It's not even just about changing the pairings. If I'm known for anything in this fandom it's the Stackham stuff - for which I had to choose first names, and even develop characterisations.

I've since seen those names and characterisations used in fics that made me want to spork out my eyes (especially being as conservative as I am in certain areas) - it's painful. And frustrating. And it makes AK want to torture helpless kittens in transference.

I feel the need to voice my displeasure because I only found out about this indirectly. I spend my time logged into a personal blog rather than a fandom one, and I'm sure other authors do the same. I would be appalled to find my fics had been used without permission (however unlikely it is) because I had missed the 'Opt-Out' post.

I know it's an attempt at democracy, but I can only see it going horrendously wrong, somehow.

Also, I think that there should be a middle-ground post, rather than a 'do nothing' option. I'm not prepared to say 'yes' to anything, and I don't want to stifle someone's creativity if the crazy bugger thinks they can make something good out of what I've churned out (assuming I accept their idea within the realms of the alfiverse), but by the same token, I don't want someone to come write something I despise from one of my fics and credit me for it.

I guess it's probably because shiny_starlight and I have put a fuckload of work into creating things that have been heavily absorbed into fanon, and I feel possessive of 'my boys', but I'm pretty nervous about all this.