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Thing that makes me sad: YENPRESS. Why you gotta take my fix away? Was that really necessary? D:
Thing that makes me happy!: It's my birthday and the world hasn't come crashing down yet. :D :D :D (no, really, I have such bad luck with birthdays, you have no idea)
Thing that makes me sad: My driver's permit runs out today. Yes, I'm already in my ( Read more... )
Thing that makes me happy!: It's my birthday and the world hasn't come crashing down yet. :D :D :D (no, really, I have such bad luck with birthdays, you have no idea)
Thing that makes me sad: My driver's permit runs out today. Yes, I'm already in my ( Read more... )
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The fact that those authors seem to know so little of what they're talking about is what disturbs me the most too. Well, that and the needlessly insulting tone that Gabaldon used in her entry (GRRM was at least a little more polite, even though his arguments are just as bad), but whatever. Before judging it so hard they should at least go and find out what exactly it is.
Also, gotta love the 'but they're my children!!1' argument that both Gabaldon and Martin used (idk about Kerr, I haven't seen what she's been writing). Seriously people, get some perspective. If you don't want your readers to imagine stuff about your characters, then you shouldn't have made the books public in the first place.
I agree very much with what you say about it being a generational thing though. Many future professional authors will probably have been 'raised' in fandom themselves, so hopefully things will get better. :]
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(and it just occurred to me that I might not have internet access there. um.)
lmao, not only do the authors not know what the hell they're talking about, they are flat out ignoring the dozens people who are trying to explain it to them. Over and over and over...
Yeah, the My Children Are Precious Don't You Dare Come Near Them line is when I started to back away. Very slowly.
Oh my god, the idea of a new batch of authors being raised in fandom makes my heart glad. :D :D :D
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Oooh, you're coming to Argentina? Awesome! Where, exactly? (it's kind of a big country)
Make sure you bring spending money. Tourists find that, in the exchange, many things are cheaper over here.
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Mendoza, apparently? A couple days in Buenos Ares, but mostly around Mendoza since that's where my family is from. My mom was born in Maipu, so she wants me to see that while I'm there.
oh, I hope the exchange will be in my favor. x_x
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I hear Mendoza is beautiful, though. ^^
It will. One dollar is about four pesos, and a bus fare in Córdoba, for example, is two pesos... that's fifty cents for you. ^^
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Right? It's just...really awkward. I almost felt embarrassed for her just for that. Almost.
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Oh, I have. I've met several. Although I would in general agree that it's a generational thing, and I think the people I've met are more the exception that proves the rule? Idk. What I don't understand is why these people think it's somehow different than what's been going on for all time.
(Also annoyed re: PH. Although i think they intend to keep posting scanlations on the comm?)
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Hey, if it was good enough for Shakespeare, it's good enough for us. XD But that willfull blindness...I just really don't understand where it comes from. And it's not like fanfic is hated by most people middle-aged and up - from what I've seen it's just the opposite. So maybe it's a generational-subcultural thing in the sff publishing community? idk It'd be interesting to try and chart the authors who are virulently against fic and see how many of them were publishing when the MZB fiasco came about - it could account for the seeming generation gap.
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Pfft you make me feel a bit better about myself and my lack of a license... I'll definitely need to get at least my permit this summer though. College will be incredible inconvenient without one.
I read a few author's anti-fanfic statements (more like essays, but I just skimmed those) and... Wow, really? If they're not making themselves sound outright stupid, they're at least just sounding bitchy. I'm not much of a fanfic reader myself but they have no clue how large of a part it has in fandom and popularity, and even how many people get into a series because they happened to come across a fic of it. It's like Sunrise asking people not to draw fanart because the characters are copyrighted. It's the same thing as saying "We'd like less sales, please." :/
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...Sunrise did that? That's...wow. Really dumb. *boggles at the business sense of some companies*
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