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Some creators at least accept the presence of a fan work or a parody of their work. After all, there are creative fans who are willing to make anything based upon a work they love. Also, there are some other creators who not only accept such works existing, but also enjoy the fan material and sometimes even showcase it to other fans.
 
While not everything that the creator would enjoy would become [[Ascended Fanon]], some works, ranging from fan art to song parodies and fan films, would be good enough to catch the attention of creators, or at least those involved in the source material. Not only could the creators outright state their enjoyment for the fan material, but they can even link that work to share with other fans. Sometimes such works can become [[Ascended Meme|Ascended Memes]]s.
 
Compare with [[Ascended Fanon]], [[Promoted Fanboy]], [[Official Fan -Submitted Content]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Those who worked at [[Four Kids4Kids! Entertainment]] have actually enjoyed ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: the Abridged Series (Web Video)|Yu-Gi-Oh theThe Abridged Series]]'', despite the fact that it has many jokes about them.
* Several of the original English voices for ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' have expressed approval for ''[[Dragon Ball Abridged (Web Video)|Dragon Ball Abridged]]''. There are several [[YouTube]] videos of the actors quoting lines from the series in-character.
* [[Hidekaz Himaruya]] of ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' fame has not only expressed approval and respect for fanworks (his only real condition being that people don't make money off of his work without acknowledgement). But he also tends to intentionally give material for fans to work on.
 
== Comics[[Comic Books]] ==
* ''[[Sonic the Comic (Comic Book)|Sonic the Comic]] Online'', a fan-made continuation of the long-defunct Fleetway comic, received messages of support from most of the creative team behind the original publication, some of whom have since contributed artwork and consulted on storylines.▼
* ''[[Garfield Minus Garfield (Webcomic)|Garfield Minus Garfield]]'', a webcomic that takes ''[[Garfield (Comic Strip)|Garfield]]'' strips and airbrushes out all the characters except Jon, leaving a strip about a crazy man who talks to himself. Jim Davis enjoyed it enough to approve publishing a book of the best ones.▼
* [[Alan Moore (Creator)|Alan Moore]] has said that [[Harry Partridge]]'s ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDDHHrt6l4w&ob=av3e Saturday Morning] [[Watchmen (Comic Book)|Watchmen]]'' is the only adaptation of his''[[Watchmen work(comics)|Watchmen]'' which he approves of. Dave Gibbons loved it, too.▼
▲* ''[[Sonic the Comic (Comic Book)|Sonic the Comic]] Online'', a fan-made continuation of the long-defunct Fleetway comic, received messages of support from most of the creative team behind the original publication, some of whom have since contributed artwork and consulted on storylines.
▲* [[Alan Moore (Creator)|Alan Moore]] has said that [[Harry Partridge]]'s ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDDHHrt6l4w&ob=av3e Saturday Morning] [[Watchmen (Comic Book)|Watchmen]]'' is the only adaptation of his work which he approves of. Dave Gibbons loved it, too.
 
== [[Film]] ==
* Even though ''[[Downfall (Filmfilm)|Downfall]]'''s distributor, Contantin Films, had temporarily blocked the ''[[Hitler Rants (Web Video)|Hitler Rants]]'' parodies from [[YouTube (Website)|YouTube]] at one point, director Oliver Hirschbiegel has stated that he enjoyed them.
* In an interview with ''Entertainment Weekly'', [[Christopher Nolan]] said he saw ''[[The Lion King (Disney)|The Lion King]]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=1NRsPDhyHrc parody of] ''[[The Dark Knight Saga (Film)|The Dark Knight Rises]]'' trailer and thought it was epic.
** [[Tom Hardy]] [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1678909/dark-knight-rises-bane-muffled-voice.jhtml also had good things to say] about his parodies. "I have seen some brilliant stuff online about [my mumbling] 'Mmmm ... [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teuR--JbSm8 Batman doesn't beat up retards!]"
* [[Alan Rickman]] was interviewed by [[MTV]] at the New York premiere of ''[[Harry Potter (Filmfilm)|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2]]'', saying, "[''[[Potter Puppet Pals (Web Video)|Potter Puppet Pals]]''] is very beautifully done, that little piece of work. Can you get rich from that? I hope they did."
* [[Pixar Regulars|Lee Unkrich]], the director of the ''[[Toy Story (Animationfranchise)|Toy Story]]'' films, is a huge fan of the ''[[The Shining]]''. Hearing this, artist fan Kyle Lambert [http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/03/11/toy-story-shining/ made some digital paintings] combining the two films into one horrifically funny mashup. Unkrich was elated.
 
