Devs: Can we have a Fan-fiction section?

I'm sure a lot of us players would love it if we had a fan-fiction section of the forum. I mean, even though us players go through the same storylines in FFXIV like everyone else, I know a lot of people would love to write fan-fictions based on what they have done (like role-playing). OR, if we had a fan-fiction section, we could write Final Fantasy stories with our own original characters in them (not our in-game characters, but characters we made up).

What does everyone else think? I think it would invigorate the forums a lot more. Heck, even the devs could contact us and ask us about publicizing our stories if they are really good.

Another thing is if we could have a fan-art section, too.

I love fan fiction from all sorts of fandoms! The problem with putting it on official forums is a lot of the stuff I read might be deemed *mature content* and not allowable on the forums. There's plenty of good sites out there already, have you found any good places with fiction based on this game?

inb4 "eww fanfiction"

Seriously though, I would love to have a fanfiction section here on the forums.

Many forums have some kind of "Fanworks" section that includes fanfic, fanart, or the like. I think it's a good idea. It's another sect of discussion that's clearly marked for those who aren't interested in it and a beacon for the nerds who are (like the Lore forums). I'm sure some people cringe at the very word "fanfiction"; I did too when I was younger, but most of everything is garbage and the ratio here isn't really any different. It's just funnier when it's bad and *also* features familiar faces/settings. But if people want to use the game as a springboard for creativity then I think it'd be cool to see an official place for that, though there would need to be guidelines for such a place, mostly with regards to content.

When I first came to these forums, I tried to make a fanfiction thread in which one of my characters kept a journal entry of her day-to-day interaction with the good people of Limsa Lominsa.

It was deleted in less than two days =\

I'd love a fanfiction section. I had a blast making League of Legends fanfiction, back when they actually allowed it.

EDIT: I don't think SE likes the idea of fanfiction, from what I've seen. They're more interested in artwork. Us writers can go jump off Witchdrop, I guess. 'Cuz anybody can put words on a page, right?!

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Sorry, bitter memories.

I'd probably be too shy to write anything, but reading stories written by others would be a blast. :) I think this is a wonderful idea.

I remember making a fanfiction thread a while back that was actually more well received than I thought it'd be. I would be down for this as well :) Fanfiction, fanart, etc....I see creativity on these forums often (It's the only reason I stay since so much of everything else is quite negative -.-)

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Originally Posted by Kikoten

When I first came to these forums, I tried to make a fanfiction thread in which one of my characters kept a journal entry of her day-to-day interaction with the good people of Limsa Lominsa.

It was deleted in less than two days =\

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I wonder why it was deleted :/ Mine is still up...

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Originally Posted by Spy

I remember making a fanfiction thread a while back that was actually more well received than I thought it'd be. I would be down for this as well :) Fanfiction, fanart, etc....I see creativity on these forums often (It's the only reason I stay since so much of everything else is quite negative -.-)



I wonder why it was deleted :/ Mine is still up...

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Something about the thread not adhering to the forum rules. Even though I, you know, made it clear as day that it was a fan-fiction thread, so it wasn't misleading. And yet I looked up and down page one the day my fan-fiction thread was deleted, and saw numerous fan-art things going.

Yeah. What the fuck?

Got an email detailing the removal of the thread, and a nice little warning on my record. Maybe next time I'll just pencil something up on my Wacom so nobody'll report the thread.

I wouldn't go so far as to say SE doesn't like fanfiction, considering the millions of fic out there for the various entries in the Final Fantasy series and their other properties? But it might not be the sort of thing they wanted in the general forum section.

A 'fanworks' section would be a really nice addition to the forums, though, even if, like Orspeth, I have my doubts that the sort I'd be interested in reading or writing would be welcome on an official site. Even places that are okay with a little mature content tend to get cranky over even light M/M.

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Originally Posted by Lukha

Even places that are okay with a little mature content tend to get cranky over even light M/M.

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I'll never understand that. I've seen that, myself. M/M gets frowned on, yet F/F....

I'll admit, I kind of like both M/M and F/F -- only if they're a scenario that's not been done to death, which tends to be 90% of those kinds of fics. Not that they're not good, they just don't pique my interest. Other than that, I try to avoid ship-fics.

Been thinking of this too. I'd love a fanfiction section. Might try a few test runs of writing in my lodestone page. Even if it has to adhere to the rules and guidelines of the forums. Some of the best fanfics worth reading actually start on a message board. :)
The thing is a particularly long fanfic needs to be saved just in case some arguments occur and the mods step in
And of course, the more "mature"(?) brands of fanfics will have to be on other sites.

I guess one problem would be where the line would be on mature content. No one wants to risk a ban being creative.

I don't think the OF even has a section for posting fan art and any other fan-created media

yaas!!!
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I get the feeling I once read a response to this wish, although maybe my mind is playing tricks on me.

If I remember it right, it went something like this:
"We apprechiate fanworks of all kinds including fanfiction and character's blogs, but the right place for them is in on the Lodestone in the personal blogs."

No guarantee that it's right though, I don't trust my memories on something so long ago xD

Some roleplayers have fanfics of their game characters in the Lodestone blog area. A forum wouldn't be a very good format for writing one, but could be a nice place to provide links to your fanfics so other players can find them. And I love some of the fan art that pops up from time to time here.

It's been way overdue for us to have a place where we could ship our ships like Thancred/Minfilia or Estinien/Ysayle, and write borderline deranged softporn Rhaubann/Nanamo.

thumbs up for the idea! (y)

Isn't this one of the things that the Lodestone blog is for?

Wouldn't a separate fan run website that you could direct people to be better for this in the long run? That way you wouldn't have to worry about unintentionally violating any forum rules and could contribute more fan related content (art, etc)?

I was always under the impression that fan related content was up to the fans not the development team to create spaces for.

Edit: post above mine already points out that the lodestone supports such features as well