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Open Discussion of RPS Stories in Light of Heath's Death
mariez:
Thank you, Louise, for your respectful post. I concur wholeheartedly.
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on January 25, 2008, 04:17:12 pm ---I'm probably out of line putting my two cents in, because even when Heath was alive I felt that RPS crossed a line...
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I don't think you're out of line at all, Jeff. I've never read RPS before, either, for that very reason. And Heath's death only increases my feelings.
Marie
louisev:
no Jeff, not at all out of line. I myself felt very conflicted about writing the RPS drabbles that I did, and only proceeded because I felt I wanted to consider the aspect of method acting in the development of Heath's portrayal of Ennis. While there were intimate situations, I could not write a scene of Heath having sex with Jake, because I don't believe that it could or would happen. At some point, I had to break it off and tell the people who were asking "when are they going to get it on?" that I was not able to write something that I knew was untrue. Everything else I wrote, though fictional, could possibly have occurred, and that is how I justified the story to myself. In other words, if I were sued by Jake G., my possible defense could be even though the conversations they had were clearly not real, writing about him kissing Heath as rehearsal did actually happen, and therefore could not have damaged anyone's reputation. That fact was published. I might have gotten away with a misdemeanor!
But at this point, the idea of fictional Heaths having fictional sex with fictionalized Jakes, seems to me to be outrageous, not to mention pointless. And it occurs to me that making such "fictional speculations" is no different, substantively, from John Gibson claiming Heath was "a weirdo" and a "substance abuser", which is equally fictional, and the effect is not lessened by the good will or positive motivation behind it.
mvansand76:
--- Quote from: mariez on January 25, 2008, 04:37:58 pm ---I don't think you're out of line at all, Jeff. I've never read RPS before, either, for that very reason. And Heath's death only increases my feelings.
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I agree with Marie that you're not out of line, Jeff. Because as you can read in my first reply on this thread, I am in the same position as you are, I have never read or written RPS either and have had the same opinion about it ever since I found out about the existence of it.
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.
louisev:
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.
mvansand76:
--- 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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And I think that peer pressure factor is still very strong. I saw on bbslash that people are begging writers to continue their RPS stories. I never knew it was so popular.
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