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...FINALLY, after being snowed into Bostonarea due to Logan having near-white-out conditions Sunday. Sucked.

On the other hand, I played thirty some odd hours of Symphonia. This makes up for everything.

I'm not seeing it on the comm.
http://community.livejournal.com/the_ppc/
It's not there as far as I can see. The most recent post is by Tawaki, and is Things I Am Not Allowed to Do at the PPC part X.

Use the first entry that you posted, but set it to 'Everyone (public)' in the drop down menu near the bottom of the posting interface. That'll ensure that the PGs can read it.

Ok, I reposted it to the PPC LJ group. It should be readable now.

I've discovered (and accidentally created) a few mispellings in BSG. Upon checking the Wiki, I noted that there are no "official" BSG mini species.

Do mini-Centurions sound adequate enough?

I think the most appropriate would be nemeses, though. Could be wrong. And then there's the plural of apocalypse, which I'm betting very few people have ever needed.

My dictionary says 'smote' is the correct past tense, with 'smitten' as past perfect? (I smite, I smote, I will smite, I have smitten, I had smitten, I will have smitten... yeah, it works.)

Though to be smitten is an entirely different thing.

...that word's starting to sound ridiculous now. >.>

And congratulations on your thesis!

So I think it's go right ahead on this. *grins evilly* I'd like to take some of the stories, too. For the very same purpose--MSTs.

Have you written anything yet? This is so intriguing! *hands over graduated cylinder*

What the frak is wrong with Quizilla? I'm even more offended by the "Yue" stories, because that's one of my names.

Someone kill these.


(I swear to the Valar I did not write that frakking piece of sh*t, though)

Somewhat late of course, and we seem to be getting along fine on LJ. But I've never seen you on the Board!
*hands over Adama/Roslin plushies*

She thought vibroblades were *curvy lightsabers*??? Qui-Gonm Jinn's *daughter* Burny! DIE!

Please?

My dad introduced me to them, as well as Star Wars, and pretty much every movie I've watched and actually *liked*. As for the books, I'll probably make another attempt on the Silmarillion(sp?) some time soon, since I almost made it through that one before the shiny other book caught my eye.

plus anyone else who encounters Bad Slash where characters are frequently emasculated.

Weepy Uke Syndrome - as defined by zeffyface, with some assistance from saciel, nights_fang and delywnmarch

For those that don't want to go to fanficrants, here's the definition in full:

Weepy Uke Syndrome
Noun

An occurrence in slash fanfiction, in which a character suddenly undergoes a change in personality to become weak, overemotional, and submissive. This is typically seen in counterpoint to the other, purely dominant half of the desired pairing.

The syndrome can be frequently seen in couples who are equally strong-willed in canon. Theoretically the writer or such couples believes that all gay pairings must have a 100% uke and 100% seme, with no reversal, and thus changes one of them to fit their idea of 'uke'.

There are many other occurrences, all in varying degrees of severity.

Beginning symptoms include but are not limited to: excessive crying, blushing, stuttering, lack of willpower, loss of strength and common fighting sense, clinginess, fainting, and never dreaming of topping.

More severe cases involve: an innate knowledge of cooking and/or housework, a sudden change in body structure to a more feminine and slender build, a sudden innocence and obliviousness to all sexuality around them and any attraction to them, a decrease in size of their manhood, a tendency to cross dress in frilly maid/nurse/kink outfits, an inability to do any canon athletics including getting jars from high shelves, and excessive overreacting in high voices.

The afflicted WUS sufferer's symptoms have a tendency to mold him to his partner and make him utterly helpless without. See Damsel in Distress (DID).

Those infected with WUS are more susceptible to rape, wangst, and mpreg.

What do you think, DBS read: Pads and Trojie? Could this term be useful for you?

CCY: Season's greetings, Miss Cam! It's great to see you here.

Miss Cass: Hello. It's wonderful to meet the person who inspired me. I believe my colleague Miss Angel has already added her greetings further down.

Winter Event makes things so much easier... Have a good one, filled with much Hot Bleepolate / Chilled Bleepka by the fire / air conditioner, depending on your hemisphere.

And has no idea if the term is 'Smote', 'Smitten', 'Smited' or the like. It sorta reminds me of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, when they can't work out the plural word for Nemesis.

The most obnoxiously complicated model yet.

hS

After all, some buildings skip a 13th floor and skyscrapers have hidden floors for maintenance purposes.

You can't see it? Nuts, I thought I'd gotten around that by posting the URL directly. Ah well, I'll fiddle around with it and fix it.

As for your concerns, I suppose "front-line agents" was a bad choice of words. The idea I was trying to get across was that Scathach and Paladin have access to a wide array of of weapons and tools, especially since they'll almost certainly need them. The reason I made them prototypes is that no one has bothered to use them before, and I couldn't justify the agents just pulling new heavy weaponry out of thin air. Of course, most the of the tech I wanted to use is from one cannon or another anyway, so it's not exactly new.

At any rate, I'll try reposting the the journal entry to the PPC group or something.

Last time I travelled to Scotland, it took a day from the moment I had to get up to when I could finally crash at my grand parents' house. Did I miss something here?

If your writing sample wasn't friend-locked, so I could actually read it...

(I've both friended you and left a comment on your LJ, so it should be easy for you to find me)

Writing considerations aside, one thing concerns me - all field agents count as "front line" agents, so you're not likely to get any special treatment for that. Agent sanity (the more the better) and/or unique targets are much more likely to get prototype weapons, but as any software engineer can tell you, "prototype" really is just a market-speak synonym for "buggy and incomplete". (And any PPC-engineered cybernetics are likely to be very... unique. In a C3PO meets Inspector Gadget sort of way.)

As it stands, these agents could be very well written, and they could be very poorly written. I'd like to see your writing sample.

After several months of lurking, I introduce my agents, Paladin and Scathach

Agent Paladin
Age:25
Paladin is a returning agent. He was originally an intelligence operative for the DMS and quite good at his job. After a few months in service he was offered a posistion as an assassin, but he declined and left the PPC, citing that he "lacked the proper bloodlust."
He spent the next five years wandering the multiverse. Now he has come back, much changed by his experiences. While he doesn't generally talk about his travels, it seems he suffered quite a bit, for those who knew him before say he is much more cynical, grim, and edgy. However, he still has his sense of humor, and generally is in good spirits.

Agent Scathach:
Age: 21
Scathach was a top assassin in the DMS, specifically the Anime and Manga division. Unfortunately, a particularly powerful Sue got the drop on her and blasted her. The PPC was able to save her, but much of her body was replaced by cybernetic components. Because of this, she was not allowed to retire, but retained by the PPC as a prototype. She hasn't completely gotten over the incident, nor has she finished adjusting to her new abilities. In her personal life, Scathach is a hardcore dedicated Otaku, which is what drew her to the PPC in the first place.

Both of them have been recruited to DAVD, Paladin for his experience in the field, and Scathach for her capabilities. Together they form a special unit to deal with the worst of badfic. Because of their front-line status, they also tend to get access to cutting edge tech and weapons from DoSAT.

Writing sample: http://nova-paladin.livejournal.com/21207.html

The fic I intend to destroy: http://www.monstersandangels.com/matalk/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=189
(Warning, both fic and host site are very NSFW/B. You probably don't even want to think about going there. As to how I found it, lets just say it was a combination of Something Awful and my own morbid curiosity.)