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Open Discussion of RPS Stories in Light of Heath's Death
mariez:
--- Quote from: Snavel del Snork Snater Snuit on January 25, 2008, 04:53:51 pm ---However, I think we should respect fanfic readers/writers who have always read or written RPS and who have now decided to stop reading/writing because they feel it isn't respectful to Heath.
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Very nicely said, Mel.
--- Quote from: louise van hine on January 25, 2008, 04:56:56 pm ---I agree with that wholeheartedly, Snavel. I know that without a lot of cajoling from readers who were RPS fans themselves and who enjoyed my fanfic, I would never have ventured into writing "Falling in Lust", and I think there is a very strong peer pressure factor.
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Good point about the peer pressure, Louise. I hadn't realized the popularity of RPS.
Marie
louisev:
It is popular enough that, even though many RPS authors have declared a moratorium on their stories, and several of us have deleted ours (I know of two other authors who have removed their work since Heath's death) that dissenters claiming an ethical problem with writing and distributing RPS in the fandom were warned against speaking further about it on the DC forum because the comments were construed as condemnatory. However, there is a very real legal problem, and I myself, though still very upset about Heath's death, cannot imagine reading or writing a fantasy about his love life while his family weeps over his body. There is something ghoulish about it.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: louise van hine on January 25, 2008, 05:17:14 pm ---It is popular enough that, even though many RPS authors have declared a moratorium on their stories, and several of us have deleted ours (I know of two other authors who have removed their work since Heath's death) that dissenters claiming an ethical problem with writing and distributing RPS in the fandom were warned against speaking further about it on the DC forum because the comments were construed as condemnatory. However, there is a very real legal problem, and I myself, though still very upset about Heath's death, cannot imagine reading or writing a fantasy about his love life while his family weeps over his body. There is something ghoulish about it.
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Indeed. If nothing else, I think it would be in poor taste.
mvansand76:
--- Quote from: louise van hine on January 25, 2008, 05:17:14 pm ---However, there is a very real legal problem, and I myself, though still very upset about Heath's death, cannot imagine reading or writing a fantasy about his love life while his family weeps over his body. There is something ghoulish about it.
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*nods*
louisev:
Here is a discussion in Wranglers of "incorporating Heath's death into a Real person slash story"
http://community.livejournal.com/wranglers/1655553.html?view=14370561#t14370561
From the appended comments, more authors have stated that they have removed or will no longer be writing any RPS stories in this fandom.
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