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Apr. 29th, 2006 08:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rymenhildDere Maister Chaucer:
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makinglight wolde ben a moste fyne drynkynge confrere (consoeur?) for thee. For when shee partoke of her neighboures vodka, shee fel into a moste straunge and lovelie tongue verray muche like unto thine. Povre wif.
Thine admirer,
Rym
In othermakinglight news, if anyone with an interest in the subject hasn't seen the discussion of fanfic yet, and you have an hour or two at your disposal, go read. It's acquired 567 thoughtful and interesting comments so far. Basically, professional writers, fan writers, publishers, lawyers and interested onlookers of all stripes and varieties have shown up to debate the ethics of producing stories about other people's worlds. Some highlights:
I can't believe I just went back to find the good parts of that conversation instead of writing more of this thrice-damned paper.
Mesemeth that TNH of
makinglight wolde ben a moste fyne drynkynge confrere (consoeur?) for thee. For when shee partoke of her neighboures vodka, shee fel into a moste straunge and lovelie tongue verray muche like unto thine. Povre wif.Thine admirer,
Rym
In other
makinglight news, if anyone with an interest in the subject hasn't seen the discussion of fanfic yet, and you have an hour or two at your disposal, go read. It's acquired 567 thoughtful and interesting comments so far. Basically, professional writers, fan writers, publishers, lawyers and interested onlookers of all stripes and varieties have shown up to debate the ethics of producing stories about other people's worlds. Some highlights: - Jane Yolen argues that works should be copyrighted long enough to earn money for the writers' heirs.
- Mercedes Lackey admits to writing collaborative MMORPG fanfic.
- Joss Whedon is, unsurprisingly, awesome.
- A fanficcer named C.Elisa describes fanfic as "a form of full-contact literary criticism."
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rhandir provides the Cliff Notes for the whole discussion.
I can't believe I just went back to find the good parts of that conversation instead of writing more of this thrice-damned paper.
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Date: 2006-04-30 04:17 am (UTC)Gosh, I'm commenty today.
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Date: 2006-04-30 04:46 am (UTC)hate. you.
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Date: 2006-04-30 05:14 am (UTC)I keep Making Light in my Bloglines set but rarely find time to check anymore, so thanks much for the pointers.
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Date: 2006-05-01 05:21 am (UTC)Duw prid, gwraig, rydich waeth na y Gatling-gwn; rhifo i'n tri milwrau marw.
Something like, "Dear god, woman, you're worse than a Gatling-gun; I reckon that's three soldiers dead."
I think tentatively that he wanted "rydych" rather than "rydich."
("gwr" = L. "vir"; cf. "wifman", though not quite... and "gwr" is hiding in the "wr" of "milwr" (pl. milwrau), too)
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Date: 2006-04-30 07:03 am (UTC)I fucking love Joss Whedon.
(Like that wasn't obvious.)
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Date: 2006-04-30 10:38 am (UTC)This pretty much made me laugh tea all over myself. Thanks for posting!
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