There's some good fan fiction, and there is a lot of junk. I don't read much of it, because sifting through the junk isn't worth the time for me. But fan fiction doesn't steer people away from the original. Those who read and write fan fiction are the most devoted customers of the original material. If there's a happy meal toy based on the original material, readers and writers of fan fiction probably have it. Their demand for the original material far exceeds its supply.
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