how sweet....to be an idiot...

[leelastarsky]

http://www.journalfen.net/community/fandom_wank/928529.html

Oh, fandom wank, thou comest to me in my darkest hour and dost bring me naught but joy and much mocking merriment. *glee*

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[drewcypher.livejournal.com]

"The stupid... it burns."

Good thing Lucas doesn't care who or what uses his characters or for what purposes, right?

[bibliophile20.livejournal.com]

I've been shaking my head at this one for the last half hour; so, how badly do you think she's just screwed up the rest of her life? I imagine the LucasArts legal beagles are already sniffing at the (potent) scent of this one's stupidity...

becuase, there is no WAY they can let this one go by. Aside from the fact of how blatent it is, this is the beginning of a slippery slope here; if they don't knock her down, and knock her down hard, soon, other people, enboldened by her getting away with this, will be doing it too. And from there, it'll spread to other fandoms... *shivers at the horrible image of Hermione-Sue fics on sale at Amazon*

So now, the question is, will she realize that she made a mistake or will she resist? If it's the first, this will be over relatively quickly; her bank account won't be too happy, but she can probably survive it. If she resists, however... It won't be pretty.

My money's on the second option; It sounds like she's already convinced herself that what she's done is legally all right, and that she'll protest when the legal notices start showing up in her mail.

Of course, I could be wrong, but, with stupidity like this... well, we'll see.

And one last comment:

"The Wank is strong in this one."

[chickadilly.livejournal.com]

http://forums.starwars.com/thread.jspa?threadID=222689&messageID=14618018#14618018

I haven't had the chance to read through all of the comments there but apparently there is indication on that thread that Lucas' lawyers are already on this.

The girl was just stupid to not realize what she was doing is wrong. It sort of baffles me that anyone could be that stupid - especially because (from what I've been told) she works in publishing - you'd think she'd have some knowledge of copyright laws!

[neoclover.livejournal.com]

Wow...Stupid is as stupid does...I wonder how many people have actually purchased this?

[ivylore.livejournal.com]

Teehee.

I love fandom wank.

[torenheksje.livejournal.com]

I'm hoping that Lucas' lawyers DO come down hard on her, but I am also appalled at Amazon.com for selling it. Don't they pay attention to things like that? There first clue should have been that the initial shipment came from her home address! LOL! I'd be willing to bet Amazon gets caught in the lawsuit web as well. If nothing else, they'll pull it from their catalogue...bad for their business rep.

[adrianna-r.livejournal.com]

Personally, I don't think it's at all funny.

She wanted to have the feeling of being a published author and in the process she did something extremely stupid that might ruin any public reputation she ever dreamed of having. Especially if she was actually planning on being an original published author later in her life.

Also, um... hi >.>
I'm a fan of your art, and a lurker supreme. Rearing my head up for this 'cause something like this has actually happened where I live and almost came to legal blows.

[pelirroja-ljc.livejournal.com]

Clearly someone was out in the suns on Tatooine way too long, that or too much inhaled Wookie dung has messed with her brain.

On a completely unrelated note. Can I just say how much I love the commissioned art you did for the Twilight Lexicon. It is just so spot on! Bravo!

[atlanta06.livejournal.com]

O_o *boggles*

^_^ Heeeee. I can't waaait 'til this blows up her in face. *evil glee* It may flog us smart fanficcers FOREVER,but at least we get to observe the carnage...Yeeees...*bounces up and down while cackling*

*is entirely too amused by this*

[ajnastarheart.livejournal.com]

This is fascinating...like someone said, like having to slow down to watch the scene of a car-wreck... ;)

[austenrowling.livejournal.com]

Wow, that woman is just plain dumb.

[ceallaigh-hk.livejournal.com]

So, is this Lori chick:

1/ deluded
2/ terminally stupid
3/ suffering from a giant case of hubris
4/ quixotic enough that she thinks she can take on Uncle George and win
5/ Sixteen years old
6/ 1 and 2
7/ 3, 4, and 6
8/ all of the above

OMG, the idiocy of fandom has hit a new nadir. The stupidity is monumental in that one!