Perso, ça fait combien de temps... 5, 6 ans que j'en écris ? Et j'en ai lu des centaines et des centaines, et bien que certaines soient de véritables perles, je ne pense pas qu'elles aient leur place dans l'édition.
Parce qu'une fanfiction, oui, même si c'est toléré par la plupart des auteurs, ça reste du plagiat. C'est pas tes personnages, parfois c'est pas ton univers, c'est juste un "emprunt", si je puis dire, et on à pas à gagner de l'argent de cette manière. Du moins, pas autant de ce qu'on gagnerait en l'éditant traditionnellement. Après y' des trucs que je pense être plus OK, c'est par exemple la publications d'anthologies, et de dôjins, que tu trouves parfois à des convs, parce qu'en fait quand tu regardes bien c'est tiré en petit nombre, la mise de base est de la poche des auteurs, et même en vendant tout tu te fais presque pas de plus-value... (Je fais parti d'un projet d'anthologie, pas encore sortie, et la chef de projet nous a dit qu'en gros si tout était vendu -plus d'une centaine d'ouvrages- ça nous payerait un resto pas trop cher. Mais t'es obligé de faire payer un peu plus cher que ce que ça te coûte, sinon t'as aucune chance de rentrer dans tes frais)
Tu fais ça plus pour l'amour de la chose que pour le fric.
Sinon je citerai un des auteurs de fanfiction Hetalia les plus connus (enfin, le plus connu), George de Valier:
[quote]I am writing this to respond to the question of whether I will ever have my Hetalia fanfics published. I have received quite a few messages on this topic, and have also been directed to recent speculation about the matter on tumblr. Maybe I'm jumping the gun here, but I wanted you guys to know my stance on this matter before it goes any further.
First of all, I want to say thank you to everyone who believes in my work so much as to wish to see it published. I am incredibly flattered and grateful to you all for caring so passionately about my fics. It really does mean a lot to me, and I don't want anyone to think that I am upset, or that my response is an attack on you in any way. All I can say to those suggesting my publication is: thank you.
But as to whether I will look at publication for my fanfiction - the answer is no. It looks like the main reason this is being brought up is because of that one Twilight fanfic that was made into a book and hit the bestseller list – you know the one? Yeah, that one. I am aware of that author's success. Good luck to her, but honestly, I don't agree with what she did. I think it was unfair on the fandom she originally wrote the story for, and I think it places fanfiction as a whole in a precarious legal position. No, she hasn't broken any laws, and yes, she is free to make her own decisions on what to do with her own writing – including publishing and profiting from a story that was written and originally intended as fanfiction. It is simply my personal opinion that what she did was, well… a bit wrong.
I write Hetalia fanfiction for a reason. I write it because I read the comic, I watched the show, I read some fanfic, and I went 'Hey! These characters are awesome! Wouldn't it be fun to write stories about them and their interactions? Let's throw America and England into a London pub in 1943 and see what happens!' Isn't it interesting the amount of AUs there are in Hetalia fanfiction? It's because of the characters! Hetalia doesn't have much of a setting, it doesn't actually have much of a plot, but it has some of the most interesting characters I've ever come across. We all know them, we all understand them. When we see Berwald Oxenstierna turn up in a story, wherever it is set, we know what he looks like; we know he's Swedish; we know he's going to be serious and silent; we know he's probably going to be in love with a Finnish bloke called Tino and there's a good chance he's going to make furniture and own a fluffy white dog. We know who his character is – the interest is in seeing how he is going to act; whether as a poker-playing groundskeeper in a university share house, for example, or as an ex-volunteer soldier to the Finnish front in a German army unit. The Hetalia characters are archetypes. We identify with them in some way. We share and bond over our ideas of them, our stories of them – almost like the ancient Greeks or Romans might have done over tales of the Gods. That's why we write about them.
