I think some people are pissed because she is asking to be paid for writing something which is already infringing copyright, and making fan fiction a for-pay endeavor is likely to bring negative attention to a form of writing which is already on shaky legal ground. I can see how that would rankle--and I don't read fan fiction.
Wait. People? She eats people? 'To Serve Man.' It's 'To Serve Man' all over again.
Gunn ,'Power Play'
Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Scrappy - Aug 10, 2005 11:12:16 am PDT #7035 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Emily - Aug 10, 2005 11:13:22 am PDT #7036 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Also, people are protective and irritable about fanfic in general. I mean, there's this sense of "We know we're not doing anything wrong, but we also know that we're better off not attracting legal attention," and what she was doing could attract legal attention. Honestly, I understand people getting pissed.
Well, that and maybe they've had it up to here with STUPID MORONS and are on a SHORT FUCKING FUSE and ONE MORE IDIOT WAS TOO MUCH... er, I could be projecting, though.
(Or, rather, What Robin Said, with a little added Internet Ire (like road rage, but it needed allusiveness. consonance. alluooooo something. chole?))
Kat - Aug 10, 2005 11:15:59 am PDT #7037 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
No, I get why they're pissed and why it's wrong. And I also get why they want to not have the bright eyes of C&D people on them. And they should take her ass down because of that.
But how they choose to do it and the language they used? It just reminds me of the anonymous notes that 6th grade girls leave for the other girls they hate.
But, I think that's my inner midwesterner speaking.
Scrappy - Aug 10, 2005 11:17:47 am PDT #7038 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I had to stop reading the IMDB movie boards, due to the toxic combination of stupidity and rudeness. "U are to much of a moron to relize what a good movie is, so shut up!"
lisah - Aug 10, 2005 11:18:30 am PDT #7039 of 10002
Punishingly Intricate
Veteran emergency room nurses in San Francisco can all run off a list of unexpected objects they've had to remove from various asses.
My best friend the ER doc once treated a guy who had
put a deck screw up his penis.
When she asked him how he got it up there he looked at her like she was stupid and said,
"With a screwdriver."
Emily - Aug 10, 2005 11:19:04 am PDT #7040 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
But how they choose to do it and the language they used?
Oh, I get you. You're talking lack of politeness, not anger. Fair enough. People say needlessly nasty stuff, I'm with you there.
§ ita § - Aug 10, 2005 11:19:27 am PDT #7041 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
1 flat iron steak (rare) with burgundy butter sauce, cheddared mashed potatoes, lemonade, tip = $16.83 off my TGIF card.
Free ain't cheap, let me tell you.
Emily - Aug 10, 2005 11:23:59 am PDT #7042 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I cannot tell you how freaking jealous I am of people going to Pennsic. I'm starting to hallucinate Pennsic smells.
Consuela - Aug 10, 2005 11:28:17 am PDT #7043 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
never underestimate the craxy of fandom.
Words to live by.
And there was definitely some unpleasantness on that posting.
Jesse - Aug 10, 2005 11:34:31 am PDT #7044 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Can I go home yet?