I'd like to think that fandom is a place where people of all sorts can play and hopefully make things better by seeing new and different ways of looking at the world. Reading this post has made me sad and wiser but entirely disgusted by corporate stupidity and greed.
I've never seen Metallicar used anywhere but in fandom and while that doesn't prove much I'm pretty sure that Warner Brothers doesn't claim very much from slash, why would they care about this? It's senseless and pointless to do this to any fan. Alienating the people that make a show popular seems unreasonable doesn't it? I don't own one of your keychains, I never knew they existed until I read your post but I quite like the idea and applaud your sense of fun and apt application of a fannish word. Go You!
Equally, boo hiss to WB and the petty behavior. I can only say that it's a shame they don't pay more attention to what fans enjoy while they're grubbing for pennies.
"I'd like adjectives for a thousand please, Alex."
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Date: 2010-07-30 02:53 am (UTC)I've never seen Metallicar used anywhere but in fandom and while that doesn't prove much I'm pretty sure that Warner Brothers doesn't claim very much from slash, why would they care about this? It's senseless and pointless to do this to any fan. Alienating the people that make a show popular seems unreasonable doesn't it? I don't own one of your keychains, I never knew they existed until I read your post but I quite like the idea and applaud your sense of fun and apt application of a fannish word. Go You!
Equally, boo hiss to WB and the petty behavior. I can only say that it's a shame they don't pay more attention to what fans enjoy while they're grubbing for pennies.
"I'd like adjectives for a thousand please, Alex."
"The answer is: Warner Brothers"
"what is pathetic?"
"Why yes! you're correct."