Pastiche, More Than Fanfic, Can Be A Battlefield

A friend brought up the topic of folks vocally hating pastiche the other night, talking about fanfic as well, and it was interesting to me how close and yet how far apart the terms "pastiche" and "fanfic" can be. And why one fuels the flames a bit more than the other. Fanfic, of course, is simply that fiction written by fans, both extending and deep-diving into some existing intellectual property…