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You should feel good that your book has a big enough following that people will add their own creations to it for Fanfiction.
Why? It's insulting. Not to mention, plagiarism.
Literally how?
Because NO. There AREN'T any fucking My Little Ponies in my story. That's not what fucking happened. You don't get to decide what happens--I do.

Are you familiar with the term "desecration".

I shouldn't have to explain why plagiarism is bad, either.


 
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As an amateur writer, I don't find it insulting if my book gets enough fanfare to the point where people can take characers, places and events from my world and pour their own creative juices in it.
That doesn't mean anything to me. Just because you don't "find" it insulting doesn't mean it's not an insult.
And just because it may not have been intended as an insult, doesn't make it not an insult, either.


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The angel agreed to trade a set of white wings for the head of another demon. Overjoyed, the demon killed one of his own and plucked the head right off its still-warm body.

The angel then led the demon to heaven, where he underwent centuries of the cruelest tortures imaginable. Finally, the pain was so great that he lost consciousness - at which point his dark wings turned the promised shade of white.
By your standards, okay, well trying to force yours on other people is pointless.
I'm not "forcing" anyone to believe what I believe, though. I don't understand why people keep saying this. You can mod the fuck out of your games--I'm just going to tell you that I think that's stupid.
You keep saying that we shouldnt either.


 
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You keep saying that we shouldnt either.
That counts as forcing people now?...


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As an amateur writer, I don't find it insulting if my book gets enough fanfare to the point where people can take characers, places and events from my world and pour their own creative juices in it.
That doesn't mean anything to me. Just because you don't "find" it insulting doesn't mean it's not an insult.
And just because it may not have been intended as an insult, doesn't make it not an insult, either.

But if I don't take it as an insult, then it's not an insult.


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The angel agreed to trade a set of white wings for the head of another demon. Overjoyed, the demon killed one of his own and plucked the head right off its still-warm body.

The angel then led the demon to heaven, where he underwent centuries of the cruelest tortures imaginable. Finally, the pain was so great that he lost consciousness - at which point his dark wings turned the promised shade of white.
You keep saying that we shouldnt either.
That counts as forcing people now?...
Its there but not as 'excessive' i suppose


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As an amateur writer, I don't find it insulting if my book gets enough fanfare to the point where people can take characers, places and events from my world and pour their own creative juices in it.
That doesn't mean anything to me. Just because you don't "find" it insulting doesn't mean it's not an insult.
And just because it may not have been intended as an insult, doesn't make it not an insult, either.
Just because you find it insulting doesn't mean it's an insult.

See how this works?


 
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But if I don't take it as an insult, then it's not an insult.
...But that's wrong.

If you called me a cunt right now, I probably wouldn't mind, because I don't really think much of you to begin with, so I don't care if you're going to insult me. But that doesn't change the fact that what you did was an insult.


 
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Just because you find it insulting doesn't mean it's an insult.

See how this works?
While that's true, you've yet to show how it's not an insult. I've given my reasons for why I think it's an insult already.


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Because NO. There AREN'T any fucking My Little Ponies in my story. That's not what fucking happened. You don't get to decide what happens--I do.
It's fanfic. You don't decide anything, they do.
It's their own story built off of yours.

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I shouldn't have to explain why plagiarism is bad, either.
It's not plagiarism if it's explicitly stated to be built off of something else.
It's plagiarism if they claim it's their own 100% original work.


 
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It's fanfic. You don't decide anything, they do.
It's their own story built off of yours.
And why should I be okay with that? Because every other author is? No thanks.


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Just because you find it insulting doesn't mean it's an insult.

See how this works?
While that's true, you've yet to show how it's not an insult. I've given my reasons for why I think it's an insult already.
Because developers support it.
Because the original work still fully exists.
Because it harms literally nobody.


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It's fanfic. You don't decide anything, they do.
It's their own story built off of yours.
And why should I be okay with it?

Because you might as well accept it.  It's going to happen, you can't stop it unless they're making a profit on it without your knowledge or consent.


