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It's a tad annoying to go to both every day. One or the other - I don't mind which.

It read as follows:

"To ALL members of the PPC Board,

The first broadcast of the REAL radio station for the Canon Protection Initiative just went out. Since we're transmitting from your world, it seemed only fair to alert you to this, in case you wanted to take a quick look. Remember, we have no adverts, no sponsors -- just the things members of the PPC -- and likely you, our fans -- want to hear. So enjoy it! Support it! Tell your Agents! And don't listen to anyone who tells you their radio station is the best.

~Agent Undis Closed"

Attached were the following links:

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

The whole thing runs to about half an hour, and the four tracks follow directly from one another. I think you can either download or listen in your browser, so.

hS, tongue in cheek

But I like this one. It's......blue

We have a good character in the one you sent in- from what you've said on it we've decided that he's one of those people who thinks the PPC is just a bunch of stories.

If you want to send in a fanbrat one, though, you're more than welcome. The more students the better.

I see...Ewoyn with a tilde over the E! (don't know how to do this on the Board...)
And Bilibo and Mc Gongall!

See what you can unearth when you MST your earliest fanfics?

Jay seemed so sad and frustrated until Rhus showed up.

And I also note that Jay and Acy's little argument in one of the missions in the TOS (I think it was the Aria one) that ended up in the two being seperated on different sides of the Bridge for a night was pretty sad, too.

These aren't really tearjerking, but they're pretty sad.

Evil little Nazgul plotbunnies from OFUM are chasing Harry Potter? Does Meir Brin know about this?

(Couldn't resist, sorry)

the stories read like actual pirate yarns. So I'm thinking it's somewhat of a troll. Or if not, then it's a creative way of presenting a fanfic.

I think i do grasp it, but i always tend to do teh odd character out.

if you want, i can try to redo it, make it extra fanbratty?

... why would they be? They're not written to annoy, as far as I can see. The spelling and grammar and such seem to be quite good. The only reason you could class them as trollish rather than humour or parody is that five of them don't list either of those as their genres.

My understanding is that a trollfic is designed to trick people into thinking it's an unintentionally awful fic by someone who can't write, thus annoying the readers and amusing (somehow) the author. Now, if there were a vast community of writers about a well-spoken Pirate Puddleglum, then the accented version could be considered a troll, being deliberate misunderstanding of what it means for him to be a pirate. But (I sincerely hope) there isn't. So I'm still not sure how they qualify as trolls.

hS

I noticed a mini-Balrog. Will Lladan need a place to stay? If so, the Adoptions Centre is always open.

I was just going off on a tangent; it wasn't a reaction to anything you said. Sorry for the mix-up!

And then, of course, there's also the lack of physical presence, which is rather important to many people. ;)

Our own. I don't know about women feeling more comfortable with their bodies - there's certainly enough "This Is Pretty And You Don't Match Up" fashion around - but how can any of us really compare with another person? It involves getting completely inside their heads.

That said, it's a good theory. Cheers!

I've been puzzling over my own shipping preferences ever since I noticed that slash ticked me off, but femslash didn't. And from there, I can only bring myself to read femslash, not write it. Interesting double standards, aye?

I think it's because females feel more comfortable with their own bodies. So when they read femslash, they understand what the author might be going at in the writing. But hey, I don't know...I'm no sexuality expert.

I didn't mean you were homophobic or anything like that- prejudice in the real world and prejudice in what you like reading are two very different things.

No one charge can summarize the horror of this fic.

I'm thinking now about whether or not I'll write a second year.

Quick poll; who thinks I should? Given my poor track record of keeping it regularly updated ...

I just reread the whole thing while I should have been working. Hurray!

... of an introspective and delusional turn of mind, I don't think fanfic will ever really replace an actual relationship, I mean, most people are fully aware that the characters are fictional :)

... *most*

I was referring more to the other fanficcers out there, but nonetheless, it's comforting to hear someone say so. I'm most comfortable being honest; it's just such a touchy subject.

In any case, to follow your point there, Trojie, here's something to consider: While I was dating my last boyfriend, I read very, very few fanfic romances. After we broke up I delved into them, and now I read them on-and-off, but with no real "I want fluffy romance NOW" urges.

See a connection? ;) I suppose it's an extension of the escapism and fantasy aspects of fanfic; whether or not this 'substitution' is a good thing remains up for debate - my 2c is that daydreaming in fiction hasn't stopped me from looking for real life relationships.

(I can't say I had any hightening of interest in slash while I was dating, though. I don't think so.)