Editing Fan fiction

'''Fan fiction''' (or '''fanfic''') is fiction written by [[Fandom|fans]] of a property without the explicit or even insinuated approval of the [[copyright]] holder. This allows for many fans to do what they most desire with the material that they are fiddling around with, be it to make a serious and epic story or to just plain mess around and play with their little fantasies. Needless to say, not all fanfics are good, but which are and which aren't is mostly up to the reader's discretion.

===Topics===
Over the years, an incredibly wide variety of ''Transformers'' fanfic has been written, including straightforward adventure stories, crossovers with other properties, parodies, incredibly creepy and/or awesome stories in which gruesome acts of [[Decepticon]]-on-[[human|fleshling]] violence are described in tender, loving detail[http://shortpacked.com/comic/book-1-brings-back-the-80s/06-mrs-greg-killmaster/a-61/], and, of course, "erotica" of varying degrees of [[Slag (slang)|slagged]]-upness. Many female [[human]]s have taken to badly writing romantic fanfic either about [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] and [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]]/themselves, or [[Autobot|any]] [[Decepticon|given]] male character with [[Megatron (G1)|any]] [[Starscream (G1)|other]] male character. 

====Popular Transformers fanfic topics====
*'''[[wikipedia:Mary_Sue|Self-insertion]]:''' Guess what, you're a Transformer and everyone likes you the best! Here, have the [[Matrix of Leadership]].
*'''Fan-written episodes:''' Can range from one story mimicking the structure of a television episode to an entire fake season or [http://www.allspark.com/content/view/6435/20/ whole movie]. Usually written in script form.
*'''[[Transformer romance|Romance]]:''' Pick any two Transformers characters ''at all''. Have them make out and exchange pillow talk. [[Scale]] apparently doesn't matter here (not that it does anywhere else for that matter).
*'''Extra-[[Humanization|humanized]] Transformers:''' Sisters! Cousins! Babies! Daddies! Almost a subcategory of "romance", since adding even more organic-like components to Transformers really helps along with the... ahem... [[Reproduction|sexual intercourse]]. Scale also does not matter here.
*'''Crossovers:''' Because civilization is not complete until [[Soundwave (disambiguation)|Soundwave]] somehow becomes human (or not, who cares? It's a fanfiction!) and enrolls at Riverdale High.
*'''Character-driven stories:'''  What does [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] think about when he's alone in space? What's a typical day for [[Big Daddy (G1)|Big Daddy]]?
*'''What if? stories:''' What if [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] had never become Autobot leader? What if the Ark had never crash-landed on Earth? The possibilities are endless. Notably, [[Hearts of Steel|some]] [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|official]] [[Transformers Comic issue 9|publications]] have also played around with various alternate universes. 
*'''Absolute fanwanking:''' A nerd's nerd will write these, and they probably involve things like [[Berko]] or [[Forestonite]] and about a hundred other obscure characters. How does everything fit together? Let's connect the dots, The Question-style!

===Hard work pays off===
In recent years, a few Transformers fanfic writers have made the jump to writing [[Hasbro]]-sanctioned fiction, including [[James Roberts]], [[Ben Yee]], [[Greg Sepelak]], [[Trent Troop]], [[Josh van Reyk]] and [[Shaun Knowler]].

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==See also==
*[[Authorial intent]]
*[[Fanon]]
*[[Personal canon]]

==External links==
*[[wikipedia:Fan_fiction|Fan fiction]] at Wikipedia
*[http://transfanon.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Transformers Fanon Wiki]
*[http://www.transfictions.net/tffics/index.php Transfictions.net]
*[http://www.transformersfanfic.com/ Transformers Lexicon]

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