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Well, now I know what I won't be spending another 30€ on. I don't have that much money anyway, but I would have saved enough for the next Lord John audio book. The guy who reads them is beyond awesome.
However, Diana Gabaldon decided to tell us all about her thoughts onyaoifanfic.
Basically, we use her characters because we're uncreative, want to cash in on her popularity and anyway, fanfic is ILLEGAL* and immoral and if we want to write it, we should choose works by authors who have been dead for 75 years**. The whole post sounds incredibly condescending to me, which is what annoys me the most. Oh, and she doesn't like porny fanfic at all (despite writing porny stuff herself). She also really hopes you're not slashing Jamie Fraser and Emmett from QaF.
On the plus side, the fandom_wank post is fun.
PS: Am I the only fan who thinks pure speculation about what can/might happen in canon is an unsatisfying activity? Diana and her fans seems to think it's the best fan activity ever.
* which is debatable, or so some people who know more about the topic think.
** FYI, it's 70 years in many countries. It's 75 years in Honduras, Guatemala and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. An International Copyright Law doesn't exist either.
However, Diana Gabaldon decided to tell us all about her thoughts on
Basically, we use her characters because we're uncreative, want to cash in on her popularity and anyway, fanfic is ILLEGAL* and immoral and if we want to write it, we should choose works by authors who have been dead for 75 years**. The whole post sounds incredibly condescending to me, which is what annoys me the most. Oh, and she doesn't like porny fanfic at all (despite writing porny stuff herself). She also really hopes you're not slashing Jamie Fraser and Emmett from QaF.
On the plus side, the fandom_wank post is fun.
PS: Am I the only fan who thinks pure speculation about what can/might happen in canon is an unsatisfying activity? Diana and her fans seems to think it's the best fan activity ever.
* which is debatable, or so some people who know more about the topic think.
** FYI, it's 70 years in many countries. It's 75 years in Honduras, Guatemala and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. An International Copyright Law doesn't exist either.
