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metafandom tonight, a post that had very little (if anything) to do with RPF, had me thinking.
We, and by we I mean RPFers (although maybe I should specify sane RPFers ;]), do have a fourth wall. It isn't necessarily as pronounced or obvious as the fourth wall in FPFandom, but it's most certainly there.
Because at the end of the day, anyone who writes about a public person is writing about a fictional character. To varying degrees, everyone who makes their living in the public eye acts. The Jon Bon Jovi on stage is not the same as the John Bongiovi who goes home to his wife and kids (but just take a minute to savor the image of JBJ, mid-coitus, spouting off one of his favorite stage phrases..."How we doin' so far, okay?"); the Gerard Way giving a magazine interview isn't the same as the Gerard Way hanging out with his friends.
( There are fans who don't get this, certainly. )
Our fourth wall is more of a fence and our respect issues have some pretty significant differences; but we have a fence and we understand respect. The difference between fantasy and reality is less pronounced, but it's there, and the smart ones know that.
metafandom tonight, a post that had very little (if anything) to do with RPF, had me thinking.We, and by we I mean RPFers (although maybe I should specify sane RPFers ;]), do have a fourth wall. It isn't necessarily as pronounced or obvious as the fourth wall in FPFandom, but it's most certainly there.
Because at the end of the day, anyone who writes about a public person is writing about a fictional character. To varying degrees, everyone who makes their living in the public eye acts. The Jon Bon Jovi on stage is not the same as the John Bongiovi who goes home to his wife and kids (but just take a minute to savor the image of JBJ, mid-coitus, spouting off one of his favorite stage phrases..."How we doin' so far, okay?"); the Gerard Way giving a magazine interview isn't the same as the Gerard Way hanging out with his friends.
( There are fans who don't get this, certainly. )
Our fourth wall is more of a fence and our respect issues have some pretty significant differences; but we have a fence and we understand respect. The difference between fantasy and reality is less pronounced, but it's there, and the smart ones know that.
