Year:2010

This is a brief summary of various events in the PPC, Real World Time and HST-wise, during the year 2010.

Note: Links to the Board older than 2012 are broken thanks to YourWebApps deciding to be evil. Fortunately, Tomash archived everything as far back as mid-2008, and hS put all that plus scattered post titles from even earlier up in a set of Gdocs for posterity. Links to the Board can be replaced with archive links by anyone who has the time.

Unspecified

• Late spring:
  • Agent Jeannine Guiles snaps in action and becomes a FicPsych inpatient.

• Late summer:
  • Agents Suicide and Diocletian are discovered to be hiding out in Azeroth and persuaded to return to the PPC by Agents Supernumerary and Brightbeard.

• Late in the year:
  • Post-July, Agents Kelok and Unger transfer from the Department of Floaters to the All-Purpose Department, Sherlock Holmes Division.
  • Cadmar and Mark Sienna join the PPC.

• Malcolm Hyrax and Belladonna Vishort are born.
• The Fountain of Bleepka is filled with whipped cream. The incident is dealt with by the DIA.
• The League of Mary Sue Factories divides into two factions, led respectively by Lilith and the Venomous Tentacula, each racing to create the Vambiolaria Bomb. In the meantime, a Glitter Bomb containing the Vambiolaria virus is detonated at the International Academy of Hetalia Fanfiction.
• Mike de Bergerac is recruited by Agent Kilroy Vincentus.

January

Unspecified

• Agent Teek Virtanen is transferred to the Department of Mary Sues and partnered with Kayla Richards.
• Rina Telcontar begins work in the Department of Finance.

1

• Happy New Year!
• Part two of Doctor Who story The End of Time airs on BBC One. This marks the Tenth Doctor's regeneration into the Eleventh Doctor and the last story written and directed by Russell T. Davies.

5

• Welcome to Anamia!

6

• IndeMaat publishes an NCIS mission; Allison Carter and Tasmin Haynes' forty-first. (Alternative link part 1, part 2.)

7

• IndeMaat publishes Tasmin and Emma's sixteenth mission. (Alternative link.)
• The FAQ: For Newbies is first proposed on the Board.

8

• Welcome to Mr. Eldritch!

9

• Neshomeh mentions leave of absence and proposes Sedri and Trojie as new Permission Givers.

10

• Trojie and Pads plug not one but two missions.

11

• Honu_Wahine plugs their first mission.

12

• Welcome to gattsuru and Elorie!
• Haiti earthquake! Oh no!

13

• Welcome to DreamingofRoses!
• July gets tired of constant waving; grabs a newbie and proclaims them adopted. Thus, the Big Sibling/Little Sibling List is done up.

14

• The FAQ: For Newbies and the Mission Writing Guide go up on the wiki.

16

• New chapter of HFA! Meir Brin is proclaimed alive again, apologies for declaration of undead state occur.
• The PPC Chatroom is remade by User:JulyFlame.
• Gen the oldbie returns!

18

• Sedri brings up the nomination thing, attempts to accept; July plays checkers while everyone else plays chess, and hS properly brings it up to an election.

19

• BattleHamster plugs a mission.

21

• Sedri and Trojie become official Permission Givers, may the Ironic Overpower treat them well and may they not do too many dubious things to the Permission Giver Hat when it is not June.
• IndeMaat plugs Allison and Tasmin's forty-third mission. Theoretical "spinoff mission count average" rises further above what it actually is. (Alternative link.)

24

• Agent July MSTs a Harry Potter badfic via Twitter.

31

• IndeMaat plugs a second mission through the NCIS continuum (forty-sixth overall) with Agents Allison and Tasmin, puts two minis up for adoption. (The NCIS spin-off appears to have been removed from Fanfiction.net due to author complaints.)

February

1

• JulyFlame begins The Survey 2010, threatens use of Sedri.
• Welcome to Miah!

4

• Anamia is granted Permission. Congratulations!
• Welcome to Catkin!
• Neshomeh returns from leave of absence.

5

• Cassie Cameron-Young and Lycaenion plug an interlude, reassign agents.

7

• Honu_Wahine plugs an Agent Sam and Sidhe mission in the Na'Viverse.

9

• Bioshock 2 is first released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360.

10

• Welcome to ghost in a blender!

18

• Heavy Rain is first released in Japan for the PlayStation 3.

22

• The PPC Shipficfest 2010 begins, courtesy of JulyFlame!