 
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Because developers support it.
So?
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Because the original work still fully exists.
But no one uses/respects it but me, apparently. And apparently I'm boring for doing so.
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Because it harms literally nobody.
Insults don't typically hurt anyone.


 
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you can't stop it
All the more reason to be upset about it.


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It's fanfic. You don't decide anything, they do.
It's their own story built off of yours.
And why should I be okay with that? Because every other author is? No thanks.
Does it hurt you? No.
Does it suddenly replace the original work? No.
Do they get every single scrap of credit? No.
Can you stop it? No.


 
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Does it hurt you? No.
Does it suddenly replace the original work? No.
Do they get every single scrap of credit? No.
Can you stop it? No.
Are they ruining my story? Yes.

I really don't give a fuck if it doesn't replace the original work.


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Because developers support it.
So?
So it's not insulting.
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Because the original work still fully exists.
But no one uses/respects it but me, apparently. And apparently I'm boring for doing so.
You're literally retarded. Modding absolutely does not mean you don't respect the original work.


 
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So it's not insulting.
Because other idiots don't find it insulting? Why should I care about their incorrect opinion?
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You're literally retarded. Modding absolutely does not mean you don't respect the original work.
Yes, it does. If you respected the original work, you wouldn't mod it.


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So it's not insulting.
Because other idiots don't find it insulting? Why should I care about their incorrect opinion?
>incorrect opinion
You see? This is why your argument is meaningless.


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You're literally retarded. Modding absolutely does not mean you don't respect the original work.
Yes, it does. If you respected the original work, you wouldn't mod it.
Literally the worst logic ever.
Sure, if the game was awful and you modded it to make it somewhat good, then you'd have a point.
But for games like Skyrim? A game that's generally praised? Yeah, no.


 
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Literally the worst logic ever.
Sure, if the game was awful and you modded it to make it somewhat good, then you'd have a point.
But for games like Skyrim? A game that's generally praised? Yeah, no.
"generally"

the only people who like vanilla skyrim are the same people who play games like call of duty and madden
and... nothing else

you know, casual gamers
you know, people who don't really care about games that much

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and i realize that's a big generalization but i'm pretty confident that i'm mostly right


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and i realize that's a big generalization but i'm pretty confident that i'm mostly right

Ignorance is bliss.


 
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Ignorance is bliss.
irrelevant platitudes are irrelevant


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Literally the worst logic ever.
Sure, if the game was awful and you modded it to make it somewhat good, then you'd have a point.
But for games like Skyrim? A game that's generally praised? Yeah, no.
"generally"

the only people who like vanilla skyrim are the same people who play games like call of duty and madden
and... nothing else

you know, casual gamers
you know, people who don't really care about games that much
Based on what metric?

Skyrim is still one of the most played games on Steam, 4 years after release. PC gamers generally aren't casual gamers that only play dudebro shooters and sports games.


 
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Skyrim is still one of the most played games on Steam, 4 years after release.
LOL no it isn't

modded skyrim is
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PC gamers generally aren't casual gamers that only play dudebro shooters and sports games.
i specifically used the term "vanilla skyrim"

so that's going to include console skyrim, if not only console skyrim


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This "debate" is the equivalent of beating your head against a brick wall.


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Skyrim is still one of the most played games on Steam, 4 years after release.
LOL no it isn't

modded skyrim is
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PC gamers generally aren't casual gamers that only play dudebro shooters and sports games.
i specifically used the term "vanilla skyrim"

so that's going to include console skyrim, if not only console skyrim
Please show me the evidence that you apparently have that says every PC user that plays Skyrim is modding it.


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something something insulting something something pissing on art something something i'm retarded


 
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This "debate" is the equivalent of beating your head against a brick wall.
your platitudes are out of control today

Please show me the evidence that you apparently have that says every PC user that plays Skyrim is modding it.
i never said every

i would argue the vast majority, but i can't even prove that, necessarily

just use your fucking brain--why would it be one of the most popular games on steam
it's more dubious a claim to say that there aren't people who play skyrim for the mods