Dear Creators of Things that are On Televsion/in Theatres/Published,
Fanfiction isn’t generally this is what I see happening in this book/on this show/in this movie.* You don’t need to keep telling us that that’s not what it’s about, or that’s not what we’re doing here. We know that, actually! You’re not doing it, that’s…
I wasn’t going to post anymore on this subject, but I will post this one. I don’t have much to add except this is excellent and worth the read.
And as a fanfic writer, yes I write as an exploration of possibilities. I mean I write in Superwood and I know that will never ever be anything but imagination.
Sometimes I write as an exploration of fandom too. My more recent omegaverse story was me saying “okay these characters, this universe as a background, what if THIS happens.
And it’s helped me grow as a writer to play and explore and tweak templates and see where characters lead.