User:DawnFire360

This is Zingenmir 's page! Zingenmir was called DawnFire until January 2017, when she decided it was high time for a change. The phrase zingen mir is Yiddish, and has the literal meaning "we sing" or "we are singing." Unsurprisingly, Zingenmir is very fond of both Yiddish and music, and sings quite a bit.

Zingenmir became a Boarder on January 13, 2013, and got Permission in March of the same year. She is also a Permission Giver as of March 2017. For a list of her stories, see the end of this page.

Zingenmir's Plort persona is Baron Eshakhar. Her wiki page and arms can be found here.

Zingenmir's list of fanfiction recommendations can be found here. Check back every once in a while&mdash;it grows.

Discovery
Zingenmir discovered the PPC in 2008 or 2009 (possibly via OFUM), but didn't know that the Board was still so incredibly active until late 2012. She owes a lot of her ideas about writing to the PPC and to the Canon Protection Initiative in general. Because of them, she learned about Mary Sues, common story plots, rules of fanfiction, rules of writing interesting characters and stories, hallmarks of good writing, and probably a lot more.

Interestingly enough, it was a Mary Sue parody fic that made her look them up again. She wanted to ask the possible three active Boarders for permission to confuse some PPC agents in an outtake. Instead, she found a community about a hundred strong, and some new friends.

Current Involvement
Zingenmir is one of the on-again, off-again Boarders, as dictated mainly by such things as her offline schedule. She gets into things like the Badfic Games, the Shipfic Fest, and April Fool's Day, and also runs a semi-annual Purim RP on the Board. She has released more co-written stories than anything else, but hopefully that will eventually change!

For a list of stories, see below.

Observations
It is important to note that, in dealing with a badfic, the high points should be praised, the faults explained, and the terrible points ridiculed. This last is to aid the continued sanity of the writer and the agents.

Deleterius
Zingenmir discovered Deleterius around the same time as finding the PPC, and spent rather a lot of time there reading (and, occasionally, commenting under the screenname Brightshadow). She has since launched a project to archive the dissolved community, which can be found here. If you have any material you want linked or reposted, let her know.

Avengers/Marvel Cinematic Universe OFU
Zingenmir is also writing an OFU for the Avengers 'verse together with the wonderful Karen DuLay. It's been in progress for a while, but will hopefully near publication in the next few years! Its current iteration (it went through a major change or three) is pretty cool. It's also the thing that first brought the two authors together as friends, which might make it even cooler depending on your viewpoint.

Accounts
Zingenmir has an account at Archive of Our Own. It currently mainly hosts backup copies of some of her PPC work, but there's also some fanfiction there.

Zingenmir also has an account on Fanfiction.net, which can be found here. Most of the stories there were written in 2009 (which isn't to say they're bad, just that they're older and a bit different in style). None are currently being updated, though that may eventually change.

Co-written

 * "Babies, Babies Everywhere" (Harry Potter), with Iximaz
 * Agents: The Aviator and Zeb (DMS), Dawn McKenna (DMS)
 * "Baby Elf, Ent-queen" (Lord of the Rings), with Iximaz
 * Agents: Dawn McKenna and Zeb (DMS)
 * Characters: The Aviator (not in the mission), Lainduilien
 * "Completely Mistaken" (Eragon/Lord of the Rings), with Iximaz
 * Agents: Kozar and the Reader (DIC), Rina Dives and Zeb (DMS)
 * "Fishing For Competence" (Doctor Who), with Scapegrace
 * Agents: Dawn McKenna (DMS), the Notary and Wobbles the Clown (DF)
 * "It's Cold Outside" (Percy Jackson and the Olympians x Chronicles of Narnia x Harry Potter), with Iximaz
 * Agents: Jacques Bonnefoy (ESAS), Charlotte Webb and Ix Saibhir (ESAS)
 * "Of Guilty Pleasures and Utter Tripe" (Eragon x Twilight), with Voyd
 * Agents: Kozar (DIC), Kala Jeng and Valon Vance (DF) (appearance by the Reader)
 * "Nothing Short of a God" (Twilight x X-Men), with Iximaz
 * Agents: Kozar and the Reader (DIC), Rina Dives and Zeb (DMS)
 * "Prime Mover" (Star Trek x Star Wars), with Desdendelle
 * Agents: Desdendelle and the Librarian (DF), Kozar and the Reader (DIC)
 * "Spring Cleaning" (Harry Potter), with Iximaz
 * Agents: Dawn McKenna and Zeb (DMS)
 * Set after "A Temporary Arrangement" and shortly after "Lasting Damage II" (interlude).
 * NSFW/B
 * "A Temporary Arrangement" (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic), with Iximaz
 * Agents: Dawn McKenna and Zeb (DMS)

