[ SECRET POST #2241 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2241 ⌋

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 042 secrets from Secret Submission Post #320.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 (minorly sexual, illustrated) - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Here, read her opinions about fanfic for yourself and see if her feeling is still so understandable:

http://kate-nepveu.livejournal.com/483239.html

[sugar_spun]

Wow.

Woooow.

Oh my god. What...horrible...oh my god. OP, I take it back, you write the damn spite porn!

She actually identifies wholly HERSELF with a character!

[(Anonymous)]

"Spite porn" - I have a new favorite phrase! :D

[al28894]

"Damn spite porn"

Thanks for the vocabulary!

[(Anonymous)]

IDK. She didn't seem THAT entitled or arrogant about it, just a tad possessive about her characters, but not massively OTT like Anne Rice and Laurell K. Hamilton have gotten.

And her policy, while on the more annoying end of refusing to allow fanfic, is unfortunately defensible on the grounds of creative control over derivative works. I mean, Anne Rice's shitfit over fanfic extended to what would have constituted actual stalking and harrassment of fic authors - and Gabaldon has, AFAIK, not stooped close to that.

But yeah, not seeing the sniffy arrogance that makes one want to provoke her (>_>)

[(Anonymous)]

Eh, it's fair to say that compared to Anne Rice, almost anyone looks reasonable--just as, compared to Laurell K. Hamilton, almost anyone looks modest. But her rant is still ridiculously hypocritical and overblown.

[(Anonymous)]

1) She doesn't want people writing porny fanfic about her characters, because the characters are HER BABIEZ and it's like seeing X-rated fic written about your own daughter and the skeevy neighbor. You see, you're writing sex fantasies about her own family and that's icky!

2) But it's okay for her to write loads of porn featuring her family because that's not a weird analogy at all.

3) You shouldn't write fanfic because it's stealing and lazy and blah blah blah

4) But it's okay for her to base the hero of her entire series off a minor Doctor Who character who once made her hot in the pants-area because of reasons.

Etc. etc.

So... I can sorta see the outrage about her hypocrisy and general lack of understanding. Granted, it's not as nutty as Anne Rice or Laurell Hamilton, but that's not saying a whole lot.

[insanenoodlyguy]

Oh my god, you have to troll people like this. It's too fun not to do!

WRITE AWAY! SEND HER LINKS ACTING LIKE YOU KNOW NOTHING. Be all "OMG I LOVE YOU HAVE THIS" and tinyurl it! If you make her pop a blood vessel, you win the internets!

[(Anonymous)]

Wow, somebody's never heard of "fair use," has she?

[(Anonymous)]

No, Diana evidently hasn't, but fair use isn't exactly a strong defense of fanfic.

[(Anonymous)]

How not?

[(Anonymous)]

AFAIK, fair use means use for scholarship or criticism. Parody also counts, but very few fanworks are parodies. True, there have been arguments that fanfic also constitutes fair use, but I've yet to hear that the question of has been settled in favor of fanfic.