Same procedure as last year?

[astridv]

I'm in procrastination overdrive, therefore the recent flood of posts in this journal. I hope I'll get into working mode soon so y'all should be saved overly excessive future posting.

John Scalzi apparently received several emails regarding the Cassie Claire debacle (for what purpose exactly is beyond me). He counters rather provocatively with: "I

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[makd]

Every now and then, it's a good idea to practice what St. Simon and Comte called "cerebral hygiene". IOW: don't read stuff that's guaranteed to piss you off.

I wouldn't waste my time reading that asshat's comments. Jeesh! He's so damned insecure, it's pathetic!

[astridv]

IOW: don't read stuff that's guaranteed to piss you off.

That's my policy for RPF debates, because I know I will just get worked up, and no one on either side will ever change their mind. But the thing with this ever-looping fanfic discussion is, I find it in equal parts annoying and amusing.

I wouldn't waste my time reading that asshat's comments. Jeesh! He's so damned insecure, it's pathetic!

Oh, John Scalzi is alright. Lee Goldberg is the one who never ceases to bitch about the wrongness of what we do. Scalzi has in the past been fairly neutral on the subject... dunno, I sort of have a feeling that in this latest post he's being inflammatory on purpose, maybe he wants to get a heated discussion going.

Though I've seen the 'thieves' comments wrt fanfic way too often, by people who mean every bit of it, that I really lost my sense of humour there.

[jwaneeta]

fanfic hurts fanfic writers, who are spending their valuable writing time on unsaleable material in other people's universes, when they should be working on their own original fiction

Yes SIR!

You'd better drop that Angel comic right now, Astrid, or you'll never get professional work.

[astridv]

Eeek
*drops fan comic like hot potato*
Mr. Fedora knows all and means well and I see the error of my ways now.
*iz, like, totally chagrined*

[rahirah]

I automatically discount the opinion of someone who doesn't know the difference between plagiarism and copyright infringement.

[astridv]

... which from the looks of it seems to apply the majority of the web's population. Groan.

Though, I honestly don't know whether Scalzi is purposefully playing dumb here, or if he really can't tell the difference. From what I've read of his column in the past, I wouldn't have pegged him that ignorant. Like I said to makd, it looks like he's trying to be provocative to get a rise out of people for whatever reason.