Why Are Fanfictions Hated ?.

[Dark_Phoenix_Zaetyk]

I used to read fanfictions around 2007-2008 when i did have the means of watching animes,they where fun and by the time i started watching animes seriously as an otaku i already got spoilers from fanfictions,but nowdays people don't like them.

 

[Daitengu]

The main argument I've seen is that most fanfics don't respect canon properly.

example: The MC is reincarnated as Naruto or Sasuke. That's just not possible because they are reincarnations of Asura and Indra. It fundamentally breaks canon.

As for myself, I do read some fanfics, though I'm picky about it and have noticed I, as well as the authors, more easily drop them.

 

[LilRora]

The quality of fanfiction is generally significantly lower than that of original fiction. Their faithfulness to the original is also usually lacking, and a related thing, there's a solid number of tropes that are very popular in fanfiction, but disliked elsewhere.

 

[Solitary]

Cuz they suck.
They are just wish fulfilling these days now.
Nothing original.
People back then i think would alter the setting a bit or make different scenarios or make characters from different animes interact with each other.
Nowdays, people just make a new character make them teleport into the world and just fulfill urges.These are self inserted trashy isekais that are somehow worse than isekai.
Too predictable.
No emotions.
No humor.
No storyline.
No plot.
Just op mc and thats it.

No hate on the 90% of the people who write fan fics.(The rest 10% i don't think write, probably.)
Also when did it become fan fics Its called doujins, i refuse to call it fan fics anymore.
And don't take my opinion seriously since i have only read a doujin of bunny girl senpai.

 

[Dark_Phoenix_Zaetyk]

The main argument I've seen is that most fanfics don't respect canon properly.

example: The MC is reincarnated as Naruto or Sasuke. That's just not possible because they are reincarnations of Asura and Indra. It fundamentally breaks canon.

Ooh, funny thing i used to read fanfictions is the canon mc was weak,had wipmy character etc.

The quality of fanfiction is generally significantly lower than that of original fiction. Their faithfulness to the original is also usually lacking, and a related thing, there's a solid number of tropes that are very popular in fanfiction, but disliked elsewhere.

Well most fanfic have become wish fulfilments where some authors write without even thinking.

 

[ThisAdamGuy]

I just don't see the point. Writing is only limited by your imagination, so I can't understand why people would be content writing about other people's characters in another person's world with a story they know never canonically happened.

 

[Dark_Phoenix_Zaetyk]

Cuz they suck.
They are just wish fulfilling these days now.
Nothing original.
People back then i think would alter the setting a bit or make different scenarios or make characters from different animes interact with each other.
Nowdays, people just make a new character make them teleport into the world and just fulfill urges.These are self insert.
No hate on the 90% of the people who write fan fics.(The rest 10% i don't think write, probably.)
Also when did it become fan fics Its called doujins, i refuse to call it fan fics anymore.
And don't take my opinion seriously since i have only read a doujin of bunny girl senpai.

So you are the new breed of doujin chunibyo.

 

[Zinless]

Another main argument is laziness. But that is debatable, tbh.

People claim that fanfic writers don't want to write their own worlds and lore, so they write a fanfic to skip all of that. But that's not in every case. I believe many fanfic writers write precisely because they want to write fiction using a certain series's world-building.

Of course, people who just want to write lazy wish fulfillment ran rampant in the fanfic scene, like that time I came across a Naruto fanfic where the author said something like "This is just like naruto, but naruto is very hateful and wants revenge for others bullying him. Also, chakra works differently and Sasuke doesn't exist."

At that point, just make your own story.

TLDR: I think there are many lazy authors who use fanfics as an excuse/shortcut for their own story. But, there are still plenty of fanfic authors who wrote fanfics out of adoration for their favorite series and want to see what was possible using that series's rules and building blocks.

 

[Dark_Phoenix_Zaetyk]

I just don't see the point. Writing is only limited by your imagination, so I can't understand why people would be content writing about other people's characters in another person's world with a story they know never canonically happened.

I agree i don't see the point of using the excuse of using "let me borrow your work to write something".

 

[Solitary]

So you are the new breed of doujin chunibyo.

No.

Don't add doujin to my name.
You may call me chuunibyou or edge lord or cringe lord or schizophrenic or fallen angel but not doujin.

 

[Dark_Phoenix_Zaetyk]

Another main argument is laziness. But that is debatable, tbh.

People claim that fanfic writers don't want to write their own worlds and lore, so they write a fanfic to skip all of that. But that's not in every case. I believe many fanfic writers write precisely because they want to write fiction using a certain series's world-building.

Of course, people who just want to write lazy wish fulfillment ran rampant in the fanfic scene, like that time I came across a Naruto fanfic where the author said something like "This is just like naruto, but naruto is very hateful and wants revenge for others bullying him. Also, chakra works differently and Sasuke doesn't exist."

