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Jay, "Rambling Band"
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Jay and Acacia of the Original Series. Art by Bold Font.

Protectors of the Plot Continuum, nearly always referred to simply as the Original Series (TOS) by fans, is the first PPC series, begun by Jay and Acacia. It was started on January 30, 2002,[1] not-so-coincidentally soon after the movie release of The Fellowship of the Ring. The barrage of badfic following that film inspired these two to create the world of the PPC that we all know and love. It has 26 missions in all, and for a long time had the most missions of any agent pair. (Tawaki, Iximaz, and IndeMaat are known to have published spin-offs with more missions than Jay and Acacia, and it is possible others have as well.)

It was originally posted on Fanfiction.net, but was kicked off (quite unfairly, we believe) on May 11, 2002.[2] This event is known as the Takedown. TOS found a new home on Philosopher At Large's website, Odd Lots, until Odd Lots went down in 2009. Fortunately, Miss Cam also archived the series, and almost all of it could be found there until it, too, succumbed in 2015. As of 2012, the complete series is archived at PPC: The Lost Tales.

The Original Series ended when Jay and Acacia retired in 2003 and left the PPC to its own devices. Jay has returned to the Board once, but only very briefly.

Chapters[]

"Rambling Band"[]

Link Author(s) Canon(s) Timeline Published
"Rambling Band" Jay and Acacia The Lord of the Rings January 30, 2002 January 30, 2002[1]
Meet the assassins as they rid Middle-earth of stray punk-rockers in Rivendell.

When Laurel and her band crash their van through a movie screen and land in Middle-earth, Agents Jay and Acacia take on their iconic debut mission.

In Rivendell, Laurel and her bandmates Geoff and Cole became guests of Elrond, and Arwen arranges for them to be dressed in "locally appropriate" clothing: a gown and robes. At the Council, the band play a rock song that mesmerizes the other attendees. Even Gandalf cheers when the band is done playing—though, of course, that may be in celebration of the end of the song rather than the song itself. Both Legolas and Boromir develop quite a thing for Laurel. The band join the Fellowship of the Ring when it leaves Rivendell at dawn.

Shortly afterward, the agents, in the guise of orcs, intervene. The Sue is charged with "disrupting the canon by joining the Fellowship, bringing twenty-first century knowledge to Middle-earth, interfering with the characters of... at least ten people, so I won't list them all, but most severely Legolas and Boromir; and also being a Mary Sue." She is shot with a poisoned arrow; her two band-members are shot in the head. The corpses are fed to the Watcher in the Water.

"Chosen"[]

Link Author(s) Canon(s) Timeline Published
"Chosen" Jay and Acacia The Lord of the Rings c. February 10, 2002 c. February 10, 2002
Galadriel's other daughter meets a timely end.

Shortly after the end of the first mission, the second one begins.

Phoenix is Galadriel's uncanonical daughter, sent forward in time via the Mirror of Galadriel (apparently so she can work at K-mart). She creates an uncanonical Ring of Power, sings modern music in Middle-earth (perfectly, of course), and plans to break up the Fellowship to have them rescue her from orcs. Thankfully, this is prevented by Jay and Acacia.

The agents join the orcs that kidnap Phoenix, wait for the orcs to knock her out, and carry her off. Jay charges Phoenix with "disrupting the canon by joining the Fellowship, bringing twenty-first century knowledge to Middle-earth, interfering with the characters of Galadriel and Legolas, being a Mary Sue ... really annoying Acacia ... getting yourself captured like an idiot and having the Fellowship break up just to rescue you ... and yelling at Gollum."

Phoenix is shot with an arrow and her corpse is fed to the orcs. Afterward, the agents take the opportunity to go sight-seeing in Isengard, and Jay "acquires" a nice set of tarot cards to replace the deck Acacia ruined.

"Lady of the Fellowship"[]

Link Author(s) Canon(s) Timeline Published
"Lady of the Fellowship" Jay and Acacia The Lord of the Rings c. February 15, 2002 c. February 15, 2002
Technical difficulties are experienced, and necessity proves the mother of invention as the assassins encounter a Warrior-Sue.

