And another thing

[bubosquared]

Everything else aside, I have to say, I can't understand why any RPS writer would want the subject of their stories to read them. I mean, I would be completely weirded out by it, myself. I can't even write Nirvanaslash because Kurt looked too much like my brother!

But, yeah, my main anger and irritation right now isn't so much about the RPS thing, but about the stalkerish behaviour. Just because someone's a celebrity does not mean that it's okay to just go up to them and, quite basically, harass them.

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[sandrine]

Ugh, I actually do understand that. Why they want their 'characters* to read the fics, that is. In some way, I'm curious to find out how the guys I write about would react to the stories, too. But, like I just said to Josi - that's a topic I would only address if I was very, very good friends with the person in question and his likely reaction would be a weird look and a "Well, I've always known your crazy."

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[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Yes, exactly! As Twi said, you couldn't pay me enough; I'd be embarassed!

[sandrine]

It's not a matter of being embarassed for me. Thing is - I want to work with these people. And they would hardly let a stalkerish loon give a job. *g*

[slippery-fish.livejournal.com]

Well,like Sandrine said,if I knew them I would maybe tell them...Maybe.

And I wouldn't be embarassed, it's just, I like the guys I write about and the idea they would be pissed off because of something I did is just scary...

[lido-kitty.livejournal.com]

Oh, um, is your brother single, by any chance? :)

And yes, exactly. Asking for an autograph is one thing, but more than that... And Nick? Even if Ian has *maybe* accepted this side of being a celebrity, Nick certainly didn't.

[some-stars.livejournal.com]

yeah, THAT was what infuriated me the most. Telling this poor guy that, based on one of his few public appearances for all of, what, half a minute? Thousands of people are now speculating about the intimate details of his life. Tasteless, rude, disgusting.

[lido-kitty.livejournal.com]

Glad to see I'm not the only one. Frankly, I was pretty much disgusted by the fact that everyone started speculating in the first place, and then wrote fics about the two of them. I was also *extremely* surprised that people welcomed the stories and thought them normal. And just after a discussion about how the children/wives weren't celebrities and shouldn't be included into the fics, too. Amazing.

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[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

I ... don't know. As far as I know, yes. (Picture. He's the one on the left.)

[mydarkstar.livejournal.com]

Everything else aside, I have to say, I can't understand why any RPS writer would want the subject of their stories to read them.

I don't get it, either. I would be embarrassed to know that the creators of any of the fandoms I write had been reading my stories, never mind actual real people I've written about. The idea of, say, Robert Smith reading explicit sex scenes I've written about him and his bandmate makes me literally squirm, and not in a good way. I mean, it doesn't embarrass me enough to take down the stories, obviously, but you couldn't pay me enough to show them to the subjects or TPTB. What kind of ego could drive someone to think that their stories are so great that they're fit to not only represent an entire fandom, but to convince the people they're about that this fanfic thing is a-OK?

Just because someone's a celebrity does not mean that it's okay to just go up to them and, quite basically, harass them.

Dude. She mentioned that she told Ian's boyfriend to "make sure he checks out the site." Not only do you come up and pester these people while they're trying to have a nice dinner together, but an autograph just isn't enough? You have to demand that they look at your website as well? What the hell?

Getting mad again. Sheesh.

You are so right on...

[rakshi.livejournal.com]

Dude. She mentioned that she told Ian's boyfriend to "make sure he checks out the site." Not only do you come up and pester these people while they're trying to have a nice dinner together, but an autograph just isn't enough? You have to demand that they look at your website as well? What the hell?

Utterly contemptible.

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[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Yes, exactly. And not just because of the fanfic thing, but because I'm basically having sexual fantasies about them, and dude. Just too embarassing.

I think the only other time I've personally heard of someone who did a thing like this was someone showing S:AaBslash to the creators, but that was a) after they'd already said they knew of slash and were okay with it, and b) at a convention, not at a freaking dinner table.

[beanside.livejournal.com]

I started writing in the wrestling fandom, and I continue to do so. Thing is, I know at least a couple of them know about the fanfic. Sorcha and Nix can corroborate that back in the day, we would see our plots and occasionally our lines on the screen.

But, I've met several of my characters, had a nice conversation with one of them. Would I have dreamed of saying, "Oh, by the way, I write fic about you fucking other guys, want the URL for the stories?"

Oh, hell no. Not in a million years.

Even the ones I know are bi, I wouldn't do it. It's just common courtesy.

I'll laughingly speculate over who I think would get into reading it, but if I thought one of them did...I'd probably block my site without looking back.

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[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Exactlye, that's my main problem. Not that she could get us into trouble, but that she's just freakin' rude!

[sorchar.livejournal.com]

I had a nightmare once that Shane McMahon was beating me about the head and shoulders with printouts of my fic, screaming, "I'm not GAY, dammit!"

Put it this way - I'm pretty sure at least some of the boys have read fanfic, and probably some of mine. Like Teesa said, there were just too many coincidences, and I know for a fact that there was a WWF employee on one of the fic lists. But I sure as fuck don't want confirmation that anyone in the WWF has read my stuff. And if I ever did meet Shane, the last thing I'd say would be, "Check out my website - I write stories about you fucking your employees!" That's so far beyond stupid, it's in another time zone.

[stoptocheer.livejournal.com]

Oh god. I can't believe someone's gone and *done* this. I mean, I love my OTP immensely and love knowing them and all; but I still... no. That's just wrong.

[antindrone.livejournal.com]

I agree completely. And I posted my own thoughts on the subject.