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I've returned from my Internet hermit days, and I bring badfic with me! Agents May and Melissa Hurley are back, tackling a terrible FNAF smut-slash-Suefic with the help of another PPC debutante of mine, Agent Ruxanda.
Warnings for squick, swearing, non-con and body horror. Also, many thanks to eatpraylove and cousin Matt Cipher for betaing.

https://rc746.dreamwidth.org/870.html

(PPC America decided to delay the broadcast of the Continuity Council special *again*, of course, and there aren't any streams worth watching.)

I love this! It's got the feel of the big multi-Doctor specials, and everyone is so very much themself that I can barely tell who's writing what section. It'll be fascinating to see the story develop more, I'm looking forward to seeing how the various Councilors react as things get worse.

And the way you've handled things happening across time is really good, too - it genuinely feels like we're seeing the same set in different times.

Out of curiosity, is the fact that we critique fanfiction at all something that bothers you, or is it just that we do it with humor?

~Neshomeh

I would say having your mistakes made fun of to be a serious consequence, especially when you're having fun and think you're doing great.

And Some authors might find out about what you're doing and would feel personally attacked because their Sues are based on themselves.

What you're doing is not right.

So you think it's rude, but do it anyway behind people's backs? I don't think praising what you do like makes up for making fun of what you don't.

There is a link on the Wiki.

Dragons from Predict Morphology can't really be thrown into Foresee Progeny. Which isn't great, but the devs have a fair bit to work on, so while I hold out hope for it being possible Eventually, it'll probably take a bit. (Though whether the recent update to Predict Morphology will make that take more or less time is an interesting question...)

Also, hi, welcome to Flight Rising! Always glad to tempt more people to the Derg Side.

One of our biggest rules is that we leave the author out of it. Sometimes we and our agents will wonder, "What was the author thinking?", but we leave it at that.

We aren't the Writing Police, and we aren't judges in the Court of Writing. Who 'can' or 'cannot' write isn't up to us. Especially since fanfiction is such an important part of learning to write sometimes - both because you can make your mistakes without too much consequence and because there's a world with rules and people right there, meaning that you don't have to invent everything from scratch and can focus on the elements of story. Most of the PPC started in fanfiction, actually - I know that I still think a lot about the Hetalia stories I tried to write in middle school, all of which I consider bad now, but at the time, I thought I was doing great, and I was having fun.

But while we leave the authors out of it, we do mock their stories, and some of us are still discussing whether or not even that is okay. Not because we aren't as good as some fanfiction - and some fanfiction could seriously work as published books if you just changed a few names - but because fanfiction is a fun thing to do and a safe place to practice writing, and someone whose work gets missioned can absolutely feel personally targeted and attacked.

So yes, we are for real, and I won't deny that we do have some problems with our group. But we try not to be quite that bad.

Hey! We (the community) make a distinction between good and bad fanfiction, and we have heaps of praise for the good fanfics. In addition, we've taken measures to ensure the authors of the fics we "spork" (critique in a humourous manner) don't find our missions, because publicly mocking someone's creation is rude. I'd also like to ask where you heard of the PPC from, if you don't mind.

I heard about this place through word of mouth and I just gotta ask why. You're mocking authors for not being up to professional standards when the stories you write aren't as good as some fanfiction.

I got IDs for them, but when I try to use them, they bring up different dragons. A bug? Not intended to be used this way? I dunno. Oh well.

~Neshomeh

The sort of thing where there's probably a note the Words are going for but you can't quite tell because it's hurting your brain via your ears.

- Tomash

I wonder what their kid will look like...

... suggests not, and indicates that it's exclusively focussed on magical injuries. Potterverse wizards being what they are, they probably go in for exclusive home-birthing, to go along with their apparent love of home-schooling.

hS

The reasoning in the fic makes as much sense as a Renegade Dalek Quidditch team*.

I wonder what sorts of intervals those hinges squeaked out. Would they even fit a 12-tone equal temperament scale? Probably not all of them.

* They are the ones that need special equipment just to elevate; c.f. Planet of the Daleks)

Because that's where the fic I'm dealing with opens, and I can find no indication whether that's a charge or not.

I looked at the first page and backed away on the grounds that it didn't mean a whole lot to me, but Nesh's comment got me to go back to it. I've filled it all out and said rather more than I thought I would. Didn't take too long!

hS

But again, partial redaction is fine too, if something contradicts the rest of the story. :)

For Sarah Jane, since you said you had trouble thinking about how to write her, I've swung quite a long way towards the Famous Five-style 'spiffing, let's all have ginger beer!' presentation. It's not quite fair to her, but it's a good hook to hang her writing on, and it comes pretty close. Obviously not literally 'spiffing', but you get my drift.

hS

...it's pretty unlikely I would have continued this all that far on my own, much less this quickly. I'm very happy it's taken off like this.

And, I mean, I didn't exactly start off with an outline. A bit of one developed, around the point of "watch the mirrors", but this is hardly something I've been painstakingly planning out for years. I'm perfectly fine with you (and Ix) putting your own spin on what's going on, so long as it doesn't outright clash with the bits of outline that *have* developed, which thus far I don't think it has. Really, thank you for getting involved to begin with!

~Z

Just found myself juggling a few too many things, so responding fell through the cracks. Sorry about that.

At this point, I no longer remember half of what I wanted to say, but: it does move a touch faster than I'd been thinking, though that isn't implausible, so I don't really mind. Besides, it's getting interesting!

Also: Sarah Jane! :D Fantastic. I'm so glad she's joined the party.

I do like what you've written, and while I expect we could all tweak bits of plot and characterization if this gets a final edit during the inevitable combination of all the parts into a GDoc or whatever else, I don't see any reason to completely redact any of the parts. Part 5 was very fun, too, for the record.

~Z

I thought that was important enough to point out. {= )

~Neshomeh

(the relay is since Cal is on mobile and would have some trouble posting, so we figured I'd do it)

Meanwhile, starting in the most obvious place: Derik and Gall.

Alas, I need to create an account before I can do the really fun stuff like predict breeding outcomes, and I wanna give somebody the points or whatever you get for referring. ^_^

~Neshomeh

(Because unlike me, she still plays actively. I will nudge her towards this thread.)