Re: [B7L] A word of warning - Blakes7

19 May 2001


      "Dana Shilling" wrote
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The event
effectively destroyed B7 fandom in America
There seems to be lots of B7 fandom left after this
"destruction"
There are some left. But a lot of them slashers.
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Pornographic. This is interesting because the Ashton Press website is
all
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about pornography.
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Ashton Press has a long history of publishing, most of it gen.
That's the sugar for the bitter pill. The gen will be contaminated as well
though.
I really
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like their publications,
I know you do.
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but those who don't have the simple remedy of not
buying them.
An option a lot of them appear to have taken. That's why they've moved to
Highlander.
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So back and forth, from
fanfic to TV show, until eventually they become indistinguishable, and
the
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slash interpretation reigns supreme. Clever isn't it? It's called
brainwashing.
You can't brainwash anyone by publishing fiction.
That's just one element.
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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.
That's true. Sadly.
But there are plenty of
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other B7 gen publishers for those who don't want to read slash fiction.
The slash reading is the dominant one. It's feeding into the gen as well.
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Until it happened, I wouldn't
have expected a fan to do this to another fan.
Oh, Dana, you too?
Jenny
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