Ouch
So I got my reply from the RT guys. Apparently offers of pastries weren't enough or my humorous/persuasive skills are lacking. I kinda figured the answer was 'no' when I saw I had an e-mail from Gus sitting in my inbox. I know a couple of you wanted to see the reply so here it is:
Well, the thing is I feel that'd be kinda lame for us to SELL transcripts of the episodes. That's like the ultimate sellout move. I can however direct you to a place where there is an unofficial archive of transcripts:
http://rvb.roostertooths.com/index.php
We are not affiliated with that site at all, but they do have all of our scripts there. I know that doesn't solve the problem of the scripts being up for sale, but at least they are out there on the web. We do get requests from people fairly frequently asking if they can use our scripts for something similar to what you are talking about and they all seem to do fine with the transcripts at the link I provided. Maybe that will work for you too? I hope things go well.
I guess the question now is do I drop this like it's hot or fight for rights to it on-line with the state? Where would I even start? It's so hard to let this go now that I'm so dedicated to it. There's always the option to be persistent with Gus but...I hate getting rebuffed. If I were to write him back I would of course point out that you're only a sellout if you're doing it for your own gain, not if it's to help somebody else. That's like saying Bono is a sellout because he did all those concerts for the ONE Campaign. Yeah, he got free publicity but he wasn't doing it for him. He was doing it to help somebody else. Plus if people are writing to those guys "fairly frequently" then obviously there's a demand and the people using that website are breaking some fundamental rules...but I'll never write him back because he'd get mad at me I'm sure (and then I'd have to dissapear into the woodwork, never to write fan fic again).
On the flip side (because I refuse to go away from this totally depressed) Gus Sorola now knows I exist! Yay? Considering I'm a total Gus fangirl you'd think I'd feel happier about that. Seriously, I squealed when I saw he was the one to reply. So sad.
Now if you excuse me I have to go let down my partner and then curl up in a ball on the sofa because I don't have my boyfriend here to comfort me. I don't even think playing Zelda would make me feel better (which of course means hell has frozen over).
Well, the thing is I feel that'd be kinda lame for us to SELL transcripts of the episodes. That's like the ultimate sellout move. I can however direct you to a place where there is an unofficial archive of transcripts:
http://rvb.roostertooths.com/index.php
We are not affiliated with that site at all, but they do have all of our scripts there. I know that doesn't solve the problem of the scripts being up for sale, but at least they are out there on the web. We do get requests from people fairly frequently asking if they can use our scripts for something similar to what you are talking about and they all seem to do fine with the transcripts at the link I provided. Maybe that will work for you too? I hope things go well.
I guess the question now is do I drop this like it's hot or fight for rights to it on-line with the state? Where would I even start? It's so hard to let this go now that I'm so dedicated to it. There's always the option to be persistent with Gus but...I hate getting rebuffed. If I were to write him back I would of course point out that you're only a sellout if you're doing it for your own gain, not if it's to help somebody else. That's like saying Bono is a sellout because he did all those concerts for the ONE Campaign. Yeah, he got free publicity but he wasn't doing it for him. He was doing it to help somebody else. Plus if people are writing to those guys "fairly frequently" then obviously there's a demand and the people using that website are breaking some fundamental rules...but I'll never write him back because he'd get mad at me I'm sure (and then I'd have to dissapear into the woodwork, never to write fan fic again).
On the flip side (because I refuse to go away from this totally depressed) Gus Sorola now knows I exist! Yay? Considering I'm a total Gus fangirl you'd think I'd feel happier about that. Seriously, I squealed when I saw he was the one to reply. So sad.
Now if you excuse me I have to go let down my partner and then curl up in a ball on the sofa because I don't have my boyfriend here to comfort me. I don't even think playing Zelda would make me feel better (which of course means hell has frozen over).