Ruby JonesMar 15

@neil The thing is, there is more free fiction and art online than a person could ever need. I've actually found it hard to pull myself away from the safe, comforting arms of fanfiction, which gives me exactly what I want, for free, but I get frustrated that I can't pay the authors for their often spectacular works.

I agree with you - writing and art are communication - there's no point if there's no one on the other side communicating anything. And the fact that it's all stolen>

Show threadRobert Kingett6d ago
You nailed it! But also yes! This is why I *love* Fanfiction https://sightlessscribbles.com/how-fanfiction-is-literary-resistance/ @rubyjones @neil
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Show threadCy
Ao3 is run by some amazing activists, fighting for freedom to create without permission. ♥ https://www.transformativeworks.org/

And unlike both AI and "original" fiction, fanfic authors and artists aren't stealing attribution! It's just awesome when people can do that.

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Show threadRuby Jones6d ago

@cy @neil @WeirdWriter You have a very strange attitude. Explaining AO3 like no one here has heard of it. Saying original fiction is stealing??

I don't know where this aggressive defence of fanfiction is coming from. I talked about my love of fanfic in another thread of this conversation. It's bizarre to make out like you can't love both original fiction and fanfiction.

Do you just search on the word 'fanfic' and go on the attack? Really weird. Goodby, Cy.

Show threadCy6d ago
What I mean is for legal purposes, you have to call something an "original work" and cannot explicitly say what you copied it from. Which sucks. And original fiction is... fine, but it's not any more justified or high quality than fanfiction. (In fact it's usally lower quality, which is also fine!)

Not sure where you got that I was aggressively defending fanfiction, though I totally will. Or what you think I'm attacking. I'm sorry if you had to hide your sources of inspiration in order to publish something.

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