that it would be believable.

I also find bad grammar, spelling, etc. increasingly annoying, and usually story-breaking flaws. For example, in a story I recently read (published, even!), the author used incorrect grammar in two out of two Spanish sentences. I was stuck at that part for over a quarter of an hour, and that's with only a year of Spanish!

I'm afraid I can't help you find the Star Wars OFU, or tell you anything that happened in it—it was way before my time. I will agree with what other people have said about your last question: the PPC deals with bad writing, not Mary Sues.

Oh, and, as you can tell, I also have a tendency to write long posts.

Thanks, but is the pretzel twice as long as my arm when it's untangled, or is it as wide as my arm? Also, is it edible and if so, does it taste good enough to be worth eating if that means I won't have it as a decoration and/or weapon anymore?

By the way, I fully expect to have these gifts show up in my stories when I get around to writing them.

It would be a huge amount of fun to make something like that, but my art skills are practically nonexistent. I would probably also need someone to make up suitably crazy dialogue, and finally someone to keep me on track.

I wrote my post late at night. I've never actually played any of Yahtzee's games, but I have heard of them. VERGE and AGS each have their own good points. AGS has its own (feature-filled) code editor and a great community, but VERGE allows for greater game customization. Also, I'm glad you like your yo-yo, and hope you find some use for it!

Thank you! Oh, man, I can't *wait* to start up!

Oh, yeah. That's what I meant. I was trying to come up with a way to describe the fist without sounding wordy...and my mind always thought "under the fingers" instead of "around the knuckles." I'll try to be a little more specific in the future.

Iunno. Maybe not. I wasn't paying attention.

Anyways, I'm Tranum, and I'm just this guy, y'know? I spend the vast majority of my time writing, both fanfic and original (more original fic than fanfic, though), being silly, and enjoying my absurdly eclectic taste in music. Preferred fandoms are... numerous. Mainly stuff by Adams, though.

I guess that sums it up.

I like it. Your agents are a nice contrasting pair and your writing sample made me chuckle. I don't know a thing about Kryptonians but you explained every relevant detail without bogging down the narrative, and that's not only hard to do but often entirely neglected, so I particularly applaud you for that. Well done.

One tiny, probably entirely irrelevant thing:
to make sure her thumb is tucked under her fingers when she punches someone
You mean that the thumb is pressed against the outside of the knuckles and pulled out of the way, right? Not tucked inside the fingers? I did TKD for years and the one thing my teachers always said is that if you have your thumb wrapped up in your other fingers when you punch, you're going to break it. Just want to make sure.

That said, go forth and write! (Well, once the debate of the songfic department is over...) Welcome to the PPC! :D