I have to agree with you, OANST. Not with all the aspects of your post, mind you, but some.
I can't possibly fathom why a person obsessed with a book would deliberately rip off their favorite writer's original work. I mean, it's basically destroying the author's original vision of the story, since the person is contaminating it with their own view of how things should transpire. It really gets on my nerves, because if the person truly loves the particular story, they should leave it alone, no matter how entranced they are by it. In my opinion, only the original writer or a particular story has the right to alter or continue it.
Of course, this is just my opinion. The people who do this must have their own reasons for doing it. Reasons that are beyond my control and that I must accept no matter how much this annoys me. After all, everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
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