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Moshers = those that mosh. Led to the time-honoured abusive chant "Mosh, mosh, get a wash!" These days, they're your vaguely "alternative" kids. In my day, there weren't so many of us, and not many sub-denominations were needed. Way back when, the outfit was huge trousers and a band hoodie or t-shirt, and an oversized keychain. Makeup on men, silly piercings, and dodgy illicit substance habits optional. Stupid dyed hairstyles were pretty much mandatory. Precursors to the emo kids, if you like, except we didn't generally slit our wrists.

Teggers = local word for townies. These days usually known as chavs, although a couple of years back they were all called scallies.

Bleeprin isn't mandatory. A lot of agents appreciate its effects, but many get by fine without it. Example from the DBS: Agent Paddlebrains ODed on it during training, and on one occasion Agent Trojie threw a lot of Bleepsinthe down Agent Paddlebrains's throat in lieu of retcon, but aside from that, neither of them really use the stuff.

Also, as mentioned, there really aren't any credits to be had.

And she tends to try and encourage her younger partner to not take it either. It's just a matter of choice, I think. If she has a different method of dealing with fanfic trauma, she doesn't need bleeprin. Some Agents just like it.

I like Prisoner of Azkaban, only because it's the only stylish Potter film they've made so far (Alfonso Cuaron has a lot to do with that). They did miss a fair bit of stuff out, but the question remains - do you stick religiously to the text, and end up with an overlong, crammed film without any atmosphere until the final moments, a la Goblet of Fire (essentially, a Greatest Hits package), or do you compile the most captivating film you can by liberally cutting and altering a few elements? Yes, the Marauders should have remained, but other than that, I think Azkaban is better for its changes.

Yes, according to EGS canon, the TF gun adds hetero attraction to the switched person's usual orientation, therefore a straight guy would become a bi girl, etc. Official explanation is because it was designed for use by genderless aliens who wanted to settle among and interbreed with species which did have genders. Drake is pansexual (i.e. potentially likes everyone, including men, women, and tentacle monsters - hey, he's from an anime continuum) and didn't even understand the concept of orientation as such until Naomi explained it after a TS Bad Slash mission, so nothing's changed for him/her.

In the genderbending mission which started everything, nothing changed because they weren't using El Goonish Shive technology to genderbend until Skyfire got zapped at the end bit. The Sue tech works some other way.

She specifically claims that she went and grabbed a TF gun. Which means there's no reason their orientations should change or not in the same way as in HQ, so.

hS

The genderbend, the reversed sexual orientations, or both?

To be honest, I was assuming it would work the same way it did in the mission--the agents all seemed to have retained their orientations there.

~Neshomeh

... on whether anyone actually posts anything except in posts on the Board. :P But I will if any stories appear, yes.

hS

The original Munchkin, and the first two expansion packs: Unnatural Axe and Clerical Errors. Also, Super Munchkin.

Lou claimed to have done it herself in their case. Which implies coincidence on a massive scale... although with her around, that doesn't mean much.

hS

...the effect doesn't appear to be limited to agents actually in HQ, though that one case could be a blip in the data.

Two cases. Narto and Louise were also bent, and are also outside HQ. Lou wasn't even with the PPC in this timeline, so that makes no sense.

In addition, it seems to have affected children (or at least I think Molly was...), in and possibly out of HQ (although no one ever checked Tanfin to be sure). It may or may not have affected animal companions, ie fire lizards.

Is sexual orientation affected? [...] No, but best to be sure.

I would say, in fact, yes. It's been reversed, at least in some cases. Lou and Narto, specifically, seem to be attracted to one another as things stand. Whether the effect is a reversal, or merely an overlaying of attraction to the opposite gender to your current form (as I think the TF gun does), I don't know. I can't remember what Drake's sexuality's like normally, and I think she's the only one who's done anything else romanticish.

The question of whether it affects Flowers is, as you say, currently unanswered, but would be very interesting to see, since it would resolve the Gender And Flowers debate once and for all. It would also be interesting to find out what, if any, effect it has on the following:

-Asexual lifeforms with a neutral persona
-Asexual lifeforms with either male or female personalities
-Robots (eg, CAL-9000)
-Anyone with multiple personalities (would the multiples be changed too?)

I'm not sure whether any other than robots actually exist in HQ, though.

hS

I'd propose a different theory as to the exact location of the rift, but that might break the fourth wall, and gods only know what havoc that would wreak.

*g*

~Neshomeh

My guess is that it's old slang that's fallen out of use.

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Let us discuss. {= )

~Neshomeh

... I've never actually seen that movie.

Anyway! It seems we have an epidemic on our hands, people. What do we think? What do we know? What can we prove?

We know that Agents of the PPC have been genderbent and that the effect doesn't appear to be limited to agents actually in HQ, though that one case could be a blip in the data. We don't know if all of HQ has been affected. Have agents on missions suddenly found themselves with a different set of parts? What about Flowers with a known gender? What about minis? Further investigations must be done in these areas.

We think this epidemic is linked to contaminated technology brought back from a mission by Agents Laburnum and Foxglove, with support from Agents Stormsong, Skyfire, and Drake, as well as Makes-Things and Dr. Fitzgerald. We also think Drake is probably to blame for spreading this contamination to the rest of the affected population. We can't prove this yet, as we don't know exactly what triggered the genderbend. We also don't know how to reverse the effect.

Further, we have yet to determine the extent of the effect. Is it just biology that gets switched? Is there an associated change in personality/behavior? In attire? Is sexual orientation affected? So far it seems the answers to these questions are Mainly Yes, Only insofar as hormones regulate personality/behavior, Yes, and No, but best to be sure.

Discuss.

~Neshomeh, who is taking an epidemiology class this term.

Zotz is much bigger than me. I would need siege weaponry and trolls to force him to do anything. He *did* keep asking me "Do you think I should post it yet? What about now? Now?".
But I helped him with the HTML code!

Or will it be on the Wiki? Or what?

You'll have to give me your account name so I can add you to my buddy list, or you won't see me. {; p

~Neshomeh

Bloody hell, Pads, try to speak English that others can understand. Or at least explain your regional slang.

I must really have missed something. That is not a term I am familiar with. Same with tegger. Is that British slang, or am I just completely out of it?

The Avon Valley Rift

Following her regeneration during the Macrovirus Epidemic and subsequent Invasion, Agent Morgan of the DMS found time to return to south-west England. A while later, she wrote up an essay about the subject (well, today, in fact), which is linked above.

Due to the nature of the subject matter, some knowledge of Doctor Who (in particular the revived series) may be helpful, but it's hardly essential. And to be honest, if you don't know that a TARDIS is a time machine by now...

hS

Been reading Origin of Species and Darwin always says Mr or Dr or whatever. Never puts a full stop after.

It was that or be killed.

And it's why we have adaptation theory in Film Studies. Yes, they should have. But there's all kinds of arguments as to why they didn't need to, starting with that people had no idea how important his past coinciding with the Marauders would be when they started the film (although, really, people should just assume things are important and leave them in. We'll get the last laugh, as they try and redo their mistakes to make the bits they left out still be able to feature in the last film), and ending with "he drew a large amount of fangirls money in".

I do agree, it's just not how things work.