Kathrina retweeted
this conversation is so frustrating as a fandom person for two decades... i can't believe the artform i spent years doing under my blanket for no other reason than the fact i really liked the idea of my favorite characters being werewolves is being sullied by glory seeking
Kathrina retweeted
i write because i saw a thing i really liked and got infected with a brainworm of an idea that didnt go away until i put it into words.. me sharing it with other people was just in case other people liked the idea too and wanted to read it. fanfic writers always wrote for
Kathrina retweeted
like it's so obvious so many people have come into fandom looking to build a reputation for themselves instead of just being in a space with other people who enjoy the same thing they do... i couldnt imagine the reason being for every fic i've written that i wanted to get kudos?
Kathrina retweeted
why would you let random people online determine whether you should continue to write or not...if approval from others is what keeps you going for ANYTHING in life then that IS a problem. you should be doing things you enjoy for YOURSELF not for the attention/enjoyment of others
Kathrina retweeted
Friendly reminder that getting paid for writing fanfiction is ILLEGAL
1) These new age fic writers didn’t know that ads were the downfall of Wattpad and Tumblr
2) You can’t have ads on fanfiction because you can’t make profit through fanfiction. THE CHARACTERS AREN’T YOURS
3) Fanfiction itself blurs the laws of copyright because you’re essentially “stealing” ideas. The only reason original authors / creators / real people you use in your RPF can’t sue you is because no profit is being made. But once any form of transaction through money is made—like ads—you CAN be sued. Legally.
4) Once monetization is involved it will inevitably introduce censorship. Go back to point one for review. Monetization kills free speech.
5) Write original stories if you want to be paid for it. Fanfiction is NOT the place for these.
6) There’s merit to be had in truly studying and understanding history even when it comes to fandom, so you don’t DESTROY what had been painstakingly built long before you were even BORN
Kathrina retweeted
"silent consumption is killing off writers" then they weren't writing for the right reasons 🤷🏼♀️
Kathrina retweeted
yall arent supposed to write and post fanfiction on the internet for engagement, youre supposed to write them FOR FUN, BECAUSE YOU WANT IT TO BE SHARED BETWEEN FANS
Kathrina retweeted
“Locking” fics really exists as a sort of normative shield against, among others, fourth-wall breaking, ie to prevent (to an extent) actors reading RPF; book authors or directors reading dead dove fic… or to avoid trolls/harassment.
It doesn’t exist as distribution enforcement.
Kathrina retweeted
I mean to the extent that there *is* some originality as it pertains to the non-derived part of the work: sure, okay—but you’ll have to parse between original vs. derived piece by piece.
fanfic was and is intended as *community* work + benefit, even and especially pre-ao3.
Kathrina retweeted
Pretty much this lol
Fanfics have the right to exist but it is indeed very strange to argue about distribution rights (as attached to copyright) when fanfics exist on a very tenuous plane protections-wise.
Kathrina retweeted
furthermore, if you mention legal protections, which means copyright, you should also be subjected to a legal action from the original creator since you imply you somewhat profit from their (most likely) copyrighted characters/plots. fanfic should be FOR fans BY fans.
Kathrina retweeted
campbell v. acuff-rose music.
ao3 and otw argued for your right to NOT be an infringer and the legitimacy of your work. it doesn't give you a right to enforce your own copyright. transformative works and fair use is a defense for infringement, not copyright protection.
Kathrina retweeted
unlicensed people talking about transformative works lol. the only reason fanfiction has any right to exist is because it has no material benefit to the creator. the second you argue that you have legal protection, you lose your fair use defense and you're the infringer.
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Kathrina retweeted
sabe o que é mais engraçado? o ao3 foi literalmente o responsável em dar segurança jurídica para os escritores de fanfic! lá no inicio dos nos 2000 a anne rice vivia processando quem fazia fanfic de iwtv e a fanfiction..net imediatamente deletava e haviam categorias de fandoms q eram banidas para evitar essa confusão com autores chatos. existe literalmente todo um braço jurídico pra manter A SUA FANFIC NO AR que trabalha sem fins lucrativos e vive de doações para manutenção. quer ter domínio sobre sua obra de personagens que sequer te pertencem? crie seu próprio repositório e responda seus b.o s
Kathrina retweeted
Capitalism seeps into every nook and cranny of our lives…
Doesn’t it feel familiar? It’s because they see fanfiction as equal to content creation now, as in: they see themselves not as writers, but as influencers who need to be monetized. And they see comments / kudos as the form of monetization—although I’m ALREADY seeing some writers wanting to be actually PAID for it.
Which is funny, since the “content” isn’t even theirs.
It’s sad, really. These young writers today have been corrupted by social media and influencer culture that they see ANYTHING as inherently transactional.
They can’t anymore do anything for the joy and the love of it, and CANNOT CONCEIVE that it should be its own reward.