Hypothetically, if all the big 2 characters become public domain do you think ppl would just use them their own stories (i.e. instead of a fake superman the use actual superman) or do you think pastiches would still be used?
I had no interest in communal dinners, flat movie nights or the particular kind of household where one person bought a board game and suddenly everyone else was expected to have a personality about it. My room was downstairs, off a small living area at the back of the house.
“We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.” — Ernest Hemingway As writers, we all have a fantasy mentor. I have several: Serling, Poe, Hemingway. Maybe yours is Stephen King. Maybe yours changes depending on what you’re struggling with that week.