Random question time
I'm just gonna say this, going in... I am not going to express my personal opinions on any of the things I'm about to mention, one way or the other, so don't anyone go giving me any "motives" in asking this question
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I make wallpapers of Daniel Jackson. I read and write stories about Daniel Jackson. I have a crush on Daniel Jackson. I have dear friends and family members who like to read about/look at Daniel Jackson and Jack O'Neill in some seriously "compromising" positions.
But I've come across some manips that clearly aren't Daniel Jackson and Jack O'Neill, but rather Michael Shanks and Richard Dean Anderson - not cast shots of them in character, but headshots and promotional photos of the actors themselves.
I've seen a lot, in the last few days, about RPS crossing a line that shouldn't be crossed, blurring the line between reality and fantasy, intruding on the actors' RLs, and potentially causing said actors fear/repulsion/emotional trauma, should they happen across it.
Like I said in my OP, I'm not going to chime in on that argument one way or the other.
It just struck me, on more than one occasion, that some of the people with the most coherent (and in many cases, vehement) objections to RPS fic have stated that they don't have the same problem with RPS manipping, and I just don't understand how that's possible.
To me, logically, if an actor happening across an RPS fic that described him engaged in homoerotic situations is potentially traumatic to him, then how is happening across an RPS manip that actually shows him engaged in homoerotic situations not?
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