The Wicked X Witches of Badfic Punishment

The Wicked X Witches of Badfic Punishment was a webpage devoted to advice and scoldings regarding the content and technical quality of X-Files fanfic posted to newsgroups.
Hosts were Midwest, Yukon, Raging Tundra, Sandwich, Switzerland, and Manwich.
A fan in 2012 commented: "I thought the Wicked Witches gave a lot of good pointers, but the stories they chose to pick on were too easy targets. It was like kicking a puppy." badforthefish at [xf book club] 
A similar group was Debbilmice.
==Some Random Quotes from The Rules==
From Meet the Witches:
* "It is unbelievably rude to post misspelled, badly punctuated, ungrammatical stories to newsgroups. There are rules in the English language (strange as they are) for a reason. Their reason is mutual intelligibility. If your method is to write something down and post your first draft as soon as you finish, - STOP- step away from the keyboard - take a firm grip on your knickers - and DON'T DO IT! Then no one will get hurt."
* "HARLIQUENISMS [sic]: Mulder is NOT a romantic guy. His idea of entertainment is watching porn videos, ok? So I don't think we should be reading stuff like, "I love you, Dana Katherine Scully! We were destined to be together forever!" If they're destined for anything, it's to be abducted by aliens and whisked off to Alpha Centauri for painful medical experiments. "The X-Files" is about fear and loathing, death and decay. Not hearts and flowers and cute little puppy dogs. That's why I like it."
* "Just because YOU'D like to do Skinner doesn't mean Krycek does."
* "Whereas the occasional Christ-esque reference is ok, any reference to Mulder as any form of actual deity in any religion across the known galaxy is *not*. I don't care if you think it's brilliant to pronounce him the Grand Peener-Weener from the dark side of Uranus, he's a man first. Start there."
* "[No] Potty-Mouthed Scullys and Violent-For-No-Apparent-Reason Mulders."
* "Keep Buffy and Angel out of it."
* "To help you, here are some words to avoid in describing their miscellany tingly places: Core, center, special place, or hoo hoo. For Mulder: Throbbing anything, bulge, hardened shaft or engorged member. If you can't take the heat, then write yourself out of the love kitchen. Let them hold hands and swoon."
* "And in addition to not being children, speaking like children, or being able to bear miracle children, our intrepid heroes do not groove to bubblegum pop. I guarantee you that if we could somehow catch a glimpse of their respective CD collections, Brittany Spears, Shania Twain, Ricky Martin and Celine Dion would NOT be amongst them. Hmm, despite the fact that they are always in the car, how often do we see them grooving out?? Gee, hmm, how about NEVER? References to today's hit songs in fanfic? They don't impress me much. If for some reason you are forced at gun point to refer to a song which inspired you, take a quarter, buy a clue and do it with a modicum of restraint. This isn't American Top 40, it's fanfic. Don't name the artist and title a kajillion times."
* "And speaking of children, SCULLY CANNOT BEAR ANY!! At least not without a goodly bit of medical assistance. This means that no matter how mighty the Main Man Mulder's macho manly might may be, he can't give rise to a miracle child in that first blessed boinking with Scully in an earth shattering spurt of love. Any miracle babies of love conceived in fanfic will be promptly shoved into my gingerbread oven and baked into tiny little adorable saccharin sweet baby cookies for myself and my fellow witches to quickly devour them then vomit back up. And speaking of vomit, authors who regurgitate the names Fox William or Dana Katherine or Melissa or Samatha and spew them onto the miracle children they create, well those authors will be subjected to tortures most foul!!"
* "Mulder has never listened to Sarah MacLachlan in his life. Thusly, it would never occur to him to quote song lyrics to Scully, saying "This is how I've always felt!" Not even if they ended up in a vanilla scented bath together."
* "Scully is not a virgin. Scully is not a virgin. Mulder is not inhumanly enormous. Simultaneous orgasm, every time, as choreographed by a man who apparently watches erotica without even masturbating, is nearly IMPOSSIBLE."
* "POV shifts need to be signaled so we don't all go mad. So then Mulder looked at me and said, "Why yes, Scully, "My Heart Will Go On" IS my favorite song." And he was kissing her and she tasted like a yummy, yummy banana split with cherry sauce on top. Scully could feel his tongue shoving down her throat until we all gagged because we couldn't tell what was going on or who the viewpoint character was!"
* "If you don't know how to spell a character's name, LOOK IT UP. One more "Krychek", Frohicke", "Langley", or "Buyers", and I'll turn all of you into toads."
==A 2000 Discussion on alt.tv.x-files.creative==
The topics: pseuds, fandom-policing, freedom of speech, sock puppets, witch hunts, using someone's fic without their permission, and references to some X-Files ugliness from a few years back ...
==A Discussion About: "Yes Virginia" -- "Debbilmice" -- The Wicked X Witches of Badfic Punishment==
In September 2000, an emotional discussion occurred that included: fans confusing several X-Files fan groups, statements that not publically standing up against one list was approval of another, privacy and security, witch hunts and whisper campaigns, censorship, and more. 
 
==Read More Comments==
* , post at alt.tv.x-files.creative, June 12, 2000
* Foiling the Wicked, post at alt.tv.x-files.creative, September 6, 2000
* , post at alt.tv.x-files.creative, September 8, 2000 
* A Victim of the Witch Hunt Steps into the Light, post at alt.tv.x-files.creative, September 9, 2000
* I like the company I keep, post at alt.tv.x-files.creative, September 11, 2000
 
==References==
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