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AgentBeats: The recommendation to stick within the known cannon actually gives no benefit nor detriment to the author themselves. It's really there as a guide to help the fan fiction writers to create a good piece of fiction based on an already established world. Think of it as a good way to help armchair authors (aka fan fiction writers) get better at their hobby. And in turn, their hobby will at some point benefit the original author.
Take Star Wars for example. Several fan fiction characters, Mara Jade being one of the most popular, actually found their way into Star Wars cannon because they became so popular within the community. In turn, the creators of the character benefited in several ways themselves, one of the biggest being that their character ended up in the expanded universe. That's a huge honor. And all because they wrote their character inside of existing cannon.
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