"Four months I've been gone. Out of sight, minding my own business and not talking to anybody. Yet all I hear is Sasha Banks, Sasha Banks, Sasha Banks, Sasha Banks!"
not reading fanfic of your own work for legal reasons is silly because realistically no one would sue you for "stealing" an idea because ao3 is hanging onto the transformative works doctrine by its teeth. however my favorite reason for not reading fanfic of your own work is when naomi novik said that she has worldbuilding that never made it into the books and reading fic that gets it "wrong" is annoying to her