Marian wrote:

My only aim was to bring up one aspect which I felt had been neglected in the debate, namely the fact that in writing fanfiction, we are hijacking characters that other people created.

One teensy thought here. Hijacking implies physically taking some object and removing it, with the effect that the object is not available for others to enjoy.

However, if I write a piece of fanfic, however bad, about Avon, Avon doesn't magically disappear from all the B7 videos in the world for the duration of my use of him. Regardless of my intervention, everyone else in the world remains free to interpret Avon in any way they please.

Tavia