[ SECRET POST #2419 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2419 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Way early because taking dog to the vet. :c

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Comments

[thene]

I disagree, mostly because culture doesn't work that way. For example, I don't get how you could object to fanfic of the TV show Merlin, because none of the characters in it are original to the TV show. This goes for quite a number of other fandoms outright, and tons more make use of longstanding cultural concepts if not specific characters. The idea of there being a 'final say' due to authors on account of their sweat is more of a legal construct than a cultural reality. It certainly doesn't hold in most other mediums, where copyright is often held by a corporation rather than a writer - for example, Rob Liefield's meltdown when Shatterstar (a Marvel character he created) came out as gay years after Liefield had stopped working on the character. No really read this, it pretty much describes how awful your stance can end up IRL. And that was about canon, not fanfic, but morally there is no less reason why Liefield should have 'final say' about his characters' orientations than any individual author. Thank god he doesn't, is all.

Also, I imagine most authors would have their thoughts and feelings hurt far more by everyone calling their work crap than they would by fanfics, and you've said you're fine with that? I don't get how you can justify your stance on fanfic, given that.

The creepy factor stems partly from real-life examples, eg. Liefield, and other people who've stated that they're anti-fic but then been either hypocritical or creepy about it - Jo Walton's 'fanfic is rape' rant, Anne Rice's...well, everything she's ever done since the internet was invented but especially her saying that fanfic is wrong and then immediately turning round and writing tons of Bible fanfic containing zero original characters. Authors who are against fics of their works have this way of showing themselves up.