25

• Questions are taken on the subject of sporking bad slash.
• Platinumyo returns!

26

• GOOFSS is updated!

March

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• Trojie and Pads announce a temporary hiatus.
• Welcome back to Crystal, Sunspot, and Annalas.
• Welcome to Somariel, Taffy, Prard'ras'kleoni, Kallisti, Ethanthecrazy, Ruin Takada, Artell, Meta, Severniae, Mitch, Nyxix, Goldenrod111, asterselene from ACMSES, DigitalSocrates, Beans1117, terrofen, Wide Eyed Idealist, and Unconquered.
• Himrod temporarily comes out of retirement to help Agents Cara Fielding, Miriam Collins, and William Marshall in "Vainglorious Suethors."

3

• Neshomeh issues a March Madness challenge to the Board: write a mission (if you have Permission) or something else by midnight, March 31.

9

• The musical Love Never Dies, sequel to Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, opens on the West End. It is promptly disowned by the phandom.

13

• Neshomeh releases the first mission of Agents Derik and Earwig, DMS.

14

• Miah posts an intro for her new agents.

16

• Maslab and Bronwyn tackle "First Encounter."

18

• Makari takes down a Katekyo Hitman Reborn! Sue.

19

• All in the same day, Elcalion, July, and Phobos respectively kill a Boromir Sue in Lord of the Rings, a Bernard Sue in The Santa Clause, and a Thrall Sue in World of Warcraft.

26

• DreamWorks' How to Train Your Dragon is released in theaters and Neshomeh gains a new top fandom. A good thing, too, because badfic crops up pretty much immediately.

27

• Another March Madness entry, by Cassie Cameron-Young and Ekyl, is posted.

28

• IndeMaat publishes Allison and Tasmin's forty-eighth mission, "The Look of Love." (Alternative link.)
• On the Board, hS publishes a lot of new things:
  • The rediscovered and newly compiled PPC Soundtrack
  • The write-up of the Fifth Anniversary Celebration
  • Crashing Down's final chapter, Chapter 20: "Rise to Lead," and Epilogue: "All the Dreams"
  • "The End of the Beginning" sans Part 1
  • "Time Will Decide for Us"
  • The Twisted Skein's Cast Lists page
  • Myths of the PPC

31

• March Madness ends with 20 Boarders qualifying for prizes! Well done, Boarders!

April

Unspecified

• Agent Randall is recruited.

1

• Sues have taken over the wiki? What?! No, wait... April Fool's! July converts the wiki to a red-and-black theme with a painfully sparkly purple banner. The Main Page proclaims the wiki to be for "Perfect Prissy Characters" whose mission is to go out into the worlds and give everyone makeovers. This attracts several fangirlish personae to the Board, much to the dismay of those who don't quite realize it's meant to be funny.

2

• Miah releases her first mission: Stargate Atlantis, "Miah and Cali versus the Wraith Lover." Marinade, yum!

2-3

• Holy Zerg Rush, Batman! More newbies! Welcome to BookwormMika, Silikat, Honeyfeather, Edward Wilder, and TheMadMaiden.

8

• Miah releases her second mission: NCIS, "Of Glitter and Men." No mad science for a week! Hannah, Helen, Kevin, and Kyle Still Bellisario are rescued by Agent Cali Still.

11

• Elcalion releases his second mission: "Scourge of the Scarlet Maiden," Part 1, Part 2.

18

• The All-HQ Water Fight takes place as a role-play on the Board and in Headquarters.

25

• IndeMaat publishes Allison and Tasmin's forty-ninth mission, "A Little Loony Girl." (Alternative link.)

May

Unspecified

• Frances Grant joins the PPC.
• The events of "Player Two Has Joined the Game" take place: Agent Laura Dukes transfers to the Department of Mary Sues, Video Games Division, and is partnered with Danny Richardson. They are also assigned Intern Rachel Calendar for training.
• PoorCynic reveals "You Want Nobody To Love," his first mission.
  • Laura and Danny recruit Xericka.
• Gremlin falls through a plothole into a Suefic and is recruited by the agents sent to deal with the fic.

6

• Agents Cocoa and Powder Puff publish their findings on the Mary Sue genome.

28

• Phobos releases his first mission, "Warcraft Epic," starring Agents Barid and Brightbeard.

30

• Tasmin and Emma kill a loathsome Sue in Doctor Who: "Time of Angels."

