@octodaddy1602
I think bad fanfiction on ao3 is inherently better than bad reboots because (excluding crackfic) at its core it's earnest. Despite the quality of the prose, characterization, pacing, or any other literary device, at its core its a story someone wrote because they thought it deserved to be told, not because they wanted an easy paycheck
@minski76
What makes it worse is that the IP owners are often not fans and/or hire people who aren't fans. So what it often is is "FanFic" created by people who are not fans. Notably so.
@TheMouseoftheHouse
"I can find that for free on AO3" YES đ¤Ł
@mathsalot8099
I love your halo that also doubles as a bookshelf.
@sirsquiggles1584
The problem is that usually it's not "their" IP. It's one they acquired in a transaction, without acquiring the talent that made the original
@jovindsouza3407
As an avid fanfic reader I can confirm even the worst fanfiction I have read on AO3 gives me infinitely more satisfaction than most Hollywood movies. I think it's because the shit coming out of Hollywood is worse because it's insulting. Like, come on, y'all are supposed to be the film and cultural capital of the world. You should know better. It is your JOB to know better. Come on.
@vivideblois
Absolutely, though the bad fanfics on AO3 would probably still have better romantic subplots.
@classicslover
Ah Jill! We must always remember that by and large studio execs have no clue. Many were once peripherally associated with something that was successful, and although they played no direct part in the success, they spun it into a promotion. Or two. The studio did not support the Princess Bride. Had no clue it was fantastic. They hampered it upon release with bad marketing. And back in the day, they didn't want Bela Lugosi to play Dracula, even though he played Dracula on Broadway for 261 performances, and then also toured the U.S. with the play. Too often, good productions are made in spite of studios...whilst they champion bad ones.
@SugarSpice07
Fanfic writer here! Hopefully not a bad one lol I've read (and probably wrote, though I believe Im on the less skilled end of writers) completely self-indulgent stories that were way better written than the slop Hollywood is churning out today. The difference is that fanfic writers care about the story thats been told. They change things, not to make a point or earn points with the audience, but to improve the STORY, and they add things they think would make the story cooler/more interesting/more to their liking. Most fanfic writers can write to an audience of only themselves, but Hollywood writers only care that they have an audience big enough to pay them.
@Wien1938
You're really not alone in that feeling. Bad writing is bad writing.
@danielpittswinegarden1837
Jill is so spot on with this evaluation. Hollywood is becoming where good storytelling goes to die.
@cmm5542
When I saw the title, at first I was expecting another Internet catastrophe somehow impinging on Just Stab Me Now, and that Caroline was having a justifiable meltdown. Relieved that what we got was actually far more Henry-esque. 'We the Hot Editors of the Galaxy, hold these truths to be self-evident, that Bad Writing is still bad writing . . .' đ
@user-n-a_n-a
Iâve absolutely had this thought before. And that it might be because theyâre getting bad fanfic writers, but not necessarily bad writers. Fanfic requires some different considerations than a purely original work, since youâre playing in someone elseâs sandbox. Which is a skillset some writers might not have developed.
@greenerion
I love that knife Mic is just a standard thing now XD
@YourFunkiness
"Fanfic" requires you to be a fan of the original work. I would use the term "soulless retread."
@dantefarge3369
There was a famous Spanish tv show about kidâs with powers, and like two years ago that show got a sequel and one of the plot points was âchild of one of the main characters has all the powers of the OG charactersâ and I just couldnât stop thinking that even fanfiction wouldnât sink that low
@DrPeppering
Andor is the good version of this. The story of the rebellion before the Force twins showed up was begging to be told. Doing it with characters we already knew wasn't necessary.
@sanityssakearts
It's sad, cause I have read some fan fictions that were pure gold, and many more that were pure garbage, but the ones that were good were really good, and some were written before a show ended and would've been a beautiful episode, or new direction for the show to go in. The good fanfictions would've breathed new life into the series, but the actual writers and directors for the shows don't go looking for fan fictions when they run out of their own ideas, unfortunately.
@schonnj
I believe they call the phenomenon "milking a dead cow."
@MacRoss44