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1:19am: Making Icons for Dummies v. CSI

Like many fandoms, CSI has an icon community called csicons.   Starting about 3 days ago, _krisi_  started posting icons there, like everyone else, with only one problem:  seems she was willy-nilly taking other people's icons and pasting over them to make them her own.   Add to that the fact that she was giving no credit whatsoever or even mentions whose icons "inspired" her and i give you ready-bake wank!

First instance of her "icon creations"

Second instance has been deleted by _krisi_  after more members started to notice "heyyyy that's an icon by me/someone else i know of!"  including me since i recognized an icon that i already have in my roster.  That leads us to her insincere apology  (complete with weak excuses that other people just start nailing her for) and then wench_for_hire , one of the iconmakers who had her icons modified, started a very public angry thread requesting the banning of _krisi_

4:27pm: UPDATED!! - 9/20/05 - I Can NOT Believe It Either, Honey!!
Sueric takes on Fandom_Wank; only, not really... She also seems to miss the point of F_W. Somehow I'm not surprised...

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My very first wank! I’m so proud… Anyway, let’s get to it, shall we?

This wank begins on Fanfiction.net, where a fic was posted (that no one bothered to save) by a girl (that isn’t a member of FFN anymore). Luckily, Sueric eloquently laid out the facts for us to be horrified over in the Media Miner forums.

It’s an ass-kissing parade, until Angelica points out that building off of someone else’s plotline and characters is kind of the definition of fan fiction.

A bit of a controversy is born as the two duke out the difference between plagiarism and fan fiction. It is apparently decided that the difference between the two is the disclaimer at the beginning of the fic.

There is a bit more discussion between Angelica and Sueric's Legions of Terror. However, things seem to calm down until Sueric replies armed with a quote from Lady Macbeth (that I am SO beyond tempted to MST, mind you all), and explains to us all the true meaning of plagiarism…

Is anyone else worried that her explanation kind of matches Wikpedia.com’s definition of fan fiction?

After Sueric’s EMO!TEAR post, Vuirneen kindly points out the wisdom behind listening to others.

Naturally, Sueric quickly provides us with the message that inspired me to wank this corrects Vuirneen by reminding everyone that the situation is all about HER!

Then Fanilia steps in and locks the thread and subtly lets us all know that Angelica is going to be the cause of Sueric not writing anymore (What!? No Purity 18!? Damn…).

I suppose we should have known all along. The truth of the matter is that all fan fiction authors are plagiarists at heart.

Thank you, Sueric, for setting us all straight on the matter.

UPDATE: THE WANKAGE CONTINUES!

agent_hyatt has provided a link to Inugirl-chan's FFN profile that I thought was lost...

Also, Sueric apparently DID have a not so private bitch!fest to her fans on her forum (thanks to somnabulicious for pointing it out!). I think my favorite part is where Inuyoukaimama starts complaining about the horrible people who are all out to get Sueric.