I just got a comment on ff.net, from someone telling me they liked my story and wanted to do art for it, so I said 'yes, thank you, go ahead'... (obviously, in a more fitting an appreciative way, this had never happened, and I was excited)
And this person took the liberty of asking me to pay them for it...
Where's the love in that? I thought people did fanart from stories and fics just because they liked it!
That's how you show the major kind of admiration, is like, kudos and comments are awesome, and I have never had anyone do art from my fics, so it felt nice, until they asked me for a payment, for art I didn't ask to comission, for a story I wrote and uploaded only expecting some comments and likes (as it's always been).
As a fan work creator (not the best, not prolific, and by no means exceptional), I have wrote fanfics and drawn fanart, I have tried to join the paid side of this endeavors, but even when I have a Kofi, I have never got a tip, never been paid for a fanfic or fanart, and I would never create something for another creator just to ask money from them after offering to do it by my own will.
For the work I made to be paid, people would have to reach out, make me think they considered options, and still like what I do enough to be convinced their money has worth paying what I can do.
It just felt bad, like, "Hey, I'm going to take this thing you created from you and charge you for it"
Of course, there's artist boosting their works with art made by other artists, but I am pretty sure the business there works through good communication and previous knowledge.
Autors with copyright, in the past, had to come to terms with letting fans create works with their work, how am I supposed to feel about being charged from someone who is creating something I made up from the story of someone else? For me it doesn't make sense, but I guess I may be old fashioned...
I declined the offer afterwards...
That's probably why I'm an invisible fan worker, no time to work, old fashioned mind set...
Damn, this was supposed to be a good day...