Random Thought Table: So...

[jeriendhal]

...at what point can it be positively stated that an author is writing fanfic in their own universe?

Comments

[oldhans117.livejournal.com]

Well the last two Star Trek films were fan-fiction, but while official Gene would not have approved of them I think.

[ankewehner.livejournal.com]

If some of the stories are AU stories?

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking from the original creator. Though you can make the case that Wesley Crusher was his self-insert character in early TNG.

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

That's a good definition, yes.

[aldersprig.livejournal.com]

I vary between "crackfic of my own universe is fanfic" (See recent Luke-gets-Kept addergoole story) and "This doesn't fit any of the current narratives but I want to write it anyway.

[scarfman]

When you stop drawing it in its original style and stop updating it to its original page, and the characters now only appear, rarely, on the page with the minimalist style that's used explicitly for fanfiction?

Or is that just me?