June

Unspecified

• Gremlin and Xericka are assigned to the Department of Bad Slash and partnered together.

2

• "Ice": Anamia deals with possessed canons in Fruits Basket.

4

• Laura and Danny take down a Survivor!Stu in the Left 4 Dead continuum.

6

• "The New Girl in Town" is released by IndeMaat: in their forty-seventh mission, Allison and Tasmin take out a third Sue in NCIS.
• "That Darn Cat" (alternative link) is released by Lycaenion and Cassie: Teek and Kayla Richards chase down a feline Sue in Discworld.

7

• "Wanting Something More," Part 1 and Part 2 is released by Edward Wilder: Leila Asher and Julius Riddick rid the Harry Potter continuum of a Sue.

11

• Joe Carnahan's The A-Team is first released in theaters.

15

• "With a Side of Chips and a Soda" is released by PoorCynic: Danny Richardson and Laura Dukes assassinate a bizarre Stu in the Left 4 Dead continuum.

16

• "The Only Thing Necessary for the Triumph of Sues" is released by Pretzel: Ian Nahinu and Amelia Keaton exorcise an author-wraith in NCIS.

18

• Miah releases "Almost Lost": Agents Miah Arthur and Cali Still kill a Sue and disentangle the Stargate Atlantis and Lord of the Rings continua during a deletion.

19

• "For Your Eyes Only" Part 3: Laburnum updates us on her struggle with Legendary Badfic in the Naruto continuum.
• "Chomp!": Xericka and Luxury deal with a Sonic rapefic.

20

• "Along Came Ruby-Sue": Lee and Ian kill an annoying Sister!Sue in CSI.

24

• Teek Virtanen decides to visit home (alternative link) with the support of her partner.

25

• "Of Pirates and Annoyed Partners": Lee and Ian kill an annoying Sister!Sue in PotC.
• "Backbeat Love": On her 50th mission, Allison is sent back into Voyagers!, where her career as a PPC agent started.

27

• "Pervert from the Machine": Xericka and Gremlin take a trip into the Halo universe to stop a Spartan three-way.
• Agents Kelok and Unger have a devil of a time proving themselves against a Dr. Watson replacement Stu. NSFB/NSFW
• "Orcs, Sue Blood, and Coffee": Agents Jane Doe and Jason Harris join the DF.

July

Unspecified

• Brian McMaolin completes training to become an officer in the Department of Internal Affairs, and goes on his first patrol. The events of "DIA: Introductions" take place in the aftermath.

Early-month

• Unger sets fire to the HQ Lounge, burning up all the furniture.

2

• M. Night Shyamalan's live-action film The Last Airbender is first released in the US and promptly disowned by fans of the original, animated series.

3-10

• The Hull 2010 PPC Gathering takes place. It is attended throughout by Pads, Ansela, and Trojie; and also by Cassie and Laburnum on the seventh.

4

• Happy Independence Day, America! Good job getting rid of that annoying colony, England!
• Agents David Kelok and Unger face two Sues and their CAFs in "Turtles?". Do they finally earn full agent status?
• Agents David Kelok and Unger are sent to another NC-17 fic to deal with a rapefic phantom in "Rainbow What?" NSFW possibly NSFB

7

• Agents Twain and Jeanlily deal with a Mary Sue called Bliss in Middle-earth in "The Fellowship's Bliss."

8

• Bad cookies and even worse biology await Xericka and Gremlin when Vanilla tries to give Tails a hands-on lesson in the birds and the bees. (Takes place in June.)

10

• Kelok gets nothing but headaches, first from Unger and then from a solo mission to erase public kissing during Watson's badfic death.
• What could possibly go wrong when Unger goes for a walk around HQ with the minis? Find out in "Maybe You Should Have Shot Him."

11

• The question of "What If?" arises when Ian and Lee go through the first half of their newest mission in the Harry Potter 'verse.
• The Left 4 Dead Stu from their previous mission is back! It's up to Laura and Danny to rebury him for good. (Takes place in June.)

13

• Fanfic Land reopens!

22

• Ian and Lee find the answer to the question of "What If?" in the second half of their mission in the Harry Potter 'verse.

25

• The first episode of the BBC's Sherlock airs in the UK. Fanbrats fail to notice that Sherlock is not interested in romance.

28

• Sergio Turbo and Corolla kill a couple of Sues that ignore one of the main rules of fanfiction: don't forget the canon.

