Not all is a shallow copy of the original work or a continuation of it. Good fanfic usually explores concepts the original work was afraid to, or begins from a premise in which the original work could never have occurred while retaining some elements (settings, characters, etc) that still make it relatable to the original work.

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In many cases, is specifically a reaction to popular but trivialising media in which the fic creators attempt to reclaim genre themes which have been discarded in favour of saleability.

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