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Allusionist 230. Draculae part 4: Transformation

June 27, 2026 The Allusionist
A boggle set spelling out the word 'transformation'

Throughout the Draculae miniseries, about the Swedish and Icelandic translations of Dracula that played fast and loose with the original text, I've been wondering a couple of questions: why are cover versions of songs and remakes of films so normal and acceptable, whereas cover versions in book form cause such a stir? And do these Scandinavian Draculae count as fan fiction? And if not, why not? Fansplaining.com's Elizabeth Minkel explains what fan fiction can mean.

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In episodes Tags Iris Ichishita, Elizabeth Minkel, Fansplaining, Draculae, arts, society, culture, literature, books, stories, fan fiction, fiction, novels, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Powers of Darkness, cover versions, online, internet, adaptation, copyright, characters, Twilight, Archive of Our Own, AO3, Star Trek, Harry Potter, law, lawsuits, fair use, RPF, Real Person Fiction, sickfic, slashfic, ships, shipping, relationships, relationshipper, romance, capitalism, corporations, Disney, rights, intellectual property, Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea, Shakespeare, Fifty Shades of Grey, EL James, JK Rowling, Paradise Lost, Brontës, Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, X-Men, Star Wars, ReyLo, queer, media fandom, fandom, The X Files, Gene Roddenberry, zines, Ray Bradbury, Moby Dick, George Lucas, Anne Rice, Steve Vander Ark, movies, films, Organization for Transformative Works, pull to publish, jazz, All The Young Dudes, Dramione, portmantNO, Warner Bros, Spider-Man, puissance, SenLinYu, Ali Hazelwood
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