Real and Fiction
Oct. 24th, 2003 10:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
liptonrm_backupA report on a column by Stephen King (that can be found here) brings to mind a pervasive problem in the world of fandom and fans in general. When does fandom take appreciation for a product and/or actor beyond the realm of reason?
Fans frequently scrunch together the names of two characters to express a relationship they're fond of (ie Spuffy for Spike/Buffy of Clex for Clark/Lex) and that's all fine and good in a fun spirited, fandom way. The characters are fictional so us fans having a little fun with their love lives is fun and relatively harmless.
It's not at all harmless when we're dealing with real, actual people. What a horrific name Bennifer is. The people who plaster the tabloids with these kinds of stories are playing with actual people's lives. They're not fiction, we can't turn them inside out to satisfy our whims. Show some respect, or at least some common courtesy. We know that the objectification of celebrities can be a dangerous thing so act with some sense and let everybody have a little privacy.
Fans frequently scrunch together the names of two characters to express a relationship they're fond of (ie Spuffy for Spike/Buffy of Clex for Clark/Lex) and that's all fine and good in a fun spirited, fandom way. The characters are fictional so us fans having a little fun with their love lives is fun and relatively harmless.
It's not at all harmless when we're dealing with real, actual people. What a horrific name Bennifer is. The people who plaster the tabloids with these kinds of stories are playing with actual people's lives. They're not fiction, we can't turn them inside out to satisfy our whims. Show some respect, or at least some common courtesy. We know that the objectification of celebrities can be a dangerous thing so act with some sense and let everybody have a little privacy.
