I am genuinely curious why people do this.
I think I’m going to write some Arrow fics based solely on what I’ve seen on my dash.
There’s tons of Supernatural on my dash, sure I think I could write a couple (or 40) fics about it. Let’s see, the blond one is putting it to the hot angel or possibly his brother who may or may not be a moose. Okay, both of them at the same time. Then the Advanced Placement kid runs in the room screaming “I’m not dead!” and hops into the bed. Booger from Revenge of the Nerds stands around glowering at the fuckpile because he is apparently Not Nice and any woman that appears will spontaneously combust or be evil. The attractive mens will kill Booger and the evil vaginas with salt. The End.
Who needs to watch a show? Gimme some motherfuckin Kudos.
I read so many Merlin fan fics this summer without seeing an episode. I have now but over the summer I didn’t know any secondary characters. I needed to look them up to see what they looked like.
Write what you love. This post rocks.
It’s not weird! What’s weird about it? How many fanfic writers HAVEN’T at some point encountered a fanfic that we loved so much we wished we could write fanfic of the fanfic? These people are writing fanfiction based on fandom. And considering the depth and richness and excitement of many of the fanfics you can find in any given fandom, quite often it’s frankly better than the show to begin with anyway.
There are at least two or three shows that I refuse to ever watch, because I encountered their fandoms first and I know that the shows themselves will only be a letdown.