General Disclaimer for RPF (Real People Fiction)
I realize that this is a bit of a controversial idea for many people. Even I had my own qualms about reading - let alone writing - RPF when I first got into it. I was a bit wary of reading and writing about actual people. However, my justification for the stories I currently read and write about real people is as follows:
To me, these people are merely characters. When I watch So You Think You Can Dance, read Big Bang interviews, watch videos of Super Junior - the pairings/chemistry I see have the same appeal as those that I would see if I were watching a movie or television show or reading a book.
When I write fiction based on real people, I write them with the idea and the character of them that I see or perceive; to me, pairings are less the belief that "THEY DO EXIST" and more the question of, "They could exist, and maybe this is how."
I do NOT claim to know the people I write about, or even what kind of things they would do, and the actions that they perform within my stories may not necessarily be things that they actually would do. I’m not looking to offend or insult anyone with my writing, especially those whom I’m writing about - I’m just exploring emotion and the “what if?”s of characters that I see in shows or movies or books.
I do realize that reasons vary for people who read and write RPF, and some may or may not agree with my opinion. And I know reasons change as well - eventually I do believe that I’ll stop writing RPF, but I’m just allowing myself to take the opportunity to practice writing just as I do with any other fandom. Once again, I DON’T know any of the people I write about, I definitely don’t own the people or the shows they are affiliated with, and this is all just for fun. Everything I write is fictional, as far as I know. The only things I own are my plots... and even then they are probably subconsciously inspired by everything around me.
A final note:
If, by any chance, someone I’ve written about stumbles across my stories (God forbid… I think I would die of embarrassment) and feels uncomfortable with them - just send me a PM through livejournal or an email via to.define.beauty (at) gmail.com and I will gladly remove them from this journal.
To me, these people are merely characters. When I watch So You Think You Can Dance, read Big Bang interviews, watch videos of Super Junior - the pairings/chemistry I see have the same appeal as those that I would see if I were watching a movie or television show or reading a book.
When I write fiction based on real people, I write them with the idea and the character of them that I see or perceive; to me, pairings are less the belief that "THEY DO EXIST" and more the question of, "They could exist, and maybe this is how."
I do NOT claim to know the people I write about, or even what kind of things they would do, and the actions that they perform within my stories may not necessarily be things that they actually would do. I’m not looking to offend or insult anyone with my writing, especially those whom I’m writing about - I’m just exploring emotion and the “what if?”s of characters that I see in shows or movies or books.
I do realize that reasons vary for people who read and write RPF, and some may or may not agree with my opinion. And I know reasons change as well - eventually I do believe that I’ll stop writing RPF, but I’m just allowing myself to take the opportunity to practice writing just as I do with any other fandom. Once again, I DON’T know any of the people I write about, I definitely don’t own the people or the shows they are affiliated with, and this is all just for fun. Everything I write is fictional, as far as I know. The only things I own are my plots... and even then they are probably subconsciously inspired by everything around me.
A final note:
If, by any chance, someone I’ve written about stumbles across my stories (God forbid… I think I would die of embarrassment) and feels uncomfortable with them - just send me a PM through livejournal or an email via to.define.beauty (at) gmail.com and I will gladly remove them from this journal.