#mzb

Ever wonder why authors can never read fanfic of their work? Part of the reason is today's Wank Wednesday, the Marion Zimmer Bradley Fanfiction Controversy.

Marion Zimmer Bradley was a prolific sci-fi/fantasy author. She was often involved in her fandom, reading fanzines and encouraging fans to write stories in her universes, one of which was her popular Darkover series. In 1991, Jean Lamb wrote their fic Masks about the Darkover character Regis Hastur, and it was published in the zine Moon Phases. Bradley's forthcoming novel Contraband was also supposed to be about the character Regis Hastur. The next year Bradley offered Lamb money for the copyright to Masks, which Lamb refused and Lamb tried to negotiate a counteroffer which Bradley refused. The events after that are a little muddled, but Bradley's lawyers sent Lamb a cease and desist order, and Contraband was never published. Bradley's team would later claim that Bradley could no longer read fan material because a fan had tried to sue Bradley, something that Lamb vehemently denies. Ultimately this incident, along side a few others, lead to major changes in how authors interacted with fanfic.

Want to learn more? Head over to the Fanlore page!

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Lo estuve jugando y está divertido, me recuerda un poco al Zelda 1 y al Four Swords.

Me gustaron los monstruos, están lindos jaja.

Creo que donde tuve más problemas fue en encontrar las trifuerzas porque por alguna razón no se mostraba toda el área en mi pantalla, por lo que tenía que usar las barras de navegación para mover mi campo de visión y buscar los triángulos, y pues estar haciéndolo mientras esquivas monstruos, a veces se complica xD

¡¡La verdad para ser tu primer juego está muy bien!! Ojalá sigas mejorándolo y haciendo otros :D

CÓMO ALEGRARME LA TARDE EN 1 SEGUNDO AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH ESTÁS JUGANDO MI JUEGO!!!!!!!😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Me muero me muero me muero esque me hace mucha ilu porque fue un proyecto que me costó mucho y ahora está olvidado😭😭😭😭 MUCHAS GRACIAS POR JUGAR SANZAKO ERES LA MEJOR!!!!!

Oh y lo que dices es tan sencillo como ponerlo en pantalla completa!! No se qué tecla será en tu ordenador pero en teoría si lo haces debería salirte todo👀 sino es imposible jugar XD la trifuerza puede aparecer fuera y ahí te quedas

Buah habrás visto mi actuación en la intro🤣🤣🤣 al menos habrás visto la buena y no la de mi horrible speaking de inglés dios🫣 he de decir que hay otra cinemática más épica pero para eso tendrás que pasarte el juego🤭 (nivel 10)

Actualmente solo hay 3 personas que han visto el final y una de ellas es la creadora🤣

So I just finished rereading the Mists of Avalon and I love this book but also see A LOT of problematic stuff in it. I have some understanding of how awful Marion Zimmer Bradley was but I honestly could learn more.

Part of the reason I love the book is my own interpretation of it, such as how I perceive the 1st person perspective and how I draw from my own experiences. I also admittedly love how MZB weaved together legend and history to create the story, and very much enjoy her writing style.

It's definitely "feminist" in a very dated way, at times is simply not feminist at all, and handles disability and homosexuality poorly (though LOVE the Lancelot-Gwen-Arthur love triangle concept). Plus, given what I know about MZB, she was not really was in any place to be handling the heavy topics included in the book.

For anyone else who has read the book, especially recently or as an adult, what are your opinions? This is definitely a very complex issue but also I know so many people do love this book and I honestly love it as well, despite its flaws and the fact that the author was a horrible person.