: Lee Goldblerg + OTW = Love. I mean wank.
Lee Goldberg has discovered OTW. Hijinks ensue.
If his post about the staggering hypocrisy of fanfic writers isn't lol-worthy enough, check out the comments for more comedy gold:
"For months I've tried to puzzle my way toward an understanding of fanficcers. How can it be that the same people who would be outraged if a mugger ran off with everything in their wallets are not outraged when they themselves mug the intellectual property of others?"
Fanfiction, it's like stealing little old ladies' purses in a way.
"...[F]an fiction is usually devoid of character description, including each character's idiosyncrasies and each character's unique way of talking and dealing with others, because its writers assume that fanfic readers already know the characters. In typical fan fiction there is not even a physical description of the characters. That means that the work is incomplete and cannot stand on its own, and therefore it has limited artistic merit. Material that damages the author's characters, as fanfic does, is harmful. The harm I am talking of here has nothing to do with copyright, but with the aesthetics of the story and the characters. Or are you saying that the fan fiction version is on an aesthetic plane with the author's work even though the fan fiction version cannot even stand on its own? I hope you won't embarrass yourself with an argument like that. Go ahead, Mr. Rommel, kill the host and see if your parasites survive for long."
Fanfiction, it's like facehuggers in a way.
Oh Lee, why can't you be more like your brother?
Lee Goldberg has discovered OTW. Hijinks ensue.
If his post about the staggering hypocrisy of fanfic writers isn't lol-worthy enough, check out the comments for more comedy gold:
"For months I've tried to puzzle my way toward an understanding of fanficcers. How can it be that the same people who would be outraged if a mugger ran off with everything in their wallets are not outraged when they themselves mug the intellectual property of others?"
Fanfiction, it's like stealing little old ladies' purses in a way.
"...[F]an fiction is usually devoid of character description, including each character's idiosyncrasies and each character's unique way of talking and dealing with others, because its writers assume that fanfic readers already know the characters. In typical fan fiction there is not even a physical description of the characters. That means that the work is incomplete and cannot stand on its own, and therefore it has limited artistic merit. Material that damages the author's characters, as fanfic does, is harmful. The harm I am talking of here has nothing to do with copyright, but with the aesthetics of the story and the characters. Or are you saying that the fan fiction version is on an aesthetic plane with the author's work even though the fan fiction version cannot even stand on its own? I hope you won't embarrass yourself with an argument like that. Go ahead, Mr. Rommel, kill the host and see if your parasites survive for long."
Fanfiction, it's like facehuggers in a way.
Oh Lee, why can't you be more like your brother?