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Oh, those sneaky gerunds! Google suggests that portal is a perfectly legitimate verb these days, however, what with its in connection with internet portals. Have to disagree with you on which looks better, but then, I tend to be a bit of a fascist when it comes to British English spellings, and as mentioned recently, we double letters a lot.

Good to know I'm probably not erroneously using "to whit".

I suspect one of these days Trojie will force me to read Pern. But my reading will be tainted with memories of the badfic, in much the same way as I can now never watch the Land Before Time. And I suspect I'll be expecting Pratchettesque satire where none is to be found, what with the dragonriders in The Colour of Magic. Alas.

Aww, don't hate Pern because of bad writing. Even the author isn't the greatest ever, but it's just such a cool world, with really cool characters in it.

... Eww.

I believe I checked "to wit" vs. "to whit" on Merriam-Webster, and I went with the American spelling because I am American.

As for "portaled" vs. "portalled," neither one is actually a word as far as I know, so all I can say is that I think the former looks better. I don't remember learning a rule for this sort of thing, but if I ever find a definitive answer, I'll let you know (and revise my work if I have to).

~Neshomeh

I Haven't been here in quite a while, but I came back for advise: If you kill a Sue, how much of the created fanon elements of the story must you destroy on the way out?

An example is this series of stories from the Disney's Gargoyles fandom

http://fanfic.gargoyles-fans.org/author.php?author=Amy%2BK.%2BCyrway%2B%2528Artemis%2BPrime%2529&sortorder=DESC

The stories open with the introduction of a horrendus Mary sue, but along the way, many other original characters make appearences, most of which I truly enjoy. These include an old fling of Petros Xanatos (defacto matriarch of a clan of young adults, one elder and an aged watchbeast), friends of Clan Winslow, and an enigmatic figure that has ties to the gargoyle Brooklyn.

In short, would it be possible to just off the Sue and leave everyone else to thir fanon devices?

I do like how literally the canon interprets everything. Although I'm now put off ever reading Pern. Even without knowing anything about it, the mission still pretty much made sense, so good job!

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These I have seen. Generally in my dad's hankies. They are not something anyone with any sense would be investigating.

Also, I see you also have "portaled" with one L. This is the standard American spelling then?

Spotted one thing that's confusing me. You've written "to wit"; so far as I know it's "to whit". Certainly Pratchett uses the latter. Google isn't helping me find much clarification on which is correct - all I found is Merriam-Webster giving "to wit" but they're an American dictionary. Anyone got any ideas on this one? *is totally a geek when it comes to the English language*

Mine and Trojie's DBS missions are all archived at her livejournal: agenttrojie.livejournal.com. There's a PPC tag. Presumably Laburnum keeps hers at her livejournal too: chelonianmobile.livejournal.com. Though she doesn't appear to have tags on hers, so have fun rooting through.

Yeah, I know... it sucks to be him right now. You will be seeing more of him, though, if I can get my act together. {= )

~Neshomeh

I've always had a soft spot for the Dragonriders. Poor E'rik, though.

Cheers! It's just as good in the second read.

Should get it back to you by tomorrow, barring emergencies.

No offense to the Sue killers on the board, but I've always wanted to read a Bad Slash or DIC or DOGA mission just to see how it was different from the "kill the Sue" type ones. This is the first DIC mission I've actually been able to see, I'll definitely give it a look.

Technically, though, I didn't misspell my name, at least I just used a different screen name by mistake ("kmtgarrett" is actually my full initials "Kyle Michael Thomas Garrett" as opposed to just "kgarrett", or Kyle Garrett). Still, guess I'll adopt it, sorry. So, what do we do with mini-Boarders? Just use them as we would a mini spawned in a mission?

... I still think Titan Arums (Ara?) are cool. How many plants are technically called "giant funny-shaped dick"?

I get a giggle out of Latin names. Didja know the Latin name for ferrets ("Mustela putorius furo") means "smelly little thief"?

I can squeak in a suitable manner. I'll just have to wait till my parents are out of the way so they don't ask why I'm yelling "POOKY!" into the microphone.

DIC Mission 3: Harry Potter and the Dragonriders of Pern.

This so needed to die. What's in the mission, despite its ridiculous length, isn't even half of it. {= P

Thanks again to my volunteer agents and beta-readers! *gives hugs and chocolate*

~Neshomeh

Whenever a Boarder's name is misspelled a mini is created. Usually the Boarder who's name is the origin is given first chance at them.

Are you talking about my "is given away" typo, or "kmtgarrett", which is just an alternate pen name/my AIM name (which I wrote by mistake, sorry)? Not sure which.

Thanks, I'll take it. kgarrett@operamail.com.

is Jill. I'll email that over to you. It's not a very big part, but it's a nice lively one. And I'll bet there was some sibling rivalry during the Invasion. :)

My sister says she'd be delighted to help out, and she's pretty good with accents, so if you want to send over more than one small part for her, please do. And the screaming you hear in the battle-background recordings may resemble sibling rivalry. ;p

I'd be glad to do more mini-parts (but not the Dalek, and I've already done a Sue - you pick which), and I can drag my sister in to help with recording battle backgrounds. Will mail them over to Trojie later today, and if you want to send me additional parts, please do so. Maybe I can get my sister to do some of them, too.

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