Why are there so many fanfic authors doing commissions now?
Maybe I’m just old school and been around too long but the fact that in the last couple of years I’ve seen and uptick in post about commissioning fanfics. The fact is yes it’s technically illegal to pay someone for fanfic. Back in the day a fan fic authors got sued for even posting their fanfics. To me it seems like an unnecessary risks that people are taking, that can effect all fandoms if it gets out of hand.
Obviously I think the bigger issue is why is there is a trend taking your hobbies and making money off of them. I see this more with the younger side of fandoms where they want to be paid for their works. And to a certain extent I think, yeah it would be nice to be paid but on the other hand imo I feel like because of this, it’s changed how fandom spaces feel compared to a couple of years ago.
Maybe I’m just getting old lol