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It's a place for all of us who don't have Permission yet to talk about what ideas for agents we have and give each other constructive criticism so when we request Permission, we can be confident that we aren't writing Sues.

"Another set of four asterisks and three full stops hit the ground. Carrine was yelling at Uma, and was told to go to the hospital wing by Professor Slughorn (or “Sluggie”. The agents winced once more.) "

Did you mean to put the closing parenthesis after "Sluggie" instead of at the end of the sentence?

I quite liked this! It's a good, simple mission to start out your spin-off with. I liked Edward and Kat as supportive, non-bickering siblings who use good teamwork. I also liked the symmetry of them coming from an orphanage (I think? I haven't read Miss Peregrine yet) and being faced with a Sue who put herself into an orphanage as part of a tragic backstory for sympathy points. You also made good use of a lot of visual puns and other jokes based on the typos this fic had.

One little detail that struck me as unique and creative is Edward being too slow a writer to keep the charge list updated with the fic. I think we tend to take it for granted, being word-oriented people, that the word-recording aspect of an agent's job is a simple task for everyone. I liked seeing representation of someone who has a more difficult time writing quickly.

I found a few formatting mistakes and a typo. First, the typo:

"She avoided Slytherin in exactly the same was as Harry had canonically done, and was inevitably Sorted into Gryffindor."

A couple of lines have the bolding from the fanfiction quotes bleeding into your narration:

Then the whole hall erupted into applause. Unfortunately, this broad description also affected the agents. “Stupid Words…” Kat muttered, gritting her teeth and clapping in a strangely forced way.

Kat gulped in air, looking like a goldfish. “She can’t become the fifth Marauder. She can’t.” Kat’s voice was carefully kept level and calm, but the bitterness behind it was undisguisable. “Please. Make this stop.” She shuddered and grabbed a whole six-pack of Bleeprin.

And finally, a missing space between sentences:

"The Sue’s body soon returned to the original yellow cube.Kat had to stay where she was, because Edward had the RA."

I'm looking forward to reading more from you. Happy writing!

—Thanks to the Sue's first name, doctorlit has had "Uma Thurman" by Fall Out Boy stuck in his head for most of this reading. So that's one good thing the badfic has done!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE-1RPDqJAY
Aaaand now I have it stuck in my head.

The nonsensical English subtitles for a Chinese Revenge of the Sith bootleg, now dubbed over the original film by a team of dedicated fans. "R2, do you is ...ing?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XziLNeFm1ok

Okay, so I won't do that. As for writing poetry, this is the most recent thing I've got. I tend to write more prose. ^^; (ALSO: fanfic for the WWW Trilogy, a lovely series of books wherein the internet gains consciousness. I may have mentioned them before.)

And yours is a wonderfully dark poem!

I've been writing and reading a lot of poems lately, and I thought we could share some of our favorites (or our favorite poets) with each other. I'll go first.
I wish I could show you some Hungarian poetry because a lot of contemporary Hungarian stuff is so raw and gripping, but it doesn't really get translated... but I will say that one of my fave Hungarian poets is a good acquaintance of mine (and sort of my literary mentor), and I'm planning to ask him to autograph his newest poetry book for me.
And here are some English-language poems that I really love:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?contentId=35583 (This one is easily one of the most beautiful things I've ever read. "Ache of unbeing." It's amazing.)
http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/marble/adele.html
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56715/warming-her-pearls
http://otherpens.tumblr.com/post/183660035491/awed-frog-this-is-both-amazing-and-profoundly
Also, I love Margaret Atwood's poems, but they're usually pretty heavy stuff.

So, what are your favorite poems? And I'd also love to see the ones that you guys have written, if you'd like to share them. I wrote this one, for example (content warning for an unsettling atmosphere and for blood) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xOeCzMBdDg0gdPAneCrv_sP6qk3oZ5KfAXb5ZiL8k48

In their first recorded mission (https://archiveofourown.org/works/18222143), Agents Edward and Kat tackle a Sue who claims to be the "Princess of the unicorns". Edward is annoyed by the awful grammar and Kat is annoyed by the Sue messing with her Lust Object.

I'll update the Wiki and create agent pages over the next few days.

