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

[katekat]

I wasn't necessarily expressing surprise, just a kind of disappointment that fandom is always seen in such fractured parts.

And that's absolutely great that you've drawn your lines and feel very comfortable with them - that's the fantastic part of fandom too.

OTOH, just because you add it to your disclaimer/description doesn't mean someone isn't going to come along, read it, and not be pleased with it. Considering that a practice of disclaimer/description is part of fandom reading habits, someone who isn't familiar with fandom might not even know how to read a warning and get what's included in it.

And just because you don't post fic you feel uncertain about doesn't mean that fandom works that way for everybody - especially stuff that is on a kink meme. That's part of fandom too.