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Maybe. I can certainly see it. The argument would have to be one of basic practicality - how do you pick what badfics go to the Songfic Department rather than somewhere else, and how do you ensure the agents working there can handle everything thrown their way? If the fics in question were 80% song and 20% prose, that would make sense, but then it might be hard to charge them for anything other than "lack of plot".

Calista has a point. A subdivision of Floaters would make the most sense.

Probably closer to Good than Evil, but we're hardly saints and no one's going to pretend otherwise.

Volunteering... probably not, considering that perfectly well-tested jetpacks exist in various continua and can just be swiped. In general - I don't think there's much in the way of 'volunteering' done, but if a particular agent is interested in developing gadgets, maybe. Why do you ask?

If you're going to send people into songfics, then it'd best be generalists who can handle many continua, because songfics get written for just about anything; and that means Floaters. But there are only so many agents who can handle the constant Chinese water torture of songfics, so it makes sense to gather them. That's my take, anyhow.

BTW, your Kryptonian is going to be disappointed to realize that HQ doesn't have a yellow sun, as it's entirely indoors. So he'll only be able to recharge his powers when he's in an appropriate continuum, on a planet with a yellow sun, undisguised.

Laburnum and Foxglove, for example, I'd peg as Chaotic Neutral and smart enough to realise it, so they joined an organisation which could direct their less Good urges to a useful cause.

I'd guess Skyfire started out in VQ as Lawful Neutral, then switched to Lawful Good after she discovered exactly how far Longclaws was willing to go on the Evil spectrum. Now she's the Morality Chain for the rest of my gang.

Stormsong ... hard to say, but I'd peg him as True Neutral. He didn't really seem to object to what the Nighthunt were doing until they started doing it to HIM, and now he's mostly a decent guy but was willing to Cruciate a Sue (who admittedly had just made him spend two days transformed into a woman).

Molly is probably too young to tell the difference between Evil and Neutral, but she's undeniably Chaotic.

The PPC (as a collective) is not very big on starting new departments. There must be really something special that can't be covered in any of the other departments (and note that there is a department of floaters which can pretty much carry the label miscellaneous). I do think, however, that songfic may be special enough to have its own department.

If the new department gets a pass (from permission givers and/or the PPC board) I know an author in A-Team fandom that writes mainly inapproriate songfics (2007 songs in a fic that is set in 1983, for instance). Knowledge of A-Team fandom not required; the author doesn't seem to know it either.

Here is my writing sample. If I get in, this will be a prologue to any other missions containing these characters. Beware, my formatting is utterly pink.

I'm trying for a new Department here. It is not named, because the next installment will feature a naming argument, but here are the full stats:

Department of Irrelevant Background Music (DIBM)
Department Head: The Larkspur
Flash Patch: Stylized whole note on a white background
Concentration: Songfics
Agents: Tendency toward music geeks, social ineptness is preferred.

Character Profiles:

Name: Ken Collins
Species: Kryptonian
Appearance: Tall and comparatively lean for his species. Brown hair and acidic green eyes.
Lust Object: Supergirl, though he sometimes mistakes other blondes for her. This has led to some rather interesting misunderstandings with Agent Luxury.
Abilities: Most of what you'd expect from a Kryptonian, played for laughs...super strength, super speed, super lung control, super hearing, flying. No X-ray or heat vision, though; he was legally blind on Krypton.
Weapons: Bare hands. He broke too many swords and guns to have anything else.
Personality: Extrovert, but a socially awkward one. Apparently, five partners in a row just couldn't stand his constant angsting over a certain Kara, his knack for playing the Sue's Advocate during missions, or his maddening tendency to sing the most irritating Ear Worms of this planet over and over again at the top of his Kryptonian lungs. Once one gets past all that, however, he's a fairly nice guy...well, as nice as a guy who wrings necks for a living can be.

Name: Grace "Gracie" Cook
Species: Human, World One
Appearance: Tall and muscular. Dark, curly blonde hair and blue eyes, generally wears glasses. Pretty, but not overly so.
Lust Objects: Peter Pevensie, Batman, and Frodo. She's rather eclectic.
Abilities: Has had classical training in music since she was ten. Very good swimming skills.
Weapons: Bow and arrow, generally. Has some knowledge of tae kwon do, but remembers only enough to make sure her thumb is tucked under her fingers when she punches someone. Some training with a staff.
Personality: Introvert...she doesn't speak unless she knows someone very well or unless it is absolutely necessary. Beyond that, she has a tendency to nitpick excessively when it comes to badfic. Also likes to plunder fancy dresses from Sues whenever possible, and likes pink and horses to an obsessive extent. Hates pop music...which sucks, 'cause her new partner sings Spears and Backstreet Boys in the shower.

So...is it good?

While, yeah, we're trying to preserve order in the various continua, we're Chaotic something-or-other. Neutral, probably.

Because according to TVTropes, "Chaotic Neutral characters do whatever the hell they like and damn the consequences". We're random, and we're often unpredictable. Yes, we've got kind hearts, but...

