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branchandrootJo Walton, aka ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
papersky, holds that fanfic, committed with the texts and characters of a living author, is the equivalent of rape. She went on to claim that the very idea of her characters being taken in vain by a fic author rendered her unable to write, and that readers would have to choose between having fic and having her continue writing herself.
Well, then, I guess she's just raped Gaiman and Pratchett both. We'll all know where to send the complaints if these gentlemen stop writing.
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papersky, holds that fanfic, committed with the texts and characters of a living author, is the equivalent of rape. She went on to claim that the very idea of her characters being taken in vain by a fic author rendered her unable to write, and that readers would have to choose between having fic and having her continue writing herself.Well, then, I guess she's just raped Gaiman and Pratchett both. We'll all know where to send the complaints if these gentlemen stop writing.
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