[ SECRET POST #4862 ]

[case]

⌈ Secret Post #4862 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

01.



__________________________________________________



02.


__________________________________________________



03.


__________________________________________________



04.


__________________________________________________



05.


__________________________________________________



06.


__________________________________________________



07.















Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 24 secrets from Secret Submission Post #696.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, I have read Gabaldon's diatribe, and a few others.

I mean, this discussion - whether fan creators should be treated the same or differently than canon creators - has been around for years. And OP, and everything in this thread, shows that there's still meat on that bone.

But right now the community norm for people who regularly do closely inspired work, like podfic or translation - or continuing an abandoned story - is to seek permission from the member of their community who created whatever work they're springing off.

So... I think the person who asked OP permission was acting with decorum and propriety. If OP doesn't want them to do that, they can just say No. That's what asking permission means.

It's OP's offense at even being asked that comes across as ridiculous and overdone to me.

[(Anonymous)]

SA Just reread the Secret and remembered OP was talking in hypotheticals.

I still think their offense at the notion is ridiculous and overdone.

[(Anonymous)]

If OP doesn't want them to do that, they can just say No. That's what asking permission means.

Exactly. That's why I said I wouldn't ask. Because I don't believe in OP's right to stop me. I would ask if the work was abandoned, because if it wasn't abandoned, then I would feel that the considerate thing to do would be to wait until it was either finished or abandoned to post my own continuation. But I wouldn't ask them if it was okay to post a continuation, because I don't think "No" is a valid answer.

[(Anonymous)]

This is an approach that will tend to make people angry with you.

Just, you know, passing on that warning.

[(Anonymous)]

Cool. I'm 100% fine with ignoring those people if they get their backs up. I already know the people whose opinions I care about in my fannish community are of the same mind on this. I'm not to concerned about anybody else.