Yeah. Even if it turns out everything was consensual, he’s still a wrongun. Pratchett apparently said privately he wished he’d never had anything to do with him.
Oh yeah, and a bunch of his characters were plagiarised too - Sandman was apparently a ripoff of some penniless authors work and he never gave her a shoutout despite her practically begging. Also he’s not paid people for work they’ve done for him, but I forget the details. I think that was more a misunderstanding (he thought they were just doing him a favour as friends)
Pixel_Jock_17@piefed.ca 3 days ago
Despite the conjecture here, he still sounds awful. Especially if you’re rich and successful and you don’t even help friends who helped you.
Like if I was broke and working hard on some story and my friends helped me in some capacity, and it was always known it wouldn’t be for financial compensation but then it goes off and becomes a success I would definitely help them back. Maybe not like give them a credit on the book but a thank you shout out and maybe something off the record or something… Not ruin my relationships and be an ass