August

3

• The Seattle 2010 PPC Gathering takes place, attended by Techno-Dann, Pretzel, VixenMage, Makari, Rosie, Gen, Helen of Pylos, a friend of Pretzel's, and Kefka, Rosie's octopus plushie.

8

• Agent Barid starts a food fight in the Cafeteria!

13

• After the sunset comes the night; after the Sue comes the PPC agent. Allison and Tasmin's fifty-first mission. (Alternative link.)

22

• Xericka and Gremlin must deal with mad scientists, mother-daughter love, and inadvertent groping in a Sonicverse mission.

24

• Mockingjay, the third book in the Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins, is published.

30

• Allison takes Tasmin's sixteen-year-old ward, Trent, on his first mission. (Alternative link.)

September

Unspecified

• Sakimori is recruited and partnered with Rococo Kolosov. The pair are assigned to bolster ESAS.

3

• When Kelok gets a day off, PPC style, having "Repent, Blasphemer!" shouted at him is the least of his problems.
• Danny and Laura are promised a week off provided they handle a scriptfic for the Bad Parody department.

5

• Allison and Tasmin talk Face out of a date in their fifty-second mission. (Alternative link.)

6

• Kelok and Unger are sent to deal with a Victorian zombie apocalypse (Part 1) (Part 2) punishment fic for Unger's fire in the Lounge.

7

• The Chicago 2010 PPC Gathering takes place at the Field Museum of Natural History. It is attended by Tungsten Monk, Neshomeh, Phobos, and TM's little brother, dubbed Agent Isotope.

14

• In their fifty-third mission, Allison and Tasmin remind the A-Team what loyalty is. (Alternative link.)

Mid-month

• As punishment for prematurely ending a mission, Agents Laura Dukes and Danny Richardson are temporarily transferred to the Department of Improbable AUs with Cornelius as their supervisor. The punishment lasts until November.

16

• Sedri and Ketay are assigned as partners to deal with a Narnia/Lord of the Rings crossover.
• Kelok and Unger find badfic "love," a new recruit, a bizarre plot, and a new use for the Debugger in this mission.

19

• Danny, Laura, and DIAU agent Cornelius find themselves in the middle of a wartime romance between Vexen and Marluxia.

26

• Durotar and Kur'nak face Flowers, dragons, and Lux when they try to deliver the mail in this Postal Department interlude.

30

• Ōkamiden, the sequel to Ōkami, is first released in Japan for the Nintendo DS.

October

10

• My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic premieres on The Hub, surprisingly garnering a huge fandom outside its target demographic and, perhaps unsurprisingly, becoming home to some truly vile badfic.
• Kaliel/Maeryn, Miah, and Cali are assigned a DAVD overflow mission which can be read here or here. NSFW

12

• In Kelok and Unger's new mission, love is not a good thing, Kelok has a bad day, David is rescued, and Unger says "All Hail the Ironic Overpower!" NSFW

16

• Xericka and Gremlin argue about the concept of narcissism as they break up a little moment between two Starfires.

17

• Allison and Tasmin are still new to NCIS, but the new is wearing off pretty quickly. Fifty-fourth mission overall.

19

• Jackson and Felaben go on their first mission – to rescue Elladan, Elrohir, Aragorn and Elrond from nonsensical, sadistic villains.

24

• It's back to school for the DIAU crew as they try to save three Organization XIII members from a gang of Sues.

November

19

• The film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 is first released in the UK and North America.

25

• Disney's Epic Mickey is first released in Australia for the Wii.

December

Unspecified

• Gall Knutson arrives in Headquarters, leading Agent Techno-Dann and her recruiters on a merry chase as they try to convince her to shrink her dragon.

4

• The PPC Holiday Filk Game is started.

17

• Newbie Agent Aster Corbett and her new partner Lore are given a warm welcome to active duty rife with anachronistic shampoo, Pig Latin, religious soapboxing, and bad country music as they try to fathom the antics of a Link-loving Legend of Zelda Mary Sue self-insert.

25

• Merry Christmas!

29

• Agent Aster Corbett learns not to eat any Cafeteria food and Agent Lore picks up her slack when they are assigned to get rid of a Legend of Zelda Mary Sue full of beige prose and bad logic.

30

• An Axel!Sue (yes, Sue) is by far the least horrifying thing Danny and Laura are forced to face during their final mission with Cornelius and the DIAU.