Honestly, I’m still so pissed off about learning that Vincent Franklin got hate over his portrayal of Drawlight, I have a sudden burning urge to write all the fic specifically about TV!Drawlight. It’s an urge that’ll probably pass, as Drawlight isn’t really one of the characters that “grabs” me fic-wise, but I just want to give him some love, ya know?
Ugh. In retrospect, I ~think~ I know who that might have been… I’m not naming names because I don’t think they’re on here any more, but there were a handful of people who took the fandom Far Too Seriously from a social justice perspective, and one of them wrote An Screed about why the adaptation Drawlight was massively homophobic and how Vincent Franklin was a traitor, essentially.
And, like, I can see how if you identified with book!Drawlight, adaptation!Drawlight could feel like a huge disappointment, the latter is far more camp and far less tragic, but seriously, some people need a sense of perspective. I mean, what the blue buggery fuck is harassing the actor after the series has aired going to achieve? Really?
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Ugh, yes, I’ve heard there was some sort of ugly clusterfuck in the fandom, so I can imagine it probably came from that...
bookhobbit said: Ugh, that’s terrible! he did a fandamntastic job playing the role he was given! I mean obviously nobody deserves hate but also it was a great performance!
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Ugh. In retrospect, I ~think~ I know who that might have been… I’m not naming names because I don’t think they’re on...
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