Um. Wow! Again? Really? Isn't this his 100th time going through the whole caught, denial, apologizing, disappearing, reappearing, being all contrite, starting over & promising to be honest this time routine?
I'm happy he pretty much left Buffy fandom. I don't find this news as upsetting as I did years ago. I'm still mad that he did it. What he did is very wrong, but it doesn't have the same impact as it did the first 2 or 3 times. When the shit hit the fan about his plagiarism years ago, it was so disturbing, heart breaking, and devastating to the slowly dying B/X portion of fandom that one of our leaders and only consistent fic writers was guilty of plagiarism.
I'm actually not even surprised this time. If I remember correctly, the first few times he was caught, he just changed his user name, email address and yahoo group name and said that people wrongly accused him of something he didn't do. He told everyone not to believe the rumors about him on other boards. I naively believed him. Twice! Shame on me. In my defense, I was new to fandom and fanfic. I never saw the accusations and was never given any links to the original fic. I only heard about the situation through him. It was also during the time when Xander writers were being targeted, flamed, and randomly kicked off FF.net. Remember those good times? I think he hid behind that whole conspiracy. The most recent time he was caught, we were provided with links to the plagiarized fic. The evidence was there and it was upsetting. I know many didn't like him or his fic, but he was a leader in BX fandom. Maybe he thought producing fic, even plagiarized fic was helping keep B/X fandom alive, but I think it ended up hurting it more than helping. I felt so angry and betrayed by this person I had never met and maybe exchanged a few emails with. Not this time though.
"Blessed" is still up at FF.net. I just reported him.
no subject
I'm happy he pretty much left Buffy fandom. I don't find this news as upsetting as I did years ago. I'm still mad that he did it. What he did is very wrong, but it doesn't have the same impact as it did the first 2 or 3 times. When the shit hit the fan about his plagiarism years ago, it was so disturbing, heart breaking, and devastating to the slowly dying B/X portion of fandom that one of our leaders and only consistent fic writers was guilty of plagiarism.
I'm actually not even surprised this time. If I remember correctly, the first few times he was caught, he just changed his user name, email address and yahoo group name and said that people wrongly accused him of something he didn't do. He told everyone not to believe the rumors about him on other boards. I naively believed him. Twice! Shame on me. In my defense, I was new to fandom and fanfic. I never saw the accusations and was never given any links to the original fic. I only heard about the situation through him. It was also during the time when Xander writers were being targeted, flamed, and randomly kicked off FF.net. Remember those good times? I think he hid behind that whole conspiracy. The most recent time he was caught, we were provided with links to the plagiarized fic. The evidence was there and it was upsetting. I know many didn't like him or his fic, but he was a leader in BX fandom. Maybe he thought producing fic, even plagiarized fic was helping keep B/X fandom alive, but I think it ended up hurting it more than helping. I felt so angry and betrayed by this person I had never met and maybe exchanged a few emails with. Not this time though.
"Blessed" is still up at FF.net. I just reported him.