Yeah, I completely understand what you're saying and where you're coming from! :) Talking about these sorts of plagiarism issues within the context of fanfiction is so difficult to do, especially when some credit is given and some isn't. And I definitely understand the outrage because no one likes to see anyone's work stolen, and honestly, there should never be a reason for plagiarism to begin with.
My major concern was that you might take it as me saying plagiarism is okay, lol! I definitely don't want you to think that! This is just me ignoring this aspect of her life because I, personally, don't find it relevant to my reading of her work. It's always important to approach literature knowing certain things about an author, definitely. But at some point we all have to decide where to draw the line on what we're going to allow to affect our perspective, and that's why I didn't look into the matter further before starting the novel. :)
It was my mistake in in phrasing the line above as people being "pissy". That was unfair of me, and I'm sorry if I seemed to be brushing the legitimate complaints of people off! I definitely didn't mean to. After hearing so many negative remarks about it/her, you start to wonder if it isn't just half-truths wank, and that's where I was coming from.
My major concern was that you might take it as me saying plagiarism is okay, lol! I definitely don't want you to think that! This is just me ignoring this aspect of her life because I, personally, don't find it relevant to my reading of her work. It's always important to approach literature knowing certain things about an author, definitely. But at some point we all have to decide where to draw the line on what we're going to allow to affect our perspective, and that's why I didn't look into the matter further before starting the novel. :)
It was my mistake in in phrasing the line above as people being "pissy". That was unfair of me, and I'm sorry if I seemed to be brushing the legitimate complaints of people off! I definitely didn't mean to. After hearing so many negative remarks about it/her, you start to wonder if it isn't just half-truths wank, and that's where I was coming from.
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