I'm past it. Dislike whatever you dislike. What you gain or miss in the process...wholly and entirely your business. Personally, I don't know why I even brought it up to you. I don't even read fanfiction myself. Not because I don't like them, as some stereotypical, generalized, monolithic slab of epic literary failure, but I just happen to never get around to them.
And I think I'd like to get around to regular stories before veering off into their fanfic spin-offs. So, since I hardly have time to read...I hardly have time for fanfics.
So, really. Do what you will with fanfics. Read them or don't. It honestly makes no never-mind to me.
“…Judge not what a man has done, but judge what he could have done if he was a different bloke altogether. For art thou a leper? And a leper can changeth his spots…” --Rudy Wade, Misfits (Series 4, Episode 8)