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To my dear, beloved, honoured fans,

If one more of you dares to write my boy Sam-chan in a romantic relationship with your little Mary Sue, I will hunt you down. I can put up with it when you make Tamaji-kun or Kami-kun in love with each other, despite their het love interests, as long as you do it well but Sam has said many times that the thought of being in that kind of relationship with a woman disgusts him. Do you know how many of the other fandoms long for a canon homosexual that they can pair with whichever male they want? Stop complaining and send your little female OC after one of the het/bi characters. Unless, of course, she's a Mary Sue. In which case, send her to take a long walk off a short pier. Your meddling kids are not wanted here.

While we're on the subject, leave Ka-chan alone. She gets barely any screentime as it is, because she's busy working behind the scenes, don't start bitching about what a 'Sue she is when she finally gets a few chapters. She's integral to the plot, I promise. Besides, with Kaya we get Tohru and I know you all love him. Maybe that's the problem.

To the PPC:
Thanks, I guess. It's flattering to know that my work can install so much passion in a person that they will really drown someone to make sure it isn't harmed in anyway. Kinda scary as well, but mostly flattering. Keep up the good work.

Yours sincerely,
the Mangaka.

who would love that and probably end up putting little hints in the canon to encourage odd yaoi pairings. I wouldn't like badfic of course but anything would be worth any goodfic that my work generated. As for talking to fans... I might actually create my own account on ff.net or somewhere, pretend to be just a fan, and write my own fanfic. See if anyone figures out who I am. I'd try my best to encourage the fandom, the very idea sends me into euphoria.

~Oozaru Angel, who dreams of one day becoming a world famous mangaka.

But if I found more than five Legendary Badfics without Legendary Goodfics to balance it out, I would cry. Potentially, if I found a story I really like, I would include a cameo from the lead character, or make a reference to the character's home-town, but nothing too in-depth.
But yes, overall, I'd be very flattered. And if the PPC thought it were good enough to patrol, I'd probably make a pseudo-alias and create Agents to patrol my Universe. Funfunfun.

Badfic Author,

How would you feel if I went on the news tomorrow and announced a blanket ban on all fanfiction based on my stories, loudly citing yours as the last straw? I will, of course, make sure to inform every other fanfic writer of your penname, real name, email, and home address.


My dear PPCers,

Would you like a cameo in my next book?

Well, it makes a huge difference that I've been in the fanfic world for long enough that I know how good and bad it can be. That makes a huge difference.

I'd certainly be flattered by goodfic; I think I'd enjoy be surprised by the creativity and detail that people create and expand on. Alternate universes would be interesting, and if there's a lot of angstfic or "fix-it" AUs, I'd be pleased because that means I've pulled their emotional strings the way I wanted.

As for badfic... knowing what I know, I like to think I'd accept it as a necessary evil - after all, twelve year old fanbrats will be thinking it, even if they don't write it down. Seeing X-rated bad slash with two of my most beloved het characters would probably make me shudder, close the window, and contact the PPC for some bleepka.

Seriously? I don't know. I'd make as many flat ("No, he IS straight") statements as possible to dissuade the "but there's no PROOF!" types, and make it clear what types I don't apperciate, but beyond that...

I doubt I'd make a Rice or McCaffery-style flat rejection; it just forces them underground. At least if they're writing something, they're still interested enough to buy more books and send me more money. ;p

I really don't know. I'm very protective of Agents Sedri and Iza, and I find myself getting prickly when offering them for a cameo because I want to make sure they stay in character. Thankfully I can trust everyone here to look at my missions and do their best.

Finding that PPCers were patrolling badfic for my continumn would make me feel very, very honoured.

Then maybe we can get enough CADs to go around again... of course, they might be somewhat prone to spamming us while on missions...

... but either do my best to avoid looking at it in terror of running across a Spear Incident equivalent, or comb the entire fandom under a fake name to make sure nobody had made a Spear Incident equivalent.

Then I'd give up, write the SI equivalent myself under a sock puppet account, and watch the fun.

Since the Inklings basically held their own sporkings of awful writing from around their time.

would be hilarious.

has this vision of Tolkien MSTing LOTR badfic

It would make me unbelievably happy.
Goodfic would be even more awesome, though I might have to point the PPC at the badfic.

... that at work it's all red and at home it's all blue. Only difference I know is that work uses IE and I use Firefox at home.

...if any of us were to get published, what would you think of fanfiction (of any calibre) of your universe? Would you go McCaffreyish and reject the very idea, or would you welcome it, frequent forums, talk to fans?

I have no words for how flattered I'd be if I found out that people were writing fic (preferably goodfic) of one of my fictional creations. Finding out that people liked it enough to PPC for it would make me faint, srsly.

Let's think... This could be quite interesting. Wonderful idea.


Dear fanfiction author,

Really. If you honestly think this situation is plausible, I recommend re-reading my book(s). Several times if necessary.

I ask you to then remind yourself that this is my world, and I am gracious enough to let you play in it. Continue as you are, and that permission may soon be revoked - reading this "story", and I use the term loosely, was almost physically painful.

Also, spelling and grammar are not an optional part of writing. Your English teachers must have despaired of you, and your math and history teachers probably weren't far behind.

Enclosed are the largest dictionary and thesaurus I could find. MAKE USE OF THEM.

Regards,

Me.
And as for the PPC...

Greetings, PPC-ers; I commend the brave agents who took on [story name], and thank you for your dedication to your Duty.

I think certain of my Canons are about to acquire an instinctive trust for people with DMS and DBS flash-patches.

Keep it up; you're slowly making the internet a better place.

Regards,

Me.

[Enclosed, an autographed, collector's-edition box set.]

But it was just too cruel to unleash upon the people of Egypt, no matter how stupid their pharoah was being.

has been on Prince of Egypt kick lately :P

What I'd say to a badficcer depends on what the main "bad" part of the fic was. Bad SPAG a la "legolas"? Anatomy fail a la the Spear Incident? Unintentional creepiness a la "soulless shell"'s seventeen-year-old who behaves like a seven-year-old?

What I'd say to the PPC is easy, though:

"Hi, guys. It's me. Just called to tell you that ... well, that badfic you recently sporked? Actually, I wrote that and posted it anonymously as an experiment. I wanted to see how bad I could make it before people stopped telling me it was great. They love it. I'm scared. Hug me now."

DoSAT can cannibalize all the spambots for spare parts.

To the badficcer:

The book they're screwing up from. And the words "Read it again" printed and underlined in neat handwriting on the first page.


To the PPCer:

Autographed book.

Dear Badficcer,

Congratulations. Due to your efforts, my carefully planned timeline is now so thoroughly off-track that all your favorite characters are going to die and the world is doomed to fall into the gaping plothole you left behind, implode, and cease to have ever existed. Yes, you read that right.

I hope you're happy.

~Neshomeh

Dear PPCer(s),

Thank the Powers! You have no idea how grateful I am--the lawyers would never have got there in time to fix that mess! Thank you a thousand times over for saving my world. You rock.

~Neshomeh

Hey, we're not that bad. /b/ isn't the whole of 4chan.

I like the cooking, animals, and paranormal boards, though, so I may be biased. There's only so many horrible things you can do to lentils.