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Feed them only generic meat.

....What's a "plover?" >.>

Although, I'm pondering if I need to update my profile, if it's allowed, and if I am allowed to have "assistants/contractors."

Thankee! Same to you!

*nom nom nom nom!*

Thank ya. =D

I just thought of this; tell me if it makes sense?

An Author is practically omnipotent in relation to his own world; and no mary-sue or author wraith can ever match up to that level of power. Even the most omnipotent of god-mode Sues can't match the creativity of the omnipotent Author; so the Author can always overpower any Sues--if he chooses to do so by blocking off his world entirely from both good and bad.

Therefore, it might be that an Author who has chosen to block all fanfiction from his world's canon may have effectively set up a two-way creativity shield around the canon, stopping anyone from getting in or out--Agent and Sue alike. An author who blocks his continuum would force any fan author who wants to write fanfiction anyway to create an entirely new world for it which is quite unconnected to--and thus can't hurt--the original canon. PPCing it wouldn't make much sense because that effect puts it in the same existential category as original fiction.

That's not to say that blocking all fanfiction is the obvious choice. An open world is not just needlessly vulnerable to warping by badfic; it can also be strengthened and made more detailed when good fanfiction is written in that world. An Author who allows fanfiction is taking the gamble that the good will outweigh the bad.

Hmmmm. I thought I was, because I've been using this name a long time. Unfortunately, by the time I and a friend of mine who was helping me - Pet Peeves! We were the SUB-Department of Technical Errors. We took on the Pet Peeves in grammar that got up ours and everybody else's noses.

And then, stuff happened, and we didn't even get a chance to post one mission before I had to drop out. My father died, among other things.

But, yes, I'd love to help out. There's way too much bad fic out there. =D

*is entirely happy* ^_^

All of my old links had suffered link rot. I'm so very happy to find the PPC still operational!

Why tickle a sleeping dragon? Best to leave them be. On the other hand, I see nothing wrong with someone mentioning banned fandoms in their missions, as long as it's clear that the PPC isn't involved - so no offhand mentions of an agent from that 'verse, for instance.

Just my "two cents".

Welcome back. :)

Well, I've got a few badfics for your use -- one claimed, two not. They're Firefly and Star Wars fandoms.

Firefly:

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5956710/1/Sick
Sick
This is just a glimpse into the crews semi-normal life after Miranda where Mal takes care of one of his newest and smallest crew members. I own nothig except the little girl. Give it a try, tell me what you think!
Firefly - Rated: K - English - Hurt/Comfort/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,058 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 5-9-10 - Mal - Complete

Star Wars:

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5967970/1/CloneWarsIM
Clone Wars IM
The exciting and insane conversations between our favorite Clone Wars characters! Rated P for Psychiatric Help needed.
Star Wars - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 579 - Published: 5-13-10 - Anakin Skywalker & Obi-Wan K.

And the claimed one:
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4843787/1/StarWarsRemix
Star Wars Remix
This is my version of what would have happened if Anakin never became a jedi. It will detail each of the 6 movies with obvious differences. It is a rewrite of my earlier one which i accidently deleted a while back.
Star Wars - Rated: K - English - Romance/Adventure - Chapters: 28 - Words: 45,129 - Reviews: 64 - Updated: 5-13-10 - Published: 2-6-09 - Anakin Skywalker & Padmé Amidala


The first two are bad in concept, bad in execution, and oneshots. The one I'm claiming is a long, chaptered fic with a good enough premise, horrific grammar and constant OOC-ness.

Fair winds!

That Pern mission didn't even get finished (sort of) for something like three years, as I recall, so that was WELL after the ban was lifted. Can't say the same for the badfic, though. The mission in question is Brown DragonRider of Pern. I think hS is hosting the badfic, too, if you're interested. There's probably a link around there somewhere.

I agree that we shouldn't PPC in banned fandoms. It's just compounding the issue, really.

~Neshomeh

...we usually PPC those fandoms at all. Since the PPCing, after all, is a fanfic in itself.

I know there weren't any Dragonriders of Pern missions until after Anne McCaffrey lifted her ban. And I seem to recall a Pern mission specifically mentioning that fact. (Anyone remember what mission that was? I read it when I first joined up.)

Unfortunately, I had a lab the day she was signing her novels in the campus book store...

Shiny! She's one of my favorite authors. Even if Claire starts out as a self-insert, more or less.

--anamia

Sounds like something the Legal Department would have to cope with. I suspect they would find it worse to go against an author's wishes than to allow a Mary Sue to roam free, but it's a tough choice. -sighs-

--anamia

If you used that charge, you'd be admitting to knowingly writing a fic set in a world made by an author who doesn't like fan fiction. Sure, it's a PPC fic, and you're making fun of bad fanfiction; but the setting's still the author's.

I don't think we should bring that up, really. It feels like we would, by writing a mission into that same fandom, be committing that same offense, as it were.

As an odd sidenote, when I attended NAU, I stayed in the dormitory named after Diana Gabaldon...

Is it a charge to write fanfiction for stories by authors who've said they don't like it? I'm thinking of people like Diana Gabaldon, Anne Rice, and Robin Hobb, among others. How serious a charge would it be? Could it be considered enough of one to kill the thing right there, or would there have to be other infractions to send Agents in?

(Mostly I want to know if it's worth having Agents work in the Oulander-verse, but I'm also genuinely curious. -grins-)

--anamia

We're busier than usual, in fact--there's been quite the influx of newbies.

Welcome back! Have a welcome-back cookie.

Are you using the same screenname that you used before? Because if there was another person joining the DTE, I'd be thrilled, but I don't remember seeing missions from anyone else on there. Are you Nenya or Rosie?

We do, indeed, still exist. Look! Lots of shiny links and a brand-new wiki. Even I am still puttering around. I wrote my 13th mission not too long ago. Welcome back!

~Araeph

It still exists, and I'd know, because I joined it in that period of apparent non-existence.