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Ruggan Bor, or perhaps Romsca. Maybe I just like names beginning in R.

And not realise it.

For instance, make the powers limited /strictly/ and /entirely/ to their element. So if you've decided (say) liquid water is an element, great -- but heaven help the person if it's salt water, or heavy water, or frozen water. Similarly, you can tweak that energy control one. Specify types of energy, for instance -- ground it in physics, not vague concepts of energy. So, say, one has control over light energy -- which, on Star Wars lasers (which I understand are actually not laser-based, especially not the big ones, they're gaseous) it would have the effect of making the light deflect while the gas or whatever carries merrily on its way. Then, sure she can control light in every way -- but all that means is she can a) turn things invisible, b) blind people, c) make illusions, or d) make and manipulate lasers (real ones). The degree to which she can do this depends on her degree of skill.

Which is the other way to do it. Give them great powers, but no finesse. So she can divert that superlaser, but can't control /where/ she redirects it, because her thoughts are simply "divert" rather than "divert by 75 degrees towards galactic north" or wherever.

So. Very specific and rather picky limits, or great power and no skill. Those're my suggestions.

hS

Now, to prove you're /really/ insane, all you need is another post saying "but I'm so interested in this that I'm going to do it anyway for no reason other than general interest." :P

hS

If not, you had better wish for one. As payment, Yuuko will take your shampoo.

You could always try to find out if the author is still actively rewriting the damn thing. Either by PM or by making suggestions about things that could be rewritten.

Other than that, I guess it is just as much fair game as anything else. I've seen a few fics I've PPCed rewritten (mostly after I tackled them) and those rewrites still left plenty to charge the Sue with.

I've got a pretty good grasp on the Abhorsen canon, so sure, I'll give it a read for you. My e-mail is spud@hotmail.co.uk - I'll definitely have time either today or tomorrow.

Anyway, the amount of objects (in reserve) that will fall on my head when I finally do join is probably going to increase, as I'm still having a problem figuring out what to wish for. No, it isn't going to be dimensional travel. I'd just bring a towel and attempt to hitchhike with someone, in any case.

Would probably have gotten a high grade too, especially for the originality...

I knew you'd be over here in a second. I almost volunteered you myself (before I realised that might be a bad idea for a couple of reasons).

it seems I got mixed up.

I've only been present for one round of Permission Giver elections, but as far as I know, the procedure is as follows:

-One of the current PGs announces that elections are taking place in a post on the Board.
-People post replies voting for whom they think would make the best PG/PGs.
-When enthusiasm dies down or the thread gets shunted off the Board, the votes are counted and the people with the most votes are then named official PGs.

But like I said, I just assumed.

First off, make the bad guys powerful and smart enough to make such incredible powers necessary to defeat them.

Secondly, make the good guys lose at least once. Show that the bad guys are sneaky enough to work around their powers and beat them.

Third, have situations that incredible powers can't solve. Being able to deflect superlasers is quite the power, sure, but it won't cure a broken heart or end a drought.

Most important, to my way of thinking, is that the universe needs to be balanced. These eighteen heroes have been given massive powers for a reason - there has to be something that requires at least that much power to overcome.

Here's a few ideas...

For one, you can have them doing things with their element that would have lesser elementals or wizards or mages or whatever in fits, and doing them easily, without thinking. Sorry, that's a little confusing; what I'm getting at is that there's two ways of demonstrating the absolute control: through raw power, and through finesse. Finesse might be an easier way to do it. It helps if you have one of these lesser ones around to compare, or someone who's familiar with the lesser ones.

Another possibility is to show them keeping up (even if barely) with one of the gods, or a creature that is, in its home world, super-powerful. I'm thinking Chernabog (sp?) from KH for some reason, dunno why.

Hmm... yeah, I'm better at giving people awesome powers and making them half-useless. =P Hope I've helped at least a little.

It occurs to me that I never did finish going through the chapters I have. If you still want me to, I can finish probably tomorrow... Sorry about that! It completely slipped my mind.

I have a mission pretty much done; only thing is, my usual beta is very very busy and can't be reached.

So... anyone who's familiar with the Abhorsen-verse and feels like taking a read-through? It's fairly short. Leave your email and I'll send you the document, but do let me know if the .doc format is bad for you.

That was atrocious.
The story, that is, not the sporking. The sporking made me lol, which is not necessarily a good thing as the rest of the house is currently asleep. >.
Good job, and keep it up! I'm off to read your other new mission now. :)

First up, sorry about that. I should've asked about it first. I just… find it a little odd, with that number.

I had a couple of questions. Um. What would be the most appropriate way to deal with the longer series of video games? Legend of Zelda can probably get away with one article, but I'm a little less certain about the Final Fantasy series (for one thing, aside from the numbered, there's the Compilation, the various Tactics games, and I don't know much about XI aside from it being a MMORPG). And then there's the Tyler-who's-not-in-MTFFAT-or-Reynolds. I was thinking, would his (current) species designation be all right?

Breaking the fourth wall. This being done by a story of the character:s predesesors (if they have any) abusing the powers and basically showing the full extent of them.

But this is an over used way of doing it. But it does get the point across.

Or you could go Shakesphere and do a monologue, that would be interesting!

Leto, giving bad advice!

There are elections? And how does one vote? Do they happen on here?

I'm amazed you even got through three chapters of it. It was funny, but in a very scary way!

*points to the Final Fantasy mini listing* I'm not sure how that works, though. Looks like it might be 'summons' and 'everything else', though.

You already know my email, and I'm both LOTR-verse knowledgeable and a full-blown Grammar Nazi. Chuck it over and I'll have a look.

Reminiscent of "Subjugation," that one. Except "Subjugation" at least used magic instead of the unnecessary surgery, which Lucius has no reason to know how to do.

... Dear Eru, I just made a favorable comparison of "Subjugation." O.o;

~Neshomeh, who is up too late.

Oh, do, do, do! I'd love to have peoples to talk to/hang with/sometimes introduce to my friends here who won't be scared by them or me.

I mean... *Innocent*

Yay. YAY. *Dances and wanders around* By the way, on the off chance you see this and don't have my email, it's leetrynace at gmail.

YAY, New England! ...It's been far too warm the last couple of days, though. *End rambly; excuse Lee, she's tired and pissy at roomie*

I'm pretty sure HFA (I'm assuming that's what you meant?) refers to a Headmistress--or at least, the sequel does for sure.

Canons teaching classes is good, though.

#4: Thou shalt declare a species of mini if thy continuum has them not.

~Neshomeh

Sorry y'all.