#please dontyell at me😅

[rinofwater]

Okay, so question: why is it okay to monetize fanart but not fanfiction?

Now, please don't misunderstand this question as accusatory or anything like that, I just genuinely don't understand why one is more unlawful than the other

Like I totally understand the importance of keeping fanfiction free so that IP holders don't get up in arms like they used to

And I also totally understand the desire to make some money off of something you worked hard on

But why is one okay to monetize and the other is not? If I write a purely text fanfiction and make a Patreon around my fanfiction I could get in trouble for that, but if I turn that fanfiction into a comic or something similar it's suddenly okay to ask for money? I'm still taking donations for characters and ideas from someone else's story, but I never see the arguments for fanart and fan comics on monetizing that I see on fanfiction

Hell, if I wanted to get really pedantic, you can flat out make videos that show everything about a game or whatever and make money off of that without really changing anything and that's also perfectly acceptable

Again, this is not meant to condone or condemn either side (I love fanfiction AND fanart) it's just kind of weird if you ask me. If you can make money off of one medium, why not the other?