Thanks to eatpraylove for betareading.

Here's a couple of tips from a veteran.

1) Don't reveal your teams tactics early. Thanks for telling us what sort of moves you're going for, it makes it easier to work out how to counter your team.

2) Look at your team and think of common weakness that at least 2 of your Pokemon share (for example Charizard, Arcanine, Gyarados and Dragonite are all weak to Rock) do you really want over half your team weak to the same type?

I'm sticking with guardsmen for now.

...I present to you https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/fate-sunny-order-fgo.43852/”>Fate/Sunny Order, which features a similar structure to fragments where the main fic shows day to day like in Chaldea with side stories detailing F/GO’s plot. However, where this fic differs from Fragments is that the story is written as a sequel to the Good ending of Stay Night’s UBW storyline, with protagonists, referred to here as Ritsuka and Kana, being the children of Rin and Shiro. This alone allows for deeper character interactions between some of the servants and their masters, and is only bolstered by the author’s comedic and storytelling abilities. Highly recommended.

...And hack the 40k models while you're at it.

Sure, those pre-Heresy Sons look amazing, but they don't look amazing enough for me to buy them.

Also Amon just looks stupid.

By the way, could someone please tell me how to put images in my Board message? I've seen someone else do it and I'm not sure how they did.

It really shows how eldritch, evil, and cursed the whole thing is, like a hero facing some unbeatable evil. I dunno, I guess it was just a little refreshing to see the hero lose for once.

I like the hint that eventually, with enough nearly-gone people to provide enough hints and support, the tower will be beaten. It keeps the story from being too depressing to know that some enterprising protagonist will one day climb the mountain of bones and finally reach the end. Then again, I've always been a sucker for stories featuring heroes winning even when logic dictates they can't.

Happy late birthday!

I've been hanging out here for a month or so and it's been great fun.

Have a basket of assorted berries, useful for pokéblocks and poffins alike.

I'd have to sign up for Pokémon Showdown and come up with a good team. If anyone wants to give me tips, so far, I've got:

Alolan Golem

Charizard

Gyarados

Arcanine

Kartana

Blastoise

Dragonite

I'm going for high base stats, high base power moves (with some stat boosters), and type advantages.

Cribbed from my recommendations page (wonder if I should add more to it...)

The Wedding Crashers by Das Mervin (Rated M)
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6721038/1/The-Wedding-Crashers
Supernatural/Twilight
A gloriously cathartic read as the Winchester brothers (and Castiel) poke holes into the vampires' smug, self-aggrandizing ways.

Wish Carefully by Ten Toes (Rated T)
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4356667/1/Wish-Carefully
Harry Potter
Another delightfully cathartic read that points out the folly of the Death Eaters in a very satisfying way.

The Pony POV Series by AlexWarlorn
(Discorded)http://alexwarlorn.deviantart.com/gallery/32745467, (Reharmonized)http://alexwarlorn.deviantart.com/gallery/32848832
A terrific story that takes an in-depth look at the affect Discord had on the characters and what comes after. It's more of a psychological look at the effects Discording would have on a pony... and the aftermath is not always pleasant. Now complete, but it might take a long time to read.

Marie D. Susse and the Mystery New Pirate Age by Phalanx (rated T)
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6328454/1/Marie-D-Suesse-And-The-Mystery-New-Pirate-Age
One Piece
A deconstruction of Mary Sues and fanfic tropes that gets surprisingly deep.

Broken Cycles by Doc Mui (Rated T)
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10352376/1/Broken-Cycles
Doctor Who and Puella Magi Madoka Magica
It takes the time to explain details the original anime didn't bother with, not to mention is fixes one of the biggest problems I have with the series (not going into details because Spoilers.)

Flat Dreams by Pangychan (Rated T)
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11802026/1/Flat-Dreams
Gravity Falls
It gives a backstory for Bill Cipher that really gives him some depth - metaphorically speaking. And the parallels between certain characters really adds to the story.

Here, have a triple chocolate cupcake (Chocolate with chocolate chips and chocolate icing)! Don't forget to blow out the candle and make a wish!

And I'm exceedingly difficult to squick, so feel free to drop me a line. Email should be clickable.