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Sep (lord of all I survey) (sepiamagpie) wrote in fandom_wank,
@ 2012-09-13 07:00:00

Entry tags:

fandom: 50 shades of grey, fun times with aja, person: el james, porn, publishing

50 Shades of Legal Fuck Ups
This is a two-parter. Choose your favourite half.

This all starts over on Fandom Lounge (sort of!), where it is revealed that author, Casea Major first made a novel based off 50 shades and just as we found out about this joy she removed all traces of it from the internet.

Why did she do it? Well, it may have something to do with how EL James (author of 50 Shades) recently cease and desisted someone's lingerie parties that were themed after her books.

Actual quote: EL James’ agent Valerie Hoskins said the legal letter was not personal, adding: “You can’t just hijack something someone else owns.”

Now we enter into the next phase!

Cleolinda tweets about it, because that's what Cleo does.

Enter: AJA

See, lately Aja's blogger for the Daily Dot.

Anyway, she decides to write an article and tweets Cleo about the article:

Cleo does not respond.

So Aja tweets again:

Wait, what's Cleo talking about? What official account? WELL. Included on Aja's post, was this screencap:

Sounds hilarious, right? It's a photoshop though. If only because if it HAD happened Cleo would have it bronzed on her wall. But that's okay, because Aja wouldn't claim a photoshop was rea--oh, she did. Because that's how you Journalism in Aja land.

I'm not being unkind, she actually admits it:

Okay, she admits it AFTER Cleo keeps asking her about it (read these bottom up):

If the image isn't working, she says this about how she factchecks: "you know i was afraid of that, i tried to find it yesterday too & didn't confirm before we went to press. should have asked you!"

As of this post, Aja has kept a link to the photoshop in case she can magically verify it.

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	jkefka 2012-09-13 02:26 pm UTC (link)
	Aja? Seriously? I expected this to devolve into wank, but this is a thousand times more hilarious than I expected. It's like they did a surprise revival episode of Star Trek: TNG, and then The Hoff had a walk-on role. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	tez 2012-09-13 06:02 pm UTC (link)
	That is possibly the best analogy ever. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	queencallipygos 2012-09-13 03:18 pm UTC (link)
	I'm....a little confused. 1. Who is Aja Romano in the scheme of things? Just a random blogger, or someone tied into fandom? 2. ...What is the significance of the "Bitch, please" tweet? 3. Who is or is not supposed to have said it, and who is or is not believed to have photoshopped it, and to what end in either case? (Reply to this)(Thread)

scifantasy
2012-09-13 03:26 pm UTC (link)

2-3: Fifty Shades of Grey started life as Twilight fanfiction. File off the serial numbers, change the names, remove vampires and add BDSM, and pow: Fifty Shades. (There is archived wank on this.)

Hence, when E.L. James's lawyer said "you can't just hijack something someone else owns," it's like Vizzini the Sicilian's line: "You're trying to kidnap what I've rightfully stolen."

As a result, someone (unknown who) photoshopped what he or she imagined the Twilight camp (that is to say, Stephanie Meyer and her legal team and supporters) would say to a line like that.

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cleolinda, 2012-09-13 03:34 pm UTC

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breecita, 2012-09-13 03:57 pm UTC

cleolinda, 2012-09-13 04:12 pm UTC

breecita, 2012-09-13 04:18 pm UTC

anarchicq, 2012-09-13 06:24 pm UTC

puipui, 2012-09-14 06:36 am UTC

cleolinda, 2012-09-14 04:07 pm UTC

the_sun_is_up, 2012-09-13 09:39 pm UTC

eilisliana, 2012-09-13 11:02 pm UTC

queencallipygos, 2012-09-13 05:48 pm UTC

cleolinda, 2012-09-13 07:46 pm UTC

queencallipygos, 2012-09-13 09:09 pm UTC

iczer6, 2012-09-13 11:13 pm UTC

ekaterinv, 2012-09-13 07:34 pm UTC

sepiamagpie, 2012-09-13 07:37 pm UTC

ekaterinv, 2012-09-13 08:44 pm UTC

sepiamagpie, 2012-09-13 08:45 pm UTC

underwaterowl, 2012-09-14 06:00 am UTC

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underwaterowl, 2012-09-14 05:20 pm UTC

the_sun_is_up, 2012-09-14 05:18 pm UTC

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the_sun_is_up, 2012-09-14 05:34 pm UTC

ekaterinv, 2012-09-14 08:22 pm UTC

sepiamagpie
2012-09-13 03:27 pm UTC (link)

1. Aja is Bookshop on LJ, a harry potter bnf. She once tried to set a t-shirt on fire to protest LJ and failed at it. You can find her and previous wanks by searching 'aja' on wiki.fandomwank.com

2. 50 Shades of Grey is a Twilight fanfic and the humour of the photoshop is that the Twilight account would have been mocking EL James for trying to stop what she did to them.

