User blog comment:Babysmurfrocks/Kill TPP/@comment-24173739-20140405221220/@comment-1323688-20140405223208

I can understand certain franchise holders like Archie Comics saying no to fan creations of their works on the grounds that it ends up ruining their characters, but this would make it really hard to be a fan of any franchise if you can't create any sort of work based on that franchise, even if all you're doing it for is just entertainment. If they think this is going to encourage people to be more creative by creating their own characters, in actuality it isn't, because even original works have to be inspired from somewhere. The proliferation of knock-off works is a testament to a franchise being successful enough to have people emulate it to the point of overdrive.