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In my opinion, a fanfic, even an AU one, takes the original story and either does a simple \
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In my opinion, a fanfic, even an AU one, takes the original story and either does a simple \\\"What If?\\\" scenario (changing a singular, pivotal action in the canon), predicts what might happen after the original series is complete, takes characters from one universe and plugs them into another, creates a perfectly reasonable new point of view from a supporting character during the original canon, or simply goes to explore details on which the original canon didn\\\'t elaborate.
The thing about fanfiction is that it\\\'s just that: fanfiction. Unless your fanfic is [[ThePokemonStory intentionally offensive]], most people won\\\'t think it\\\'s necessarily \\\"offensive.\\\" You can do whatever you want, to an extent... as long as you can have sufficient reason for the change from canon. For instance, Gorgor is generally considered to be kind of brainless or stupid... definitely a meat-head... but you could say he\\\'s faking it, and write a backstory explaining some kind of traumatic life experience that made him do that. Flimsy, yes, but it gets the point across.
None of your other questions are really offensive-sounding as long as they are handled well in the fiction...
However, the TV series cannot be considered fanfiction, because it is the new authors\\\' new canon. This new canon has replaced the old. It isn\\\'t fan-generated, nor is it considered fiction. It is the new author truth. And that goes too far for us fans of the original. That is why it\\\'s offensive.
The thing about fanfiction is that it\\\'s just that: fanfiction. Unless your fanfic is [[ThePokemonStory intentionally offensive]], most people won\\\'t think it\\\'s necessarily \\\"offensive.\\\" You can do whatever you want, to an extent... as long as you can have sufficient reason for the change from canon. For instance, Gorgor is generally considered to be kind of brainless or stupid... definitely a meat-head... but you could say he\\\'s faking it, and write a backstory explaining some kind of traumatic life experience that made him do that. Flimsy, yes, but it gets the point across.
None of your other questions are really offensive-sounding as long as they are handled well in the fiction...
However, the TV series cannot be considered fanfiction, because it is the new authors\\\' new canon. This new canon has replaced the old. It isn\\\'t fan-generated, nor is it considered fiction. It is the new author truth. And that goes too far for us fans of the original. That is why it\\\'s offensive.
