User blog comment:KillaHawke1/Fan Fiction: Cancerous plague of unoriginality or great companion?/@comment-25073641-20160512155710/@comment-27012445-20160512191329

That is probably the best classifications of fan fiction I've heard. I think like anything, the Derivative type seems to be the route that is the easiest and just by quantity overshadows the much more intriguing explorative type. The worst for me is shoving in plot points or characters or dialogue just for the sake. It becomes cringe worthy.

I honestly don't know how I would classify mine. I am insinuating a known character and hint at the environment that I know will intentionally draw the reader's imagination to the imagery I want without having to the do the work of building it myself, but I wrote it so it would work with or without the knowledge of the source material.

I would have to conclude that this story and the upcoming FELINE are very derivative in plot setting and very restrictive because I have a known sequence of events that I cannot deviate from and characters that must behave and act as they have already been established. But its also explorative in that I am creating a plotline that is running tandem with the main plot and my plot also needs to be interesting, self-contained with strength to stand on its own and capable of holding the reader's attention.