== [[Literature]] ==
* The authors of the ''[[Warrior Cats (Literature)|Warrior Cats]]'' books enjoy the fanimations that fans have made - most notably, they've linked to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XYgtSCHvp4 SSS Warriors] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S60zKT-M54o AlliKatNya's "Gravity of Love" AMV].
* [[Zig Zagged]] with [[JKJ. Rowling (Creator)|JKK. Rowling]] and the ''[[The Harry Potter (Franchise)|Harry PotterLexicon]] Lexicon'', a fan-made website which indexed everything in the Potterverse. Rowling was more than happy with it as a website but once the owner published it as a real book she sued, because it was essentially the entire ''Harry Potter'' series as written by her only organized differently and with him as the purported author.
** Rowling has a section on her website to honor fansites who catalog her books, like Mugglenet or The Leaky Cauldron. She's also expressed that [[Creator Preferred Adaptation|she wishes she had thought up]] the shrunken head on the Knight Bus in the third ''[[Harry Potter (Filmfilm)|Harry Potter]]'' film. She takes a "go ahead, I won't look" view toward fanfiction, though.
 
== [[Music]] ==
* [["Weird Al Yankovic (Music)|Weird Al" Yankovic]]'s parodies are sometimesfrequently met with this from other artists, if not outright enthusiasm.
** [[Michael Jackson (Music)|Michael Jackson]] was a big fan and he enjoyed the parodies of his work. He also lent Al the set from the music video of "Bad" to shoot the music video for "Fat".
** Kurt Cobain of [[Nirvana (Music)|Nirvana]] was incredibly flattered when Weird Al asked for permission to parody "Smells Like Teen Spirit". Cobain only requested that the lyrics to the song not be about food.
** [[Madonna]] actually suggested "Like A Surgeon" as the parody for "Like A Virgin".
* Corey Taylor of [[Slipknot (Music)|Slipknot]] was asked what he made of "Psychosocial Baby", a mashup of the Slipknot song "Psychosocial" and "Baby" by [[Justin Bieber (Music)|Justin Bieber]]. Contrary to the opinions ofUnlike many Slipknot fans, he loved it and found it hilarious.
* None of [[The Beatles (Musicband)|The Beatles]] objected to [[The Rutles (Music)|The Rutles]], and [[George Harrison (Music)|George Harrison]] liked the idea enough to produce and appear in the ''All You Need Is Cash'' [[Mockumentary]].
* [[They Might Be Giants (Musicband)|They Might Be Giants]] post many fan videos of their music on their Facebook page and website, among various other things. A popular flash for ''"Certain People I Could Name"'' garnered much attention from them.
* ''[[Apocalyptica (Music)|Apocalyptica]]'' started out their career covering songs by [[Metallica (Music)|Metallica]] on 4four cellos. Metallica liked their arrangements so much that they played with Apocalyptica [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x18q6qElb98&feature=relmfu playing music written by the former in arrangmentsarrangements done by Apocalyptica].
* [[One-Eyed Doll]] made this post on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/oneeyeddollfans/videos/10156124216108910/].
 
== [[New Media]] ==
* [[Doug Walker (Creator)|Doug Walker]] is rather receptive about fan works based upon his characters, [[Rule Thirty Four 34/Creator Reactions|Rule 34]] or otherwise. For instance, he sung a fan-made song to the tune of "[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (Animationanimation)|You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch]]", relating to [[The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Critic]]'s review of the live adaptation of ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Filmfilm)|The Grinch]]'', in his section of the 2011 [[That Guy With theThe Glasses (Website)|Channel Awesome]] Holiday Video. He also linked to a [[Newgrounds (Website)|Newgrounds]] cartoon featuring TGWTG characters on his Facebook page.
* [[Rooster Teeth]], themselves subject of [[Halo (Video Gameseries)|a Fanon]] [[Bungie|Showcase]], has also shown off fan videos of their works, such as [http://roosterteeth.com/members/journal/entry.php?id=2795751 putting]{{Dead link}} [[Red vs. Blue (Machinima)|Caboose]] in ''[[Halo: Reach]]'''s Firefight, or [http://roosterteeth.com/members/journal/entry.php?id=2671920 creating compilations of]{{Dead link}} [[Memetic Mutation|Geoff's laugh]].
* The introduction to [[The Angry Video Game Nerd (Web Video)|The Angry Video Game Nerd]]'s review of [[Super Mario Bros 3 (Video Game)|Super Mario Bros 3]] and [[The Wizard (Filmfilm)|The Wizard]] had several fan covers of the theme song with [[James Rolfe (Creator)|James Rolfe]] and Justin Kyle watching and laughing, with a title screen thanking the fans. The Cinemassacre site also hosts some fanart and fan-games as well.
* Jason Steele of [[Film Cow]] was quite amused by the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140112195430/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4zfk_VTKWo German dubs of] ''[[Llamas With Hats (Web Animation)|Llamas Withwith Hats]]''.
 
== [[StandNewspaper Up ComedyComics]] ==
▲* ''[[Garfield Minus Garfield (Webcomic)|Garfield Minus Garfield]]'', a webcomic that takes ''[[Garfield (Comic Strip)|Garfield]]'' strips and airbrushes out all the characters except Jon, leaving a strip about a crazy man who talks to himself. Jim Davis enjoyed it enough to approve publishing a book of the best ones.
 
