Egocrafting

The act of replacing an original author's meticulous, logical worldbuilding with a new writer's personal ego, modern biases, and self-importance. Instead of working within the established rules of a fictional universe, an egocrafter bends the narrative and characters to serve their own reputation, resulting in a distorted story that breaks the internal logic of the franchise.

"The original creator spent decades map-making and building the history of this world, but the new writers tore it all down in one season of pure egocrafting."

Egocrafting by Grimise June 24, 2026

egocasting 

The act of intentionally constructing and promoting an idealized self in a very public way, and often obnoxiously. It's critical to note that the projected self is not always received as idealized, but more often as immature, angsty, self-involved and attention-seeking.

Judd: Did you see the new cast of The Real World?
Pam: I did. It's so disappointing that the producers can't see beyond the fakery and the posing. I thought The Real World was about getting beyond labels, smashing the superficial, and seeing the process of individuals' identity construction in the context of diversity.
Judd: I know, and it's sad. Now it's just a bunch of egocasting in the context of drunken hookups.
Pam: Pathetic.

egocasting by Matthew Lake May 12, 2007