[ SECRET POST #2404 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2404 ⌋

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

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[League of Legends]


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[Fuck City crew]


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[Jon Richardson, British comedian]


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[ ----- SPOILERY SECRETS AHEAD ----- ]









09. [SPOILERS for Sailor Moon]



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[ ----- TRIGGERY SECRETS AHEAD ----- ]










10. [SPOILERS for the Godfather]
[WARNING for gore, animal abuse]



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11. [SPOILERS for Hannibal]
[WARNING for abuse, gore]



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12. [WARNING for eating disorders]




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13. [WARNING for underage]
http://i.imgur.com/J2FVb1W.png
[linked for photomanip of snape/hermione]


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14. [WARNING for torture? probably?]














Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 000 secrets from Secret Submission Post #343.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 2 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[omorka]

If by "beat-for-beat" you mean scene-for-scene, then that's not cool and you should talk to your BNF about it, and if it's really that close, try to get her to take it down. If she won't, it may be time for a slow fade on your part.

Having said that, it seems to me that a scene-for-scene rewrite of a "trashy action novel" really ought to have felt OOC for most characters in most fandoms, and since you were the beta, OP, I'm guessing that you didn't think it was at the time. That suggests to me that it might be more of an homage than a steal. It's still tacky as hell if she didn't acknowledge the homage when it was posted, but that's easily fixed, especially if (as some previous commenters have suggested) she read the book ages ago and reflected it unconsciously in her story. In that case, if I were in your shoes I'd just try to get her to mention the book (something like "inspired by [novel] by [author]") in her author's notes.

There's also the "nothing new under the sun" excuse. I still haven't figured out whether the Stargate franchise brutally ripped off Fringeworthy or whether it really was independent invention, but given that Tucholka doesn't seem to have sued over it, I'm guessing that at a minimum independent invention was plausible. Same may apply here, if it's only the major plot beats that are similar.

[(Anonymous)]

Having said that, it seems to me that a scene-for-scene rewrite of a "trashy action novel" really ought to have felt OOC for most characters in most fandoms

what, they can't be in a trashy action novel fandom?