So let's not forget one of the main issues here. While the settings, plots, and interactions in my fics are products of my own imagination, the characters are not. The awesome Hidekaz Himaruya created these characters. I write my own versions of them, as all of us who write Hetalia fanfic do – but in essence, they are still Himaruya's characters. So to make these stories publishable, I'd have to change these characters. Some people have suggested I just 'change the names' and publish. But to change the names would be to change the story. It would defeat the point. I didn't write these stories so that just any interchangeable characters could be placed in them. The idea of changing Alfred and Arthur's names and publishing 'We'll Meet Again' just doesn't work. Lieutenant Alfred Jones in 'We'll Meet Again' is America from Hetalia. Yes, he is a humanised, early twentieth century version of America, but that is who he is. He's the loud, oblivious, arrogant character we know from the series. He's that young guy in the bomber jacket with the bright blond hair and blue eyes, the one with the crazy laugh in the anime, the proud American who is obsessed with hamburgers and justice and aliens. He's the same America that the whole fandom makes artwork of and cosplays and roleplays and writes stories about. He does not belong to me - in a way, he belongs to all of us. Could I change Alfred in 'We'll Meet Again' to Lieutenant Albert Smith, just some regular ol' fighter pilot from America? I suppose I could. But it wouldn't feel right - it wouldn't be right. He is Alfred Jones. He is America. I wrote 'We'll Meet Again' about him, and about Arthur Kirkland - a.k.a England - and about how I think they would act in that situation in that time in history.
Neither could I bear to take these stories from the Hetalia fandom. If these stories of mine were published, the original versions would have to be taken down. They would not exist. 'We'll Meet Again' wouldn't be about Alfred Jones and Arthur Kirkland. 'Auf Wiedersehen, Sweetheart' wouldn't be about Ludwig and Feli. It wouldn't be Antonio Carriedo pledging his love to Lovino Vargas in 'Bésame Mucho'; it wouldn't be Gilbert Beilschmidt, brother of Ludwig and best friend of Antonio and Francis, risking everything to protect Roderich Edelstein in 'Lily of the Lamplight.' These would be different people, different characters. And I don't care about those characters. I care about Alfred and Arthur – about America and England. I care about Ludwig and Feliciano - Germany and Italy. If I change the names, it changes the essence of these stories. It cuts the thread that ties them all together. These stories belong to the Hetalia fandom now. I will never charge you money for them, and I will never change these characters we know and love into different people.
Original work is fantastic. I have so many original ideas, so many original characters I love to write about, and I do hope to be published one day. But I believe original work should be written as original work. And I believe if you write fanfiction, then that story should stay fanfiction. It cheapens your efforts and your intentions to turn around and publish your fanfic simply because you were lucky enough that it became popular. If I wanted to publish my Hetalia stories, I would have written them differently and pitched them to a publisher. I am not going to lose sight of my original intention simply for the allure of dollar signs or a wider audience - and that's if they could even get published in the first place. Let's not forget that, unfortunately, gay love stories have a far more limited audience than your typical best seller.
Besides, publication should not be seen as the pinnacle of success. As far as I'm concerned, I've got my success. Yes, if I published my fanfics, I might get money. I might get renown. But I don't write them for money or renown. I write them because I love Hetalia, and I love this fandom. I'm proud of what I've written, and I'm proud of the reactions I get from readers. I don't see how I could improve on that simply by getting my stories packaged in shiny hardcover and sitting in a bookshop window. I don't need that type of success. Knowing so many of you guys love my writing, and getting the occasional review or drawing or message from someone to say how much it means to them, is more than enough for me.
In the end, my stories aren't for publication. They aren't for sale. They are for you. They were created for the Hetalia fandom, and here they will stay - free for everyone to enjoy. Read them, love them. If you wish, draw pictures or make AMVs or write songs about them. Print them out and bind them into your own books. If you want to see a movie of them, hell, go out and make your own - I know there are some fantastic cosplayers among you! Sure, it might not be a Hollywood blockbuster, but it will be fun - and that's the whole point!

As long as you keep reading, my dears, I promise you - I will keep writing. And one of these days, you may see a published novel from me. But one thing's for sure - if you do, it will be an original one.
Thank you for reading, and thank you so much for your support.
George. x[/quote]
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