3. I am unaware of who made the photoshop.

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quantumreality, 2012-09-13 05:22 pm UTC

puipui, 2012-09-14 06:40 am UTC

phosfate, 2012-09-14 02:27 pm UTC

puipui, 2012-09-14 06:36 pm UTC

phosfate, 2012-09-14 07:28 pm UTC

cyndra_falin, 2012-09-14 09:24 pm UTC

brennalarose, 2012-09-19 07:02 am UTC

queencallipygos, 2012-09-13 05:51 pm UTC

phosfate, 2012-09-13 06:11 pm UTC

queencallipygos, 2012-09-13 09:10 pm UTC

sepiamagpie, 2012-09-13 07:32 pm UTC

singe, 2012-09-15 05:39 pm UTC

sepiamagpie, 2012-09-15 05:41 pm UTC

singe, 2012-09-15 05:44 pm UTC

	spawn_of_kong 2012-09-13 05:11 pm UTC (link)
	http://wiki.fandomwank.com/index.php/Aja. See also this wank. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

sepiamagpie, 2012-09-13 05:43 pm UTC

puipui, 2012-09-14 06:44 am UTC

lainey, 2012-09-14 07:05 am UTC

	suziecroft 2012-09-13 03:46 pm UTC (link)
	It doesn't even have to be a photoshop. There are sitegens out there (such as this one)for fake tweets. I see dumbshits on Tumblr falling for it all the time. Enter information, take cap. Sorted. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	ashes 2012-09-13 04:54 pm UTC (link)
	Ooh, that makes so much fucking sense now. (Man, I've hit a point where I've stopped reblogging tweets on Tumblr unless I've seen the original tweet. Oh, Tumblr.) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	sepiamagpie 2012-09-13 05:05 pm UTC (link)
	Useful! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	redcoast 2012-09-13 07:31 pm UTC (link)
	Certain people in the Supernatural fandom have used that to great effect. (Luckily it was funny, not wanky.) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ashenmote 2012-09-13 04:19 pm UTC (link)
	So, the Daily Dot. Is that one of those things that live for clicks and pageviews or is it 'for the lulz' or is it something with a reasonable expectation to be taken seriously? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	sepiamagpie 2012-09-13 05:05 pm UTC (link)
	She did use the term "press" so take that as you will. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

cmdr_zoom, 2012-09-13 06:15 pm UTC

dorothy1901, 2012-09-13 07:10 pm UTC

ashenmote, 2012-09-13 07:51 pm UTC

puipui, 2012-09-14 06:46 am UTC

kijikun, 2012-09-14 07:17 am UTC

notjo
2012-09-13 06:48 pm UTC (link)

If I recall correctly, she started wank in ...1D fandom? Teen Wolf fandom? Some fandom that has a lot of teenagers in it which is probably why it never made it to JF. Anyway, she made a report there about tinhats and it didn't go over well. I'm a little unclear on what DD is, just that Aja regularly writes about fandom issues for it, and I presume she gets paid. I hope she gets paid - she certain brings them page views.

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sepiamagpie, 2012-09-13 07:34 pm UTC

cleolinda, 2012-09-13 07:52 pm UTC

sepiamagpie, 2012-09-13 07:59 pm UTC

iczer6, 2012-09-13 11:28 pm UTC

rhosyn_du, 2012-09-15 12:09 am UTC

adevyish, 2012-09-16 08:09 am UTC

	ivyette 2012-09-13 08:23 pm UTC (link)
	I think that site got posted as a source on ONTD once - I remember someone in the comments being glad for Aja that she was making money off of fandom now, or something like that. (Reply to this)(Parent)

darksumomo
2012-09-16 09:04 am UTC (link)

I'll answer your question indirectly--I think Daily Dot wants to be a more techy, geeky Gawker, which means it would like to be taken seriously, but will settle for being for the lulz to get pageviews. Speaking of which, here's the link to the article that welcomes Aja to Daily Dot.

