Is it legal to solicit for donations for writing fan fiction stories?

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I came across a fan fiction writer that is soliciting for donations directly related to her writing of copyrighted fan fiction stories. We all know that fan fiction is written by people using material and characters related to these copyrighted franchises and not receiving or charging money for their efforts, but I have never in 10 years seen anyone actually solicit for donations. (Until NOW) So I was just wondering if this FF writer could get into trouble for this? Or perhaps even cause big trouble for Fan fiction in general?
 
No, it is NOT legal and it should be stopped, now. Links please?

The furthest it's acceptable to go is if you share your stories in printed form you can ask for the _exact cost_ of postage and photocopying. Not something close to it, with a bit more for your time and trouble. Not "donations towards". The postage cost plus the photocopying cost per page multiplied by the page number.
 
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