Re: Fanfic vs original fiction, as per Ms. Gabaldon: The difference is—it’s not illegal, and you aren’t abusing or offending the original author.
This actually got a large chuckle out of me. How is playing in an author's sandbox "abuse"? Feeling offense that others are writing within the confines of a world you created? Fine, as that's a more personal opinion. But abuse? really? Everyone has their own world view, but Gabaldon's entire initial post reads as the reaction of someone who was forced a la A Clockwork Orangebrainwashing sessions to read uber crackfic featuring mpreg, incest, glittery unicorns, and megical cock (then again, as two of those things are actually IN Gabaldon's books AFAIK...).
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This actually got a large chuckle out of me. How is playing in an author's sandbox "abuse"? Feeling offense that others are writing within the confines of a world you created? Fine, as that's a more personal opinion. But abuse? really? Everyone has their own world view, but Gabaldon's entire initial post reads as the reaction of someone who was forced a la A Clockwork Orangebrainwashing sessions to read uber crackfic featuring mpreg, incest, glittery unicorns, and megical cock (then again, as two of those things are actually IN Gabaldon's books AFAIK...).