Brokeback Mountain: Our Community's Common Bond > Brokeback Mountain Fan Fiction & Poetry
Open Discussion of RPS Stories in Light of Heath's Death
souxi:
--- Quote from: Susiebell on February 01, 2008, 11:22:44 am ---Well it just shows me that you don't know me at all Souxi ... so perhaps we should leave it there.
Susie :)
--- End quote ---
And you don,t know me atall either susie, so yes maybe we should.
Berit:
Thanks sweetie......"blushing"
You sure know how to make me happy...... :-*
My school English IS improving but the "every day language",......I want to go to the UK...... :D...and afterthat to the Great Country Over There.......
I'll join a lottery ;D
Berit
souxi:
Berit I,m sure that everything you have said about Susie being a very nice person is true. I have not said she isn,t nice. All I,m saying is that I found her comments disrespectful and insensitive and I stand by that.
You have a nice day too. :)
Berit:
Thank you Siouxi!
I do love your "Heath picture". It makes me sad and happy at the same time.....
Berit
louisev:
If discussions of issues are for the purpose of venting our spleen and voicing our thoughts, I think that certainly plenty of that has been done! Also, I think that it has helped those who are uneasy, or newly-uneasy about RPS, such as myself, because I felt anguished about the fact that I had written an RPS story (though on the "mild" end of the scale) and I had read several.
But seconding what MaineWriter has said, if minds have been changed, they were changed by the tragedy of Heath's sudden death, not by the eloquence of anyone here.
I hope that whatever anger or frustration was generated by the discussion will fade and that we can get along with one another despite our disagreements. I was not prepared by the media feeding-frenzy over Heath's death - truth to tell, it rather astonished me that it got a red banner Breaking News headline on CNN the day it happened. The massive press coverage, both mainstream and in the tabloids, has been shocking its comprehensiveness.
And I don't even watch tv! I imagine it is far more intrusive for those who watch television. What I am trying to say is that whether or not we are ready to leap out windows or whether we were mildly sad, for many people in this forum, Heath was an important symbol for one central reason -- his portrayal of Ennis. And I think the depth of that portrayal colors the reaction we have all had to his death, mainly because of its unexpectedness. It is in many ways (for those of us who were his fans) analogous to the death of John Lennon in the life of a Beatles fan, just as sudden and just as disturbing. However, I do also believe that that tabloid media have deepened the grief by gossip and speculation.
That was not my intent in starting this thread, to cause pain to fans. It was to allow all opinions regarding RPS stories to be expressed, in light of the tragedy, and there is little room in this fandom, outside of Bettermost, for the dissenting view that it is disrespectful or should be discouraged.
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