Karen Gillan herself could sue under "right of publicity," but that requires identifying the Mondomonger. In Fan-Topia, the creator is often a ghost.

Sera had bookmarked the clip with a reflexive, professional disdain. As a media forensics reporter for Fan-Topia, she’d seen the shape of things before: flattering angles, impossible lighting, and the small telltale micro-skip where a face’s blink didn’t match a body’s breath. Still, the edit was good—too good—and the title suggested it was only the beginning. The pinned post linked to a private community called the Mondomonger Lounge, where creative mischief and moral haziness blurred.

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