Personally I don't agree with George RR Martin's (and others) stance on fanfic and if a plot sehlat containing his characters comes my way, I write it. I am not out there making profit on my fanfic and I could see him being upset if I or anyone else was, but that isn't the case.
I admire folks who take the stance you do, but the thing that really irks the bullshit out of me is the ones who stand there and say 'Oh, I wouldn't use his characters for fanfic, but I feel the HBO Game of Thrones series is fair game'.... I mean wtf? George RR Martin didn't sell his intellectual property to HBO and, in fact, he himself has written one or two of the episodes that will be shown.
It makes me want to jump back into communities who hold that stance and see if they make a ruling that fanfic can't be based on the episodes Martin produced.
From what I've seen so far it's only writers that seem to have a quite aggressive stance on fanfic, never saw it happen with a TV show. And you know what, in a way I get it, because a writer often puts a LOT of him- or herself into a story and its characters. I, personally, wouldn't like to see any original characters of mine in fanfic, either (if I ever were to be published), because with fictional characters it's mostly all from one person's mind.
TV and movies are a team effort - it's not just the author who brings a character to life, it's also the directors, the editing, the camera crew and wardrobe department and, of course, the actors. A lot of what we see has already been interpreted and warped by at least a dozen different people and their views of the character. It's... I dunno, I just get why TV crews rarely complain about fanfic and why authors sometimes do, you know?
I get why authors feel that way, but I just think that they should understand that people love their books so much they just want to be a part of it. It just makes me think that they have forgotten what it feels like to be a fan of something that they themselves didn't create. Just my thoughts.
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I admire folks who take the stance you do, but the thing that really irks the bullshit out of me is the ones who stand there and say 'Oh, I wouldn't use his characters for fanfic, but I feel the HBO Game of Thrones series is fair game'.... I mean wtf? George RR Martin didn't sell his intellectual property to HBO and, in fact, he himself has written one or two of the episodes that will be shown.
It makes me want to jump back into communities who hold that stance and see if they make a ruling that fanfic can't be based on the episodes Martin produced.
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TV and movies are a team effort - it's not just the author who brings a character to life, it's also the directors, the editing, the camera crew and wardrobe department and, of course, the actors. A lot of what we see has already been interpreted and warped by at least a dozen different people and their views of the character. It's... I dunno, I just get why TV crews rarely complain about fanfic and why authors sometimes do, you know?
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