[ SECRET POST #4682 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4682 ⌋

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[fscom]

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[(Anonymous)]

I really strongly disagree with you here, and I really think this is why we should abandon the framework of 'canon' versus 'not canon' entirely. There's something really depressing about the idea that we can only understand a collaborative creative process through the framework that it doesn't count as official canon because it's fanwork instead.

[(Anonymous)]

Ohh, agree, especially when you have franchises where different versions of officially licensed and produced works contradict each other, and shared universes like Marvel and DC where creators have been given open permission to retcon, reboot, and revision.

[(Anonymous)]

You do realize that Hussie took prompts from his viewers in order to write the first part of Homestuck? There was outside input from day one. The only difference is that he's hiring the outside input people now.

It could be bad, but I don't think that's necessarily so.

[(Anonymous)]

Isn't that how they expand the writer's room talent for TV shows? I mean, if they ask for spec scripts, a screen writer, who is most probably a fan, writes a script based on their understanding of the show and characters. Though it has the potential to become canon from an official source, it is essentially fanfic. Or at least, that's how I think of it.

Re: It could be bad, but I don't think that's necessarily so.

[(Anonymous)]

Not exactly. One way that it works is that aspiring screenwriters write spec scripts to get an agent. They usually write scripts for shows that are very popular or that are procedural (i.e. easy to spec - serial shows are almost impossible), not necessarily something that they're fans of. The goal is usually to get any writing gig, not necessarily one on a show they're a fan of.

The showrunners don't typically ask for spec scripts of their show, but they sometimes expect the writer to come with ideas to share - one older show asked that the writer come the meeting with an obscure fact about NYC and an A plot mystery/crime idea.

While most aspiring screenwriters are fans of shows, they also just want to get hired on any show to get into the business. It's a very difficult industry to break into. I don't think the fan aspect as a part of the writers' room talent sitiuation.

Re: It could be bad, but I don't think that's necessarily so.

[(Anonymous)]

Pretty sure Star Trek TNG and DS9 accepted unsolicited spec scripts and made some of them into episodes.

[(Anonymous)]

The only good fanfic advertised as canon (?) material was the Death Note Beyond Birthday book. And only then because it focused on the most minor of characters and kept the main ones out of it.

[(Anonymous)]

This is why I despise Cursed Child.

[akacat]

How do you feel about SW/ST/WOW/etc universe novels? Because a lot of those are fanfic that received a seal of approval and a paycheck for the author.