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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2014 11:45:24 GMT -4
To each his own but I like the whole package.
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gremlin45
Sloane Ranger
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Post by gremlin45 on Jan 1, 2014 13:05:41 GMT -4
Me too, especially when his hair is back to its natural colour.
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jmart
Lady in Waiting
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Post by jmart on Jan 1, 2014 16:30:01 GMT -4
Count me in too! I loved his look in Tinker, Tailor...
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Post by Auroranorth on Jan 3, 2014 10:43:58 GMT -4
So, that happened.I love fanfic, but for the love of Dog, you don't send it to the actors and you sure as hell don't ask them to read a sexually explicit piece at a Q&A!OK, at least it wasn't RPF, but really, that was totally unprofessional of Caitlin Moran, cringe-inducing for the actors and fans at the event, and hurtful to the author whose work she "edited" and then handed to Benedict and Martin to read.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2014 11:13:54 GMT -4
I've never understood that kind of stuff. I'm not that obsessed with Sherlock or Benedict. Not sure why they read it, but my theory is don't put stuff on the interwebs if you don't want it read by anyone. Privacy does not exist.
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Post by Auroranorth on Jan 3, 2014 11:18:29 GMT -4
It isn't about privacy, it's about not putting the actors in an embarrassing position. Sure they know there's fic out there. But you don't hand it to them or push them into reading it aloud in front of an audience.
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Post by Mutagen on Jan 3, 2014 11:21:58 GMT -4
Wow. I'm not into Sherlock at all, but that was really awful of Moran. What was she thinking?
And I really think it sucks that the writer of the fic was humiliated like that. Here is what pisses me off - it's just taken for granted that guys think about sex, fantasize about hot actresses, watch porn, et cetera. But god forbid women should read and write erotic fantasies. Then they deserve to be publicly laughed at because GOD, what a bunch of dumb silly FANFIC writers.
I have little sympathy when its the fan him/herself who crosses that line (which has happened) but when it's a journalist doing it for lols? Way out of line.
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mementomori
Landed Gentry
Leaning Into Impermanence
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Feb 3, 2013 0:34:44 GMT -4
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Post by mementomori on Jan 3, 2014 11:31:53 GMT -4
I feel embarrassed for the cast & Moffat/Gatiss. That sound like fontrum to the extreme. I honestly had knots in my stomach reading that description it was so cringe inducing. I do not, at all, feel bad for the author. No one forced this individual to write, then share their work with a world. At the end if the day, if you post on FanFic you should be ready for a myriad of reactions to your work.
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Post by Mutagen on Jan 3, 2014 12:00:36 GMT -4
No one forced this individual to write, then share their work with a world. At the end if the day, if you post on FanFic you should be ready for a myriad of reactions to your work. Eh. It's not about being "forced" to write the story. For the majority of fanfic writers, it's a hobby they enjoy. There's a good number of aspiring writers who like to play with fanfiction to practice their skills. Most authors (and according to the article, this author sounds like one of them) understand that and confine themselves to their little corner of Tumblr/AO3/etc. There are crazy boundary-crossing fans who don't, and like I said, I don't have sympathy in those cases. But that doesn't sound like the case here. To me the question isn't really about privacy. Most fic writers know full well that they're writing on the Internets and anybody could read it. But so what? Just because someone harmlessly puts something out in a little corner of the internet doesn't give Moran a free pass on being a dickhole about it (to the actors and writers).
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Post by Witchie on Jan 3, 2014 12:38:13 GMT -4
Fanfiction is written because the writers are paying homage to the shows they love. The universes created by the Gatisses and Whedons are rich and their characters are so interesting that fanfic writers want to expand on their experiences. I've written fanfiction. I know fanfic writers who have gone on to publish original novels. They take their craft seriously. There is an element that is extreme, but who are they hurting with their stories. Don't like fanfiction. Don't read it. But don't take someone's work, who didn't send it to the actors or writers and mock them with it.
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