"Protector of the Ringbearer"[]

Link Author(s) Canon(s) Timeline Published
"Protector of the Ringbearer" Jay and Acacia The Lord of the Rings February 20, 2002 February 20, 2002[3]
Of blue unicorns and less probable things; the Department of Bad Slash proves helpful. Co-starring Agents Sean and Luxury.

"What Might Have Been"[]

Link Author(s) Canon(s) Timeline Published
"What Might Have Been" Jay and Acacia The Lord of the Rings February 24, 2002 February 24, 2002[4]
The secret of Rivendell's construction and the lost technology of Hollin: cement.

"And in the Darkness Bind Them"[]

Link Author(s) Canon(s) Timeline Published
"And in the Darkness Bind Them" Jay and Acacia The Lord of the Rings February 26, 2002 February 26, 2002[5]
Zelda meets Dragonlance meets the assassins: PPC 1, "Link" 0.

"Children of the Earth"[]

Link Author(s) Canon(s) Timeline Published
"Children of the Earth" Jay and Acacia The Lord of the Rings March 20, 2002 March 20, 2002[6]
Sean and Lux tag along. Recruiting.

"Why am I Here"[]

Link Author(s) Canon(s) Timeline Published
"Why am I Here" Jay and Acacia The Lord of the Rings c. March 25, 2002 c. March 25, 2002[1]
How to drive a Mary Sue to madness: the Cheese Elves of Rivendell. Co-starring Agents Millie and Mr. Socko.

"Laugh at the Moon"[]

Link Author(s) Canon(s) Timeline Published
"Laugh at the Moon" Jay and Acacia The Lord of the Rings c. April 1, 2002 c. April 1, 2002
Scientific "Testing to Destruction" of a Mary Sue.

"Vacation at OFUM"[]

Link Author(s) Canon(s) Timeline Published
"Vacation at OFUM" Jay and Acacia The Lord of the Rings April 8, 2002 April 8, 2002[7]
(Which turns out to be a Working Vacation, of course...)

"Mithril"[]

Link Author(s) Canon(s) Timeline Published
"Mithril" Jay and Acacia The Lord of the Rings c. April 14, 2002 c. April 14, 2002[8]
Elrond's other daughter meets a timely end in Generic Fantasyland.

"Gwendolyn"[]

Link Author(s) Canon(s) Timeline Published
"Gwendolyn" Jay and Acacia The Lord of the Rings c. April 18, 2002 c. April 18, 2002[9]
In which it is seen that ten is not a logical number.

"All Souls Night"[]

Link Author(s) Canon(s) Timeline Published
"All Souls Night" Jay and Acacia The Lord of the Rings c. May 1, 2002 c. May 1, 2002[10]
What to do with flames, and no-win situations.

"Sisterhood"[]

Link Author(s) Canon(s) Timeline Published
"Sisterhood" Jay and Acacia The Lord of the Rings c. May 10, 2002 c. May 10, 2002[11]
"Nine Sues for mortal fen, doomed to cry..."

"The Maiden"[]

Link Author(s) Canon(s) Timeline Published
"The Maiden" Jay and Acacia The Lord of the Rings c. June 1, 2002 c. June 1, 2002
Barbecue time! Party with the PPC!

"We Cannot Be"[]

Link Author(s) Canon(s) Timeline Published
"We Cannot Be" Jay and Acacia The Lord of the Rings c. June 20, 2002 c. June 20, 2002
Andromielle Zinnia, Sue Social Status, and OOCness...

"Darkness Awakened"[]

Link Author(s) Canon(s) Timeline Published
"Darkness Awakened" Jay and Acacia The Lord of the Rings x Star Wars June 2002 June 29, 2002[12]
A transfer, a lichen that sounds like John Cleese, and reincarnated Isildur—"Izzy"—teaming up with a Jedi named Matrix—it's time to take on crossovers.

