You're allowed to write about other things or make pop culture references right? o_O

_{it's been a while so I'm a bit blurry on that these days, most of my recent memory of having to deal with ip was helping people navigate through fanworks and explaining why "[this fan character] (which people keep trying to call "original character" and I'm like no) is copyright to me don't use without permission" doesn't really work and then also having to drill into people why stealing someone else's work and doing your absolute damnedest to convince everyone else that you did it all by yourself in a few hours is a stupid and contemptible thing to do.}