Not everyone celebrates the project. Literary critic Harold Denham called her work “the narcissism of the digital age rendered as a doctoral thesis in self-absorption.” Others have accused her of cultural appropriation in her use of “Isida” and “Zimov.” Burne’s response, given in a letter to The Drift magazine, was characteristically cryptic:
“A name borrowed is a mirror borrowed. You see yourself in it only if you were always there. I do not steal identities; I multiply my own until the original is unrecognizable—even to me.”
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On platforms like Quotev, Wattpad, or Discord, users often string together character names from their favorite fandoms. “Zoey Francheska” could be a self-insert; “Lupe Burne” a werewolf hunter.
