Re: Bradley & Colin kriadydragonOctober 17 2013, 00:01:25 UTC
People are like that with Katie and Colin as well. You pretty much can't have an interview with Katie and Colin without someone commenting on how they must be dating. But it was stated - I believe by Colin, maybe both Colin and Katie, I don't know - that they are not nor had they ever dated.
Fantasies are all well and good but it's when people try to push those fantasies as facts and push them hard that tends to get my hackles up. Specifically where the actual actors are concerned. The Merlin fandom, as far as I have seen, is actually pretty dang polite about it. But I've been in other fandoms where people get nasty about who's dating who, and Heaven help you if you're so much as seen just hanging out with an actor or actress and just being friends.
(Also, wasn't there some interview in which Colin and Bradley both stated they were straight? Because I kind of remember this small kerfuffle over it in which some were accusing them of only saying that to protect their careers, while others argued about how plenty of actors have come out without it being detrimental to their careers, so there's no reason for Colin and Bradley to feel they have to lie.)
Re: Bradley & Colin kriadydragonOctober 17 2013, 01:26:56 UTC
"The Merlin fandom, as far as I have seen, is actually pretty dang polite about it. But I've been in other fandoms where people get nasty about who's dating who"
I'll agree compared to other fandoms Merlin is much tamer, but there's still the "You must be homophobic" if you don't believe B/C are in a relationship. Same thing goes for Angel and Bradley "you must a racist" if you don't think they dated. Overall yeah there's a lot of good people but once and awhile you'll come across some real hardcores who'll fight to end for their beliefs.
"But it was stated - I believe by Colin, maybe both Colin and Katie, I don't know - that they are not nor had they ever dated"
Colin said at Supanova in 2011 I believe? that he wasn't dating Katie when asked by a little girl. Katie (wasn't a direct quote) said this past August in the Sunday Times: "Yet the Lucy character - described as having a penchant for gossip, flirting and glamour - is perfect for her. Even denying the rumours of a past romance with Meyers - and Colin Morgan, her co-star on Merlin - is accompanied by a beaming smile"
Not sure if the 'beaming smile' thing meant she did or didn't in the past. I guess it's up for interpretation by the reader.
Fantasies are all well and good but it's when people try to push those fantasies as facts and push them hard that tends to get my hackles up. Specifically where the actual actors are concerned. The Merlin fandom, as far as I have seen, is actually pretty dang polite about it. But I've been in other fandoms where people get nasty about who's dating who, and Heaven help you if you're so much as seen just hanging out with an actor or actress and just being friends.
(Also, wasn't there some interview in which Colin and Bradley both stated they were straight? Because I kind of remember this small kerfuffle over it in which some were accusing them of only saying that to protect their careers, while others argued about how plenty of actors have come out without it being detrimental to their careers, so there's no reason for Colin and Bradley to feel they have to lie.)
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I'll agree compared to other fandoms Merlin is much tamer, but there's still the "You must be homophobic" if you don't believe B/C are in a relationship. Same thing goes for Angel and Bradley "you must a racist" if you don't think they dated. Overall yeah there's a lot of good people but once and awhile you'll come across some real hardcores who'll fight to end for their beliefs.
"But it was stated - I believe by Colin, maybe both Colin and Katie, I don't know - that they are not nor had they ever dated"
Colin said at Supanova in 2011 I believe? that he wasn't dating Katie when asked by a little girl. Katie (wasn't a direct quote) said this past August in the Sunday Times: "Yet the Lucy character - described as having a penchant for gossip, flirting and glamour - is perfect for her. Even denying the rumours of a past romance with Meyers - and Colin Morgan, her co-star on Merlin - is accompanied by a beaming smile"
Not sure if the 'beaming smile' thing meant she did or didn't in the past. I guess it's up for interpretation by the reader.
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