I mean, fair enough I doubt the casual majority are bothering with writing fanfic either. But my general feeling is the writing part of fandom definitely just ignores the characters and write their own original fantasy then slapping the faces on after the fact. At this point, tho', I wonder what is even the point of fanfic. Might as well just write original fic. ಥ_ಥ

And this is why I'm leaning toward music videos more and more...