Missions can contain as much swearing as you like. After all, you can rate them for language. Still often better not to do overdo it, mind.
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Ow my brain by
on 2009-04-08 09:44:00 UTC
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That probably wasn't the ideal thing to start reading in the morning. Writing like that makes my inner grammar-stickler collapse motionless.
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Re: Second (and biased) opinion. by
on 2009-04-08 08:39:00 UTC
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Well, say that to my agent who absolutely wants a TARDIS...
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Hmm. by
on 2009-04-08 08:12:00 UTC
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I wonder if capitalization is always grammar, though. Sometimes caps or no caps can differentiate between two different things rather than just indicating the function of one thing. For example, Earth is not the same thing as earth. I'd call that a matter of spelling, because the first character marks each word as distinct from the other. On the other hand, the word "on" at the beginning of this sentence carries the same meaning with a lowercase "o," so the capitalization serves the strictly grammatical purpose of marking the first word of the sentence.
It may be different in different languages, too. I know that all nouns are always capitalized in German, so in that case it's definitely linked to grammar.
It's an interesting question.
~Neshomeh
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Heh. by
on 2009-04-08 06:16:00 UTC
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Make sure she knows YOU didn't write it.
This kind of fic would probably make my English teacher succumb to the Bloodwrath. According to him, if you can't even use spell check or punctuation correctly, you don't deserve to be taken seriously as a writer. But I think the PPC has established that many, many times.
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Technically that's not spelling :P by
on 2009-04-08 05:02:00 UTC
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I think it falls under grammar. But yes, indeed, you're right. :P
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I think you spelled that wrong. by
on 2009-04-08 03:21:00 UTC
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There are no capital letters in "legolas by laura."
^_~
~Neshomeh
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Second (and biased) opinion. by
on 2009-04-08 03:17:00 UTC
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I suspect that RCs continue to be favored because a) they are traditional, b) they make for better story points, and c) they can't make the agent pair seem overpowered.
The main differences between TARDIS and RC are that the TARDIS is mobile in space and time and much, much bigger on the inside than it looks from the outside. The RC, on the other hand, is fixed in time (though it's HQ time, which is rather flexible) and space--you can't take it into the fic with you and bop around in it like you can with a TARDIS. RCs are also notoriously tiny, though some are better-designed than others. It just depends.
The thing is--and I'm revealing my bias here--a TARDIS pretty much eliminates the need for some of the usual PPC tech, like a portal device, and it also means that the agents don't run around through the story on their own legs, whatever shape those legs happen to be at the time. In doing so, it also eliminates many possibilities for an interesting (and funny) mission. If the agents can just sit comfortably in their TARDIS and watch what's going on around them, what fun is that?
That said, no one is going to stop you from putting your agents in a TARDIS if you want to when you have Permission... but it will make me sad if you do.
~Neshomeh, stodgy old traditionalist.
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How was he ever allowed near a keyboard? by
on 2009-04-08 03:09:00 UTC
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The sentence structure (or lack thereof) of this fic reminds me of Legolas by Laura.
Kill. It.
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Left a review. by
on 2009-04-08 02:59:00 UTC
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http://www.fanfiction.net/r/3952344/
I was very polite. He doesn't sound unintelligent; just reluctant to learn from critique. {= P Oh well.
Anyway, I don't think it's been PPC'd. Have fun with the run-on sentences and the lack of punctuation in general.
~Neshomeh
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Re: A superlative job. by
on 2009-04-08 02:33:00 UTC
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Also, just for historical irony purposes, yesterday marked the 15th anniversary of the start of the Rwanda Genocide. Rather appropriate, really.
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Re: Eeee~ Want! by
on 2009-04-08 01:58:00 UTC
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I sold one in the local sci-fi/fantasy con's art auction once. I have also made a rat creature (from the comic series "Bone") and a Balrog. Helen Wheels calls him "mini-Bobby" and I have no idea why.
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Badfic alert by
on 2009-04-08 01:30:00 UTC
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http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3952344/1/Enough
Has this fic been PPC'd yet? I know one of this guy's other fanfics got taken care of by Agents Redd and Jill Greenleaf, and yet another of his stories was MST'd by Lycaenion, but I want to do this one.
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Is this done, then? by
on 2009-04-08 00:55:00 UTC
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'Cause nobody's posted.
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While I'm waiting... by
on 2009-04-07 23:17:00 UTC
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...here are some more characters who play major roles in Chliever and Winston's stories:
The Floating Hyacinth: Chliever and Winston's Head of Department, so of course he shows up occasionally. At one point, he sends them on a punishment mission to the entire works of Starjeffry.
Agent Grendel de Bry: The self-proclaimed "Morally-ambiguous head of genetics and regeneration" for the Medical Department. He's responsible for all tanks in HQ, such as the regeneration tanks and the Floating Hyacinth's tank. He enjoys randomly breaking into bouts of evil laughter, wearing horrible-smelling latex gloves, and generally looking and acting a lot like Professor Hojo.
The Insane Canon: This (canonically) insane canon character is saved from a squickfic by Chliever and Winston, is sent to Medical for treatment, and subsequently escapes, ultimately moving in with Chliever and Winston despite their protests. Who this is is a pretty big spoiler for the early missions, so I won't tell you just yet, but I am well-versed in this person's native canon and thus should be able to write them fairly well.
Chliever's Dumbass Brothers-in-law: Algort the Contaminator, Pustol the Mortifier, and Burt the Stealer of One Sock from Each Pair respectively. These three get dumped by the Warp into the RC and immediately make with the mooching. They'll appear from mission three onward.
Chliever's Nerglings: Chliever has thirteen adorable Nerglings back home. Most of his paycheck gets sent to them. They may move into the RC later on, I'm not sure yet.
Agent Michel Javert: If Tomato will let me use him, I've got a big role planned for him later on.
EPC: Yep, I'm planning to do a Mirror Multiverse story. Features appearances by the mirror Dr. Fitzgerald and Bashir Hologram, the latter of who's identity is... disturbing, to say the least.
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Re: Not how I meant it, sorry. by
on 2009-04-07 22:58:00 UTC
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I don't think I misinterpreted anything, but as long as no offense was meant, it doesn't matter. :)
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Reporting another badfic... Harry Potter by
on 2009-04-07 22:19:00 UTC
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http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4895774/1/HowItShould_Be
A Ginny/Draco piece. Summary: It couldn’t be her of all people to do this to him! It didn’t make sense. It wasn’t right. She was a Weasley and he a Malfoy. It was unheard of to think of one and the other to be anything but enemies.
I think that says it all. It's very short, and I'm not entirely sure how to handle it, so I'll offer it up for grabs.
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Not how I meant it, sorry. by
on 2009-04-07 17:29:00 UTC
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Was just saying that limiting and keeping out completely are different things. I dunno if you misinterpreted or something, but I didn't mean what you seem to think I mean.
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Eeee~ Want! (nm) by
on 2009-04-07 17:04:00 UTC
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Eric Flint by
on 2009-04-07 16:40:00 UTC
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The 1632 series was initially conceived to be just written by him, but what ended up happening was that he invited other authors to cowrite the main novels with him and there's also a pay-for e-zine of fanfic for the series.
He edits said fanfic himself. And it's made canon.
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Re: stuffed by
on 2009-04-07 16:38:00 UTC
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I make bookshelf beasties in my spare time... Cthulhu is one of them. He has little tentacles made of yarn, is four inches tall, has a wingspan of seven inches. Stuffed, literally. Ish sho kyoot!
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GOOD. (nm) by
on 2009-04-07 16:35:00 UTC
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