User:DawnFire360

Welcome to the page of DawnFire (not to be confused with the Department of Floaters, even if she does tend to sign posts on the Board as 'DF'. DawnFire is not a Department, and does not currently plan to place any future agents in the DF ''(although Agent Dawn certainly seems to be heading towards future placement there now. -24/6/2013)''). The reason there is currently very little here is that DawnFire (in addition to apparently talking in the third person) saw little point in doing so when she had only actually been talking to the PPC (i.e., been posting on the Board) for about a week by the time she made a Wikia account. (DawnFire will now cease writing in the third person, because it is very annoying to keep up.) However, it's now been just over a month since I said hello, and so I thought it was time I actually put something here.

With that said, it looks like I'll be adding things slowly. So keep an eye out for new paragraphs, sections, and so on if you're interested.

Discovering the PPC
DawnFire discovered the PPC sometime during 2008 or 2009 (she's not entirely sure). There are various theories as to how she did this.


 * DawnFire discovered OFUM on FFN, and followed the link to Miss Cam's website, where she found the PPC. It snowballed from there.


 * DawnFire somehow discovered the various PPC spin-offs posted on FFN, followed the mentions of mini-Balrogs to OFUM, and followed the link to Miss Cam's website, where she found the PPC, etc.


 * DawnFire followed a mention of the PPC in a parody fanfic to Miss Cam's website, where she found the Original Series and then discovered and read OFUM. From there, she read the PPC spin-offs on FFN and other sites, found MSTs, and eventually made her way to Deleterius, where she spent rather a lot of time reading (and, occasionally, commenting under the screenname Brightshadow).


 * DawnFire is actually a PPC agent from an indeterminate division, who fell into World One through a plothole, and was quite shocked to discover that the PPC was *gasp!* fictional! She proceeded to gather as much information as she could on the organization, and finally decided to join the Board and get Permission in an attempt to write herself back into HQ. Why she hasn't simply tried flying to New Caledonia and poking around the hills until she finds the entrance is unknown (possibly the plane ticket is too expensive) . Whether or not she will succeed in returning to PPC HQ is also currently unknown.


 * DawnFire is secretly a kumquat that spends its time making up conspiracy theories and decided to infiltrate the PPC after discovering its existence half a decade ago.


 * DawnFire is an insane writer who enjoys making up conspiracy theories far too much and should stop writing them right about... now. (She also enjoys adding too many links, and must now face the consequences of having to investigate each one to ensure that it leads to a real page . She has now discovered that Wikia marks broken internal links in the preview, and is very happy.)

Feel free to choose whichever of these options makes the most sense to you. DawnFire would like to point out that each theory has at least a small kernel of truth hidden inside it. Yes, even the one about kumquats. No, DawnFire is not entirely sure what a kumquat looks like, but imagines that it resembles a persimmon in color and taste (and therefore would not make her list of preferred fruits).

Post-discovery
After discovering the PPC (however she did it) and reading a great deal of PPC fiction and both related and unrelated MSTs, DawnFire discovered Deleterius. Her involvement there went much as described in the third theory above. Several months ago, DawnFire noticed that Deleterius was gone. She still doesn't know why (she suspects another argument), but would like to.

DawnFire owes a lot of her ideas about writing to the PPC, and to the Canon Protection Initiative in general. Because of them, she knows 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. She also owes many hours of entertainment to their wonderful stories and ideas, and would like to thank everyone who had a hand in any of this (teaching and entertaining alike).

She would also like to either thank or slap in the face with a fish (a la Asterix) whoever started the PPC wiki. (She would include everyone who has contributed to it, but that would both take quite a while and include herself, the latter part of which could get either narcissistic or potentially stinky (depending on just how recently Unhygienix's fish left the sea).) She has spent a considerable amount of time getting lost in the many, many articles it holds, and is extremely happy not to have tests or homework this year, as she would no doubt have neglected the homework and failed the tests quite miserably. On the other hand, she has gained quite a lot of knowledge about today's PPC, which will no doubt come in handy, especially once she starts writing missions.

The Board and Current PPC Involvement
DawnFire posted her introductory post on the Board on January 13, 2013, and was of course immediately swamped with welcoming responses and gifts (as is usual with newbies). Her original plan was not to get Permission and write missions; instead, she wanted to say hello to the organization (read: fandom) that she had followed for so long, and to ask if she could have the PPC make an appearance in an outtake for a Mary Sue parody fic she was (and still is) working on. Un Fortunately, she answered a list of questions, one of which was, Do you plan on writing missions?. For that question, she answered that she would like to, but probably shouldn't start another project. Following that, her brain decided to run away with the idea, and started trying to create agents out of thin air. On the same day, she opened a document and started brainstorming. A little over a month later, that document was 54 pages long, and still growing, filled as it was with rambling, agent backstory, brainstorming, and notes on the PPC and various badfics. (It has since been split into three documents.) She also has six agents mostly invented, with another one or two characters trying to shove their way into existence. With that said, DawnFire is putting together a much-needed (for her sanity, that is) Permission request, and hopes to submit it soon. Before the plotbunnies eat her alive. ''Note&mdash;DawnFire has now attained Permission, and is feeling very bouncy. Oh, and she's going to start work on the first mission now. -March 6, 2013.''

