Fanfic authors are pulling their works and here's why

[afeelingunacted]

And it's live! For @WIRED, I wrote about the illegal fanbindings have led to some writers to delete their works recently-and how that connects to the current pull-to-publish wave and the ever-broadening, increasingly contextless sphere of fic readers: https://t.co/qEFk1jspFo
- Elizabeth Minkel (@elizabethminkel) February 28, 2024

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Comments

[ponyboy]

this is a harry potter fandom problem and for the most irritating parts of it. it's infuriating.

these fics also get pulled bc.. they're not good fics anyway? most of them are wildly ooc in the first place.

[jontargaryen]

I feel like the OOCness is the inevitable result of a fandom going on this long. People haven't read HP in a long time. They don't remember what the characters are supposed to be like.

That said, it's very funny that the two biggest fics on Tiktok are a Dramione Handmaid's Tale AU where Draco is a psychopathic mass murderer and a "canon compliant" Lupin/Sirius story where the author admits she changed the characters' backstories and personalities (so... not canon compliant).

[kawaiiairbender]

That's what is really nice tbh

I have never read HP in my life and only watched some of the movies once 16 years ago. 🤷‍♀️ So I have some famiiarity with the magical world set up (which is interesting) and the characters. But my view isn't rigid. Same goes for LOTR. Is it ooc idk/c

[kjesta]

honestly this is part of why i love silmarillion fic so fucking much. tolkien left us a smorgasboard of unfinished stories, multiple versions of the stories, and it's so fun how creative people get with it. is gil-galad the son of fingon, son of orodreth, some complete other bonkers theory, like one of elrond's "dead" twin uncles? amazing stuff, ppl go nuts in all the spaces left vague or unresolved.

[almostlawyer]

Dramione handmaid's tale au??? 🤢

[nefertitii]

yep its the no. 1 dramione fic. also the author has been head hunted and is releasing an enemies to lovers book soon

[peddlestools]

I'm not in that fandom. do I have to worry about people outside of hp fandom deleting stuff? do I have yet another reason to hate hp?

[ponyboy]

honestly it's unlikely. this is mainly a het fandom problem

[therearewords]

Why is it the worst quality getting the most attention?

[skyillusion]

The parrings are straight imho. That's ALL

[amor143x]

i'm surprised it's just HP since Harry Style's fic keeps getting made into movies lol

[ponyboy]

a certain type of fan is into these ships lmao is why

[captainamerica]

lmao i'm only here for the anne hathaway/nicholas galitzine harry styles fic movie