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My brother told me that he'd just put down the book as soon as there was confirmation of it and condemn the entire series. HAH! IT'S BEEN PROVEN! I HAVE CONVERTED ANOTHER TO THE CAUSE!

I actually haven't even touched Eldest, since the first atrocity was enough to turn me off to the dude.

So far, though, I've looked at a few different reviews, and they seem to be either

1) This book was awesome, it was perfect, Paolini pulled off another hit and if you didn't like it, well, you're not the intended audience (BWAH? I'm not "too old" for it, I'm freakin' eighteen!) and should probably stick to your generation's classics and stop nitpicking. Or something.

2) This book wasn't a worthy conclusion of the first two, which were amazing, because of A) the plot was too slow and there was way too much filler, B) the pacing was weird (which amounts to the same thing, really), or C) What. The. Heck? I don't know what he did, but it was not nearly as good. He should've just taken a little longer and finished the series. [The general consensus seems to be that if he had too much for one book, he still didn't have enough for two, and should've just cut stuff to make it fit.]

3) Another disappointment by Paolini, I'm not sure why I picked this up after the first two, but it's basically more angsting, more whining, more Eragon-can-do-no-wrong hero worship, more self-insertion. Don't bother.

*shrug* That's what I've seen, anyway. I'll probably be towards the third camp.

(Does anyone know where I can find a good snarky synopsis of the first, or second books? I remember one Agent doing them, but haven't seen them in a while, and for some reason I'm thinking it was Nscangal, but that might've been 'cos she did the DaVinci Code... thing. 's like a cross between a review and an MST.)

Also, I can't be the only person who's waiting with bated breath for the day after Mr. Paolini finishes his book, and then stages a press release, saying "OH my GOD, I can't believe people actually bought that! Dude, I just lost a bet with my friend for $1,000! He told me people would buy the worst book I could put out as long as I threw enough fantasy into it, but I never would've believed him... Ah, well. Let me get on and see if I can write something for the real fantasy readers out there now, eh?" (seriously. I want something to redeem the homeschooled authors out there.)

I've heard that one of the last lines, or something, was along the lines of "The Doctor could travel to any time, or alternate reality" or something like that.

Just when we thought he could sink no lower, eh?

Suvian: Don't like, don't read.
English: I know this sucks but don't care.

Suvian: How dar you flame this awsum storry!?
English: My teachers cared more about self-esteem than the three R's.

Suvian: SQUEE!
English: My brain just turned to mush.

Suvian: Don't Elrond and Legolas make the cutest couple?
English: I can't be bothered to research Elvish marital and sexual mores.

Suvian: Don't Peter and Edmund make the cutest couple?
English: I don't know thing one about what Narnia is all about.

Suvian: They call him the Ninth Doctor, right? So here is my story of the eight previous Doctors.
English: Who are you, miss, and what are you doing with Sarah Jane's robot? And why are you trying to poke me with that thorn?

Why, oh why, didn't someone think of this sooner??

Suvian: It's my story!
English: I can't be bothered reading the books, so I'll wing it.

Suvian: She's not a Mary-Sue!
English: She is a Mary-Sue, I just want the attention flames.

Suvian: Let's have teh gay sex!
English: I don't know anything about boys, so I'll guess they can get pregnant too!

Suvian: Isn't Legolas and Aragon so KAWAII!!!1!?
English: What's that red dot focusing on the centre of my forehead?

Firstly, there's the Minis. Not sure which ones would be able to teleport or anything like that, but I know my mini-Agent, Arit, is capable of shapeshifting and all that, so he could easily answer back.
Next, there's the ghosts. Not sure if HQ would have many, but maybe if the room were close to the Tomb of the Forgotten Agent?
Then it could always be herself answering back. I'm guessing Quantum Physics in HQ would be very skewed, so talking to yourself could very well cause a copy of yourself to form.
And my final idea, why not the security team? They're Weeds, and as we know, weeds can get ANYWHERE. *Glares at his garden*.

Or we could go with ye old reliabile hallucinations...

I figured it was just tiny flakes of tea leaf, which do admittedly contain tannin, but not in a pure form. Unless we're talking about different black flaky bits.

Either way, yeah, it won't hurt you, so relax. ^_^

~Neshomeh

Today in my education class, we were asked to write a short story to understand the writing process that we would have to teach to the elementary students. My story actually has the potential to turn into an intermission for my agent. Unfortunately, I have hit a sort of writer's block.

