Nah, Goodard's shooting script for Never Leave Me makes it clear he wasn't a B/A fan.
Were you on the fan boards back in 2001 and 2002? I ask, because I can't tell how many people were on them? I flirted with fandom at different points from 1998-2001, then got obsessed and came onto boards in 2001. Lurked for two months before posting. And I checked out multiple boards. 90% of the public boards were moderated by or run by B/A shippers and some of them were rather rigid with rules and moderators. You had to be really careful. The reason for this - was that many boards got established during S2 and S3 when the fandom took off - during the height of the B/A relationship.
The writers were new to all of this. Prior to 2001, there really wasn't a way to interact directly with fans. The internet didn't really take off until then. Fury had never truly interacted with people who saw his work. Usually when you do a tv show - you have no idea if anyone is watching it or what they think of it. It's like any job, you put in a full day, go home. And you wait for a bunch of numbers to tell you if you are doing a good job. OR a tv critic in some mag like TV Guide or Entertainment Weekly. Then along comes the internet - where you can pop on a board and get instant reviews of your show or work.
I remember discussing fanfic with fanfic writers way back in 2006 and they got upset with me for not seeing what they were writing and not appreciating their view. Some fanfic writers make Fury look pretty nice in comparison, as do some published fiction writers *cough*AnnRice*cough* (who had a hissy fit on Amazon.com).
Anyhow, I think Fury eventually learned his lesson, as did Espenson, and the others, which is to be careful on fanboards. They know who you are, but you don't know who they are. Think about it - it's an uneven playing field. Someone with a pseudonyme (not using their real name or any clue what their gender or ethnicity or anything else is) is bantering with Fury (who they know is a writer for Buffy, white, a guy, and a whole lot more). And it got personal. Fury or Noxon would give an interview and fans would dissect it and take bits of it out of context - to use as evidence for their pov or perspective. Then the writer would pop up and say - oh, no, you are taking me out of context - that's not what I meant at all or mock them for doing it. I can't say I blame him and the other writers for that. I don't know what I'd do if I were a tv writer and went online to see what people thought and saw reactions that made no sense to me.
In some respects, I think fame and having fans is a double-edged sword or a gift with a price attached. Having fans can be scary.;-)
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Were you on the fan boards back in 2001 and 2002? I ask, because I can't tell how many people were on them? I flirted with fandom at different points from 1998-2001, then got obsessed and came onto boards in 2001. Lurked for two months before posting. And I checked out multiple boards. 90% of the public boards were moderated by or run by B/A shippers and some of them were rather rigid with rules and moderators. You had to be really careful.
The reason for this - was that many boards got established during S2 and S3 when the fandom took off - during the height of the B/A relationship.
The writers were new to all of this. Prior to 2001, there really wasn't a way to interact directly with fans. The internet didn't really take off until then. Fury had never truly interacted with people who saw his work. Usually when you do a tv show - you have no idea if anyone is watching it or what they think of it.
It's like any job, you put in a full day, go home. And you wait for a bunch of numbers to tell you if you are doing a good job.
OR a tv critic in some mag like TV Guide or Entertainment Weekly.
Then along comes the internet - where you can pop on a board and get instant reviews of your show or work.
I remember discussing fanfic with fanfic writers way back in 2006 and they got upset with me for not seeing what they were writing and not appreciating their view. Some fanfic writers make Fury look pretty nice in comparison, as do some published fiction writers *cough*AnnRice*cough* (who had a hissy fit on Amazon.com).
Anyhow, I think Fury eventually learned his lesson, as did Espenson, and the others, which is to be careful on fanboards.
They know who you are, but you don't know who they are. Think about it - it's an uneven playing field. Someone with a pseudonyme (not using their real name or any clue what their gender or ethnicity or anything else is) is bantering with Fury (who they know is a writer for Buffy, white, a guy, and a whole lot more). And it got personal. Fury or Noxon would give an interview and fans would dissect it and take bits of it out of context - to use as evidence for their pov or perspective. Then the writer would pop up and say - oh, no, you are taking me out of context - that's not what I meant at all or mock them for doing it. I can't say I blame him and the other writers for that. I don't know what I'd do if I were a tv writer and went online to see what people thought and saw reactions that made no sense to me.
In some respects, I think fame and having fans is a double-edged sword or a gift with a price attached. Having fans can be scary.;-)