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[inkandfakefurs]

 So, I'm rather drunk right now, so it probably isn't the time to write any kind of post, especially an apology.

There are no longer any Libs fics on this journal. Essentially I didn't cite sources on England's Dreaming - it was stupid,  and not intentionally evil, but there you go. I know better these days, but there are no excuses, and you can use

Comments

[frantic_mice]

Ummm. I for one will TOTES remain your friend and if anybody defriends you for an honest mistake it's their loss, not yours. That's what I think, because I'm selfish and I've made honest mistakes and I want everybody to forgive me for them. ILU your stories and ILU your POV on a lot of things, and I dun knoe you personally but yeah. RLY. Don't punish yourself so much. This is just part of being human. <3

[inkandfakefurs]

The worst thing isn't doing it, but not going back to fix it when I knew it was wrong. I know to err is human, but I feel like a piece of shit! I should be punishing myself. (Even if other people will probably do it for me better!)

*hugs* Thanks, though. Honestly, I think you're great, and you can crack review me any time! ;D

[frantic_mice]

You're a good person, so you feel guilty about it. But RLY! Forgive yourself. Ritenao it feels like this horrible crime, but believe me, it'll pass. Santa Claus and Perfection, baby. You know what I mean? ♥ ♥ ♥

Maybe it's because I spend so much time with kids, but I'll always look more suspiciously at people who make a spectacle of themselves pointing out mistakes that I look at the person who actually made the mistake.

[esclarmonde2907]

I'm not drunk, but must confess to being a little confused by all this. It seems rather silly for us to get our knickers in a twist over sources on something like 'England's Dreaming', surely? I would have assumed that you took ideas/anecdotes from RL stories, if that's what you mean. Do it myself for my own fic, and if people ask me about stuff, then I'll happily say where it came from, but don't feel the need to footnote absolutely everything.

So I doubt you'll be defriended on a massive scale, and hope you feel happier tomorrow - you're neither stupid (as no-one thick could have written the marvellous stories you have) nor shitty, so far as I can tell.

xxx

[inkandfakefurs]

The anecdote(s?) in question was apparently too close to the source (Danny Sugerman's biography Wonderland Avenue) - close enough to get called out on. Which is plagarism, really - even in fanfic. Like I said, I'll take my lumps. But thanks!

[empress_jae]

i myself just happened to wake up from my drunken nap, and have to admit that i'm very confused as well as concerned as to what happened to make you say something like this. is this in reference to The Killing Moon? did someone accuse you of plagarism? i'm honestly lost, but i will let you know that i'm not going to defriend you. but i would like to know what happened to make you feel this way. ♥

[inkandfakefurs]

Oh, it's not Killing Moon - that thing is all me! Basically, one of the scenes in my first fanfic is based on an anecdote from a biography - almost word-for-word - and I got called out on it. Which I should have been, and I feel suitably shitty about it and needed to come clean to um, feel clean? Does that make sense? That's basically it.

[empress_jae]

that makes perfect sense and it's totally understandable to feel shitty. *hugs* the difference here is that you've been called out on it, and you're not denying it. whereas i know plenty of writers in fandom who fight teeth and bone to claim that they didn't plagarize; for example, despite the fact that 14 pages of so and so's this guy/that guy "original" slash is word for word Pride and Prejudice with the names changed, they still try to claim it as their own. which is ridiculous...they know that they're wrong. to be called out on something is a horrible feeling, but it doesn't make you any less of a writer. you are an amazing writer and you need to remember that. this is an instance where you simply forgot to cite...which happens. you did it, you apologize, and now we move on. i really don't want to see you leave. you're too talented and valuable to loose. the fact that you're being humble and honest about the mistake is going to remind people that there was no maliciousness in your actions. it was an honest mistake and

[inkandfakefurs]

Well, I hope you had better stamina than me! Oh god, my head. (Though my fella ended up running around in a pair of my red pants, so something good came of the session!)

Now I'm sober, the deleting of all my old fics seems like rather stupid overkill. But I wanted a fresh start. Ironically, I had a H/D & AS/S fic planned based on a Waking the Dead episode, and I was going to disclaimer like fuck on that! So I do know better these days. But, yesh, still feel shitty.

But you're right. All I can do is make my apologies, take my lumps and move on. *hugs* (And I hope you've done better with the hangover than me, too!)

[silentsighs]

Randomish person: Certainly not defriending :)

But what about The Bone Dance and Cinderella's Big Score? I really loved them. I suppose it's up to you - what you feel comfortable having on here - but I am sorry to see them go.

Hope you feel better about this soon ♥

[inkandfakefurs]

I'm really sorry, and deleting all my fics does seem like overkill now I'm sober, but it's probably best to draw a big fat red line under the past and move on. But thanks. *hugs*

[agkelos]

Like you said, to err is human. Everyone makes mistakes and in the area of fandom....it's not like you are making a profit out of your stories. They are just for fun and self-expression. I don't know what people's whole deal about citing godsbedamned everything these days. It's not like you copied something word by word. Isn't intimation the most sincere form of flattery anyway?

[inkandfakefurs]

Imitation's only the sincerest form of flattery if you admit to it. *weak smile* Still, I've made my apologies, and I can take my flak.