Julia wrote:
<Having hauled Gareth along to the realism in slash panel when this subject came up so that he had an opportunity to explain how he felt about slash, I presume you *weren't* at that panel>
No, I wasn't; thanks for telling me what happened. Hearing that, though, does give me a lot of respect for Gareth's ability to take a neutral stance on such a controversial issue.
<I met an example of the fan who either cannot, or can but doesn't want to, distinguish between actor and character>
I've met a few of those too, and I think the issue's extremely worrying. It's clear from Diane's memo (archive post #32125) that her anti-slash stance is purely cynical, and stems from her jealousy and dislike of Judith Proctor. However, it can't be denied that some of the extreme elements of the genre do give people like her ammunition to use against the rest.
Shane
"Soolin, I can fulfil your every desire." "Orac, you wouldn't know where to start."