I think I totally lost my mom when trying to explain fanfic to her (for the same purpose--trying to explain the whole deal behind Fifty Shades). But I think she did figure out that I'm a fanficcer. She just doesn't know what fandoms I write for. Yet.
Oh, fanworks. On the one hand, I do understand being protective over your creations. If someone tried to publish a Fifty Shades that was based on one of my works, I'd probably be pissed. On the other hand, I think the potential good for the creator is nothing to sneeze at. On the third hand (I guess we're insects here), while most fandoms can be awesome, there's always a sector of the fandom that can be extremely nasty to those in its own sector, other fandom sectors, other fandoms, and even to the creator(s) themselves. So in that light I can certainly understand just not wanting to deal with that at all and banning fanworks outright.
Still. If I ever publish my works and they don't get some small fandom behind them, I will be Major Disappoint. Even if the Aalinore/Taikon slash will break my heart and brain :p.
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Oh, fanworks.
On the one hand, I do understand being protective over your creations. If someone tried to publish a Fifty Shades that was based on one of my works, I'd probably be pissed.
On the other hand, I think the potential good for the creator is nothing to sneeze at.
On the third hand (I guess we're insects here), while most fandoms can be awesome, there's always a sector of the fandom that can be extremely nasty to those in its own sector, other fandom sectors, other fandoms, and even to the creator(s) themselves. So in that light I can certainly understand just not wanting to deal with that at all and banning fanworks outright.
Still. If I ever publish my works and they don't get some small fandom behind them, I will be Major Disappoint. Even if the Aalinore/Taikon slash will break my heart and brain :p.