I take it as a huge compliment when you tell me that I've laid out something well, really and truly. :)
I had a conversation with LSiT over twitter after I posted this in which she said that if she were to ever get famous, she'd be sort of disappointed if there weren't RPF/fic out there that she wouldn't approve of or ever want to read. It's just...part and parcel of a certain level of visibility. It's almost a compliment really, if that's not going too far with it.
I find it fascinating that you, as a teacher, have had these thoughts as well. It strikes very very close to home with me (as far as my own mental innerworkings go), and it's comforting that you've actually come down on the side of: it really wouldn't affect you, this fictionalized idea of you, the one we all understand is a fictionalized idea of you, from writer to reader. And yeah...I've never even come near the idea of things like personal details being released in this way though, and maybe that might turn me off from the genre if I ever did find out such a thing happened. But I feel like fans care a lot about things like that -- like with pictures of Martin and Amanda's kids and how they really aren't cool to post anywhere simply because they've asked the fandom to respect their wishes.
(Sorry about bad professorial reviews btw! Those sites freak me out; I once looked up my dad, and what a poor poor poor idea that was.)
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Date: 2014-06-27 09:30 pm (UTC)I had a conversation with LSiT over twitter after I posted this in which she said that if she were to ever get famous, she'd be sort of disappointed if there weren't RPF/fic out there that she wouldn't approve of or ever want to read. It's just...part and parcel of a certain level of visibility. It's almost a compliment really, if that's not going too far with it.
I find it fascinating that you, as a teacher, have had these thoughts as well. It strikes very very close to home with me (as far as my own mental innerworkings go), and it's comforting that you've actually come down on the side of: it really wouldn't affect you, this fictionalized idea of you, the one we all understand is a fictionalized idea of you, from writer to reader. And yeah...I've never even come near the idea of things like personal details being released in this way though, and maybe that might turn me off from the genre if I ever did find out such a thing happened. But I feel like fans care a lot about things like that -- like with pictures of Martin and Amanda's kids and how they really aren't cool to post anywhere simply because they've asked the fandom to respect their wishes.
(Sorry about bad professorial reviews btw! Those sites freak me out; I once looked up my dad, and what a poor poor poor idea that was.)