I think it’s because those series tend to fall into junk food reads (not saying that in a negative way—easy and popular books have their place in the lit world and often get folks into reading). But they’re easy, and so is AI. Consumers who are not also creatives are not going to understand or care abt the artistry that goes into crafting a novel, and same with fanart. It’s easy to consume junk. You can be a talentless consumer and push buttons to make shiny things w/out critical thought.

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I think it’s also because of how insanely popular they are. Like I feel that I read a bunch of popular series, but nonreaders don’t know them. Nonreaders def know about these fandoms, and I bet a lot of it (tho not all) is also people who haven’t read the books trying to make content to draw in views/purchases from the fan base just due to the popularity and demand. They see a market

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Cause the men aren’t descriptively portrayed just “the most handsome brown haired man ever” but the world is so they want their own interpretation to be portrayed But yeah I wish fanart for books wasn’t becoming a lost art💔

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