Since WHEN do I need the approval of writers/god/daddy to write fanfiction? Why is everyone jumping to "Oh they are ok with us writing fanfiction then everything is okay :3" even if it never will go canon even if that is the only fucking acknowledgement we will ever get, even if they spent years making us feel like shit in every way, may it be via sexism, racism, homophobia, rape or whatever. Doesn't matter as long as we get a pat on the head telling us "it's ok that you are weird perverts, we hate it, but as long as you keep your story with you and don't mix it up with ours, it's fine."
Even if you ignore that, or don't see it that way, why does everybody and their dog act like we need their fucking approval? We don't.
Did we ever? Nope.
Y'all are acting like we didn't spent years being beautifully unapologetic and proud that we write what we want and do it well, and that if it makes them uncomfortable, it's their problem, instead of begging for approval so we could finally write "weird fanfic"?