I've been trying to stay out of this and hope it goes away, but...
This lyst has been a place of many pleasant experiences.
I would agree--there are never more than a few people creating unpleasantness. Usually even people who disagree strongly can do so in a civilized manner.
The event effectively destroyed B7 fandom in America
There seems to be lots of B7 fandom left after this "destruction"
Over the last few weeks, I have suddenly begun receiving massive
amounts
of
pornographic emails, not just on my main account, but on every single account where I have website space.
I'm sorry--I would hope that everyone who benefits from the Internet would recognize our mutual interdependence and reliance on good behavior from others, and I wish you hadn't been subjected to such vandalism.
Pornographic. This is interesting because the Ashton Press website is all about pornography.
Ashton Press has a long history of publishing, most of it gen. I really like their publications, but those who don't have the simple remedy of not buying them.
So back and forth, from fanfic to TV show, until eventually they become indistinguishable, and the slash interpretation reigns supreme. Clever isn't it? It's called brainwashing.
You can't brainwash anyone by publishing fiction.
What you are perpetuating here a sickness.
No, they're publishing and distributing magazines that have given a lot of pleasure to a lot of people over time. But there are plenty of other B7 gen publishers for those who don't want to read slash fiction.
Until it happened, I wouldn't have expected a fan to do this to another fan.
-(Y)