Thoughts and Dreams
One of the details I have planned for my missions is the appearance (and inclusion) of Agent Flash of the DIC. She won't turn up for quite a while, but she will come in at some point.

Flash comes from an original book I'm working on. One day, I'd like to be able to post something along these lines on the Board and then just start jumping up and down in excitement: 'Hey, you guys know Agent Flash? Well, I have some great news: her home canon is about to be published! Join the party!'

Here's hoping...

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.

A Terrifying Discovery
When I was a young teenager, I sounded horrifyingly like a Suethor. A fanbrat Suethor, no less. (Actually, if one fic counts, then I was a Suethor.) I... rediscovered this very recently when glancing through some of my saved chats on AIM. For a sample, see this:

''...on second thought, quote redacted for two reasons: 1. it's really terrifying. 2. I can't find a good quote that isn't broken up by the friend I was talking to. A quote may make an appearance eventually, though.''

Fortunately, my most Sueish story ideas never made it to writing (except in one case), and those chats on AIM were never public. In addition, the lone Suefic that I've discovered among my writing was never posted anywhere (more on that in a minute). All in all, I used chatspeak in a thoroughly terrifying manner, although perhaps that can be partially blamed on the fact that I had yet to learn to type quickly (and also, it was kind of fun). Quite fortunately, the chatspeak never extended to my actual writing (unless there's some hidden gem somewhere that I've completely forgotten about, but that seems unlikely). So, not very much harm done, except to my brain (which reeled at the thought that I had once come off as such a Suethor, and used such terrible chatspeak and spelling...).

The Lone (Discovered) Sue
As mentioned above, I, DawnFire, once wrote a Sue. I discovered her Suvian identity a year or two after progress on her story ceased, and eventually started to MST her. None of this was ever posted anywhere, so don't bother looking for it.

No, really, don't bother. I'm going to PPC her anyway.

Now, this Sue is a Harry Potter Sue. What makes her a full-blown Sue... well, read on.

Serena Black (also the title of the three-and-a-bit chapter fic) had the good fortune to appear in a story with good SPaG and relatively few canon problems, at least in the beginning. The main problem with her is that she's Sirius Black's time-traveling twin sister who defeated Voldemort in a duel and sent Harry (and several other characters) slightly OOC. (And competed in a previous Triwizard Tournament. And has some sort of connection to Snape. And is besties with the Weasley twins. And is in both Ravenclaw and Slytherin, but sits at the Gryffindor table because that's where all the people she knows are. You should be at least starting to get the picture by now.)

As mentioned, three or four years after I stopped writing Serena Black's story, I started to MST her while on a camping trip. (Yup, the MST was done in a tent. It's even referenced, actually.) That was approximately three or four years ago, too. The MST never got past the first chapter&mdash;actually, it never even got past the halfway point of the first chapter, and with good reason, considering that that particular chapter manages to be 4,284 words. That's unusually long for my stories, and even in this one it's a trend that doesn't continue. Most of the following chapters don't even make it to 1,000 words, while the third clocks in just below 1,500. And this has probably stopped interesting you, the reader of my profile/ramblings, so I shall stop going on about word count.

"Serena Black" is currently slated to be either the fourth or the fifth mission undertaken by my agents. (If you're curious, it's set to be undertaken by Agent Dawn, with assistance from Agents Charlie and Brenda.)

Odds and Ends
If you want goodfic recs, I have a list here. (It's still growing, but will probably eventually hold quite a lot.)

I also have an account on Fanfiction.net, which can be found here. Please be advised that a lot of the stories there were written in 2009; that's not to say they're bad, but please note that most of the stories there don't reflect my current writing abilities (or style, for that matter). As of March 2013, two of the stories there are current, but updated sporadically. Of course, if you're interested, feel free to check out whatever's there and, if you have the time, energy, and will, leave me a review. :) I love them, and they tend to excite me enough about the story to come back to it and write more.

In addition to those, Karen and I are writing an OFU for the Avengers 'verse. We currently have the first chapter finished, and are working on a usable draft of the application form (coming soon to a Board near you!) Keep an eye out for it! (Two eyes, if you can spare them.)