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Calvin and Hobbes.

Or. Whichever spelling works. Anyway! Hi! Here is a towel for you! *hands over said towel, which is most fluffy* Hope you have fun here!

I think everyone just needs to sit back, examine the problems, and try to find some solutions before things blow over completely. It's perfectly natural for a community as large as the PPC to have differences in opinions, and it can't be helped that someone is going to take issue withwhat someone else does.

But talking it out is probably the best way to deal with a big problem like this, because most times it dies out (as Huinesoron said) and generally clears the air. If people have a problem with something, getting that out in the open is probably better than not saying what you feel and letting it simmer away. Letting small irritations build up into something larger is never a good thing, and the PPC has weathered worse storms.

I'm sure he'd tease me if I got seasick, so I've built up an immunity in preparation :3

If you thought that was good, you might want to check out Mysterious Fate. I hated Legomance OCs before I read this, and now I more or less...have come to respect some of them? I don't know, it was just a really good fic. XD

...Because I'm afraid I don't have any.

I just happened across it one day, read it because the summary seemed interesting, and enjoyed every minute of it. Hope you have fun reading it as well! :)

Ah, a fellow Troper! I like you already. ;D

Yeah, I haven't been around for a really, really long time, and I don't recognize your username either so I probably left before you came.

*pokes her Nanosaur plotbunnies somewhat wistfully*

I totally agree that change in the PPC canon is inevitable and should be encouraged, to an extent. It's only natural for that to happen, especially since not even PPC HQ itself can be considered constant.

But Makes-Things is pretty much a PPC regular and was (at least in my opinion) an integral part of HQ, and killing him off wasn't exactly the brightest of moves. There's a big difference between introducing a new department or upgrading technology and killing off a regular.

I agree partly. I did not like it one bit that a single PPCer just decided to kill Makes-Things, but on the other hand, Jay and Acacia aren't around anymore, and leaving everything of theirs untouched and stagnant is not a good idea, either; the story of the PPC as a whole is active, and shouldn't be locked down in parts.

That said, I think these sorts of decisions can be made, but should be made by group consensus.

I'll say "You two" sometimes, but only if the lack of context requires it. I might also say "the two of us", but I can't recall myself ever saying "us two", though it is possible. Usually I jut say "we".

One, there's no need to go over the same scene in its entirety twice. If you really want to include the other person's POV, you can still skip the dialogue.

Two, if you still want a beta, there are some punctuation issues I'd be happy to fix. I don't know anything about the continuum in question, but the commas need work, especially at the ends of lines of dialogue. My e-mail is exswyzie14 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com, with appropriate substitutions. A Word document works as long as it isn't .docx.

In all other regards, it looks to be a successful first mission. Good work.

~Neshomeh

Like a lot of people, I had no clue Makes-Things was dead until months after the fact. If he really does belong to everyone, then one individual really shouldn't have the right to kill him off like that - at least not permanently. Really, if anyone, Makes-Things belongs to Jay and Acacia first and foremost.

That fits with what Trojie said - she's only ever heard British ex-pats use it. Still, I'll be interested to hear if it's spread anywhere else.

Usually it's "you guys", "those guys", or "hey, guys!"; "us guys" does happen, too, but not so much. The first three forms can refer to groups of either gender or mixed genders; it would be uncommon to use the last of anything but a group of men. No one would ever say "we guys" unless they were referring to a group of men and trying to sound intelligent (and probably failing at it).

Come to think of it, I've been known to say "that lot" or "the whole lot of them," but not often, and probably as a result of exposure to British English.

~Neshomeh

Was discussed multiple times on the board, after all. :P Wasn't a 'hey, where'd this come from, eh?'

I was just concerned, sorry. You're right, it hasn't split us apart as far as I can see.

http://responsecentre32f.webs.com/anuneasybeginning.htm

So here it is. It took me an unfeasibly large amount of time to write this, but it's finally finished. This is my first time writing an actual mission, so if anybody could give me any pointers that would be lovely.

... we could keep talking about it until it dies down naturally. From what I see, it's mostly whittled down to the discussion of Makes-Things and a few minor side-threads. The comments about leaving were all earlier, and haven't been added to.

Let the thread continue. It's had some positive effects (including getting me to actually write a mission), and the PPC Board is very good at not imploding, but discussing what needs discussing.

hS

Could we please stop talking about this subject and just get on with doing something else?

Many good points have been raised in this thread, and we all seem to be in agreement that all our writing could use improvement. We can't all be Jays and Acacias, after all.

But look where this thread has gone. People are actually contemplating LEAVING the PPC! I doubt that was anyone in this thread's intent. The theme of this thread was "hey, did you know your writing could be tuned up?" and not "GET OUT YOU BITCHES YOU MAKE THE PPC SUCK AND I'M A BETTER WRITER THAN YOU!" but I'm getting the feeling that some among us are getting the latter impression. This is no one's fault but the stress.

We want to write comedy? Well, this thread isn't putting anyone in the mood to write comedy. I applaud the attitude of everyone in here, but the feel of this thread gives me and probably many others the chills.

Sop, with all due respect, your honor, may we please adjourn the court?