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Welcome to the PPC! Here's a Glitter-proof shield from the Raven Armory (it can't be Suefied and it can act as a back-up wall to block out the sight of Bad Things). Also, here is a bottle of bleeprin. I can't help much with the links you need, but I think others have it sorted out somewhat, anyway.

Restraunt at the end of the Universe. Bebblebrox is about to crash landed in THE GUIDE's Hedquarters building, on the baren planet with the machine that shows just how small you are in comparison to the universe (which is based entirely on fairy cake). While en-route, the aid to the CEO of THE GUIDE, cleans his towel with brandy found in the CEO's desk, after loaning it to Bebblebrox. The refrence to the civilized bacteria was actually on Bebblebrox's towel, and the entire civilization of said bacteria is killed when a drop of brandy spills from the bottle onto Bebblebrox's towel (at this point, he was drunk, as usual)

This is all done from memory, of which mine is not always correct. My copy is actually being borrowed by a friend, and so I cannot check every detail as I would like to. If there are any incongruence’s, please tell me. I really hate it when I get stuff wrong.

What's your favorite venomous arthropod? I'm sure I have one in the gift sack here for you...

well, the prime limitation would be waiting at least one month for permission from one of the permission givers. Which gives you loads of time to look up all the missions you can for a little more learning on the whole PPC concept. Believe me you can have loads of fun reading up. For all the information you could possibly want check out the wiki where there's a whole section on newbie stuff.

http://ppc.wikia.com/wiki/PPC_Wiki

If you want somewhere to start reading up about missions I strongly recommend the Original Series. Just finished reading it myself. Find it here.

http://www.misssandman.com/PPC/story.html

Yeah, Douglas Adams has proven the value of the great towels, but we Earthlings just seem to underappreciate our own. Don't worry, I'm from a big family, so I've got plenty of towels with me at home to choose from, so really I'm able to give YOU a sapre one!

Welcome! Here is a pocket-watch with the power to make you incredibly distracted.

What were we talking about again?

... or two. You'll see what I mean.

1) The first one I wish to suggest is the "Department of Unintentional Comedy". I think it would just be like the Department of Redundancy Department; it doesn't require field agents, the assassins and exorcists just phone in when they find a charge. The charges would be any cases of what TVTropes refers to as "Narm"; poorly-phrased lines or misspellings or whatever which ruin the dramatic mood and cause inappropriate laughter. Inspired by my finding what was supposed to be a dramatic rapefic in which the drama was utterly ruined by the RANDOM EMPHASIS! and UNNECESSARY EXCLAMATION POINTS! which left me unable to stop laughing at it.

2) The one which would require field agents is the "Department of Babelfish". Far be it from me to make fun of non-native-English speakers who attempt to write in a language other than their own - if I was to try writing in French/Russian/Japanese/etc, I would sound far worse, though I'd have the sense to get a competent native-speaker beta reader. But some fics are badfics regardless of what language they're in, and specially-trained agents might be required to make something resembling sense of badly-translated badfics. For an example, I point you at an author whose fic would still be a Mary Sue even if it was in coherent English: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1563512/RattytheScourge
Could be tricky to decide on which fics fall under this heading, though. We'd have to sort of play it by ear.

What are your fandoms?

Im fairly new (very much so) as well. Welcome to the PPC. Enjoy your stay! Since you are wanting to be an Assassin, here is somehting useful. An Imperial Sardukar knife. I have no freeman blades handy, sorry, but this should be sufficient should you ever be hunting a Dune Mary Sue. Happy Hunting!

I even shampooed it to bring the sparkle out!

It is trained as a guard Tribble, so be careful, it bites!

Great mission. Loved the chemistry between your agents. Can't wait to read more.

Yeah, I knew the towel reference was from THGttG. :D It was the brandy on the towel that I didn't get. :p

Nyah dead god..... I glanced at some of it and I think I have just burned a hole in my retinas.

As a fairly newbie I welcome you to the board, have a stuffed Emu. You never know when it may come in handy.

The guidelines are very loose.

Some people write agents that are essentially themselves and people they know, others make up wholly new characters (original or fanfic), some use characters of theirs from works they're writing or are thinking up, and rarer is those who use doppelgangers of canons (near copies, you could say, but not quite.) The important thing is that your agent isn't a Sue or Stu and to make sure they don't become one themselves. Or are so crazily out there that they don't fit into the PPC or make sense enough as an Agent character for a spin off because they're so out there, if that makes sense.

