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mark_asphodel) wrote2009-12-11 05:12 pm
mark_asphodel) wrote2009-12-11 05:12 pm
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Fic Update: "By Any Other Name"
It was one of those days in which I looked at my WIP-pile and said, "Dammit, finish something."
So, here 'tis: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5572950/1/
Well, then, what is it?
It's the love story of George and Minerva, of course. But, ah, I'm supposed to be a canon purist, so where the heck did this come from? Hey, it's post-game 'fic. I have leeway. See, a while back,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
shimizu_hitomi noted that the dynamic between George and Minerva was one of the better things about the FE1 manga adaptation. I hadn't given much thought to George as a character before; he's not much use in FEDS, and he just struck me as another one of these Archanean ego-trippers (see: Astram). Then I went back and read his scenes in FE3. Nuh-uh-- George is awesome. He's smart. He does things. Useful things. And hey, he has a backstory in the designers' notes (he's kind of a "Levin" figure, as in he's the prototype for an FE character who comes from a noble/royal background and doesn't want to deal with it). And he's allowed to be all these things without ever really signing up for Marth's fanclub, which otherwise tends to be the dividing line between the sheep and the goats. George totally merited some exploration and exposure.
[No, I don't spell it "Jeorge." I'd also use "Niena" for Nyna if I could get away with it.]
And Minerva needed to get out of that convent. Her official character ending is one of the most craptacular in FE, up there with "Canas died in a snowstorm." Anyway, this is another post-war snippet of my "Tales of the Unified Kingdom" series; it actually originated as a spit-take scene in "Wandering Planets," this M-rated thing I wrote to see if I could actually depict Cain/Catria in a positive sense (jury's currently out on that one). As with too many ideas, it ultimately took off on its own.
Also, I have strong (negative) opinions about romance stories elsewhere in FE fandom, and I thought it worthwhile to demonstrate the kind of relationship I find interesting. I don't know how well this succeeds as romance, but it does star actual adults, which IMO is a nice starting point.
So, here 'tis: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5572950/1/
Well, then, what is it?
It's the love story of George and Minerva, of course. But, ah, I'm supposed to be a canon purist, so where the heck did this come from? Hey, it's post-game 'fic. I have leeway. See, a while back,
shimizu_hitomi noted that the dynamic between George and Minerva was one of the better things about the FE1 manga adaptation. I hadn't given much thought to George as a character before; he's not much use in FEDS, and he just struck me as another one of these Archanean ego-trippers (see: Astram). Then I went back and read his scenes in FE3. Nuh-uh-- George is awesome. He's smart. He does things. Useful things. And hey, he has a backstory in the designers' notes (he's kind of a "Levin" figure, as in he's the prototype for an FE character who comes from a noble/royal background and doesn't want to deal with it). And he's allowed to be all these things without ever really signing up for Marth's fanclub, which otherwise tends to be the dividing line between the sheep and the goats. George totally merited some exploration and exposure. [No, I don't spell it "Jeorge." I'd also use "Niena" for Nyna if I could get away with it.]
And Minerva needed to get out of that convent. Her official character ending is one of the most craptacular in FE, up there with "Canas died in a snowstorm." Anyway, this is another post-war snippet of my "Tales of the Unified Kingdom" series; it actually originated as a spit-take scene in "Wandering Planets," this M-rated thing I wrote to see if I could actually depict Cain/Catria in a positive sense (jury's currently out on that one). As with too many ideas, it ultimately took off on its own.
Also, I have strong (negative) opinions about romance stories elsewhere in FE fandom, and I thought it worthwhile to demonstrate the kind of relationship I find interesting. I don't know how well this succeeds as romance, but it does star actual adults, which IMO is a nice starting point.
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I'm totally not stalking you andPitFTW messaged me today:I'm so so so very sorry! I did read your fic a very long time ago and memorized the ictalized parts because i thought it was so poetic. When i was writing that, i remembered those words and kept trying to remember where they came from. When i failed to remember, i just wrote the fic and left it at that. As soon as i can get to an actual computer, i will write an author's note. (i am on my phone now) Again, i'm really, REALLY sorry!!!
Basically, her excuse is that she memorized my fic and regurgitated it, basically word-for-word, three years later because it was omg that good. Not that I believe a word that she says, but what can you do -- she's a twelve-year-old on the internet.
Thanks so much for giving me a heads up on this whole ridiculousness. Hopefully it'll all get sorted out in the end...I'm hoping she comes away from this a little red-faced and we both move on with our lives.
I'm not upset, by the way. I found this whole thing sort of hilarious, especially considering the 'caliber' of PitFTW's writing.THAT BEING SAID, you are straight up awesome. Do you mind if I add you?
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Basically, her excuse is that she memorized my fic and regurgitated it, basically word-for-word, three years later because it was omg that good.
Professional plagiarists use that exact same excuse. Sounds like this kid is going to be another Ruth Shalit when she grows up. It's funny, because I do have an extremely good visual memory, and I am constantly afraid of doing just that-- "internalizing" something and regurgitating it years or months later. So when I see someone using that as excuse, I feel really weird about it.
Hopefully it'll all get sorted out in the end...I'm hoping she comes away from this a little red-faced and we both move on with our lives.
Let's hope so. She probably figured that "Despair" was so old (2006, right?) that there was little chance anyone would come around and find her. Bad idea-- there is nowhere to hide on the intarwebz. But, since you've got your closure out of it (and seem to have handled this pretty gracefully), I will not waste any more of my brain activity on the matter.
It also did irk me that she was getting compliments from her own little fanclub because "Jealousy" was so much better than her previous works and hinted at some hidden well of talent. But, eh. Fandom popularity is fleeting, crapfic endures.
THAT BEING SAID, you are straight up awesome. Do you mind if I add you?
Aw, hey. Just doin' my job, as they say. But sure, go ahead! :)