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In one of Manx and Shadow's missions, there's a line that 'canons cannot die before their author deems so'. I'm not sure how widespread this is, but if you're in there before the death occurs, it's probably an idea to intervene. Otherwise, I'd guess either they'd be in a plothole or things should snap back to the way they should be.

…maybe it's an improper lightsaber?

Did some PGs go missing since the last elections?

By the way:

Hi, anity. Can't say I really remember you as I just realized I mixed your name up with someone else's that starts with an.

However, it still needs to be sporked. hard.

*steals your Gtalk address to add to her contacts*

I'm willing to be interviewed. I can't say I remember you, but I have heard of you. Welcome back to the Board.

(We do seem to have a pile of incoming newbies and returning oldbies lately...)

I do remember seeing you around for quite a while, which means you can't have been gone that long, as I only joined sevenish months ago. (Already? O.o)

Anyways. I'd suggest hanging around for just a little while and letting everyone get used to having you back before you ask. I don't think a whole month should be necessary, though, unless the PGs really insist. (Speaking of which, I wonder when the next elections are. :P)

Sorry, I ramble. Welcome back!

I commute four hours a day too (two hours one way), but spend the entirity of those hours on a train without transfers. In the first week I nearly got my daily word count in the morning. Everything I wrote going back was bonus.

Might have finished if I'd actually had any writing time on the weekends.

Read Pottersues, that is. Yeah.

I'll try and read the fic when I get home; The Pit is blocked at school.

Of course people remember you. :P

Concerning jargon, I'm at work right now, but I'll try and reply to the survey thingy later. For now, welcome back, even if only for a brief visit.

hS

Recall that HSA was run by Dumbledore, to the best of my recollection. The creator-as-Head concept is not fixed in stone.

And #4 should point out that there are already minis for many OFU-less continuua.

However, as an alternate #5, Thou shalt have the canon characters teaching the classes would be a good one (well, yes, you'd /think/ it'd be obvious...)

hS

And that is doing interviews!

So, since I really have no idea what direction this paper is going to go in, just some general stuff for now:

For the oldbies: What are your memories of PPC vocabulary? Do you remember specific vocabulary creation events? Do you have something else awesome to say?

For the newbies: Do you find PPC conversations confusing? How do you cope with new terminology?

For everybody: How does the PPC compare to other internet communities you're a part of? Do you think you'd be friends with fellow PPC'ers in real life? Do you know people like your fellow PPC'ers in real life?

It would be super awesome if you all responded to as many or as few of these as you felt like. a/s/l-type information, fandom history, PPC history, etc are also other options that would make my data collection even better. But all are totally optional.

Also if anyone wants to do this via e-mail, AIM, Skype, or gchat, that's totally fine with me. undeadgoat at gmail, deadgoatgirl, undeadgoat, undeadgoat at gmail, respectively.

P.S. This paper is due Thursday . . . Why didn't I have this idea a week ago? This is so cool!

But late applicants will be punished with pain. Fufufu...

I've officially changed my capitalization since last time I was here. Also I'm now more into knitting than fandom. (Although my first knitting internet friend was an old PPC friend . . .)

But that's not the point of this post! While I'm probably not coming back in any real sense of the word, I do have a 7-to-10-page paper of original research for a linguistics class that's due insanely soon. And I thought I might do something about the jargons of internet communities. And then I remembered how rich a jargon the PPC has. So I'm thinking development of the PPC's vocabulary? I know, I know, the posts disappear off the bottom of the page, so it's hard to go back.

I did find you guys's wiki, and have been poking around there, but what I think I want to do is use the PPC as a specific case of the interaction of canon, general internet, general fandom, and community-specific vocabularies. So if anyone with a lot of time and/or links on their hands wants to point me to (say) that archive of the board somebody tried to do once, general fandom resources, or whatever, that would be super awesome. You guys rock my socks!

P.S. This is totally going to be one of those essays that is not, shall I say, 100% quality controlled. So whatever you got, I want!

I'm just giving the precis versions. I decided to just use Wookieepedia to remind myself of stuff.

Five new pages up for ya, though.

But then I got distracted by studying, coursework, fanfiction and sleep. Three out of four and I would have been able to manage NaNoWriMo on top of everything else but staying awake forever just didn't work out. Besides, I lost interest in my idea and started writing about gay, blond pirates instead. It was much more fun.

Some of the oldbies probably remember you, but it might be best to hang around a bit more, so people get to know you again, before you ask. I went through something similar, and that seemed to be how it worked (then again, literally nobody remembered me, and a few seem to remember you :P). Anyway, it's good to have a previous member back, I hope you enjoy it here without all the real life hassle.

I think I remember you, too.

Because one of the main themes of TRC is not bringing back the dead. One guy tried and apparently nearly ripped Time and Space itself apart. We're mainly avoiding the issue but I think in other worlds, if there's a canonical afterlife and such, the Headmaster's intervention should be enough to bring them back.

Anything you can do is appreciated :)

much. Especially when it comes to other peoples' agents and creations. Will do my best.