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Okay, let's bring everyone into this. It's fun, and I love discussions. Plus I need to figure out who all the people from SMRFF are here on LJ, and haven't told me.
Here is the Legend of Sueric, in a nutshell (think CliffsNotes version, but ya'll know CliffsNotes are copyrighted, so go on and buy them! I don't own their company or the name, heh heh heh!):
Setting: The Inuyasha Fandom
Characters: A number of "original characters" that are the children of the canonical characters Inuyasha and Kagome, from above fandom. Sueric, the author of the (infamous) Purity series. Her "fans" (read: Legion of Terror). A variety of other individuals, including wankers, trolls, people who know what they hell being in fandom means, you, and me.
The Situation: Sueric's Purity series features original characters that are intended to be the offspring of canonical Inuyasha characters Inuyasha and Kagome. Likely there are other original characters involved, but needless to say, the "fanfiction" she's written has a life of its own now, and as far as I can tell/have heard, it is not so much of an Inuyasha fanfiction, but a fandom within itself.
An adoring fan (age: 14) "asked"/"announced" (subject to debate) if she could use a plot line similar to Purity #'s, because the story inspired her. Sueric's beta sent said fan an email saying that such a thing would be considered plagiarism. The Fangirl changed things about her story (including character names and locations) and continued to post. Sueric found the story and... went berserk. She claimed that the Fangirl was plagiarizing. Various Legions of Terror (henceforth LoTs) went after the Fangirl, prompting her to change her name (and possibly create a third pseudo-account that supposedly belonged to her "sister). Eventually, they found her under her new SN, and got the girl to remove her stories. Sueric was still bitching and wailing though, because the Fangirl apparently had moral apathy, which is the greatest sin of them all (in her Bible). Apparently the Fangirl's admiration of the Purity series had Sueric in stitches, because she plagiarized.
Worse, Sueric didn't seem to think it was okay that the Fangirl had changed the names or locations of things; she stole the plot, she stole the characters, she did so willingly. A reader at the MediaMiner.org forums pointed out to Sueric that fanfiction is the exact same thing, and authors must be careful when accusing fellow authors/readers/fanits/whatever of plagiarism, else the authors WE base our work off of come after US! Sueric had no mind to hear it, and spouted contradictions left and right.
And now, Sueric has inspired everything from wank to ( lengthy discussions in the deep of the night )
Discuss.
NOTE: I would love if I had a JournalFen just to stay abreast of fandom_wank, but alas! No free accounts. On top of that, they don't seem to support OpenID for logging in for comments, nor do they have working RSS functionality. Sucks to be an LJ user if only for fandom_wank. Anyone else have any tips for staying on top of the funny? Otherwise-- why did f_w leave LJ?
Here is the Legend of Sueric, in a nutshell (think CliffsNotes version, but ya'll know CliffsNotes are copyrighted, so go on and buy them! I don't own their company or the name, heh heh heh!):
Setting: The Inuyasha Fandom
Characters: A number of "original characters" that are the children of the canonical characters Inuyasha and Kagome, from above fandom. Sueric, the author of the (infamous) Purity series. Her "fans" (read: Legion of Terror). A variety of other individuals, including wankers, trolls, people who know what they hell being in fandom means, you, and me.
The Situation: Sueric's Purity series features original characters that are intended to be the offspring of canonical Inuyasha characters Inuyasha and Kagome. Likely there are other original characters involved, but needless to say, the "fanfiction" she's written has a life of its own now, and as far as I can tell/have heard, it is not so much of an Inuyasha fanfiction, but a fandom within itself.
An adoring fan (age: 14) "asked"/"announced" (subject to debate) if she could use a plot line similar to Purity #'s, because the story inspired her. Sueric's beta sent said fan an email saying that such a thing would be considered plagiarism. The Fangirl changed things about her story (including character names and locations) and continued to post. Sueric found the story and... went berserk. She claimed that the Fangirl was plagiarizing. Various Legions of Terror (henceforth LoTs) went after the Fangirl, prompting her to change her name (and possibly create a third pseudo-account that supposedly belonged to her "sister). Eventually, they found her under her new SN, and got the girl to remove her stories. Sueric was still bitching and wailing though, because the Fangirl apparently had moral apathy, which is the greatest sin of them all (in her Bible). Apparently the Fangirl's admiration of the Purity series had Sueric in stitches, because she plagiarized.
Worse, Sueric didn't seem to think it was okay that the Fangirl had changed the names or locations of things; she stole the plot, she stole the characters, she did so willingly. A reader at the MediaMiner.org forums pointed out to Sueric that fanfiction is the exact same thing, and authors must be careful when accusing fellow authors/readers/fanits/whatever of plagiarism, else the authors WE base our work off of come after US! Sueric had no mind to hear it, and spouted contradictions left and right.
And now, Sueric has inspired everything from wank to ( lengthy discussions in the deep of the night )
Discuss.
NOTE: I would love if I had a JournalFen just to stay abreast of fandom_wank, but alas! No free accounts. On top of that, they don't seem to support OpenID for logging in for comments, nor do they have working RSS functionality. Sucks to be an LJ user if only for fandom_wank. Anyone else have any tips for staying on top of the funny? Otherwise-- why did f_w leave LJ?
