It is making sense, though obviously I have a bit of a different stance on it *g*
I have been to conventions where guests *have* mingled and actually asked the fans about fanfiction and slash. Even at this convention, when someone asked Alison Mack about Clark/Lex, she turned the question on the fan and asked them what they thought about it.
I guess I also feel, to a degree (and I know we differ, here) that these forums and spaces on the internet are actually open and public - even if they're not publicised. Whereas the film industry/spaces of production, largely are not. Conventions give fans the opportunity to try and find out what they want to know about what goes on inside the production sandbox.
It's pretty obvious that people from the production sandbox have come over into this sandbox, dug around in it, formed opinions on it. And it is as open to them as anyone else - I mean, I certainly didn't get an invitation, interview and introduction to fandom; I just had to look around myself and figure out what's what. Certainly especially with anonymity, that would be just as easy from someone in the production sandbox. In fact, I know of several cases where that is what is going on (especially in bandslash RPS!!).
It is an interesting point/question though, that one about asking the production people as to what they think about our sandbox. Still, if the question was what they thought about the SPN official vidding competition, or the comics, or fan websites or cosplay or something - I'm sure there wouldn't have been the same anxiety/discomfort response. Why is there THAT imbalance?
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I have been to conventions where guests *have* mingled and actually asked the fans about fanfiction and slash. Even at this convention, when someone asked Alison Mack about Clark/Lex, she turned the question on the fan and asked them what they thought about it.
I guess I also feel, to a degree (and I know we differ, here) that these forums and spaces on the internet are actually open and public - even if they're not publicised. Whereas the film industry/spaces of production, largely are not. Conventions give fans the opportunity to try and find out what they want to know about what goes on inside the production sandbox.
It's pretty obvious that people from the production sandbox have come over into this sandbox, dug around in it, formed opinions on it. And it is as open to them as anyone else - I mean, I certainly didn't get an invitation, interview and introduction to fandom; I just had to look around myself and figure out what's what. Certainly especially with anonymity, that would be just as easy from someone in the production sandbox. In fact, I know of several cases where that is what is going on (especially in bandslash RPS!!).
It is an interesting point/question though, that one about asking the production people as to what they think about our sandbox. Still, if the question was what they thought about the SPN official vidding competition, or the comics, or fan websites or cosplay or something - I'm sure there wouldn't have been the same anxiety/discomfort response. Why is there THAT imbalance?