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Fetch the rhino, possibly more than one. The Ypur's shall rue the day the dared desecrate the PPC! They shall run in fear of our 10,000 pound rhinos and rather disturbing kites!

...namely, the spambot attack earlier today, it was suggested by several people that we temporarily switch to the PPC LJ community until the invasion is over.

Link is here: http://community.livejournal.com/the_ppc/

Plainly our dropping a 5,000 pound rhino on the first one made them angry... Maybe a 10,000 pound rhino this time?

Sorry if someone replied to the last one, but I can't find it again due to all the spam. It's on AFF, in case you're accessing it from work/a public place.

A Shattered Mind by German Kitsune Witch Jimaine
Abarai Renji worked as hard as he could to leave Inuzuri. He wanted to escape from the pain and the hunger but most of all from being raped as a small child. Now as a man he is forced into that situation again by his Captain Kuchiki Byakuya N/C, Lemon

Bwuh? What? asdfghjkl? Do I need to describe how OOC these two characters are?

I have no reason to reply to this post at all. I'm just doing it for kicks.

So, below this post is somewhere in the territory of 40 or 50 pages full of junk posts, all with one E-mail address, binservices@gmail.

There's just one problem with this - the posts themselves most likely did not come from binservices@gmail, whoever he happens to be. An IP trace goes back to a web hosting company, cirtexhosting.com. I've already sent them an E-mail documenting the incident.

Please, please, please, do not E-mail binservices@gmail, and especially not angrily. He's probably not responsible, and getting tons of nasty E-mail will not help anything. The responsible people violated their web host's TOS and will most likely get their website deleted.

Thank you kindly, we now return to your regularly scheduled posting.

I'm trying to get a gauge on how fast the spamalanche is moving with this post - feel free to comment or ignore. In the meanwhile, we have a shiny livejournal community.

-Dann

Then I collapsed in horror. It was the most deliberately awful thing I've ever written, and quite probably the most wful full stop. I still have memories of the first story I ever wrote, and it doesn't compare to PPC badfic.

*snicker* I got the Jaycasa joke.

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Oh, yeah. It's the Kenneth Branagh one--I thought it was really cool. Branagh, Kate Beckinsale, Emma Thompson, Denzel Washington as Don Pedro, Keanu Reeves as a surprisingly well done Don John. Michael Keaton is Dogberry. It's amusing, veeeery pretty, in line with the script, and has great music. I can't say much about the costuming, as it's been a while since I watched it and I don't really remember.

…to work with the Sixth Disentangler for a time. I already have partners for Four and Five, and her third regeneration occurred in 2000.

The cafeteria wall, maybe?

I can volunteer Agent Arti for this. He needs a bit more of a background to him. My expertise is mostly in the Keys to the Kingdom, so I can help out there.

Yes, I read it... I made plenty of references to the post and don't know how much more clear I could have been. I don't know. I guess since even just responding to this two and a half sentence post in any measure is sort of making me look like a jackass, I may as well address parts of the earlier post that particularly bugged me:

"Excuse. Bad excuse. To me, all that first sentence of yours says is "BAWWWW. SOMEONE HURT MY FEELINGS.""

Except, as I mentioned, that isn't the reason I took it off in the first place (and the reason I took it off is neither an excuse by any measure nor about me, personally). If it was, why would I then willfully describe my work as crap (which, by the way, is still subjective just as how somebody calling themselves the greatest writer ever is obviously subjective, but I honestly do think that my concepts for the two stories just turned out to be crap in execution and ultimately not very funny), then go to great length offering to rip apart all of my own work (and, indeed, my own damn -persona-) if all this was about my "feelings being hurt"? Shouldn't I just edit it out and hope nobody notices if that's the case? Or, failing that intelligence check, write some scathing post decrying the website for its "unfair" treatment of me by proxy? Well, one interpretation (which I jokingly alluded to) is that I'm doing this for publicity (honestly... I'd rather be obscure than hated), but the real reason is because I am not Anne Rice, Tim Buckley, or David Gonterman and I have an actual sense of humor about myself and my creations. I don't treat anything I write as serious.

"If someone added it there because they have a grudge with you, well, that's between them and you. Leave the PPC out of it. Getting other parties involved in a two way arguement just leads to more problems. So stop that garbage NOW."

There is no addition to the argument. As I mentioned, I brought this up simply because I wanted to contribute. The other asshole of this "feud" (I can't adequately explain how retarded this person's motives were if I tried) just used the PPC website as little more than a tool to make a "point". Is that really a justifiable use of the website? I certainly hope not, lest it undermine the whole concept.

"Unfortunately, it's not really your opinion that matters if you put it online for others to read, is it?"

Of course it's not my opinion that ultimately matters. Two things, though. First, the person that person added the stories did it for all the wrong reasons (as mentioned in earlier posts and this one) and I'd rather not let other people get involved in this petty crap (you know, the thing that I'm being accused of here). Second:

"It's hard to carry a parody off properly no matter what. Parody and satire are dangerous beasts, and people can and will read them improperly and your 'parody' Sue is going to be just a Sue. They're going to take it at FACE VALUE."

