Oh, okay, tell me how that works out.

[apocalypsos]

Diana Gabaldon, regarding fanfic: "OK, my position on fan-fic is pretty clear: I think it’s immoral, I _know_ it’s illegal, and it makes me want to barf whenever I’ve inadvertently encountered some of it involving my characters."

Three things:

1. See subject line.
2. I'm more turned off than I should be by an adult woman using the word "barf."
3. Immoral? Really?

I will admit that it always amuses me when published authors come out of the woodwork to state plainly that they think fanfic writers are evil and stupid. It's not like she doesn't have the right to say it, but she's complaining about it in regards to a "Support Stacie" auction item, which is kind of skeevy.

It's a futile statement that doesn't do anything but make you look like an ass to a lot of your fans and turn off a large enthusiastic readership, and it always comes off to me like they don't actually deign to talk to "the little people," such as it is. (Contrast the attitudes towards their fanbases between, say, Stan Lee who's pro-fanfic and Anne Rice who isn't.)

So, yeah, see subject line again.

EDIT: I have to go to work in forty minutes. Why has no one started any wank in her comments yet? *pokes with a stick*

(I'm not saying you guys should go start wank. I'm just saying I'm going to go to work, and when I get home and turn on my computer at eight the only thing left after fandom piles on is a dissipating mushroom cloud.)

Comments

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

And that's why Jim Butcher is awesome.

[wtfbrain.livejournal.com]

I'm reading the whole babbling mess right now, and oh my god, what is wrong with this woman? I used to love her books, I really did, but this just puts her firmly in the LKH territory with how she regards her characters. /o\

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

I swear, nobody just says, "I'd really just rather you not write my characters, is all." It's always, "Oh, my GOD, how DARE you RAPE my VISION, you HORRID vile COMMUNISTS!!!"

[wtfbrain.livejournal.com]

I left a comment mentioning the Creative Commons policy she *could institute and get herself more fans and a reputation for being cool, so we'll see if the comment shows up and how many of her fans dogpile on me for DARING to suggest something like that.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Your comment just popped up when I refreshed. Now let's see if it stays up.

[azurelunatic]

If/when my Cracked Phoenix series is published, some of the characters are a little too close to my heart to want to think of someone else writing them.

But I'm living in the real world, and I love , read, and write fanfic myself ... so assuming I can get published, I'm probably going to issue a statement saying that any and all fanfic is ... wait for it ... AU. :-P That way I won't have to worry about it! It's AU, not canon! It's all good!

[goddessleila.livejournal.com]

Seconded. I recently tore through the entire Dresden Files to prepare for the new book coming out, and damn, I forgot how much I loved his stuff. This just gives me the warm fuzzies about him even more.