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butchdykeorpheus · 1 year ago

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tbh "[insert book here] is a published [fandom] fic with the serial numbers filed off" is no longer really enough for me to like. side-eye an author / their book. like obviously context matters so depending on the situation/book/fandom/fic/author/whatever it might be a valid criticism and imo there are some structural and stylistic differences between what's acceptable in fic vs what makes a good book that you should be mindful of when adapting a fic into original work but i've read some genuinely good fics that are au enough to easily stand on their own if you tweak them a little and ctrl+F / replace character names

#if you're wondering if btw if this is alluding to That Author people are talking about rn #dw i read the posts about him and the PLENTY of other unhinged stuff he's done #i'm not commenting here on any of THAT. it's just interesting to me seeing criticisms like #''published a book thats a fic with the serial numbers scrubbed''#posted next to shit like ''racist conspiracy theorist who sexualises minors'' as if those are comparable complaints #so like not ABOUT this guy here specifically because i've noticed this sort of thing before with other much more chill authors #just inspired by some of the conversation happening around him lol #gray.txt

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