I won't deny that parody is hard to pull off properly. While obviously, any character whatsoever can be interpreted as a Mary Sue (the term is pretty much just a dead horse that translates into "character I don't like" at this point, but I like to pretend it still means something specific). However, as I mentioned, using pretty much any real objective standard of Mary Sue (you know... a character that the author is obviously playing favorites with and bends the universe around) would not have the character come back as such. The PPC website, itself, would vindicate the character. I can argue that point forever. I'm not saying it's a good character (oh, no, not at all. I hate the C unmentionable). It's just not a Mary Sue by any real definition.

"Also, C-List? There are no 'C-List' Agents. There are Agents still used by their creators. There are Agents that have officialy retired. There are Agents that are in that limbo of being unwritten since their creators left and might return, or not. Thinking of any character as being C-List isn't right, because you know something? This is a shared verse. What I might think of a C-List Agent is right at the top of someone else's A-List."

I guess using the term "C-list" might seem offensive, but did I specifically call any character in particular C-list? No. Did I imply that there might exist C-list characters that people might be willing to part with? Yes, and that is because I seriously doubt any major project like this has managed to avoid having a casual writer grow distant from it. I already mentioned wanting full permission and full cooperation, not having asked for abandoned characters without the permission of their authors, etc. etc. in the other post.

Anyway, since I haven't yet read all the stories, I guess I'll just put the idea I had for a story on the backburner (unless enough people decide they do want to actually go through with it). I guess I'm thinking more in terms of a particular style of execution, actually, and am not properly communicating it. Also, the more I think about it, the less casualties I think I'd actually write due to the fact that death itself is just friggin' boring. Odds are, there would probably be all of two irreversible events (and one of them would be an accident). Regardless, I guess I shouldn't offer suggestions until I'm familiar with everything first.

I don't even see the negative of any of this. Technically competent, self-aware (if self-deprecating at times, easily prone to mediocre ideas, and sometimes retarded) writer that could have just killed off the entries without much of a fuss instead decides to offer entirely free content for the entire PPC 'verse? Without any conditions whatsoever? Hell, I'd even offer my really, really, REALLY crappy unpublished City of Heroes "fanfiction" for the chopping block if people wanted it. I'd rather not because I think that having not published it gives me the right to disavow it (it's not like I'm taking it away from anybody), but I offer it, nonetheless.

Anyway, if there's something you want specifically answered, feel free to mention it. Also, while I do my best to avoid letting any personally negative tones seep into my stuff, I might accidentally word something in a way that could be misinterpreted as such and for that, I apologize. Let me assure you that I have nothing against you (and why should I?). You might have completely missed a lot of the point and are using bad debate form, but you're otherwise rational and intelligent (even if it sort of feels like my posts were just casually skimmed over). If you weren't, I wouldn't have posted a big response and a second, largely redundant one with more clarification just because of a two and a half sentence wonder accusing me of missing the point. And please don't assume that I'm being negative in pointing this out personally. I'm just letting you know where I come from. Again, if you have any lingering questions, concerns, etc., I'm more than happy to address them and I hope I do not come across as some asshole for any of this. I would like to contribute in some measure to the website (provided I'm still welcome, anyway).

I'm envisioning someone making the comment

'One went to the Department of Mary-Sues, to destroy the immortal, wisest, and fairest of all creatures.
Three went to the Department of Bad Slash, to kill the Angsters and masters of the male hoardes.'
And Five. Five went to the Department of Geographical Aberrations, who above all else, desire fire.

And one... One actually became a Mary-Sue and was killed after glomping Agent Suicide! Squeee!'

I'm thinking to have Tawaki and Dustin recruit them, as they are far from being major characters. On the other hand, I think they are the only OCs.

I'm usually one of the people going, "Ooh, badfic, let's see just how painful it is."

...this is so way over my head. I agree with Skid; I am actually frightened of reading this story. After all, it appears that the person writing it not only has good grammar and spelling, but is doing it in all seriousness.

...and wait, average of 5 stars? Out of... 5? *shudder*

I'm going to hide under the table now, 'kay? To those agents who might be brave enough to read through and attack this fic... good luck.

I'm actually afraid to read this. I just got into Bleach and I don't want it to be ruined forever.

Were you actually reading what I typed?

Just wondering.

And dromaeosaurids are way too cool for words :)

Deinonychus is really awesome. Heck, ALL dromaeosaurids are awesome with their murder claws.

Jurassic Park traumas? Do I want to know...??

I can manage .wav and .wma I think, it's just .aup that I can't use because Audacity requires the entire project data file to go with it.

YES! YESSS! *punches the air* SOMEONE ELSE WHO KNOWS!

I know, the intelligence thing is totally an intellectual turn on :P Deinonychus too is pretty damn awesome what with the GINORMOUS HUGE DISEMBOWLLING CLAWS OF DOOM. And the whole pack-hunting theory, srsly ...

*does Dance of Awesomeness Dance*

I should stop there or a) Pads will *whap* me for inducing her Jurassic Park traumas or b) I will get very carried away and overenthusiastic and when that happens there's nothing for it but to smack me with a large stick. With nails in.