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lady_t_220Thing making me laugh right now? Barely 24 hours ago there were a flurry of soundbites from Mr Cucumberpants about how Sherlock and John totally weren't a couple and that fanfic was kind of weird... and now he's been announced as the baddie in the new Star Trek movie there's already a "Pintobatch" RPS 3-some abbreviated ship name and a dedicated LJ comm.
Seriously, Benny, if you were bemused by Sherlock fandom? You just joined Star Trek, the grandaddy of contemporary slash. With that and Sherlock Holmes you could not have chosen two canon sources more frequently and historically associated with making aaaaaaall the characters gay.
(Not forgetting Middle Earth, of course. You're gonna' be in that too. Everyone's gay for each other in Middle Earth, LOTR RPS ate the internet for a while back in the day. Everyone was doing the Hobbits. It's the worst-kept best kept secret ever. Which is doubly funny of course cause this time the Hobbit is already your Watson. It's a recursive meta fractal of slash-ception)
(Insert obligatory joke about wanting to 'go deeper'...)
Seriously, Benny, if you were bemused by Sherlock fandom? You just joined Star Trek, the grandaddy of contemporary slash. With that and Sherlock Holmes you could not have chosen two canon sources more frequently and historically associated with making aaaaaaall the characters gay.
(Not forgetting Middle Earth, of course. You're gonna' be in that too. Everyone's gay for each other in Middle Earth, LOTR RPS ate the internet for a while back in the day. Everyone was doing the Hobbits. It's the worst-kept best kept secret ever. Which is doubly funny of course cause this time the Hobbit is already your Watson. It's a recursive meta fractal of slash-ception)
(Insert obligatory joke about wanting to 'go deeper'...)
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Date: 2012-01-06 08:55 am (UTC)Incidentally, LOTR RPS was what introduced me to the concept of RPS. And listening to the LOTR commentary, all of the cast was in on it too.
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Date: 2012-01-06 09:58 am (UTC)(Don't get me started on Glee fandom. Some of the actors playing minor characters are actually active on tumblr, commenting on manips and whathaveyou.)
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Date: 2012-01-06 10:20 am (UTC)You know I think I just invented my own ideal job- fandom consultant.
Keep anonymously active in fandom, keep an eye on the real-life crazies, filter the fan reactions back to the celebrity in a non-terrifying context, and then disperse via official channels tantlising little bits of celebrity interaction as a fandomy reward... you know, like, as a "Thanks for the support on the latest movie, here's an exclusive video of [famous person] doing [whatever the current fandom in-joke meme is]."
That could be a good idea for both the press-shy and the intimidated. Direct contact with fans, but with a safety buffer zone and minimal actual work on the part of the celeb. Plus you could navigate the clueless away from 1st-person fuck-ups like Twitter where you either spend so much time on there that no one cares (like Wossy) or you forget that sarcasm doesn't work in text and end up in a flame war (like The Moff.)
Seriously, I totally think that could be a cool idea.
Like Martin Freeman's wife when she trolls the fans on Facebook, dropping in comments about fan tropes like kittens and jam.
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Date: 2012-01-06 10:36 am (UTC)That does sound like the perfect job. You should make it happen!