> It's sad, infuriating, discouraging. A deluge of slop drowning the last embers of authentic human creativity. Eh. You're waxing poetic about some sort of 'a

> It's sad, infuriating, discouraging. A deluge of slop drowning the last embers of authentic human creativity. Eh. You're waxing poetic about some sort of 'authentic' human craft, but I'm not convinced that's what most people try for when they write fanfiction. Is it possible that some or even most people write fanfiction to create the stories they want to see, and the craft of writing is just a way of achieving their goal?