"Two Worlds"[]

Link Author(s) Canon(s) Timeline Published
"Two Worlds" Jay and Acacia The Lord of the Rings x Harry Potter August 21, 2002[13][14]
Surreal crossovers, or, Very Large Stone Buildings in Lothlórien.
The prodigal daughter of Remus Lupin and Galadriel gets what's coming to her.

"Torment"[]

Link Author(s) Canon(s) Timeline Published
"Torment" Jay and Miss Cam The Lord of the Rings August 25, 2002[14]
The assassins widen their horizons to the deserving.
"You don't have to be crazy to work here, but it helps." —Especially when dealing with a case where the canon characters are totally out of their minds. Oh, the pain...

"The Luggage Runs Off With The One Ring"[]

Link Author(s) Canon(s) Timeline Published
"The Luggage Runs Off With The One Ring" Jay and Acacia The Lord of the Rings x Discworld October 9, 2002[15][14]
Discworld crossover mayhem—say goodbye to sanity...

"The Dark Elf"[]

Link Author(s) Canon(s) Timeline Published
"The Dark Elf" Jay and Acacia The Lord of the Rings December 27, 2002[16]
Bring your anti-nausea medications...

"Elemental Crystals"[]

Link Author(s) Canon(s) Timeline Published
"Elemental Crystals" Jay and Acacia The Lord of the Rings c. March 1, 2003
Dragons, dragons, & more uncanonical dragons!

"To Know Where You Are Going"[]

Link Author(s) Canon(s) Timeline Published
"To Know Where You Are Going" Jay, Acacia, & Rhysdux The Lord of the Rings August 12, 2003[17]
Elrond and Arwen. The love story never told. For a bloody good reason, as Jay and Acacia... explain to the Possession-Sue.

"A Taste of Blood"[]

Link Author(s) Canon(s) Timeline Published
"A Taste of Blood" Jay and Deepy The Lord of the Rings June 15, 2003[17]
Poor Legolas has finally had it, and kills himself (who can blame him?), making Jay team up with Dee of the RPF Department to give the author a good whacking. Death to Leggy-torturers!

"Broken Doll"[]

Link Author(s) Canon(s) Timeline Published
"Broken Doll" Jay and Thalia Weaver The Lord of the Rings June 15, 2003[17]
Neurotic supermodels don't belong in Rivendell. Jay gets a new partner, a Sue gets a new appreciation for battleaxes.

"No Way Back"[]

Link Author(s) Canon(s) Timeline Published
"No Way Back" Jay and Thalia Weaver The Lord of the Rings c. August 20, 2003[18]
The sad story of Candie the sk8er girl and her demise.

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Determined by the phylogenetic bracketing of story IDs on Fanfiction.net, which are sequential.
  2. The date is known from multiple reviews of spinoffs, such as this one for "Clan of the Cactus."
  3. "The PPC" on Entmoot by Acacia, February 20, 2002
  4. (untitled) on Entmoot by Acacia, February 24, 2002
  5. "Freedom's Just Another Word..." by Black Katana, February 27, 2002, mentions "all seven chapters up so far" (six plus the stand-alone prologue)
  6. "Okay, all, new PPC!" on Entmoot by Acacia, March 20, 2002
  7. A comment by Miss Cam on OFUM chapter 39, April 8, 2002
  8. Prior to the receipt of the PPC's first flames on April 16, as noted by Jay on Entmoot.
  9. Following the receipt of the PPC's first flames on April 16, as noted by Jay on Entmoot.
  10. TOS on Fanfiction.net as captured on May 4, 2002
  11. TOS index on Odd Lots as captured on May 16, 2002—shortly after TOS was rehosted there following the Takedown on May 11.
  12. Odd Lots as captured on July 8, 2002
  13. Odd Lots as captured on August 23, 2002
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 TOS on Henneth Annun as captured on September 20, 2003
  15. Odd Lots as captured on October 19, 2002
  16. The PPC Main Page as captured on February 12, 2003
  17. 17.0 17.1 17.2 PPC Main Page historical archive by Huinesoron
  18. Prior to its capture on Miss Cam's site as of August 21, 2003
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