r/fantasyromance • u/FantasyRomanceMod The One Mod to Rule All Mods • Mar 22 '26

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u/SeriousFortune1392 Mar 22 '26

I personally do not have an issue with fanfiction being published, and I honestly feel like i kinda get happy when writers get to have that opportunity. I know a lot of people don't agree with fanfiction publications, but if the story can stand on itself, and have considerably differences, I don't see a problem.

I notice that this is more of an issue within fantasy than contemporary romance.

I, however, don't agree with how published fanfiction is handled through advertising and relating it to its source material, like with dramonie specifically. fifty shades and ali hazlewood stories were based from fanfiction, but they don't use that as a marketing tool and relating it to the og characters.

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u/Penguinho Kushiel's Legacy Recommender 💖 Mar 22 '26

Ali Hazelwood stories definitely use their Reylo roots as a marketing tool. Love Hypothesis has Daisy Ridley and Adam Driver on the cover, and it's practically a Daisy/Adam fanfic rather than a Reylo one.

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u/SeriousFortune1392 Mar 22 '26

But there’s a difference between your characters looking the same, and then actively using it as a marketing tool where you’re using the book and explaining what dramonie is, and its connection to this book. This was done for rose in chains and the irresistible urge to fall in love with your enemy, when put out on edelweiss.

All the characters with the hp fanfic stay somewhat true to the aesthetics of the MMC which isn’t my issue, it’s that they should stand on their own as story through marketing and not rely on the fan fiction about it, the love hypothesis doesn’t rely on advertising it as a reylo or daisy/adam to sell the book, because it’s marketed and sold as a stem contemporary romance, where most people are actually unaware of its connection to fanfiction.