[ SECRET POST #2232 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2232 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 070 secrets from Secret Submission Post #319.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[fscom]

NS, NF, etc.

[ 1 - not!secrets ]

[chardmonster]

"How dare someone profit from their writing talents while my fanfiction is just fanfiction."

[thaurfea]

This. OP is jealous.

N!S

[(Anonymous)]

Does anyone know the title of this book? That summary makes it sound amazing in a so-bad-it's-good sort of way and I want to read it.

Re: N!S

[(Anonymous)]

Try searching. There can't be that many characters named "Israfel Vacek".

Re: N!S

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

You'd think so, but Google is giving me nothing. Maybe OP got the names wrong.

[(Anonymous)]

IIRC (and if this is the fic I'm thinking of), though the fic was taken offline the author was willing to send people the original fic if they weren't interested in buying the 'non-fandom' version of the book. Not sure if that's still the case (again - if this is the one I'm thinking of, that's how I got a copy). It's AU enough that it could easily stand as original fic and it's well written. Honestly, I don't see the problem or why there would be wank? They're not the first person to pull fic off the 'net in an effort to get published.

[chardmonster]

Yes but that's not good enough! Contacting the author and asking for a copy would require some form of personal contact and it's much easier to just insult people online where you think they can't see you.

[(Anonymous)]

why the hell do you care so much?

[(Anonymous)]

They might as well have changed the names and published it as original fiction, since the names seem to be the only things in that OOC drivel that still have something to do with the series in question.

[(Anonymous)]

If I recall the fic correctly, the characterization seemed more or less okay for such an extreme AU. People in completely different circumstances will have different attributes. Are they still the same characters as the show? That's a question of definition. But I think "OOC" is oversimplified.

[inkdust]

I've never understood this. Even if characters are written OOC, the writer is still basing their story around characters that were already created by somebody else. Like, are they really /that/ OOC that they become their own new characters? Or is the writer always thinking of them in the back of their mind as their original names? If the latter, that shouldn't be published as an original story. That's repugnant.

[(Anonymous)]

Is this illegal? I'm not sure if it should be or not, but if it's based off of an actual show with just name and setting changes, and it's kind of openly known it's based off of it, wouldn't it be illegal to profit from it?

[(Anonymous)]

I got 50 Shades of Legal Grey Area that says no.

[inkmage]

Thank you, this is a much more school-appropriate name for this idiocy series than "50 Shades of Shit".

[(Anonymous)]

it's AU fanfic already

[(Anonymous)]

Nah, if it was there wouldn't be 50 Shades or the Cassie Clare books or a ton of people doing this. You can't copyright a basic idea so yeah, once the names and some other details are changed, it becomes "loosely based on" something.

[(Anonymous)]

Nope - that's how and why Expies and Bland Name Products exist. Any resemblance is "coincidental," no matter how obvious the inspiration is. If you ever visit New York, poke around the purse stalls for knockoff Louise Vuitton purses; the logo is altered just enough to legally be considered an homage. This is the same thing.

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[(Anonymous)]

I don't know what they're doing this time, but it's getting annoying to have to use a proxy to see the secrets (and any other image) hosted there.
I just hope this is not a new attempt of geoblock and gets fixed soon.
Just venting here, don't mind me.

Re: Photobucket

[(Anonymous)]

This might be better in the general comments on page 2.

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[(Anonymous)]

What country are you from?

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[(Anonymous)]

Fifty Shades of Grey says 'hi'.

[insanenoodlyguy]

As much as I hate twilight, if somebody does this and gets money that's the fault of the readers as much as the author.

[fingalsanteater]

I have no problem with filing serial numbers off. You want to take your fic you worked on for hours and hours and turn the original part of your fic into something you can publish? Good for you.

[(Anonymous)]

+1