(1)You owe the writers respect for creating an ORIGINAL(TM) world! I respect the hell out of the writers for creating an original fictional world, but I have a right to redo things to my liking because I think things might have gone differently. If it weren't for their TV show, book and movies, or what have you, I wouldn't be a fan and I wouldn't be writing about my fave characters. I respect the original highly and love my fave characters so well I want to write my own fantasies about them and their adventures. That does not change the original at all.
(2) you're acting like spoiled children! How so? Pot meet kettle. You're the one acting like a spoiled child because YOU don't like something and you expect everyone else to like what you like, as though the world revolves around your tastes alone. That attitude is entirely self centered and is the earmark of sn immature person. Adults know that everyone in the world is different and that everyone likes and dislikes different things and they have a right to do so without interference or harassment from anyone.
(3) Bad fan stories will make people not want to buy the writer's work! Show me the numbers. I want facts and figures. That statement is a fallacy based on no evidence whatsoever. Many people either already have the author's work or go and buy it so they can read/watch the original. I myself never watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer until AFTER I started reading fan fic. Now tell me how my buying all 7 seasons on DVD, at one go, backs up your assertion? I also have Angel the series all 5 seasons. I bought those after reading fan fic also. I had NEVER watched them on television and I wanted to see these characters everyone was writing fic about. It increases sales, because the fans are the ones who buy the writer's work. Why would anyone buy show relatd things if they aren't a fan already? Fan Fiction is a part of that whether it's Het, Gen, or slash. Fan fiction, no matter the type, increases the interest in the original work.
(4) You're raping me! Oh, did I somehow find you in my dreams and jump your bones? How on earth am I raping YOU? You don't have to read fan fiction of any kind. The sacred back button is there for a reason. Use it. It's very strange that if I am actually raping you that I am not in jail. But you are, you're in a jail of your own prejudices, Be careful what you say, that's libel and I CAN get you for THAT because you are damaging my reputation with a lie, and delibertely so.
(5) It's trademark infringement! Trademarks apply to original characters used in toys and such, not written work. Sigh. Google it and get your terms straight. If your google finger is broken, then you should still be able to use your nose because it's long enough to poke in everyone else's business. You're not the fanfic police! You're not copyright or trademark police, Thank God, because you can't even get the terms stright. Get real and get a life already. No Fanfic writer I know makes money selling lunchboxes or action figures.
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I respect the hell out of the writers for creating an original fictional world, but I have a right to redo things to my liking because I think things might have gone differently. If it weren't for their TV show, book and movies, or what have you, I wouldn't be a fan and I wouldn't be writing about my fave characters. I respect the original highly and love my fave characters so well I want to write my own fantasies about them and their adventures. That does not change the original at all.
(2) you're acting like spoiled children!
How so? Pot meet kettle. You're the one acting like a spoiled child because YOU don't like something and you expect everyone else to like what you like, as though the world revolves around your tastes alone. That attitude is entirely self centered and is the earmark of sn immature person. Adults know that everyone in the world is different and that everyone likes and dislikes different things and they have a right to do so without interference or harassment from anyone.
(3) Bad fan stories will make people not want to buy the writer's work! Show me the numbers. I want facts and figures. That statement is a fallacy based on no evidence whatsoever. Many people either already have the author's work or go and buy it so they can read/watch the original. I myself never watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer until AFTER I started reading fan fic. Now tell me how my buying all 7 seasons on DVD, at one go, backs up your assertion? I also have Angel the series all 5 seasons. I bought those after reading fan fic also. I had NEVER watched them on television and I wanted to see these characters everyone was writing fic about. It increases sales, because the fans are the ones who buy the writer's work. Why would anyone buy show relatd things if they aren't a fan already? Fan Fiction is a part of that whether it's Het, Gen, or slash. Fan fiction, no matter the type, increases the interest in the original work.
(4) You're raping me!
Oh, did I somehow find you in my dreams and jump your bones? How on earth am I raping YOU? You don't have to read fan fiction of any kind. The sacred back button is there for a reason. Use it. It's very strange that if I am actually raping you that I am not in jail. But you are, you're in a jail of your own prejudices, Be careful what you say, that's libel and I CAN get you for THAT because you are damaging my reputation with a lie, and delibertely so.
(5) It's trademark infringement!
Trademarks apply to original characters used in toys and such, not written work. Sigh. Google it and get your terms straight. If your google finger is broken, then you should still be able to use your nose because it's long enough to poke in everyone else's business. You're not the fanfic police! You're not copyright or trademark police, Thank God, because you can't even get the terms stright. Get real and get a life already. No Fanfic writer I know makes money selling lunchboxes or action figures.