>>723627601
It always makes me laugh that even the average fanfiction writer has a firmer grasp on what not to do with an established IP.
If you've got a top dog hero and top dog villain, you absolutely don't seek to one up them with your own character Get the torch passed by the hero, sure, defeat the villain, absolutely, but you don't just walk in and declare your OC (do NOT steal) is bigger and better than all of them.
If 16 year old girls on tumblr could get this 15 years ago, how the fuck do these retards not?