still I think it is not the Instrument of Evil that you describe.
The final step between fantasy and evil, to me, is the posting. Seriously. Some strange things have gone on in my head, and it stays there, and nobody has to know about it.
But to put it out in public is to open up a whole new can o' squick. That is the depersonalizing part to me, calling a whole new audience's attention to the person's involuntary involvement. Plus it makes it available to the people involved or their families or their friends or their fandom - and I have seen negative repercussions on whole fandoms when an actor gets squicked or frightened.
I know you're articulate, Shay, so I'll ask flat out - why isn't it enough to fic about the characters? Why does it have to be Paul and Callum and not Bennie and Ray?
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Date: 2005-03-16 07:21 pm (UTC)The final step between fantasy and evil, to me, is the posting. Seriously. Some strange things have gone on in my head, and it stays there, and nobody has to know about it.
But to put it out in public is to open up a whole new can o' squick. That is the depersonalizing part to me, calling a whole new audience's attention to the person's involuntary involvement. Plus it makes it available to the people involved or their families or their friends or their fandom - and I have seen negative repercussions on whole fandoms when an actor gets squicked or frightened.
I know you're articulate, Shay, so I'll ask flat out - why isn't it enough to fic about the characters? Why does it have to be Paul and Callum and not Bennie and Ray?