Recently I checked out Jasper Fforde's web site. His very good "Thursday Next" series is on the list of quarantined continua on our wiki. However, apparently things have changed since then.

What are your thoughts on Fan Fiction and people making Thursday Next RPG's on the internet?

Specifically this bit:
December 2010: After speaking to many Fanfictioneers and understanding the genre a litttle better, I have modified my opinion since writing the following. I still have no interest in reading any of it, but would regard it more as a celebration of writing rather than simple copying. The bottom line is that all creative writing is good, wherever it is, whoever does it, and whatever the subject, and nobody should attempt either conciously or unconciously to discourage those who wish to express themselves. Question: Is the Thursday Next series itself Fanfiction? Does the act of publication define Fanfiction? And how do we properly define publication?

Interestingly, the Q&A also has the initial statement about his preference for original writing.

If we do conclude that this means Fforde is okay with fan fiction, here's what I suggest:

Since the author has tentatively allowed fan fiction, but still prefers original writing, we should make an agreement that anybody who does a mission to Thursday Next should also, once per Thursday Next mission, write something that is not fan-fiction--a PPC interlude, an original story, or even an essay or a poem. That way we get to fix the bad fanfic, and we still honor the author's preferences.

Perhaps in-world this could be represented by some sort of portable, small-scale creativity shield generator that agents could carry to prevent ficverse fusion events; the generator would be a one-use item created by taking data from a newly created continuum which has never been published. Since Thursday Next is already a massive crossover, some precaution probably needs to be taken to prevent continua from uncontrollably merging at the Thursday Next nexus.

Thoughts?