i do actually think it's fine and neutral to write an original story inspired by a fandom world or character or relationship or whatever (i have done this before and will surely do it again,) but i have a truly unnecessary and petty amount of scorn for the people who scrape off serial numbers. i think bc the first way around, it's like, okay, your blorbo led you on the path to a new story and situation, as any good obsession should. but in situation two, it's like!!!! you have betrayed your blorbo??? how could you do that to your blorbo???
#also to be totally clear every few years i look at my fic and i'm like damn. this is good.#is there any way for me to publish it in the paris review?#and every time i'm like well. for many reasons no#but ONE of those reasons is that i would never scrape the serial numbers off#you'd have to undo too much of what makes it good to do so!!!