User blog comment:Princess Callie/Spinoffs and Blacklisted Subjects./@comment-3999760-20131220061940/@comment-24486926-20131220202130

I admit that, yes, I have seen good spinoffs.

The difference? They didn't rehash every cliche in the world, had an original plot and/or characters. They weren't direct knockoffs and they had their own formula by which they operated. They had factors in their development that made them more original than a spinoff, proper elements in the story, and an excellent level of description.

For example, recently someone wrote a lost episode pasta on Spinpasta Wiki. This person didn't have too well a record of writing, but this time, with the exception of grammar and spelling, he nailed it on the head with a simple original thing; he didn't allow the reader to know what happened to the final character he killed off. He kept every character in character, and that simple original thing accomplished both keeping the anatagonist in character as well providing a finishing move to the atmosphere of the story.

However, sadly enough, I agree. Spinoffs have tendancies to be gravely unoriginal; and it irks me when I see a bullshit rant about someone's spinoff being deleted because "I SPENT FIVE HOURS ON THAT AND IT CAME OUT OF MY HEAD. I DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT THE RULES ABOUT SPINOFFS OR YOUR DEFINITION MY FIRST PASTA I EVER WROTE WAS THE BEST ONE IN THE WORLD HURR DUUR!" <Note: Slight exaggeration. Though I have seen that happen as well.