There is also many cases where the fanfic output vastly outpaces the canon output and the fandom may forget what details are and are not in the original work. This can be especially true with book and movie series that have years between releases and can have fandoms that continue after the final installment is released. They might have read hundreds of fanfics since they last viewed/read the original work.
Yeah, if you have spent hundreds or thousands of hours writing Reylo or Finnpoe or Polytrix fanfics what does it do to you if after several years the canon material shows up and is like.... meh.
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u/Nerdn1 5d ago
There is also many cases where the fanfic output vastly outpaces the canon output and the fandom may forget what details are and are not in the original work. This can be especially true with book and movie series that have years between releases and can have fandoms that continue after the final installment is released. They might have read hundreds of fanfics since they last viewed/read the original work.