question, when you write this fiction can you publish it? isn't this stuff (mainly characters) copy righted?
how does fan fiction work.
Fan fiction is simple; you just do it because you want to. It's not exactly legal, because you are using copyrighted characters and series, but not exactly illegal either, because you're not making any profit, and therefore not taking potential income away from the owners or writers of DS (or whatever TV series). Legally, writers of fanfic are generally left alone and tolerated, I think, on the assumption that a flourishing fandom is good for business in the long run. I'm guessing that that last part is true.
Paramount, owners of the Star Trek name, have given fans a hard time I hear, but even they tolerate huge masses of fan fiction.
It wasn't that much of an issue before computers, I suppose. We used to exchange our fanzines in person, and it wasn't in public view. It must have been awkward, when fanfic started to be put online. Lots of lawyers scratching heads. All that's settled now, I would guess. Unless Mr. Troll is communicating with us from a computer they've graciously allowed him to have in his light-security prison cell.