Is The Creation of Real People Fan Fiction Ethical?

Fanfictions are transformative works made by fans that “takes something extant and turns it into something with a new purpose, sensibility, or mode of expression.” (Alex). While fanfictions are often associated with an existing media, RPF, or real person fiction, is based on real people instead. Stories could take the form of writer inserts, adventurous sagas, alternate timelines or universes, shipping fics, and even erotic fantasies. While fanfiction is being more accepted nowadays, RPF still faces a lot of opposition, due to their use of real people as subjects and how they might not fall…