Aja Romano Joins The Daily Dot as Staff Writer

A “fanthropologist” at heart, Aja comes to us as a former freelance writer and editor who takes pride in advocating for the legitimacy of fandom and fanwork as cultural and artistic enterprises. A longtime blogger at Bookshop.livejournal.com, Aja’s political posts have been featured on Daily Kos and the Democratic Underground, while her posts on Young Adult literature and fandom have been featured on Jezebel, Boing-Boing, and Salon. Selected works of her fanfiction have even been taught in university and high school courses on fan culture. Her blog, Bookshop, was cited in Livejournal's 10-year-anniversary anthology as "an example of fandom at its best."

Why do I suspect Aja wrote her own welcome post?

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msilverstar, 2012-11-26 03:39 am UTC

	ladyrogue 2012-09-13 07:53 pm UTC (link)
	Okay, so I haven't even gotten into the real wank yet because I hit the brakes at this line: EL James’ agent Valerie Hoskins said the legal letter was not personal, adding: “You can’t just hijack something someone else owns.” My brain just died from the irony. I don't care if the names were changed, this was TWILIGHT FANFICTION! (Reply to this)(Thread)

	sepiamagpie 2012-09-13 07:59 pm UTC (link)
	That filled me with mean joy. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	sneer 2012-09-13 08:13 pm UTC (link)
	I KNOW RIGHT (Reply to this)(Parent)

	the_sun_is_up 2012-09-13 09:26 pm UTC (link)
	Lol yeah, I'm stuck on that one too. EL James sure has got some fucking nerve. (Okay, so it's wildly OOC fanfic — I haven't read either book and even I can tell that much from the plot synopses — but even so.) (Reply to this)(Parent)

phosfate, 2012-09-13 09:40 pm UTC

cleolinda, 2012-09-13 09:43 pm UTC

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ladyrogue, 2012-09-13 10:13 pm UTC

kijikun, 2012-09-14 07:19 am UTC

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eljuno, 2012-09-15 08:22 pm UTC

cleolinda, 2012-09-14 04:16 pm UTC

ekaterinv, 2012-09-14 08:28 pm UTC

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duraniedrama, 2012-09-14 05:36 am UTC

franzen, 2012-09-15 12:54 am UTC

cyndra_falin, 2012-09-14 09:28 pm UTC

franzen, 2012-09-15 01:00 am UTC

itcamefromjapan, 2012-09-15 05:46 am UTC

puipui, 2012-09-15 07:41 am UTC

franzen, 2012-09-15 08:43 pm UTC

darksumomo, 2012-09-16 07:03 pm UTC

msilverstar, 2012-11-26 03:41 am UTC

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franzen, 2012-09-15 08:37 pm UTC

itcamefromjapan, 2012-09-16 10:21 am UTC

	cinnamonical 2012-09-13 08:14 pm UTC (link)
	EL James’ agent Valerie Hoskins said the legal letter was not personal, adding: “You can’t just hijack something someone else owns.” are you even for serious There really are no fucks to be given on their side, are there? Holy Helvetica. (Reply to this)

	gerorin 2012-09-14 05:05 am UTC (link)
	LOL Aja. Always stick foot in mouth first, think later. Never change. Actually, do. Do change. If you're going to be talking openly about fandom stuff in places accessable to non-fandom people, for the love of everything good do change. (Reply to this)(Thread)

zing_och, 2012-09-14 05:21 pm UTC

	caffeine_fairy 2012-09-14 10:05 am UTC (link)
	Thank you so much for including images of all the Tweets. Twitter just baffles me, still, and following wank on it makes me want to curl up in a ball and cry... (Reply to this)

	franzen 2012-09-15 01:04 am UTC (link)
	Oh my God, Aja, I love you. You will never change, never learn, and never fail to bring grade-A wank. And, oh Gods, the irony of reporting on this after she and CC had that major wank over "YOU PLAGIARIZED MY GENERIC FANFIC." (Reply to this)

	itcamefromjapan 2012-09-15 05:48 am UTC (link)
	YESSS AJA WANK. Brb, re-reading the entire "fun times with aja" tag. (Reply to this)

	visp 2012-09-15 06:41 am UTC (link)
	So... just so we're clear, Aja either photoshopped a false response from Cleo, or found one floating around on the internet and didn't check it? And from the 'was afraid of that' comment, I gather that she sort of knew that it was bogus when she posted it? Heh, does this Aja have any credibility as a blogger? (Reply to this)(Thread)

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