Protectors of the Plot Continuum

The Protectors of the Plot Continuum (PPC) is an organization dedicated to the extermination of badfic. PPCers find horrible fanfiction and write stories, called missions, in which PPC Agents go into the fanfic and fix the bad stuff. Their way to do this depends on the problems in the story;
 * Assassins deal with Suefic by killing the Mary Sue, after reading her a list of crimes that she committed.
 * Bad Slashers deal with Slashfic by exorcising the characters affected by the Author-wraith.
 * Untanglers deal with Crossovers by relocating the displaced canons...

and so on and so forth. A list of various Departments of the PPC can be found here: List of Departments.

The Authors of the PPC are writers who a) hate bad Spelling and Grammar and b) enjoy utilising their talents for snark and sarcasm in their writing. They also often enjoy giving Concrit to authors of badfic, in the hopes that they may be encouraged to improve their writing. This has on several occasions actually worked. As stated on the Main Page, if you are here because we PPCd something you or one of your friends wrote, be sure to check out the FAQ:For Other People.

History of the PPC
In the "Real World" the PPC was created by Jay and Acacia and put up on The Pit. It was subsequently removed by Pit administration, and generously hosted by Miss Cam. Over the years it gained a cult following and many spinoffs (see The Complete List of PPC Fiction. The PPC Posting Board celebrated its Fifth Anniversary in 2008 (see Fifth Anniversary Celebration).

Within the world of the PPC, the PPC was founded as the Organisation by giant, sentient Flowers: the Flowers That Be. The Flowers recruited Agents of other species, who were divided into different Departments. The major change in leadership came as a result of the Reorganisation, when the Mysterious Somebody and the Department of Internal Security were overthrown.

Agents of the PPC generally encounter the organisation by accident, fall into HQ through unexpected Plotholes or are Recruited by other Agents. The pay is practically non-existant; Health and Safety consists of giving new Agents a few minutes training with their shiny new Weaponry before throwing them at, for intance, rampaging Jedi/Amazon Sues; and the food is terrible, but the Medical care is phenomenal and job satisfaction often quite high. A few Agents are rumoured to have successfully retired, but most do not believe that this is true. Indeed, most Agents die, go mad or go AWOL while on the job, and those that survive and are not too paranoid to refuse all interpersonal contact sometimes manage to form lasting relationships and even raise children in HQ (see Ten Years Hence). Truly the PPC is a job for life.