I think this is a really grey area, and you could see it as no worse than the woman who put up a paypal donation box so people could give her money to replace her stolen laptop, or whatever.
Yeah, you know, I was just thinking about what the difference between those two events was (on my lunchtime walk, which was Hella Hot but did end in me getting a $0.25 copy of Snow Crash at the library, so go me). Because Cassie Claire did not get the same kind of overwhelming rejection, even though there was a subtext of "get her a computer so she can write more."
She didn't actually make the appeal personally, though, did she?
Because Cassie Claire did not get the same kind of overwhelming rejection
I made fun of her here, I'm pretty sure. I do my part.
I do my part.
Evidently not enough. What's your paypal address so we can subsidize you during these efforts?
Cassie Claire didn't make the quid pro quo explicit, did she?
It doesn't count if I don't directly solicit donations, right? I mean, I can't help it if people are overcome by my brilliance and fling cash at me.
Has this been a life problem for you to date? Cause, damn, I picked the wrong fandom if so.
people are overcome by my brilliance and fling cash at me.
That used to happen to me on a regular basis back when I was a stripper.
If by "brilliance" you mean booty.
I made fun of her here, I'm pretty sure. I do my part.
Oh, yeah, she took some crap for it. But she was also supported by a lot of people, whereas pretty much no one is supporting cousinjean.
It doesn't count if I don't directly solicit donations, right? I mean, I can't help it if people are overcome by my brilliance and fling cash at me.
I totally want to have this problem.
I wish I had been a stripper before it was too late. I'm going to have the most boring writer bio ever. Should I publish anything.
[edit: Cassie Claire also had a lot of people supporting her for barefaced plagiarism.]
I think it makes a big difference if you ask for the money yourself. And what it's for. An iPod? Not very acceptable. But there was a whole kerfuffle about a woman who needed an operation and had no health insurance, and that seemed (more) legitimate. She still got harangued by a lot of people.