At that point, just make your own story.

TLDR: I think there are many lazy authors who use fanfics as an excuse/shortcut for their own story. But, there are still plenty of fanfic authors who wrote fanfics out of adoration for their favorite series and want to see what was possible using that series's rules and building blocks.

Well laziness is infact right,why don't you write your own original instead of riding on someone's else.

 

[Daitengu]

Well most fanfic have become wish fulfilments where some authors write without even thinking.

Yeah, I prefer when a ff is either serious and inline with canon while exploring or expanding on the world, or takes the piss and funny.

The MC having an origin not in line with the main timeline or location is the main kind of FF I read.

 

[Dark_Phoenix_Zaetyk]

No.

I will boink yah head,all you think is that bunny girl anime.

Yeah, I prefer when a ff is either serious and inline with canon while exploring or expanding on the world, or takes the piss and funny.

The MC having an origin not in line with the main timeline or location is the main kind of FF I read.

I agree, something fresh that will make you keep being interested in the FF.

 

[laumy]

Writing a fanfiction is just like an artist drawing their favorite character from x show/book/comic. Just because the content is not your original, doesn't mean you're creatively disabled. People write fanfictions because they love the original(s) and they want to show the world that they love the original(s).

I don't believe fanfictions are generally low quality either. Their prose are usually leagues above compared to [original] authors who write to serve the cliches/tropes.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

Also when did it become fan fics Its called doujins, i refuse to call it fan fics anymore.
And don't take my opinion seriously since i have only read a doujin of bunny girl senpai.

Fan Fiction has been around forever. A lot of Silver and Bronze age comic books began as fan fiction of Gold and Silver age comic books; heck some of the first comic books were, essentially, fan fiction of pulp novels and radio plays (The Lone Ranger, The Green Hornet, The Shadow).
More recently, the Fifty Shades of Gray series began (literally, as the author has admitted several times) as fan fiction of the Twilight series (but, after editorial and legal-mandated revisions, wound up its own unique piece of slime that shares only a pathetic female lead/MC and a grimdark handsome male lead).
And the entire Flashman Papers series of books was, pretty much, fan fiction based on a minor character from Tom Brown's School Days.
Fan Fiction has been around forever. Heck, the oldest piece of fan fiction I've read was Silverlock, which was written during World War II, and the Harold Shea novels of L. Sprague deKamp and others are best described as fan fiction with modern characters inserted directly (on isekai needed) into mythological or fictional worlds.

 

[laumy]

Also when did it become fan fics Its called doujins, i refuse to call it fan fics anymore.
And don't take my opinion seriously since i have only read a doujin of bunny girl senpai.

It's called languages bro

 

[RedMuffin]

 

[Corty]

Because most FFs are written badly.

 

[ShrimpShady]

I'd say a lot of the disdain for fanfiction comes solely from the fact that it's always been a stereotypically feminine medium and people like to look down on the hobbies of women and girls . I've read good fanfics and I've read some dogshit ones, same with original stories. A lot of the criticisms levied against fanfictions also apply to a fuckton of original ones.

I'd rather read the average enemies-to-lovers slow-burn only one bed fanfiction over some reincarnated in another world with my cast iron skillet type bullshit.

 

[bulmabriefs144]

I used to read fanfictions around 2007-2008 when i did have the means of watching animes,they where fun and by the time i started watching animes seriously as an otaku i already got spoilers from fanfictions,but nowdays people don't like them.

Are you kidding? Look at the foot traffic to my book. Now look at a fanfiction. Any fanfiction. I'll wager the number of people who have read and like it orders in the thousands. Btw, it doesn't help that my book has a gigantic eyesore before you hit page 1. Some asshole, peeved that I removed their (unsolicited) chapter comments decides to post on the index page this big annoying review. Which I guess is part of the reason people hate fanfiction. With real fiction (though my books have a very healthy dose of memes) if someone doesn't like your book, they don't just say "It was totally unfaithful to Avatar: The Last Airbender," leave it at that and people read your book anyway. No, it's a horrible or great book on its own merits, rather than cheaply getting thousands of reads because someone is hoping to continue the nostalgia. People hate fanfiction, mainly because their own fiction they are frustrated to see wilt on the shelf. Won't anyone read Oracle of Tao? "No sorry, this person reviewed it badly (I mean that in both senses of the word, their review was also poorly thought out, as they didn't understand a joke), so we won't look at it. But I hear Naruto: Stuck As A Vampire might be good!" Yeah people loudly hate on fanfiction because (1) it's usually horrible, (2) but whether you book is really good (I don't pretend this) or squarely around 3 star territory the fact that it can't be read while their stuff gets read and read is awful. Worse, people know they hate it, but they all give it a shot.