It's a great idea, Allyson. I'll be honest - whilst I chucked $30 pencil at the thing, there was a big part of me which said 'Yeah, that Whedon guy is a millionaire' whilst doing it.
Atherton: Half the men in this room wish you were on their arm, tonight. Inara: Only half. I must be losing my indefinable allure.
'Shindig'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Kevin - Nov 18, 2007 12:12:53 am PST #8293 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
P.M. Marc - Nov 18, 2007 6:19:25 am PST #8294 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Allyson, you're basically five fantastic feet of great ideas. Which Russell Crowe wishes he'd chosen as a band name.
Allyson - Nov 18, 2007 7:31:40 am PST #8295 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
okay. Removing myself from the crazy, now.
The more I think about it, the more I know that this pencil thing is fucking retarded. And realllllly bad PR.
Backing away. Staying here, in the safety of Buffistas.
Hold me.
vw bug - Nov 18, 2007 7:32:36 am PST #8296 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Poor Allyson. Stay here. We're sane. Mostly.
Kevin - Nov 18, 2007 7:35:07 am PST #8297 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
I'm not convinced it's that bad an idea, Allyson. Although if it all explodes in peoples faces you get to say told you so.
Pix - Nov 18, 2007 8:19:11 am PST #8298 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
But you don't like being held! I choose to translate that request as "bring me comforting cigs and coffee," which, ftr, I would do.
Fwiw, I think it's a great idea.
Monique - Nov 18, 2007 8:59:55 am PST #8299 of 10001
Yeah, I was going to reply over there.
Then I got ahold of myself and decided not to engage. People aren't going to listen. But outside of fandom strongholds? I still say: P.R. misstep. Allyson's idea would be key to salvaging it, but it's getting derailed and that is sad-making, to me.
Allyson - Nov 18, 2007 9:03:51 am PST #8300 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I told Amy I would write The Showrunners Guide to Fan Campaigns for Popgurls.
Because, seriously, yo.
An ad in TVGuide costs 80k. At least, that's how much it cost like four years ago.
And the idea that showrunners don't fart money is making my head spin.
quester - Nov 18, 2007 9:04:13 am PST #8301 of 10001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Stay here. We're sane. Mostly.
Or were the same kind of crazy that you are, Allyson.
Jesse - Nov 18, 2007 9:11:40 am PST #8302 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It would make a nice distinction between millionaire showrunners and the rank-and-file who really need the new contract. It's got to make it harder when the best spokepeople are the ones suffering the least.