== [[Recorded and Stand Up Comedy]] ==
* [[Eddie Izzard]] has said he's impressed with various [[YouTube]] videos that take his routines and make them into stop-motion [[LEGO]] films.
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
* [[Valve Software (Creator)Corporation|Valve]] posts fan-works of ''[[Portal (Video Gameseries)|Portal]]'' and ''[[Portal 2 (Video Game)|Portal 2]]'' on the games' Facebook page. These have included [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZIVmKOdrBk "This is Aperture"] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=C4OV2UofPFg a video of "Still Alive" done with lasers].
** In an earlier example, Valve [http://www.steampowered.com/Steam/Marketing/message/2236/ approved and publicized] a [[Half-Life 2 (Video Game)|Half-Life 2]] fan-film ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ixFf4ljuCg Escape from City 17]''.
** Every once in a while, the official ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'' blog [http://teamfortress.com/?tab=news showcases] fan-works for the game.
* [[Bungie]] is pretty benevolent toward all fan works of its material, regularly showcasing notable ones like ''[[Red vs. Blue (Machinima)|Red vs. Blue]]'' or ''[[Halo a Fistful of Arrows|Halo: A Fistful of Arrows]]'' on its news.
* [[Hideo Kojima (Creator)|Hideo Kojima]] said he was very impressed by ''[[Metal Gear Solid Philanthropy (Fanfic)|Metal Gear Solid Philanthropy]]'', and was moved by the filmmakers' passion and respect for the ''[[Metal Gear Solid (Video Game)|Metal Gear Solid]]'' series.
* Reverge Labs puts up fan art of ''[[Skullgirls (Video Game)|Skullgirls]]'' every Friday as part of [[Fan Art]] Friday on their developer blog.
* [[Tim Schafer (Creator)|Tim Schafer]] [http://twitter.com/#!/TimOfLegend/statuses/24399893377 tweeted] about [[https://www.googleyoutube.com/urlwatch?sav=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&sqi=2&ved=0CCkQtwIwAA&url=http<!-- 3A2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DNWa1eiHPhKw&ei=VEqPT5zjF6rdiAL8n5GiAw&usg=AFQjCNGg6z4DJ4JowQNgYNY3-1E9tPhSJg&sig2=acKsHXnuVf8Y1kEa7dqpOQNWa1eiHPhKw aA fan-made mashup]] of VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}} footage with audio of the Film/{{Inception}} traileraudio and consideredthought it was very well-done. -->done!]
* ''[[Bit .Trip (Video Game)|BIT.TRIP COMPLETE]]'' (the [[Compilation Rerelease]] for [[Wii]]) includes, as [[Unlockable Content]], remixes of songs from the first three games by a fan named Mike Dannebaum, and songs inspired by the games by [httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20130619180835/http://precisehero.com/ PreciseHero].
* There was [http://www.dukenukemreloaded.com/ a project] to remake ''[[Duke Nukem 3D (Video Game)|Duke Nukem 3D]]'' using the Unreal engine. Gearbox, the current holder of the [[Duke Nukem (Video Game)|Duke Nukem]] IP, approved of the effort.
* [[Capcom]] has not only acknowledged the existence of Maximillian's [[Assist Me]] series by linking the videos on their website, they even sponsored the Ultimate Assist Me series so Max and the crew wouldn't have to pay for the production costs out of their pockets like they normally do.
* The Creative Assembly, the developers behind the ''[[Total War]]'' series, are known for their general acknowledgement and support for modders.
* Jake Solomon, the lead developer in Firaxis for ''[[X-COM|XCOM: Enemy Unknown/Enemy Within]]'' has expressed his admiration for the ''XCOM: Long War'' mod, to the point of calling his own game a ''tutorial'' for said [[Game Mod]]. Not only would the features in ''Long War'' help inspire the gameplay improvements in ''XCOM 2'', but Firaxis would also make modding support a major aspect of the game itself; the developers even went so far as to give modders the very tools they used to create the game months ahead of release.
 
== Webcomics[[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Penny and Aggie (Webcomic)|Penny and Aggie]]'' and ''[[QUILTBAG (Webcomic)|QUILTBAG]]'' writer T Campbell often links, in his [[Twitter]] feed and [[Face BookFacebook]] page, to fics, fan art and [[Remix Comic|Remix Comics]]s he particularly likes.
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* [http://www.equestriadaily.com/ Equestria Daily] was formed in 2011 as a fansite for ''[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'', and is regularly updated with fan material. Not only does [[The Hub]] acknowledge its existence, but it also sent official material, from an extended cut of "Equestria Girls" to exclusive interviews with the show's creative staff.
* Ponyphonic's cover of "Winter Wrap Up "received praise by the composer of the son, Daniel Ingram.
 
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