The "actually Shakespeare write fanfic" take made me red-faced mad. I was stompin', hootin', AND hollerin'. Shot my six shooters into the ground until I floated in the air for a bit.
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You can't say "fanfic is bad because people aren't being original" and then turn around and say "but it's ok if what they're referencing is out of copyright" because that... does not make any sense?
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If your objection is that people are lauding corporate IP because capitalism - which, okay, depending on your definition of corporate IP, that's far from the only thing that gets fic written about it, but fine - why are you fine with the greater capitalism of publishing?
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Fairytale retellings come immediately to mind!
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Well up until last year at least, RS is okay with writing retellings of Real People's lives Huh Fiction of Real People Real Person Fic
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