[ SECRET POST #1835 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1835 ⌋


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


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 61 secrets from Secret Submission Post #262.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 2 3 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 1 - not!fandom ], [ 1 - too big ], [ 0 - repeats ]
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I've read all her books. I've never noticed any plaigarism, or read of anyone else noticing any. And I imagine if there were any, someone would have caught it by now, given how high profile she is. If that's actually what your problem is?

They're good books, if you're looking for a particular genre of YA. They do what they're meant to, and they're satisfying reads, like particularly polished fic available in shiny hardcover. Fiesty heroine, hot boys, openly queer characters, good snark, compelling world-building. And the only copied bits are the passages straight from the Draco Trilogy in the first book, which she included as a sort of easter egg.

I'm probably coming across as a stan, but I'm not. I observed the wank from the sidelines back in the day, and I saw why people were upset. But I don't think people should be haunted forever by the mistakes they make when young and writing on the internet for free. When I see the horrifying crap some people spew about her years after this all happened (including so much terrible body shaming) it makes me really disappointed in fandom. Get over it, people. Most of us have made mistakes in our fannish lives, and I've seen so much worse than Cassie Claire.

[(Anonymous)]

I've only read the first book and never read the DT, but I know at least one passage that's lifted from it that's in CoB and there's no way that's put in as an Easter Egg. It's a dramatic story from Jace's past that's presumably supposed to explain why he's so brittle and witty and that his personality is mostly created by his cruel father.

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, that's one of 'em, and she said on her LJ she put that in as an easter egg. So her existing fans would have fun recognizing it.

[(Anonymous)]

So...a rather long, angsty story isn't supposed to make readers feel sorry and intrigued by Jace, it's just there so people who read her fanfic can laugh at DT!Draco popping up? She would never have used that in Jace's backstory if it wasn't a shout out to the DT?

Sounds more like she just wanted to use that story and if anyone noticed she had the handy of excuse that people were supposed to recognize it. Sort of like how her game of guess the quote for DT was always supposed to have the added bonus of taking credit for any funny lines somebody mistakenly thought were hers. If people called her on it a lot she had to admit to it, but if she got away with it, even better. In this case "getting away with it" just meant recycling a scenario and a character type she really liked.

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

No.

I've been a writer since I was 12 years old, which by now is an awful damn long time. I've only had Internet access since I was about 25 or so. I've written some stinky, horrible shit; I admit it. I've written fanfic, which is taking someone else's characters (but never without credit given). But I never copied stories or passages - I aped styles, certainly, of my favorite published authors - but never copied. Not when I was a kid, not when I was a teenager, not in my 20s, not in my 30s.

There's no good excuse for plagiarism.