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Brandon Williams
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⚡️Episodic Director | Story Artist | Professor⚡️ Solar Opposites | Emmy Nominated Star Trek: Lower Decks | Mortal Kombat | Apple And Onion (he/him) *This account is Rated R* Plz dont take anything I post seriously except the serious stuff
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Fan fiction is taking back what belongs to the people

Fan fiction is a way of the culture repairing the damage done in a system where contemporary myths are owned by corporations instead of by the folk." Henry Jenkins, Director of Media Studies at MIT, 1997.

Well shit, Henry Jenkins, out here in 1997 dropping truth bombs
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This is…actual genius

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Sspottyserval.furry.energy

True

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BWstupidartpunk.bsky.social

Like i get it and everything, but i would like to continue monetizing storytelling i just wish creators were more equal partners with the business

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FMattyatlawn.bsky.social

That's easy to say when you assume that everything is owned by a faceless mega-company like Disney, but it gets complicated when you consider that contemporary myths have artists behind them from whose work fan fiction creators profit, whether just in form of attention or even financially.

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AFaaronofypsi.bsky.social

At the risk of ruining the punch line of the books I’m writing now, I think the answer lies in drawing a distinction between the characters and the stories. To whit; we must free our heroes, but keep copyright over individual works. DisneyCorp and I both know this; just ask Thor and Loki.

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Kkarlicartoons.bsky.social

Holy shit I love this

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JC9chambers.bsky.social

It should forever be called Fan Fiction. I don't even want to go into what I picture in my mind when I hear the term Head Cannon. Smh

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Ccorvana.bsky.social

Yes! I've thought about this, and how storytelling has always spread from teller to teller, maybe changing with an embellishment here or there, but copyright put a craw in that. Fanfiction is the return of exactly that process!

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Jsmurfmasterjym.bsky.social

Is Henry Jenkins related to LeRoy Jenkins?

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Brandon Williams
@stupidartpunk.bsky.social
⚡️Episodic Director | Story Artist | Professor⚡️ Solar Opposites | Emmy Nominated Star Trek: Lower Decks | Mortal Kombat | Apple And Onion (he/him) *This account is Rated R* Plz dont take anything I post seriously except the serious stuff
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