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And not just our opinions. However, I know for a fact that Miraheze is okay with them.

--Ls

Our wiki might qualify as a reception wiki, which is not allowed on an awful lot of wiki farms.

Here are some other alternatives.

-Ls

After they took offense to some of the Wiki pages for... basically absurd reasons, if I recall correctly.

I use a rather heavy-duty adblocker (uBlock Origin) and have been using an adblocker for ages (nothing like having to format your PC due to a pop-up ad infecting your PC with a nasty virus without even clicking it to make you decide you're done with ads) so I didn't notice, but I was indeed put off with many of the accessory things like the sidebar and their social thing.

I did just ignore the stuff I didn't care about, but I tried visiting the Wiki from the phone (which I never do since I tend to do stuff mostly from my computer) and... Damn. It's ridicolous. This is not how I want information about my characters to be stored.

(Fandom doesn't see to like information about my characters either, since when I started making a wiki for mi works they eventually nuked it without warning and without even telling me they did, so it seems the hate i mutual here.)

Considering they seem to be still going down the slippery slope, I wouldn't mind looking for an alternative - and, of course, to prevent the issue of duplicated wikis I would suggest "withering" the Fandom one once the jump is made by slowly deleting pages if we haven't got the possibility to fully nuke it.

I officially cast a vote to move the PPC Wiki to another site. This is something that I've seriously considered proposing ever since that incident when many pages were cut.

Basically, they suck.

-Ls

The Third Task. Warning for a much more gruesome and bloody version of the character death that happens in the books, plus allusions/implications of other character deaths.

ETA it's chapter 19 I can't count haha

Read it folks! It's good!

-Ls

Decided to finish up a little Interlude for the spooky season! Felt like exploring New Caledonia and Cemetery Hill a bit, along with the topic of resurrection. Just a bit, it doesn't really get too in-depth or anything.

Anyways, hope you enjoy this one!

I poked around a bit and found a couple Reddit threads talking about books with covers that don't accurately depict the characters in them, and a few of them mentioned the very unfortunate whitewashing of protagonists with darker skin. Since Derik is more brown than white, he could go as one of those characters as described in the books rather than how they look on the cover.

For example, Sparrowhawk/Ged from the Earthsea novels. In a particularly egregious example, the art itself on an Aladdin Fantasy edition of the book is a blatantly whitewashed version of a pretty good portrait by artist Rebecca Guay:

(Read the article here for more context.)

I haven't read the Earthsea novels myself (I know, I know, points off my nerd cred), but I like this idea for Derik!

~Neshomeh

Anyone up for a Halloween RP, maybe using Lily's Mundane Halloween as a party theme?

--Ls will give a more concrete setup, but doesn't have time at the moment.

Okay, yeah, coming from you, I should have guessed. ^_^;

And here I was afraid a classic 2000s meme was flying over the head of the next generation, haha.

~Neshomeh

I guess not everyone has an encyclopedic knowledge of its various typos.

-Ls

I named a fictional wizarding prison from the Harry Potter books, because it scans well in place of "Isengard." Does said fictional prison have some connection to what you said besides sounding similar? O.o

~Neshomeh

(warning for allusion to domestic abuse)

… dressing as chemistry textbooks (since it's a scary subject), a man wearing casual clothes and bandage all over his face, with a placard saying "just had a scuffle with wife", someone carrying a baby doll and wearing noticeably black eyeliner, among other things.

Doc is easy, he would wear the same clothes he always does, but cram the pockets (and waistband?) of his shorts with as many books as possible, and claim he's dressed as a book nerd going book shopping at a book sale. And he wouldn't feel the slightest shame.

Vania is trickier, because she's more likely to want to dress up properly . . . maybe she would find some breeches and a thick coat, and claim she's a generic fantasy NPC?

(Incidentally, I haven't really been aging Doc or Vania in my head, since I haven't been able to write in a long time. Up to you if you wan to "correct" their appearance to modern times, or leave them at their 2011 ages; HQ time is timey-wimey, after all!)

—doctorlit is really liking the sound of Doc's costume, actually . . .

Jiwon would be dressed as a bus commuter braced for rain, hoodied jacket and umbrella included. Knowing him, he’d feel self-conscious about it despite the relatively little effort put into it (mostly because he couldn’t hide his ears and tail and is worried it ruins the aesthetic). For the most part, it’s just an excuse for him to hold an umbrella indoors with less judgment.

Charlie would misunderstand the assignment, go as a 'human,' and wear the baggiest beach tourist clothes imaginable with one of those awful novelty rubber masks of celebrities found in bargain bin stores. They’d have a good time, but may or may not accidentally jumpscare their partner with their patchwork ‘costume.’

Heh. It does make a certain amount of sense for Seriko to exist! Her backstory checks out as another logical timeline that could have happened, and Nikki and Ami are rather cute together. Shame she didn't get to be the same age as Keiko and Hajime, but getting unexpected older siblings could be kind of fun too, I suppose.

Poor Ami never handles these reveals very well, though!

—doctorlit, bio-father in exactly zero timelines. He could be persuaded to adopt, though . . .

Why does Filus show up at a Halloween gathering, and why does he wear his old uniform despite wanting to distance himself from the school? This gives me an idea for a oneshot!

https://ppc.fandom.com/wiki/Fáelán_Portavius … dresses like a Night Raven College student. Specifically, he'll wear the standard Diasomnia dorm dress. (Do note that this is mundane from his perspective, not from an outsider's; that uniform is way cooler than anything World One schools provide for students :P. Also, do note that he is fat – which is why I haven't been able to make a recolor.me avatar for him)

ETA: They're taking the beetle to Azkaban. To Azkaban? To Azkaban! They're taking the beetle to Azkaban—ban—ban—ban—

Also wanted to say I DID catch the ace implications and appreciated them. ^_^

~Neshomeh

Jenni Robinson: That Mom who thinks her kids are better than everyone else's and won't stop bragging about them. She's carrying around a wallet full of photos because her youngest is really into those new-gen Polaroids, isn't he so gifted?

Henry Robinson (14): Older son whose mom is That Mom and is this close to setting something on fire. Keeps playing with a lighter.

Simon Robinson (7): Younger son who is gifted and knows it. Slightly too well-dressed for a child his age and so pretty you just want to punch him when he smiles. Carrying a new-gen Polaroid, of course (and is actually having a great time taking photos of the most mundane stuff).

Derik: The illustration on the book cover that looks nothing like the character as described in the book. Has said book for context. (IDK what book, something from the Wheel of Time series maybe?)

Gall: That person you're pretty sure is the one who keeps taking up all the washing machines at once, but you can't catch them at it. Has loads of quarters jangling in her pockets and detergents for every wash type.

Gadrik (4): A bag of laundry. Basically a sack with holes in the bottom for his feet, cinched up under his arms and safety-pinned to his actual shirt. Various items of clothing "falling" out of the top of the sack, also safety-pinned. Underpants on his head because he is four and this is hilarious.

~Neshomeh

I can see it now though, he was a an a-spec fellow who felt pressure to marry due to Pureblood culture, but mostly just wanted to hang out with his old pal . . . And a culture that looks down on anyone who isn't serving as breeding stock for the bloodlines that count . . . Poor guy!

—doctorlit