Subject: Regarding Teknos's songfic and ethics. (includes: [FFML] A simple request for the FFML (fwd))
From: Andrew Huang
Date: 4/1/1998, 10:39 PM
To: ffml@fanfic.com

	I managed to dig up Teknos Warhammer's original public request to
the list for using us authors for his songfic. The way I understand things
to have happened is....
	A. He first sent out this list, below (forwarded from March 11th).
	B. He waited.
	C. He waited some more.
	D. He got some replies, and thanked those who agreed.
	E. As he continued to wait, he thought up a few more people who
were not mentioned on the original list.
	F. Taking a break from waiting, he started privately emailing a)
those on the list who hadn't replied yet, and b) the folks he thought of
later.
	G. While waiting, I'm guessing he started to write the songfic, or
at least planned it out, inserting appropriate groups of characters.
	H. Kept on bugging those he hadn't heard from.
	I. Ran out of time. Finished the songfic, included those people he
really liked but still hadn't replied to him, and sent it to the list.
	J. Is now catching flak (in absentia) from some, and being
defended by others, while he is off on his 2-year missions trip.

	Knowing him, I'm sure he tried pretty hard to get in contact with
everyone he eventually put in, but simply was unable to follow through on
all of them. I agree, there are basic ethical problems with going on
without permission, but hey--we're fanfic writers, going on without
permission, writing about other people's characters.
	And seriously, considering the spirit of this man's overall
effort, you can't seriously be too offended for very long, can you? It was
written with all due respect and fondness.

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 12:29:07 PST
From: Teknos Warhammer <teknoplus@hotmail.com>
To: ffml@fanfic.com
Subject: [FFML] A simple request for the FFML

Hello fanfic wandering people of the ML;

I have a request to you all; after April 1st, I will not longer be 
subscribed to the FFML or be able to use Computers... I'll explain in 
another post, but I'll get right to the point. As a farewell fic I 
intend to write, it will feature many of the more popular people from 
the FFML and those whom I hold respect and those that I will miss as I'm 
gone. What I need the permission of all those whom I intend to put into 
this fic. 

These people are:
Tybalt
White Wolf
Flashman
God-Boy
Andrew Huang
Elsa Babit
Krista Perry
Andrew Dynon
Brian Yaple
Dark Day for Anime
Richard Lawson
I already got Lurker's permission
and several others whom I can't seem to remember at the moment. If I 
want you to be in the fic, I'll let you know and ask if you would like 
to be in it. 

Another thing, expect it to be silly. I await your approval. [runs off, 
laughing maniacally.]


Teknos Warhammer- 'who's losing it at the moment'
-Knight of the True Fiancee
-Offical Nodoka Saotome Guardian
-Self Proclaimed Guardian of Kiyone Makabi
-Fanfic hero for the Underdogs
-And so much more

View his fanfics at: 
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Garden/4853/index.html

"It's the End of the World as we know it, and other than a slight 
headache, I feel fine."
-Crow T. Robot, MST3K, Invasion of the Neptunemen


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