Are there any franchises that you love that you refuse to write fanfiction for?

[Turtletrekker]

Clearly, we all love Star Trek enough to be writing our own stories set in this universe. I've even entertained ideas for Star Wars, Doctor Who, MCU, Bill and Ted and various crossovers thereof.

But are there any stories or franchise playgrounds that love that you refuse to play in for one reason or another? For me, it would be Lord of the Rings. I could not even imagine attempting to write in that world with my amateurish attempts at prose. Perhaps it's because it's a playground that has been largely associated with just one person (and his son) since the very beginning, but trying to add context or new characters into that world? The world created by the man who many consider the greatest author of the 20th century? I wouldn't even know where to begin.

That said, conversely enough, I admire the attempts at expanding that universe (Hobbit expansion, Rings of Power, War of the Rohirrum) that we've seen so far, but I think my reasons for not wanting to touch that universe play into why these attempts haven't really hit home for me.

Anyone else? Does anyone else have a universe that they adore beyond words but wouldn't attempt writing in with a 10-ft pole?

 

[Alexander Corrino]

Lord Of The Rings is a great example for me as well. I'm only a casual fan and I don't want to have the fandom come at me with pitchforks for getting something wrong, lol. Not to mention how endless research would be. That being said, I did once write a Trek AU where Jean-Luc is an Uruk-Hai, but it was just a ficlet and there wasn't much chance of getting any deeper lore wrong.

Ironically I also would never write Dallas fanfic even though I adore the show (it's my favorite show of all time). But all those Texas nuances? Having to ponder whether to write JR with or without his legendary Texas drawl? Those questions are enough for me to stay away from writing fic. (Not to mention the fact that I'm a m/m fic writer and Dallas doesn't exactly have a lot of m/m potential, sadly.)