fanfiction which has helped the auohtr or maybe we're talking some minor, 40 years old TV show practically no one watches anymore and people have long since moved on from. In which case I'd say more power to you for finding an appreciative audience at last! There's also the very real difference between a written fandom (like Twilight) or a TV or movie fandom which is a collaborative effort from the original screenwriters way to go to the actors with lots of contributors in between. At gut-level the latter is more a case of public domain than the work of a single person.A lot of writers wrote fanfiction, hey, Shakespeare did! And he no doubt never even wondered how ethical or not the whole concept is. He was notoriously plagiarised, even at his time. Bram Stoker wrote fanfiction and created Dracula , the list is quite endless. Current strict copyright laws are a very, very recent invention.Do I think Fifty Shades of Grey was wrongfully published as an original work? Yes, but not just because it was fanfiction. See above and you probably find my reasoning for that verdict. Do I think every fanfiction has to stay fanfiction? Definitely not.