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[sherrold]

I'm a sloppy packrat (which means I have lots of stuff saved, but I rarely remember from where), and I'm digging though some saved posts today, and I find this:

It was interesting talking at to fans who at least claim to have

Comments

[klia]

When you hear stuff like this from fans who supposedly have "inside info" -- whatever *that* means -- do you really buy it?

[sherrold]

Occasionally. I have friends who work in Hollywood, even a few that write for TV. But usually? Nope.

[klia]

Even with people who work in Hollywood, unless they actually work on the set, or with TPTB, wouldn't it still just be rumor?

[sherrold]

What exactly are you asking -- would I place money on the odds of them being correct? Would I write an article for a magazine based on it?

Or, would I think it was interesting, and consider the *possibility*, which is what I do. It's not like I make life-changing decisions based on it.

> unless they actually work on the set, or with TPTB, wouldn't it still just
> be rumor?

Of course. But some rumors are better grounded than others. Writers talk to each other; most directors work on multiple shows during the season, etc.

[erilyn]

It's so sad that I placed that as Sentinel-related gossip before getting to your comment about it :)

[frogspace]

I immediately thought of The Sentinel although that was a fandom I mostly watched from the sidelines. *g* My first reaction when I saw Cassie in canon was that someone must have had a homophobic freak-out because she was a female version of Blair and I wondered what having two almost identical characters was supposed to achieve other than replacing the male love interest with a female one. Never saw any of the discussions but if I know fandom at all, it probably got quite heated.