Interview: Louise Brealey/Molly

[boji]

In the Observer today, Louise Brealey does a brief interview where she talks about Molly loving Sherlock, her take on twitter and how fans basically write porn.

And I'm not kidding. From the interview I give you:

There's this whole world of fandom. What's fascinating is that they [the fans] write these stories about the characters. I initially thought they were just stories but they're not; they're basically porn.

After the first series, I was looking online to see what people thought of Molly and what came out was this story in which Molly got nipple piercings and had sex with Moriarty. At which point, I stopped reading.

The rest can be found here.

Comments

[sylvaine]

Is there no celebrity that sees fandom as anything other than weird fetish porn? :( (Not that there isn't porn! And not that porn isn't awesome! But, you know, fandom is so much more, and it hurts me every time when I see yet another celebrity shame it.)

[molly_o]

I'm guessing celebrities who were familiar with fandom as fans, before they became celebrities, are more positive about it.

But I suspect, if your first exposure to fandom is erotic writing about yourself, it's really hard to get past your initial reaction and see it more neutrally.

I try to imagine myself in that situation, and honestly, I don't know that -I'd- be able to get past it, if I weren't already familiar with fandom.

[sylvaine]

Yeah, I suppose you're right. (Although I have trouble imagining myself *not* being in fandom... *g*)

Maybe I just wish that a) the first exposure wouldn't always be the porn (because dammit, there is plenty of gen out there.) and b) journalists wouldn't insist on always asking those questions... her reaction is justified, but I'd just rather not *know* about it, you know? (Fourth wall I miss you. ;___;)