All fanfic writers are creatively bankrupt thieves.

[RepresentingWrath]

There are four main characteristics that can be seen in fans: investment, discrimination, productivity, and community.

1. A fan has an emotional attachment to the object of adoration. He may spend significantly more money, time, and energy on this object, for which he often feels a sense of "ownership" that separates a fan from a regular consumer. He, for example, would react strongly if someone did something they deemed to be wrong, e.g., cutting funding for his favorite franchise.

2. Fans differentiate strongly between objects of which they are fans and objects of which they are not. This also serves to build a community, establishing a boundary between fans and the "rest of the world." Discrimination also exists among fans in the form of "favorite actors, games, characters, shows, etc.," an accumulation of canon knowledge (elitism), opinions, and interpretations.

3. Fans take pleasure in manipulating and interpreting the meaning of objects they consume. Although the original ideas of producers may differ, this is not because of faultiness but rather for the appropriation of it. Gossips, discussions, and derivative works—fanart, fan-games, and fanfiction—are some great examples of fan productivity.

4. Fans want to talk to and share their adoration with like-minded individuals to heighten the pleasure.

Why am I telling you this? The fact that fanworks play an important part in keeping a fandom alive is a good reason for me to disagree with you. Virtually any discussion can and will poison your interpretation of the original work, but that doesn't mean we should stop doing it altogether. No, that is just silly.

Recently, I was reading about the early days of the yuri before it became an established genre. Suffice to say, derivative works played a huge role in establishing what we know to be yuri, with one survey claiming that more people read and have been introduced to the genre through derivative work than its original counterpart; the doujin artists themselves becoming yuri mangaka afterwards. Notably, Yuri Hime employed a similar strategy of fan interpretation to engage mainstream consumers and ensure the genre's continuity through the anime adaptation of 'Yuru Yuri.'

Then there is fan-driven community like Touhou. The official content for the franchise is extremely small compared to what the community has to offer, and that is the beauty of it; there is a reason why such niche games has such a longstanding and strong fan base.

People profiting of other's work is a valid concern, and I share that too. But I personally don't think it is part of the conversation here. On the note, calling fanfictions to be creatively bankrupt is a weird take. Because, going by what I've explained so far, fanfictions are not a show of creative expression but of a fan's pleasure in twisting the original meaning to his liking.

 

[Deleted member 76176]

Now like my post, or I'll get angry. It took me a long time write the first part, thought I rushed the rest.

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Now like my post, or I'll get angry. It took me a long time write the first part, thought I rushed the rest.

Nah.

Edit. I won't even read it.

 

[Deleted member 76176]

Nah.

Edit. I won't even read it.

Good grief.

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Good grief.

 

[melchi]

Am I the only one who is lost about this weird thread?

 

[CrimsonGenius]

Sailus, I am this close to posting my One Piece, Sonic, and Gals Fanfiction on Scribblehub. Don’t make me do it for your sanity. Be lucky AO3 is existing and Fanfiction.net hasn’t ceased yet. You are very lucky.

 

[Alski]

Am I the only one who is lost about this weird thread?

Its just Sailus checking out his new fishing equipment, I've been demanding more fish recently.

 

[HungrySheep]

 

[Sabruness]

this whole thread:

 

[Deleted member 41774]

 

[CheertheSecond]

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I fap to this shit too.

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Am I the only one who is lost about this weird thread?

 

[RepresentingDesire]

I fap to this shit too.

Kinky

 

[Nolff]

I fap to this shit too.

What

 

[CheertheSecond]

What

The answer is yes.

 

[3guanoff]

Another series of works that would be considered literature despite being a kind of fan fiction are The Flashman Papers. I can highly recommend them.

The main character was "stolen" from Thomas Hughes' Tom Brown's School Days. He even has his very own Wikipedia page. If not for Fraser's brilliant works, I doubt he would.

 

[nii07]

I think it's true for a majority of fanfic, especially when they don't keep close to the source material. However, I think fanfics can be done well enough that they pay homage to the source material and make an interesting story. Now the question that everybody should ask themself is: Has there ever been a book story, movie, or series that you think deserves fanfics but has never had one?

 

[WinterTimeCrime]

This forum... wasn't as interesting as I thought it would've been.

Let's spice things up with a new title: Fanfic writers aren't real authors; And their readers are just as perverse

Gotta do everything around here, man.

 

[RepresentingWrath]

This forum... wasn't as interesting as I thought it would've been.

Let's spice things up with a new title: Fanfic writers aren't real authors; And their readers are just as perverse

Gotta do everything around here, man.

Pathetic. Make it into a new thread.