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Tony Clemens @tonyclemens.bsky.social

People need to separate art from the artist. Plenty of good writers who are assholes

aug 22, 2025, 8:08 pm • 1 0

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Southern Violet @southernviolet.bsky.social

Nope, not when supporting that author causes real harm to real people.

aug 22, 2025, 8:18 pm • 3 1 • view
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Olivia Hill @machineiv.bsky.social

Why do they need to? There are tens of thousands of other authors you could go to who aren't active sexual predators.

aug 22, 2025, 8:12 pm • 3 0 • view
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Stormrunner @stormrunner.bsky.social

I was incorrect about it being Discworld- it was good Omens Neil co-wrote. That was my bad.

aug 22, 2025, 9:19 pm • 1 0 • view
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Stormrunner @stormrunner.bsky.social

Though I did get the works mixed up (Good Omens is the correct one) I will not give money to someone still living that still profits and uses that money for abuse or other things as long as they live.

aug 22, 2025, 9:21 pm • 0 0 • view
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Tess Roland @theothermcboots.bsky.social

I agree, and that's why I didn't say anything about giving the author support :p. There are ways to consume said media while minimizing the support the author gets, be that through a secondhand used market, joint purchases (one copy for many people; like a library but smaller), or ethical piracy.

aug 22, 2025, 9:32 pm • 1 0 • view
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Buttadeus @thewanderingjew.bsky.social

this becomes much easier when the artist dies

aug 22, 2025, 8:18 pm • 1 0 • view
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Stormrunner @stormrunner.bsky.social

Please still enjoy discworld, I incorrectly got it and Good Omens mixed up. Good Omens is hte one Neil worked on and you are correct!

aug 22, 2025, 9:20 pm • 0 0 • view