[ SECRET POST #3038 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3038 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 036 secrets from Secret Submission Post #434.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

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[i]Yes, because nobody in the history of ever has based their fictional, published work on someone else's work. EVER.[/i]
They have. But they have generally fleshed out their own world and their own characters, just basing it on the original. Such as reimagined fairy tales. Or Shakespeare brought forth to the present day (10 Things I Hate About You, for example). Or something along those lines. Almost all of fanfic is nowhere near that. If someone takes the characters and makes an AU with a fully realized world, then that is an original fic, not a true fanfic, just inspired by the canon. (And actually, I hate when those are listed as fanfic.) I would have no issue with those stories that are inspired by an existing canon but which take it and completely reinvent it somehow being charged for.

[i] nor is it competing with it, even if people charged for it--it supplements it and is sometimes better than the source.[/i]
And yet with that attitude you don't see why creators would possibly have an issue with you writing fanfic for their creations and charging for it? You are saying that the fanfic is better than the source material. Which I can very much see a creator taking issue with. Yes, it is competing with the original. And if somehow an author sees fanfic and it is too close to an idea they already had, then they theoretically would have to rework their idea so as not to be accused of copying it from the fic writer. There have been a couple of famous examples of that very issue. So, yes, it can take away from the original work. And again, fanart doesn't have that competing element usually. Most of the time one cannot say that the fanart is better than the source, because it is so different from the source.

[i]I've discovered new fandoms because of fanfic. Strangely enough, a piece of fan art has never inspired me to watch a show or movie.[/i]
And I'm the exact opposite. I only seek out fic for fandoms where I am already familiar with the characters. The [i]vast[/i] majority of authors write for an audience that is already familiar with the world and the characters. Thus, there isn't as much exposition and description as there would be in an original work. I have tried to read some crossovers with shows I was not familiar with and it didn't work and didn't even come close to making me interested in the other fandom. Whereas I have seen art from various fandoms on Tumblr (usually comics art) that intrigues me and makes me want to go find the original source.