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⌈ Secret Post #2549 ⌋

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[Perry Mason]

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[Johnny Weir / Thor fandom]

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[Swedish Chef/Gordon Ramsay]

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[Hannibal]

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[Big Bang Theory]

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[The Lion King]

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[Billy Madison / Happy Gilmore]

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[Caitlin Moran, Sherlock]

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[Tales of Vesperia]

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It's just a series of fanvids based on the original ACD canon. They're a lot more expensive to produce that most vids, a lot longer, and a lot more popular, but every Sherlock episode is still basically fanwork and are no more "legitimate" than "Alone on the Water." The BBC needs us a lot more than we need them. Without their show, we'd just find another one and our lives really wouldn't change that much. Without us fans, the show would be cancelled and everyone involved would need new work. So screw anyone who says fans and fanwork aren't important. Screw them right into termite-infested wood.

*Applauds*

I agree completely. It always pisses me off when I hear about media creators shitting on their fans - fan entitlement can certainly get out of control, but unless people's behavior really goes beyond the pale, you don't bite the hand that feeds you. The audience is the reason media creators have a job, and fans are the most loyal audience members who will contribute the most to ensuring that media creators keep that job. Disrespecting fans is as arrogant and entitled as it is stupid.

(I don't blame the actors in this case - it looks like they were duped into this, from what the comments here are describing, which means they were disrespected as much as the fan-author. Doubly shitty.)

This comment x100000000

It's like they don't even realize that what they're doing is just as derivative as fanfic. Hell, modern AU's are a longstanding trope in adaptations of various original works, it's not even something that original.

I think we need to get over the strict idea of "originality" - originality is the art of concealing your sources. It's artificial and thoroughly modern and protects corporate interests, and I'm glad for the pomo rise of "remix culture". In living (not dead, static) cultures our stories adapt and change, in oral traditions this is especially explicit.

/late to the party
/soapbox

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"Sherlock" itself is a fanwork

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