My agent has found herself trapped in a room with no windows, no portals, and all doors locked. She has just started talking to herself when someone answered her. I know that there are a lot of strange things in HQ. If anyone would like to suggest something, I would gladly appreciate the help.


On another note: Any East Coast PPC Agents still interested in still doing a PPC Gathering? We could start planning now if we wanted to gather during the warmer months and hopefully make something work. Just an idea.

I wish non-tea-drinkers could understand that the flaky black bits are just tannin, and they make the tea taste better, and actually I'll thank them not to try to clean my mug, because I've been cultivating that black gunge for weeks.

Honestly, I'm kind of stuck. Ideas, anyone?

If you want some help, I would be willing to offer whatever assistance you need.

Shall we compile one? It's kitsune106's idea, but he asked me to post it for him.

For example:

Suvian: "It's just fanfic!"
English: "I don't want to put in any effort whatsoever."

I'm writing a short article that aims to explain the nature of tea and to extol its virtues to people who are not familiar with it or who just want to get their basic facts straight. I am a long-time tea lover, so I ask all of you: What do you want to know about tea? There's no such thing as a stupid question. I want to make sure my article will be useful to people who don't know much (or anything) about tea and tea-drinking, so I need to know what people don't know.

Bonus: If you already love tea, what are some things you wish non-tea-drinkers understood about it?

~Neshomeh, on a personal mission to spread the joy, harmony, and well-being that she associates with tea.

I checked the List of PPC Fiction and there are no fics written for the DMSE&R.
I'm curious about this Department because I'm considering asking for Permission to write in two scientists for that Department, and I want to know what a typical lab journal for the DMSE&R would be like.
So if someone is already slated to write a lab experiment for the scientists, I'd like to see the fic. If not, then I would like to just put this idea out there...

*crosses fingers and hopes she didn't sound too stupid*

Which is that we're against the creations, not the authors. I'm not saying that this person wouldn't deserve it, but the PPC is not the place to do that sort of thing.

hS

We alerted his service provider and they've shut down his access. Apparently they caught him doing other illegal things as well. Disappointingly, they aren't legally allowed to tell us who he is or whether they've contacted the cops, but apparently sending this kind of stuff is a federal offence so we're talking FBI here. Yay! (I shouldn't be so happy that I potentially sent someone to jail, but he was sending obscene death threats to twelve-year-old kids on ffnet, so I sincerely hope he suffers in every way that is possible within the extent of the law.) If he shows up again we can report him again, but I doubt he will.

Now that appears to be sorted, could I get in trouble if I wrote a PPC fic where my girls did something insanely unpleasant to someone very similar to this idiot?

Just the ability to find what's truly good in the story. I was rather impressed that he was capable of finishing a book before being an adult, and he has made an excellent world, it's just that he focuses more on taking elements from other stories than creating ones of his own in his own, original work. The story of Star Wars, while probably the most famous example, follows a writing blueprint, which I can't remember the name of, that most stories follow in one way or another. The reason I support Star Wars as opposed to Eragon is the lack of any truly original elements in his story. Eragon is essentially a Character Insert, CP has admitted it himself, but if I ever met such a person, I'd probably deck him.

A lot of my friends enjoy Eragon. And a lot of excellent authors would too, because it's a familiar story being retold. A lot of us a pickier though, preferring to want something new in a story, rather than reread old stuff in a new format. The reason Kenya Starflight likes Eragon is because the storyline so closely parallels Star Wars. SHe is an excellent writer, I can tell just from reading that one story, but I'm not gonna hold it against her for liking the story, just because I don't. Everyone has a right to their own opinions. I just don't happen to agree with this one because CP offends me as a writer in the way that he has crappy character development, cannot seem to make original fiction, has a generic location, etc.

One of my dormmates picked it up, and declared it abandoned in disgust yesterday. This evening, after classes, I shall delve into the void of canonical badfic.

Emperor, guide my mind. For though I walk in the valley in the shadow of badfic, I shall fear no badfic, for I am what the badfic fears.




(Actual PPC members qualify as inspiring pants-wetting terror, not mere fear)

And to make it worse, a person I think is a Goodfic writer likes the books. Said Goodfic writer is Kenya Starflight, who wrote not just some of the best Star Wars fic that i've read, but also the Calvin and Hobbes fic 'Reminiscence'(link here:http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2048837/1/Reminiscence).
How could she degrade herself this way?

PS: Please reply! Yes, I do need the attention.

We're working on it elsewhere, so I'll just be quiet about it on here for now.

After all, it's plausible that embryos would be much more sensitive to overheating than a fully-grown mother - still, this makes more sense.