trinityofone

Delurking to comment, but: as someone who was in the HP fandom and as someone who was once friends with Cassie Claire, I think the issue is that she's always credited for her "witty" dialogue. When people talk about her fanfic, they always use quotes she took from other sources. The few parts of her stories she didn't take from other sources and came up with herself are pretty much never praised. So when you're in fandom with someone who is considered the funniest and wittiest and bestest ever, and yet pretty much all her dialogue comes from other sources... well, it's annoying as hell. People say, "You're so funny, Cassie!" and then they list a bunch of Buffy quotes, and Cassie goes, "Gee, thanks!"

(I have my own issues with her borrowing from other sources in that as a humour writer, I work hard to come up with my own witty dialogue, and then Cassie Claire just steals from tv shows and everyone thinks she's sooo funny. Not that I'm bitter or anything.)