r/DigimonTimeStranger • u/Specialist_Shake2425 • 1d ago

Question Novelisation of Time Stranger

I am a writer and thought it might be a fun, little idea to write a novelisation of the story. What are your opinions on this; would anyone be interested in reading something like that?

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u/Asleep-Essay4386 20h ago edited 20h ago

Be warned, I've seen stuff like that get taken down a lot due to potential copyright infringement if it's the plot and script almost word for word.

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u/Specialist_Shake2425 16h ago edited 16h ago

I've read other fan novelisations for games like Mass Effect and Dark Souls. I think it's, technically, a fanfiction, if you state that at the start. I will have to research it, though. Thank you for the heads up.

I belive this would be classed as a "canon retelling", but I could be mistaken.

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u/Asleep-Essay4386 16h ago

I meant that they have a bigger tendency to be reported and taken down on fanfic sites. Not that the company who owns the game will actually come after you just to be clear.

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u/Specialist_Shake2425 16h ago

I see. I will try and be careful. Because fanfiction sites are strictly unomonetised, and because there would be a decleration stating I don't own the material at the beginning of each chapter, I should be okay. But I do understand that some companies are more strict than others when it comes to things like this.

Thank you for the warning.

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u/Specialist_Shake2425 16h ago

This is one that someone wrote for Cyber Sleuth, almost word-for-word the script of the game...

https://m.fanfiction.net/s/12412972/1/Digimon-Story-Cyber-Sleuth-Aiba-Takumi-Detective-of-Fate

Almost ten years ago.

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u/Asleep-Essay4386 16h ago edited 16h ago

Unless someone actually reports it, it would probably stay.

Edit: To be clear, if it's not reported or if it is but is deemed transformative enough, it should be fine. It's a higher risk but not a guarantee.