I have to agree with this. In any movie, there are actors and roles. I myself used Heath as a character earlier in the thread and was unaware of any unwritten rule that using the real life actors was not okay. If anyone was offended by this, they were kind enough not to tell me, but let me do my thing.
I respect that it makes some folks uncomfortable, but as long as we are reasonably considerate and tasteful when using real people, I think it should be just another aspect of our wacky and wonderful effort.
Hi Meryl:
I was the one who objected, and just to explain, what I was objecting to was
what I feel Heath would be offended by, that is, depictions of sex between Heath and Michelle. That is what is known as RPS (Real People Sex) in the fanfic world. There are people who believe and I am one, that is it disrespectful to be that intrusive of the actors' private lives. And from what I have seen reported about Heath in the magazine articles, interviews, etc, he did not appreciate the paparazzi taking a telephoto lens shot of him buck nekkid. And RPS is in the same vein IMO.
Since the PT is in honour of our beloved BBM and the creators of it, I don't see why we would dishonour two of the main contributors, IMO.
Including Heath and Michelle in the PT in a comedic vein, in parody, is not what I was objecting to. I was objecting to the RPS. I hope I have explained this clearly enough.
Jane