Some people want to be PPC Agents just so they can protect their Lust Objects. Now, I'm not saying everyone is, but I know part of the reason I want permission is to go in and beat the stuffing out of the Sue if she even dares bash mine. Or kiss him.

Some are Heroic Sociopaths, others are Cloud Cuckoolanders, and still others are...dunno, but it's not easy to classify a whole bunch of PPC-ers by TVTropes.

So there you have it. Building upon the previous essay.

I guess it's the eternal vague optimist in me...

The words "Logic" and "Suefic" do not belong in the same sentence.

It's a matter of self-preservation on the part of the Flowers. They're trying to stop the multiverse from going kablooie because it happens to be where they live. That's something anybody would do. However, rather than just nuking everything from orbit (which would accomplish the same purpose by destroying the plot holes and the continuums along with them, preserving World One), the PPC goes in and takes out the Sue specifically, which means they're taking pains not to destroy things if they don't have to (evil wouldn't care).

Apparently they used to just blow things up, but they don't now; so you can make an argument that the PPC used to be evil but has gradually moved away from using self-preservation to justify genocide. Over the years, things have changed so that CAFs are sometimes rescued, ex-Sues can become agents, and mpreg babies and Suespawn are saved. It's gone from wholesale destruction to surgical strikes against the Sue, and only when the Sue can't be redeemed.

In a very real way, the agents are protecting the continua from the Flowers, since without the agents the Flowers would still be blowing stuff up... but as it is, there's a balance.

Of course, individual agents (and individual Flowers, for that matter) can have different motivations. There have definitely been good and evil individuals in both groups. Agents tend to be recruited more often from the antagonist side than the protagonist's, because Sues are often the protagonist and the antagonist already doesn't mind killing her; but antagonist doesn't equal evil.

Of course, ask an Agent who just got bleepfic on their Console, and you'll get an answer of "EVIL!" every time...

I know we're not evil nor good but what is exactly the PPC's alignment in the good and evil spectrum?

Also, did some agents volunteer in testing stuff such as using jetpacks?

Well, I suppose he could've created her like he did the animals in The Magician's Nephew- sang her into existence and all that. But then again, I don't think I'd want a 'Sue messing up one of my favorite creation scenes in all of literature, so I think I'll go with he didn't actually father her, but rather adopted her and then... um... gave her speshul powers? I need some Bleepka. I'm trying to rationalize the reason for a 'Sue's existence. *headesk*

Which raises the question: How the heck did he father a human girl?!

Oh, wait. Suefic. *headdesk* I forgot.

HTML requires a tag name before you can specify the parameters (e.g. <a href=""> vs. [url=""], <img src=""> vs. [img=""], and please forgive any incorrect BBCode)

I'm not joking with the subject. You'll be surprised how much time you spend in and around HQ once you find a discussion that interests you. Also, I apologize for being late. I was away from my computer for the weekend, and am just now catching up. I would like to join the ranks of people who are praising your username. I, personally, only dream in impressions. Sure, they form pictures, but color is only rarely specified. And take a bladed yo-yo. It probably won't help you make friends, but it is a great way of taking your mind off of badfic.

Just my mind working in odd ways.

When you said Neal Gaiman Narniafic, do you mean written by him, or using his characters? 'Cause if it's the first, it sounds kind of interesting. (
--anamia

Just need to remember to use instead of [].

--anamia

If you see this, try:

<a href="image url"><img src="image url"></a>

Alternately, you can drop the <a> tags to remove the hyperlink.

I had this up before, but Firefox froze and I lost what I had written. I will try to reproduce it accurately below.

I hope you will forgive the out-of-country (for me) greeting—it just seemed to be the best way to respond. We seem to have similar interests; I love writing (my portfolio is rather pitiful, though—only two short stories), find RPing fun (despite not being actively involved in anything—do you know any good, online, communities?), and enjoy creating video games (I just can't seem to get past the quarter-way mark). I do have to say, however, that video game and literary fandoms are my favorites. I haven't spent much time finding any anime I love. [Gift moved—check bottom of post]

I can't understand C++, and Flash seems too image-oriented for me. I enjoy working in C variants, though, and am currently coding with VERGE, and have used AGS in the past. Have you heard of either of those programs?

Anyway, take a bladed yo-yo. It can be used to cut through tangled coding and annoying Sues, after you learn to use it. And, no, it is not inspired by doctorlit's Razor Boomerang.

Looks like I'm gonna have to remember my HTML syntax, haha.

It's used on forums and the like. And not to worry Candescence, I've done that many, many times. (Along with letting my muscle memory take over and trying to italicize by going ctrl+i. Doesn't work...)

--anamia

Have some nicely sharpened pencils, good for writing or fighting. I promise they won't break.

...I know Young Wizards and the first two Feline Wizards books.

Even if Spychecking is effective... Except if you're in a Meet The Team video, where Friendly Fire is on.

Also, thanks for the gift!