Can you even prevent people from writing fanfiction about your characters? I think it's impossible. Same with shipping...

With the internet existing, people are free to do whatever they want.

it's impossible and it can only be stopped legally if a fanfic writer tries to profit off it because belief or or not, some put their "work" behind pay walls. So it's generally something that most people accept even if they dont like it.
Personally, I wouldnt mind it because fanfic just fuels fandom and therefore keeps the product and its value alive longer this profit.

>Can you even prevent people from writing fanfiction about your characters?
Nope. The only things you can do are tell people you don't want to see it, make fun of those who insist on informing you about fanfic anyway, and then move on with your life.
This is the right idea

artist?

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You can try

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kek, and how did that go for her?

It's like trying to prevent porn from being drawn, impossible, the best you can do is ignore it.

Honestly unless it's gets to the point where people are fighting over ships/fanfics, it's nice seeing people so invested in your creation that they create their own story within it

So you're saying we have to kill the internet?

Without question.

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I believe it's possible to psyop a fandom, you just have to take careful steps to do so. The only way to make a fandom into the community you want is to cultivate it from the very start: you have to be a huge nerd and a prospector of how fandom culture works to understand what I mean: if you don't want people shipping the hero and villain, don't give them the tension or relationship that would attract hero/villain shipping, for example.

I firmly believe it's possible to do what you're talking about; my proposed solution is to make it anti-fandom - don't make relationships so close that they're almost romantic but don't make it so they're sexless either (as it has the opposite effect most of the time).

No, but here's my exhaustive list of ways that it COULD happen, that you'd be able to make a show that doesn't have any fanfiction or shipping:
A. Making a show that gets canceled before it airs and it's canceled so early that no character designs or summaries get revealed
B.

I'll use Zutara as a perfect example of this: Zutara was NOT the intended endgame ship that Bryke wanted, preferring Kataang. Yet Zutara lives on in spite of canon, and that's precisely because Zutara as a ship (in-canon) is born of dramatic tension and a dynamic that evolved and ultimately has resolution within the narrative. There is intrigue, depth, and a good story between the two. Girls in particular love the ship because of Katara's agency and control over what she wants - Zutara is less about the bad boy getting the good girl and more about the good girl earning and owning the bad boy (who is not so bad and simps for the good girl).

The problem is Bryke DIDN'T intend this; what they wanted was Kataang, except Kataang didn't appeal to girls because of Aang lacking traditional masculine traits, particularly reliability and a commanding and courageous presence. Aang acts too much like a little brother, not enough like a MAN. As a result, only boys like Aang, and no girl wants Aang nor does a man want to be Aang. He has nothing to desire or envy.

What they should have done was make it so Aang was the sort of person Katara was attracted to (and by extension, appealing towards women), and that Aang became a man worthy of her attention and love, but that didn't happen.

Ultimately, you have to put in the work to make a fandom want the things you want, otherwise you end up fucked over.

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>don't give them the tension or relationship that would attract hero/villain shipping, for example.

The trouble with that is that the show will likely feel drained of emotion and make the show weaker. I’ve definitely seen some cases in cartoons where you can tell the writers were trying to stop people from liking a ship and it just made the show boring, confusing, or frustrating to watch. It becomes pretty obvious when you can tell the writers are giving two characters fewer and fewer scenes together and their animosity is just never resolved or just stuck in limbo.

The idea is to not give them animosity to begin with, or to include characters that fulfill the romantic void so you don't pair the hero with the villain - this means giving female characters and love interests active roles in the story and having agency and importance, which is something a lot of people don't get right.

Starfire/Raven is a huge pairing historically because both Raven and Starfire have an active interest and their relationship is emphasized more than Slade and Robin's. Had TT put Slade and Robin's focus over the former, fandom would have responded appropriately.

This is kinda why everyone pairs Steve with Bucky; Bucky's lack of agency in-universe and emotional connection and constant focus from Steve as a character is what allows him to be popular with women. Bucky is a tortured soul used and abused by everyone evil, and is only saved by THE HERO who is willing to do anything to rescue him. There's more importance of Bucky in the moment that Peggy's ever was, and the only way to stop gay ships from happening is to make more female characters important and big to the narrative, and able for women to properly identify with (and by extension, desirable by men).

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