I mean, I don't understand that kind of fic either. Personally, I just want fic about the people I ship being happy and in love and building blanket fords to cuddle up in. But I can't say the kind of fic I want is okay and fantasies that are more kinky or violent aren't. Does it make me want to stay away from the people who write violent rape and torture porn? Sure. But at the same time, I don't think it should be banned.
I don't believe most (!) RPF writers "don't see [the people they write about] as human beings". I just think when you write RPF, you have to be conscious that you're writing about a heavily fictionalized version of this person. They're a celebrity and what we "know" about them is part of a public persona. There needs to be a clear line between, say, Jensen Ackles the person and Jensen Ackles the character in your fic. Even if the RPF is perfectly mild and G-rated. What's worrying is when people lose that perception and believe that their made up fictional persona is actually the same as the real person. But that's tinhatting, and while there's certainly an overlap with RPF, it also exists outside of it, so it's not really fair to bundle them together.
(And for the record, I didn't mean you about making a fuss. You seem very laid back about your perfectly valid personal dislike for RPF. But fandom as a whole is historically much less laid back about it than non-fannish circles.)
Re: ars_belli
I mean, I don't understand that kind of fic either. Personally, I just want fic about the people I ship being happy and in love and building blanket fords to cuddle up in. But I can't say the kind of fic I want is okay and fantasies that are more kinky or violent aren't. Does it make me want to stay away from the people who write violent rape and torture porn? Sure. But at the same time, I don't think it should be banned.
I don't believe most (!) RPF writers "don't see [the people they write about] as human beings". I just think when you write RPF, you have to be conscious that you're writing about a heavily fictionalized version of this person. They're a celebrity and what we "know" about them is part of a public persona. There needs to be a clear line between, say, Jensen Ackles the person and Jensen Ackles the character in your fic. Even if the RPF is perfectly mild and G-rated. What's worrying is when people lose that perception and believe that their made up fictional persona is actually the same as the real person. But that's tinhatting, and while there's certainly an overlap with RPF, it also exists outside of it, so it's not really fair to bundle them together.
(And for the record, I didn't mean you about making a fuss. You seem very laid back about your perfectly valid personal dislike for RPF. But fandom as a whole is historically much less laid back about it than non-fannish circles.)