I'm just gonna say it...

[ht_murray]

And probably get defriended, but it doesn't matter, since it seems like everyone's leaving for DW anyway.

It seems to me like the photo ops from earlier cons had more stringent rules about what was and was not inappropriate contact. It's only been the last few cons where the poses and interaction have been getting really snuggly and somewhat more intimate.

I think it's great that the guys, and Jensen in particular are more comfortable with fans now and that they're willing to be hugged and snuggled up with, and I get that people pay for the photo tickets and want the same experience other fans have had.

But seriously, no one is entitled to get to touch the guests. You get a picture. And if there's one thing I've had beaten into my head from years and years of working in manufacturing, it's that nothing bad ever happens when you're wary and cautious. It's when you start to get comfortable and let down your guard that something happens. Best case scenario, someone gets their feel on, worst case... well, I don't even want to say. If you don't want people to build a bomb, you don't put the instructions on the internetz, yes?

I don't blame her at all, and I don't think for a minute that she did what she did because she hates his fans.

And that's all I'm going to say. Keep the wank to a dull roar and out of my space.

P.S.: If you don't know what I'm talking about, don't ask.

Comments

[kirusai.livejournal.com]

That's why I love you so. Man, I just posted a similar comment yesterday to a friend's locked entry. Over there, someone was talking about how the gfs make things uncomfortable and implied that they should get to touch the boys in the photo-ops.

I basically said you're paying for a PHOTO-OP not a TOUCHING-OP. Sometimes, the sense of entitlement just gets me boggled.

Dude, you're not going to try out DW? I want to check it out after it settles.

Don't worry, you're NEVER leaving my flist even if you defriend me. I'm just clinging right on.

[tru-faith-lost.livejournal.com]

Exactly about the "not a TOUCHING-OP." I can almost swear that I read somewhere that the rules for photo ops were pretty stringent. Though, I'm too lazy to go looking now, and I've only read Creation site, so there's no guarantee there's a similar policy there, anyway. I was a little surprised at how lax the rules seemed to be in Chicago, but it was my only convention. Now, it seems like the fans know the rules are lax and have almost turned it into a dog and pony show, some competition over who can get the most unusual picture, and honestly, some of the pictures that come back from these things make me cringe for them. They're awfully good sports for not putting their own foots down, in my opinion.

As far as Dreamwidth. The whole concept kinda weirds me out. First of all, this is a permanent journal, and I figure it will be here long after there's no fandom. I don't want or need a fandom only journal, and I guess if fandom migrates away, then I just won't be in fandom anymore. Plus, yesterday I was deleting emails because my inbox was overflowing (4000 plus emails) and I'd guess well over 90 percent were LJ notifications. If that doesn't tell me that this is my home, then I don't know what it does say. And it'd be one thing if I was going over there to join a whole new group of people, because I'm all for branching out and seeing the world, but it seems like it's just people from LJ, and I don't love anybody enough that I need to read their posts twice. I also don't love anybody enough to follow them if they leave LJ completely.

There's also the issue of not being able to afford another paid account. I have to be reasonable, I guess.

*squishes you* NO defriending for you.