Beyond that, not much I can think of.

Actually, I found you through TvTropes. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum

After reading all that, I couldn't help but be interested. As an aspiring writer, cautious optimist about fanfic--I used to be violently opposed on the grounds that the only fanfics I'd ever read or tried to read are apparently Legendarily bad, but the Book of Dreams, a published collection of Sandman fanfic stories, changed my mind by being very good--and lover of metafiction, it sounded right up my alley.

Besides, I get to help out other aspiring writers and kill Mary Sues. Or, even better, redeem them into legitimate characters.

I've been reading over the Wiki, mostly just following various links, and the only burning question I have left is what guidelines exist for the Agent characters newbies write once they've been around long enough to obtain Permission.

Hi, Kallisti!

I'm guessing you found us through the Wikia advertisement thing? Or elsewise? Please tell, we're curious. Welcome. ^^

Okay, number the one:

While the Constitution does say it can be signed, in reality it hasn't had any new signatures added to it for a few years now. Since P@L's site, the Oddlots one has gone down, and we've rehosted the Constitution elsewhere, we can in theory add to it once more, but I'm not the one in charge of it so one could possibly presume that either we're not editing it out of respect for the original signers who have pretty much nearly all disappeared, or that we're too lazy to get around to having it so that people can sign again.

Number the two:

That is a very excellent question!

We have an entire article on our wiki about permission to write PPC missions there, as well as a <a href="http://ppc.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ:ForNewbies">guide to the PPC in general, as well as a <a href="http://ppc.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ:ForNewbies">guide for newbies who are about to write their own spin off.

The best way to go about becoming an assassin is to read as many spin offs as you can before you dive into writing. The most important things for anyone who's about to start their own missions or before they even get into the idea of writing a spin off is that we're about good writing and humor, first and foremost. You can say that this is educational (because it is!) since we're learning how to be good writers ourselves and what makes bad fanfiction bad (protip: What makes badfic bad is the same stuff that makes bad original fiction bad). It's not about just badfic and being disparaging about badfic and Mary Sues.

Once you've been around for roughly a month (I personally encourage you to spend longer than a month to hang around and get to know everyone and read as much as you can; when I joined, I waited three months before I asked for permission) you just show a writing sample, your current vague idea for agents, and ask. People will comment on it, and at some point a Permission Giver will tell you you're good and ready to go if you are indeed good and ready to go. If you're not, you can always take some time to figure out where you went wrong and try again [if you don't annoy anyone too much. ;)].

Number the third:

As the person who founded/created the wiki in the first place, my personal opinion woudl be to read EVERYTHING ON THE WIKI SECOND to as much as you can from the <a href="http://ppc.wikia.com/wiki/TheCompleteListofPPCFiction"> and the List of Everything PPC.

That said, everything under the "PPC Intro Pages" Sidebar section would be a good place to start as well.

Again, you're very welcome, we'd like you to stay if you enjoy yourself (and we want you to enjoy yourself!) and if you can play along with our rules and the general quirky traditions that endure as a whole for the PPC community.

And if you ever have the time or inclination, you're welcome to join some of us on the PPC Chatroom as well. I promise we'll try and make sure Maslab doesn't cannibalise you.

Ooooh, most shiny indeed! Much thanks. I shall take good care of her.

A sentient one. Fair winds!

Fair winds!

A (very) new member here, giving my greetings to the board regulars, and having a few questions.

1. The Constitution said one may request to be added as a signatory. I am so requesting.

2. How does one go about becoming an Assassin? Simply accept the mission to eliminate an especially egregious Mary Sue or Marty Stu?

3. Which articles on the Wiki do you recommend I read first to get caught up on the Backstory?

Should have just linked the wiki in the first place. XD

Thanks.

We newbies have to spend at least a month on this board before we ask for Permission to write official PPC missions; that way, the oldbies can tell if our grammar and other writing faculties are "up to snuff," as it were. After all, we would be hypocritical in our denunciations of badfic, if our own writing were subpar.

More info here: http://ppc.wikia.com/wiki/Permission

*grins*