The PPC Posting Board - Latest posts

I agree, she's awesome. Bit later with my welcome, sorry. But welcome to PPC. We're all very crazy, but generally quite nice. Have some cyber chocolate.

Helen

This means they can't get at my brain, rigbt?

RIGHT?

... but frankly, we're ruled by governments that are so terrified of EACH OTHER that chaces are, they'll be throwing nuclear missles at you the moment they get jumpy. Sorry. But the rest of us are usually pretty good!"

(Usually I'm more optimistic, too, but last night I watched "The Day The Earth Stood Still" and wound up being rather cynical.)

... where they don't speak English?

Popular sci-fi ideas for what to 'say' to aliens if we meet them include exchange of mathematical and chemistry/physics concepts, because those are seen as being more universal than language.

However the fact that we'll have to come up with some kind of pidgin way of translating this tends to put a dampener on it.

I'd suggest pictures, but then who knows what kind of vision system they'll have, if any. They might not see with the same light spectrum as us, for a start.

What if they see in UV? Or infra-red? Or microwaves, for heaven's sake?

Hell, IF there are aliens and IF they contact us, I'l be mightily surprised if they even breathe oxygen. And if they can break our atmosphere in their oogly boogly spaceships, I'll eat my steel-capped boots :D

That said, where's my tinfoil hat? :P

Good for cleaning up after killing Mary Sues. *not-so-subtlely shoves a DMS flag into your hands*

Welcome! :)

Welcome to the PPC Board! Please deposit your sanity in the provided receptacle. *provides bucket labeled "Big Nasty Thing Fodder"* You probably won't need it here. I've never met you, but I'm going to hug you anyway, and also have the Philosopher's Scone. It is scone-y.
-Mad Maudlin

Oh f*ck yes. And I'm gon' enjoy this.

What about Anti-Lustin Shurikens? I have some.

Welcome! Have a winged kitten, and watch out for giant glass jars.

And please tell me how you make that music note appear.

Welcome! Here's a special helm from the Raven Armory! Yes, there are more fandoms than Tolkien. I'm in three, and none of them are LotR. It's nice to meet you.

We are protectors of all plot continuums, so don't worry about not being very well-versed in Tolkien.

As for my gift to you...it's an egg whisk! It's shiny, gold-plated, and whisks not only eggs but author wraiths and spambots, too! Use it for good and not much evil.

Welcome to the insanity! Enjoy the ride. ;-)

Really? I've missed my old one since the euthanasia.

Oh, sweet cherry pie, yes. But wouldn't a dagger work a little better than a sword, given that the purpose doesn't seem to be wounding the target but bringing them from out of a daze? A dagger would be considerably more precise. Plus if it were a nice throwing knife, you could just flick your wrist, yank it out, and stride away.

R.A. Salvatore and the woman who wrote the Enchanted Forest Chronicles. (I've forgotten her name, but those are a must-read. Seriously.)

Just like a venom blade, only it dampens felings of lust in the people you cut with it, instead of poisoning them. As for Anti-Lustin, It is a substance that stops people from going head over heels in lust whenever they meet a hot canon character (it doesn't work on Sues, however). The sword produces its own.

And throat, among other things. Really, perfect opportunity to kill her and melt the chains, since she didn't have the foresight to make them short.

PTerry is worshipped by many PPCers.
Any other fantasy writers you particularly like?