Why So Snotty About Fan Fiction?

So these two writers walk into a bar, right? And neither of them is a horse or anything but both of them are complaining about fan-fiction, where "fans" write "fiction" based on another writer's works, then typically post them online for people to read for free. These two writers are really irate about it. It's practically plagiarism! It's copycatting! It's stupid and awful and unoriginal (and maybe it threatens copyright, whispers a sinister voice at the back of the bar), and it's just really terrible, fan-fiction, and then a duck wanders in and --

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