Bridging Fanfiction and Original Narratives

What are the pros and cons of writing fanfiction, and what types of fanfiction work best to inspire rational fiction? Timestamps: 0:40 The Three Types of Fanfiction 3:13 Examples, and where Rational Fiction falls 5:27 What are the pros of writing Fanfiction? 7:38 How do Daystar and Alexander find it useful? 9:25 Con 1: Limited Audience 12:18 Con 2: Expectations from Canon 14:39 Con 3: Lack of Profit 16:18 Genres that are easy and hard to rationalize. 19:55 Genre Ghettos 21:15 Daystar rants about Magical Realism 24:44 Fanfiction Ghetto 26:47 Best stories to rationalize 32:44 Finding new solutions, creating new problems 35:53 Bridging the gap between Fanfiction and Original Fiction