the danger of havin an epic story that takes a long time to finish is like, the fans end up more invested in the world/characters than the author and will remember all sorts of details the author didnt think of, or their fav character will be some character the authir was never that invested in and had no longterm plan for, etc. and the linger it takes to finish the worsr it gets bc the fans hav so much time!!!
this phenomenon is something that kinda scares me as a writer haha
@roadrunner that's just why fanfiction exists, innit! The arts are like science that way, your own work always exists partly to challenge others to make their own
@paralithode oh yeah, def!! seein other people do stories "wrong" is always what inspires me to try my hand at stuff
@roadrunner @paralithode I suspect between 90% and 99% of all fiction was created as fanfiction or hatefiction
Frankenstein - 'so we had this drug and novel-writing party, mistakes were made, lessons were learned, anyway, here's Science Fiction. You're welcome.'
Northanger Abbey - 'aren't Gothic novels totally dumb! Here's how _Udolpho_ would play out if it was me...'
Paradise Lost - 'no seriously, the Devil is the hero...'
Pilgrim's Progress - 'Canterbury Tales, but with *morals*'