In which I type about fandom.

[impulsereader]

This week I bumped directly into two radically different aspects of fandom, and that made me want to type about it.[Poll #1878866]

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[impulsereader.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's what worries me sometimes. I feel that the actors don't get that we're not secretly talking/writing about them. Or, at least, most of us aren't. It's a tribute to the work they've done embodying someone else entirely that we're inspired to spin tales around these characters. I don't want them to be scared of their fans, basically, and I wish fandom in general could try to keep it classy around the actual actors. Let's face it, there isn't much direct interaction, so if we could just try to keep it together for the short time during which it is happening then we can go off and squee into our pillows as much as we like.

I hope your friend is well on the mend and you'll be able to visit soon if you haven't already.

[221b-hound.livejournal.com]

Hubby is visiting him tonight - we thought it best that he not be overwhelmed by visitors, and he and hubby are close friends. We'll probably both go to see him when he goes home on the weekend.

And, yes, fans need to keep some of their kinks to themselves. Most of them probably wouldn't appreciate it if some random person from work/school came up and said 'all my friends and I talk about you as an AU version of yourself wearing red knickers or getting all sweaty with your best friend, and then we put the art and stories on line, cool huh?'. SEriously, no. I know it's not precisely the same situation. But really, if the actors go *looking* for this stuff in their free time, having heard about it, they've only themselves to blame. Fans offering it up like rare and refreshing fruit? Not classy, folks.

[impulsereader.livejournal.com]

It's not precisely the same situation, no, but it is pretty darn close; it's also hilarious to imagine.

[f-m-r-l.livejournal.com]

*shudder* Reminds me of the time a creep we thought was a friend told my girlfriend-at-the-time and I that he'd like to watch. Fantasies are one thing; confronting people with specific fantasies involving them (and I think that's how a lot of actors take it) when there isn't an ongoing relationship is intrusive, to put it mildly.