madlori:

Goddammit, why are people so FREAKING OBSESSED with showing their fanworks to authors/creators? People are like, browbeating Neil Gaiman and Diane Duane, both of whom have clearly articulated their (very typical) stances of not wanting to see fanworks of their books, but y’all keep being like “But what if we did it THIS way? Would it be okay then? How about now? How about NOW?”

Fucking leave them alone, weirdos. Fanworks ARE FOR THE FANS. Don’t show your stuff to the original creators. IT IS NOT FOR THEM.