User blog comment:Ygrain/No Army Brass For Hannah Shepard/@comment-4237253-20120720064241/@comment-4950455-20120720094354

''Personally, I see this as the main purpose of fanfic: to personalize and flesh out moments that are missing or underdeveloped in the source work. ''

I have no real interest in writing fanfiction, but from a theoretical standpoint I certainly agree with this.