*sporfle*
In the afterword to his book Maps in a Mirror, Scott Card writes, “Writers should not waste their time or talent trying to tell stories in someone else’s universe.” He then goes on to explain why it’s OK that he immediately went on to participate in an Isaac Asimov fanfic anthology because, “like all laws, this one can be circumvented if you work hard enough” and because he “had a compelling story of my own to tell.”
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In other words, 'MY FANFIC IS BETTER THAN YOOOOOURS!!11!'
Surprisingly, a lot of Orson Scott Card's antics make sense if you think of him as a really pretentious BNF who often goes into fits of being a really pretentious drama-queen. A paranoid pretentious drama-queen with a peculiar obsession with THE GAYS WHO WILL DESTROY SOCIETY, mind. But I plan to spend more time mocking him than being angry at him, because sapping his credibility is more effective, long-term, than propping him up as the Great Homophobe Devil. (Besides, the latter only feeds his persecution complex. A charge of idiocy is far more offensive to - and effective against - certain personalities than a charge of moral wrongdoing.)
More in a bit... in the meantime, have Scott Lynch's parody of his version of Hamlet. Sadly... I tracked down a copy through Google Books, and yes, OSC!Hamlet is really THAT BAD. (I hate to say it, but overwhelmingly condemning it for homophobia is giving it too much credit. It implies that the rest of the story might have some merit, if not for that disgusting aspect. ...It is fanfiction.net-level awfulness, I swear to gad.)
"We like chicks," yelled every man in Henry's army. "And only from the front, the way god intended!"
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(source)
In other words, 'MY FANFIC IS BETTER THAN YOOOOOURS!!11!'
Surprisingly, a lot of Orson Scott Card's antics make sense if you think of him as a really pretentious BNF who often goes into fits of being a really pretentious drama-queen. A paranoid pretentious drama-queen with a peculiar obsession with THE GAYS WHO WILL DESTROY SOCIETY, mind. But I plan to spend more time mocking him than being angry at him, because sapping his credibility is more effective, long-term, than propping him up as the Great Homophobe Devil. (Besides, the latter only feeds his persecution complex. A charge of idiocy is far more offensive to - and effective against - certain personalities than a charge of moral wrongdoing.)
More in a bit... in the meantime, have Scott Lynch's parody of his version of Hamlet. Sadly... I tracked down a copy through Google Books, and yes, OSC!Hamlet is really THAT BAD. (I hate to say it, but overwhelmingly condemning it for homophobia is giving it too much credit. It implies that the rest of the story might have some merit, if not for that disgusting aspect. ...It is fanfiction.net-level awfulness, I swear to gad.)
"We like chicks," yelled every man in Henry's army. "And only from the front, the way god intended!"
This entry is mirrored at http://guardians-song.dreamwidth.org/136986.html. Comment wherever you like. Just remind me to get off the internet and do my homework.