Welcome to #WebcomicTalk. Our topic this week is "fans." Three questions remain.
Q3: "How do you feel about fan fiction and shipping based on your webcomic?"
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@webcomictalk - Q3: "How do you feel about fan fiction and shipping based on your webcomic?"
While I'm big on allowing people their headcanons or theories, right or wrong, I'm not a fan of fan fiction, and never have been. If you're going to write fan fiction, great: you obviously have something you want to say and should go out and say it.
But why not sand the serial numbers off and truly make it your own? You don't need my characters speaking your lines. Your characters, even if derivative, are much better suited to speak your lines.
Now I have done some "fan-fic" myself, but there was a reason. There was a Closetspace/Venus Envy crossover comic. However, the comic was supposed to be done alongside with the other artist and cross into her comic, but as we began planning for the story, she became too busy to continue on her end, giving me permission to finish it. I worked with her on each comic to make sure I wasn't writing her stuff out of character. It was less fan-fic as it was telling my characters story in someone else's world, with their permission and guidance.