Solo

 * "Darkest Fears"
 * Characters: Jacques Bonnefoy and Ruby, Seren, and Owain Sato
 * "Do-Si-Do"
 * Characters: Abaddon, T'Zar, Dawn McKenna, Ancel
 * "The Earther"
 * Characters: Allison Brown and Kozar
 * "Exacting Perfection"
 * Characters: Kozar and the Reader
 * "Shadows of Regret"
 * Characters: Gurnirel and Naergondir
 * "That Blessed Arrangement"
 * Characters: Dawn McKenna and T'Zar. Set in October 2009 and 2016.
 * "T'Zar's Reassignment Part 2"
 * Characters: Abaddon and T’Zar. Set in March 2008.
 * "What'll I Do"
 * Characters: Dawn McKenna, T'Zar, Abaddon. Set in March 2017.

Co-written

 * "Brink" with Iximaz and SeaTurtle
 * Characters: The Reader, the Aviator, Zeb, Alex Dives, the Guardsman, Naya, Terabyte
 * Set after Little Miss Mary and everything involving Rina and the Reader.
 * "Cale Sèche" with Iximaz and SeaTurtle
 * Characters: The Reader, Rina Dives, the Guardsman, Naya, Terabyte
 * "A Chance Encounter" with Iximaz
 * Characters: The Reader, Rina Dives
 * Spoilers for "Little Miss Mary"; set during "Completely Mistaken". Released after "Picking Up the Pieces" and "Snippets of Gallifrey."
 * "Crossing the Coffee Table" (alternate link) with Neshomeh (T-rated)
 * Characters: Jacques Bonnefoy, Jenni Robinson
 * "Drinking Buddies" with Iximaz
 * Characters: The Reader, Rina Dives
 * "Excuses and Accusations" with Desdendelle and Iximaz
 * Characters: The Librarian, Desdendelle, the Reader, the Aviator, Zeb
 * "Gallifrey Anticipated" with Desdendelle
 * Characters: The Reader, the Librarian
 * "Happy Idiot Talk" with Desdendelle
 * Characters: Dawn McKenna, Desdendelle
 * "Helpless in the Face of Your Beauty" with Desdendelle
 * Characters: Dawn McKenna, Desdendelle
 * "Invincible" with Desdendelle
 * Characters: Dawn McKenna, Desdendelle
 * "Lasting Damage II" with Desdendelle and Firemagic
 * Characters: The Reader, the Librarian, Desdendelle, Ari, Dawn McKenna
 * "Long View" with Desdendelle
 * Characters: The Reader, the Librarian
 * "Meeting the Exes" with Iximaz
 * Characters: Dawn McKenna, Zeb, the Aviator, T'Zar, Abaddon, Jacques Bonnefoy
 * "Picking Up the Pieces" with Iximaz
 * Characters: The Reader, Abaddon, Alex Dives
 * Aftermath of "Little Miss Mary."
 * "Truth and Consequences" with Iximaz
 * Characters: The Reader, the Aviator, Zeb
 * "Who Wants to Live Forever?" with Iximaz
 * Characters: Jacques Bonnefoy, Ix Saibhir and Charlotte Webb

Ten Years Hence

 * "Seren the Dragon Rider" with Voyd
 * Characters: Seren Sato, Owain Sato, Davey, Leyuu, Valon Vance, Kala Jeng
 * "Snapshot"
 * Characters: The Reader (Seventh), Inbal'l, Naya (mentioned)
 * "Tales of Regeneration" with Desdendelle, Iximaz, and SeaTurtle
 * Characters: The Reader (Fifth), Naya, the Guardsman, Terabyte, the Librarian, the Aviator, Elanorelisindrivar

April Fool's Day

 * "Blade," or "I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry." (April Fool's Day 2013 version of the mission for "Blade")
 * Agents Brenda Loringham and Charlie Shoe try their best not to kill each other while battling equipment failures and Laiqualassiel, the half-Elf, half-nymph healer of Middle-earth. (Cameos by Edgar Sullivan and Dawn McKenna).
 * "T'Zar's Reassignment Part 1" (April Fool's Day 2014)
 * Reality falls apart as Agents Abaddon and T'Zar take the Reader’s TARDIS for a joyride (to Gallifrey!) The Reader follows with the Disentangler and the Agent.
 * "The Carrot Juice Shop AU" (April Fool's Day 2015)
 * In which a new shop has opened up near the PPC, and everyone goes there.
 * "Continuity: Titles" (April Fool's Day 2016)
 * In which the Council members set off for a drink and there are revelations.
 * "My Perfect Life," or "When I grow up I wanna be famous…" (April Fool's Day 2017. Rated T)
 * An Arrowverse mission from an unusual perspective. Please read the content warning at the beginning.

