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^ this, and Approval of God if the creator gives it the official thumbs-up
It can also be a Spiritual Successor, however:
Methinks the phrasing there needs some tweaking. It's trying to say that the new work evokes the original work without being an overt sequel, possibly because the original creators are involved without owning the rights to their own earlier work.
Went ahead and did some tweaking, see if it's clearer now.
Edited by Scorpion451
Running the Asylum is when the fandom joins the ranks of the official Creators for a work.
Fan Sequel looks good... and Continuation is just "Sequel in Another Medium, made by fans", right?
The rewording of Spiritual Successor is more in-line with what I'm asking, but the emphasis on "not part of the same world" makes me wary. As an illustration, take the Sherlock Holmes series, and look at Arsène Lupin, specifically "The Blonde Lady". The two works are theoretically the same setting and Hemlock Sholmes is a blatant Expy of Sherlock. But the Fan Sequel I'm thinking of is set in The Future instead of Present Day.
Does Spiritual Successor still apply?
Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
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Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
I'm trying to find the trope for when a fan continues an existing work, and is able to professionally publish their work. The fan may have been warned about Legal action, but either the original creator didn't follow through on the threat or the courts dismissed (or found in favour of the defendant, it doesn't matter), the point is; the fan-work is legally considered distinct from the original-work.
Despite being legally distinct, fans still consider it a part of The 'Verse. This can technically happen in any medium, but I'm looking at an example in Literature. I've gone over Derivative Works, but the closest I can find, Spiritual Successor, says that production is related to the original creator.
What is the trope for "a fan created this professional work that is intended to be seen as a sequel to a property that they couldn't use for copyright reasons"?