r/videogames • u/AlmightyLoaf54 • Aug 12 '26

Image / Video This is so damn true

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u/Medical-Lingonberry3 Aug 12 '26

The makers of the Halo show literally bragged that they never read the books or played the games and they were surpised when the show flops

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u/TrioOfTerrors Aug 12 '26

"I'm going to fix this beloved IP with my AO3 level fanfic writing!" - pretty much every sci-fi and fantasy writers room.

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u/RollForThings Aug 12 '26

I get the sentiment here, but AO3 writers tend to write their fanfic out of love for the IP they're writing about. Netflix etc writers showing contempt for the IP they're adapting is far worse.

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u/AncientSignature1505 Aug 12 '26

Yeah, I was like, hey, AO3 isn't THAT bad.

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u/Dust_Dependent Aug 12 '26

Good to know that Netflix writers showing contempt for the IP is a thing for every adaptation and not just an Adi Shankar thing

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u/SolydSn3k Aug 12 '26

kicks blitzbomb

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u/NohWan3104 Aug 13 '26

i understood that reference.

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u/Nezarah Aug 12 '26

we could make it better has never been so relevant.

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u/data-atreides Aug 12 '26

Star Trek has entered the chat

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u/Maldevinine Aug 12 '26

No, AO3 is where the good stuff is. A lot of their works would have been laughed off Wattpad.

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u/Nefari0uss Aug 14 '26

AO3 writers tend to like the source material. These show runners go beyond not liking the source material; they seem to actively hate it.

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u/alfred725 Aug 12 '26

to be completely fair, many of the best stories are fanfics anyway. Most of disney's movies, Sandman, league of extraordinary gentlemen, etc. hell you could even consider Paradise Lost and the Divine Comedy fanfics.