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I'm glad you approve. And yeah, he'll recover just fine, and he'll have a cool scar to show off. ^_~

~Neshomeh

Of course, I had a teensy sneak-peek, hahaha. I found the second part as a whole particularly interesting, especially the process of Derik going through the reality room. I really like how it rationalised his scars and such.

Anyway, I'm glad I have a character squirrelled away in FicPsych. I think, like I said when I had a look, that you did him perfect justice and took good care of him. No *permament* damage was done anyway ;).

BUT YEAH. It was a really interesting take on things, and it was nice to see kind of alternative war stories to the 'main' events of each crisis. Shows that even though the invasion and epidemic have been and gone, there's still room for more writing to be done about them.

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Great job!

I'm going to have to go over that bit to figure out what I did right. ^^; I like getting inside people's heads, but I'm guessing that's not what makes it work. I did know it was going to happen from the beginning, and what it was going to do to him. I couldn't leave him 'Sued. {= P

As for putting other agents in there, I agree it's probably not the best idea, but many of them would probably escape relatively unscathed. It's the ones from defined canons who would have to worry the most.

Sues, of course, are in danger of their very lives in that room because of bad description. *g* Incidentally, I knew that Derik was going to end up with a sledgehammer by the end of the story, but I didn't know about the Sue turning into one until I got there.

So glad you liked. ^^

~Neshomeh

Or Mary-Sues, as the case may be.

I can't wait to get my hands on the next CD. ^_^

~Neshomeh

I thought about having Legolas join Luke, but I decided Legolas was more likely to be cautious, especially since he had no way to really understand what Luke was about to do. I had said he was mostly in-character, after all. {= )

I'm glad you enjoyed it. ^_^

~Neshomeh

Saving worlds: just one more thing the PPC has in common with the dragonriders. {= ) I'm glad you like Derik. You'll definitely be seeing more of him (and Earwig).

I like exploring the things that happen in the PPC as things that would have real effects on real people. With people as strange as the ones inhabiting HQ, it can be entertaining as well as dramatic. At least, that's the idea.

~Neshomeh

the League and the EPC were collaborating the whole time. *shrug* Whichever, the upshot is the same.

~Neshomeh

there you go.

Link, please.

this

is a bit like Eragon. Looks good at first glance, but... if beauty is skin deep, then both books are one-layered in more than one meaning. I haven't read more than a few snippets, but this is the general view and I agree with them based on what I've read of it.

I've read Tolkien and Rowling and some of Shakespeare (though, like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, schools forcing me to read them and see "hidden meanings" where the author probably only thought "hey, this'll be cool!" have put me off of them for the rest of time, sadly).

Graphic wasn't very impressive; but then, I'm always wary of graphs that try to predict the future. I think the graph is true, though.

As for the discussion...
Well, I've never read J.R.R. Tolkien, unfortunately, and I haven't read Twilight or any Stephanie Meyer books (does she have others?) but I have read plenty of Shakespeare and Harry Potter. While I think Shakespeare is overrated, I have to agree that his stories are timeless and his insults the best. I love the Harry Potter series, and I do think it could become a timeless classic; perhaps not on the level of Shakespeare, but it will stick around for years to come. I think the whole Twilight craze is overrate, as well, but then i've only read two sentences of the book.

That is weird. I only sort of skimmed through the first chapter, but I can still tell that there's something really wrong. I can see Sirius doing that, though. :)

Why, think you can make it?

Where and when is it?

The Zombie Simulat[or?]?

so, yeah, it's probably an Americanism. Thanks.

Err... a load of people are trying to compare J. K. Rowling, J. R. R. Tolkien, Stephanie Meyer and William Shakespeare to each other. It's... an interesting read.

http://graphjam.com/2009/08/28/song-chart-memes-number-readers/#comments

The room probably would've just rationalised how they managed to survive it, working with what's known of the 'verse and events. So it might not be too messy, but it depends on the Agent and such.

...not to test that theory. Most Agents should avoid that room, I think - not just the ones born in badfics, but also those who've been through experiences that they otherwise wouldn't have survived. The results could get... messy.

The Daleks' Master Plan:
Magic Chen, Brett Vyon, Binf Crosby

Invasion of the Dinosaurs:
Sar Jane Smith, Sir Charles Groves

How does one upload pictures on the wiki? I tried looking it up, but all I got was an 'error' message.

for something other than BSG badfic to kill.

So. Has anyone here seen a Caspian X/Mary Sue fanfic in the Narnia fandom recently? I'd like to spork one.

Just wondering. Sorry if this request seems odd.

I have to second the love of the way the Reality Room was handled. You noticed, Neshomeh, I'm sure, that I had very little beta-y comments to make in that section? 's 'cause I couldn't find anything much to quibble over that managed to make itself heard over the general feeling of being masterfully pulled in to a really excellent and well thought out bit of narrative. In fact, anyone reading this who hasn't read the fic, consider this a plug - it's worth it for that bit if nothing else.

Sedri - I also considered what would happen if Iza was shoved in there. While the results would be interesting, I'm not sure they'd help Trojie and I to write her, so maybe we'll avoid it for now, but it was an interesting mental exercise nonetheless. Especially when I started considering the effects of the room on every other agent we write. And then Marsha.