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On one of my Discord servers, we were talking about how awkward it is to be reading a novel and then recognize it as a fanfiction with the serial numbers filed off - they never quite read right, taking a story based in an established universe (and usually with established characters) and then just trying to strip every bit of that universe from it.
Especially awkward is when you can recognize exactly which fandom it's from. I haven't any specific examples without going back through my read books, but I have had this happen before.
50 Shades of Grey is probably the most famous example. I remember seeing a copy for sale at a local store, I randomly picked it up and started reading a random page, thought "this is not well-written" and put it back down.
Last edited by ownedbycats; 12-19-2023 at 12:09 PM.
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