Sorry - I'm too tired to engage any further in this debate. Suffice to say I do not, nor will I ever, subscribe to your point of view, so enjoy it, and I'll keep my trap shut about it.
Just stay out of mine, please.
You have failed to convince me of how any of these examples has anything to do with RPF or RPS, the fanfic about real people, the only kind of RPF I've ever seen or heard of. It's not written by crazy, obsessed people who want to hurt or spread rumors about actors. The writers are funny, smart, clearly sensible people who simply get a kick out of writing stories about the fake versions, or images of the real people who play roles they like. They celebrate these actors' sensuality, or their humor, or their reputations for pomposity or sexual hijinks, by writing about the heightened versions of the actor. It's still, in this country, at least, legal to do so.
I've never seen RPS that suggests an actor is a rapist. I've never read anything remotely threatening. But then again, maybe I restrict myself to fandoms, like Due South, where people seem to be on a more mature level. Whatever the reason, though I don't doubt your passion (who could?), I am not buying your POV, just as I know you don't buy mine.
So enjoy your point of view; RPS is not your bag. Fine. Enjoy your chocolate ice cream, and I'll take vanilla. It doesn't hurt us, does it, to let others have different opinions? And so far, I've seen no proof that it's hurting Paul Gross or Callum Keith Rennie that a bunch of people think they're so hot they can't keep their hands off each other.
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Just stay out of mine, please.
You have failed to convince me of how any of these examples has anything to do with RPF or RPS, the fanfic about real people, the only kind of RPF I've ever seen or heard of. It's not written by crazy, obsessed people who want to hurt or spread rumors about actors. The writers are funny, smart, clearly sensible people who simply get a kick out of writing stories about the fake versions, or images of the real people who play roles they like. They celebrate these actors' sensuality, or their humor, or their reputations for pomposity or sexual hijinks, by writing about the heightened versions of the actor. It's still, in this country, at least, legal to do so.
I've never seen RPS that suggests an actor is a rapist. I've never read anything remotely threatening. But then again, maybe I restrict myself to fandoms, like Due South, where people seem to be on a more mature level. Whatever the reason, though I don't doubt your passion (who could?), I am not buying your POV, just as I know you don't buy mine.
So enjoy your point of view; RPS is not your bag. Fine. Enjoy your chocolate ice cream, and I'll take vanilla. It doesn't hurt us, does it, to let others have different opinions? And so far, I've seen no proof that it's hurting Paul Gross or Callum Keith Rennie that a bunch of people think they're so hot they can't keep their hands off each other.