Fan edits aren't a "retelling" in that same sense though. They're an edit of a largely intact, existing story. They're more like a bowdlerized edition of Romeo and Juliet than West Side Story. And frankly reading a bowdlerized version of Romeo and Juliet before reading the original is something I CAN place a moral value on.
And I enjoyed having the opportunity to use the word "bowdlerized", thank you.