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[somedaybitch]

so...there's this thing. a discussion. in at least a couple of places. and i was pointed to a post by leadensky, and i am reminded why i don't read her a lot; because she's brilliant and it makes my head hurt, and, there are always complicated discussions at her lj, [because she's brilliant and it makes my head hurt.]

but this discussion i can't ignore, and i choose not to walk away from, because, well, she's right.

"...However, more and more young authors are coming into fandom, and fewer and fewer older authors are coming out and saying "RPS is rude and crosses the line." So more and more younger authors are writting it. By sheer dint of the lj echo chamber, RPS is winning that battle..."

so here's me coming out and saying it. i think RPS is rude and crosses the line. i don't want to see it further invade the BSG fandom. i think it's, well, thoroughly disgusting, quite honestly.

i don't care what you do with/to fictional characters because they're fictional. they do not exist and we all know it. you can fic Tigh having wild monkey sex with, well, a monkey, and i wouldn't care. i wouldn't read it, but i wouldn't care. and its existence would in no way disturb me because, hello, not real people.

RPS is an invasion of privacy, the most intimate kind of privacy, and it's wrong. those are real people and their lives are their own and our status as fans buys us nothing.

this is my opinion, and i state my opinion publicly because RPS is happening in my fandom [BSG} and i think it's wrong. absolutely dead wrong.

leadensky of course expresses her opinion eloquently, thoughtfully, logically and thoroughly. so if you are looking for all of the reasons why i find RPS abhorent, i point you there, because i simply cannot do it justice. the discussion in the comments is also quite good.


i'm nobody in the fandom. i work very hard to stay nobody in the fandom. and i expect to sway all of no one's opinion on this because that is not my intent. but it is my fandom, so i will speak my peace. and with that, i go back into my little, tiny, corner.