"Dana Shilling" wrote
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.
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.
That's the sugar for the bitter pill. The gen will be contaminated as well though.
I really
like their publications,
I know you do.
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.
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.
That's just one element.
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
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.
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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