2013 Blackout

 * "The 'Verses Aim To Misbehave" (in-progress)
 * The story of how a Boarder ended up in HQ and Gotham's lampposts went missing (among other things).

Continuity Council

 * "Continuity: Folded Time" with Huinesoron (who wrote most of it)
 * "Continuity: Tea" with Huinesoron
 * "Continuity: Gallifrey Shrinks" with Iximaz

Purim RP

 * "Purim Party Invitation"
 * The first ever recorded (and rather colorful) Purim Party invitation (2014).
 * "2014 Purim RP" (currently one scene only)
 * Jacques' conversation is interrupted by a pair of familiar toddlers engaged in a slimy food fight.
 * "Two Elves and a Song"
 * A pair of Calaquendi (Tolkien Elves from before the First Age) critique each other's costumes (2015).
 * "Tales in the Nursery"
 * Two Nursery children discuss the Purim story while their sister looks for her hat (2016).
 * "Come As You Aren't"
 * Dawn, Abaddon, and T'Zar prepare for the 2017 Purim Party (2017. Posted separately because the Purim RP wasn't held).
 * This interlude is canonical.

AUs

 * "Exposé" part 1, part 2 (alternate link)
 * In which Rita Skeeter (or a replacement who contrived to keep the name) is working for the Multiverse Monitor and has interviewed Jacques in 2018. Part 1 contains excerpts from her interview; part 2 reveals the final two excerpts from Jacques' perspective as they happened.
 * "Far Out"
 * Young Wizards AU, prequel to "Gambit." In which wizards Jacques and Dawn meet for the first time, and work together despite beginning to clash.
 * "Gambit" - T-rated (violence and description/discussion thereof)
 * Young Wizards AU. In which wizards Jacques Bonnefoy and Dawn McKenna face off against the Lone Power.

Miscellaneous

 * "Arbitrary" with Desdendelle
 * Dawn makes an appearance after the mission.
 * "A Troupe By Any Other Name: Beware the Ides of March" with Lily Winterwood
 * The Troupe performs William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar&mdash;Gallifreyan style. Regenerations, disguises, and spoilers abound!
 * "A Meeting At Rudi's" (Borderline canonical)
 * In which T’Zar talks about her latest mission and Dawn is confused.
 * "A Troupe By Any Other Name: Science Fiction Double Feature" with Lily Winterwood
 * A Troupe By Any Other Name celebrates Halloween with a one-time shadow cast performance of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
 * "Snippets of Gallifrey" by Iximaz
 * Some moments from the Aviator's life.
 * The First Reader makes a cameo appearance.

Author's Favorites

 * "Cale Sèche" with Iximaz and SeaTurtle
 * Wherein three Time Lords, a geth, and a quarian go to repair a TARDIS. It seems to be going well, until angry words are exchanged. Then the whole thing spirals out of control.
 * Characters: The Reader, Rina Dives, the Guardsman, Naya, Terabyte
 * "Long View" with Desdendelle
 * In which the Reader and the Librarian go for a walk after a Continuity Council meeting.
 * Characters: The Reader, the Librarian
 * "What'll I Do"
 * Dawn turns to one of her oldest friends for advice.
 * Characters: Dawn McKenna, T'Zar, Abaddon. Set in March 2017.
 * "My Perfect Life," or "When I grow up I wanna be famous…" (April Fool's Day 2017. Rated T)
 * An Arrowverse mission from an unusual perspective. Please read the content warning at the beginning.

Timeline (with links)
Under construction, I'm afraid. It's going to be cool, though! And probably wind up on its own page, once it's done, given it's likely going to double the length of this page. (And yes, this is something I started ages ago, back when hS put up his SorTable. Projects move slooowly sometimes.)

Some dates are approximate, so as to keep stories in chronological order; see the top of each story for precise details.