- Anti-Fanfic Bingo, part four

[mirabile_dictu]

Rounds one, two, and three of Anti-Fanfic Bingo produced some terrific responses, including a great little vid for the third round. Let's see what you can come up with for the fourth row:

Comments

[minkhollow]

You owe the writers respect for creating an ORIGINAL (TM) world!
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Bad fan stories will make people not want to buy a writer's work!
But far more often, the good stories bring more people into the fandom than would get there otherwise. There are some things I wouldn't have ever considered reading or watching if not for fandom; Good Omens, which led me to the rest of Gaiman and Pratchett's work, is likely my best example. If one of my pre-LJ-era friends hadn't used Crowley fanart for her blog layout one spring, I wouldn't have discovered the book, and about 35-40 more books by the same authors, for quite some time (if at all). And I've bought about 20 of those books, and had another ten or so bought for me.
Yes, it's art and not fic, but tell me how the fanwork hurt the authors financially.

You're raping me!
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It's trademark infringement!
Does that only count if you try to sell it without the creator's permission? 'cause if that's the case, even the fans don't tend to like that aspect. I cite the person who tried to put her Star Wars fanfic up for sale on Amazon; fandom basically went 'YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG!' until she took it down. Most fans aren't so dumb as to try to make a profit off other people's stories.

[zellieh]

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Oh, this is the best line! You made me laugh out loud with it!

[pretentioustfu]

. . .but was it an electric cucumber error?

Sorry *slaps self*