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January 14th, 2008
11:54 pm
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emily_shore: OTW: speaking for all of us? - What I don't support are criticisms of OTW that somehow imply its founders have engaged in illicit empire-building by attempting to speak for fandom as a whole[...]What they have done is what hundreds and thousands of other interest groups have also done -
- mofic: So What Exactly Is Sex? In fiction and in real life - I'm looking to see what people's views are of what "counts" as having sex. -
- goldjadeocean: I'm thinking it might be time to join the OTW... - But what that really struck home with me is how we as fans are doing something meaningful. We are using language and literature the way it has always been used. We are the fucking Folk Process. -
- dora_chan: [on insanejournal] My Thoughts on Yaoi/the OTW - That does not mean that I agree with all their ideas, but I realised that I did not improve things by quietly whining in my own little corner of fandom, but that I have to work with them to make sure they take the direction I want them to. -
- chvickers: [in fanficrants] Plagiarism and copyright violation - Plagiarism is wrong, plagiarism is bad, plagiarism is nasty. Pretending it's okay because other parts of the writing are good or because the originals are old or non-fiction is nothing short of abetting a moral crime. And it is not "mean" to point it out. -
- randomsome1: [on insanejournal] Looks like Gj is going into its final throes. I was gonna - what about the fanficcers who get hit by plagiarists? Does OTW think that's all right because it's fanfic of fanfic? Or that the work's okay because it's a "transformative" variation of the original? Hey, the plagiarists switched some spelling and sentenc -
- jassanja: OTW, Fangirls, Fanboys and the Transgendered - as much as I usually can sympathize with transgendered folk, in this case I must tell that I feel they act silly. If they are interested into transformative works they are to be counted among the female part of fandom -
- rdphantom: Why I Support OTW - Everyone's responses over the last week have really resonated with me and made me realize that I do support OTW's mission and how they are building that dream. Here are my reasons why. -
- fallingfortruth: My feelings on fandom, with liberal borrowings from one G.A. Way, fellow fanfiction authorWe should not be a female space. We should be a feminist space, a safe space. A non-judgmental space where people who might not feel safe or accepted anywhere else can find those things.
- major_clanger: [in fandom_lawyers] Attitudes to Fanfic? - The responses to this post have raised my curiosity as to the views of members of this community on fanfic, and in particular how those views relate to legal qualification. -
- therealjae: Canon-consistency: what it is and what it isn't - Canon-consistency isn't the same thing as "staying true to the original author's vision"--except in the places where that vision actually makes it into the source text. We'd have to call adhering to the original author's vision "vision-consistency" or something clunky like that. -
- chicafrom3: "You said you knew a shortcut!" "This is a shortcut! Look how fast we got lost!" - How would you define a pairing that, in canon, has textually expressed a romantic or sexual interest in each other but not acted on it? I'm not talking "really large subtext that everyone in fandom agrees on" here, I'm talking more like an actual conversa -
- saundramitchell: Plagiarism and the Cassie Edwards Debacle - I lose sleep over the accidents, and the unnoted intentionals. It makes me sad that I can't work "a grave's a fine and private place" into my narrative sometime, like a surprise chocolate chip for the people who recognize Marvell's work. The nice thing ab -
- incisivis: It Seems I Am on the Wrong Side of the Tracks - we haven't yet seen female characters with snouts or beaks (who didn't have to have them), wings attached to their arms, protruding jaws, and it's very rare yet to see one who's fat or without jewelry. But I'm waiting patiently for the day when we do, bec -
- angstslashhope: Some like it OTW. - I donâ™t want my sub-culture to be public or for-profit. -
- jeddy83: Why I joined the OTW - All of which means that the Supernatural/CWRPS fanworks community exists almost exclusively on LJ and is incredibly vulnerable to action taken by our hosts. -
- thingswithwings: Of course I do; how could I not? - And it's about time we built a world for ourselves. -
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