I guess it's a subjective question to the same extent ALL questions about taste are subjective. I like the point adrianners made about fanfic being dependent on the source material for its existence.......BUT I also read a lot of fic that based on rock stars or other celebrities, or that's so far into its own AU that the source material is barely recognizable in it. At that point, it's a fan cast of an original work. And also--kind of awesome, depending the author's skill and the subject matter, the second of which is always subjective.
But then you have actual, published works that began life as fanfic, and again it's barely recognizable unless you already KNOW it started life as a fanfic, and again everything depends on the author's skill. I think we can all agree that Fifty Shades is categorically WORSE than Twilight for example. But how does Marissa Meyers' Lunar Chronicles series compare to OG!Sailor Moon? I'd say they're at least on par.
So for "Can It?" I'd say--yeah, sure. It isn't often, but it can be. Some fans will actually grow to become better authors than the people they admire. Happens all the time in original fiction. So yeah, it *can* happen.
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Date: 2018-12-19 11:58 am (UTC)But then you have actual, published works that began life as fanfic, and again it's barely recognizable unless you already KNOW it started life as a fanfic, and again everything depends on the author's skill. I think we can all agree that Fifty Shades is categorically WORSE than Twilight for example. But how does Marissa Meyers' Lunar Chronicles series compare to OG!Sailor Moon? I'd say they're at least on par.
So for "Can It?" I'd say--yeah, sure. It isn't often, but it can be. Some fans will actually grow to become better authors than the people they admire. Happens all the time in original fiction. So yeah, it *can* happen.