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Wow... they followed up!
14 years ago
In life, The People are represented by two separate yet equally important groups:
The Fates, who investigate all the possible alternatives to 'Joy';
and the forces of Chaos, who defile the fabric of The Tapestry Of Life.
These are my stories.....
The Fates, who investigate all the possible alternatives to 'Joy';
and the forces of Chaos, who defile the fabric of The Tapestry Of Life.
These are my stories.....
In our Last Story, I told you about a TV production company that wanted to use one of my photos on FLICKR for their upcoming series, "Fanboy Confessions".
Well, imagine my surprise that I got ANOTHER email from them... and it was quite impressive, really! They wrote about how they understood the reluctance of the Furry Fandom to take part in these production groups, considering all that's happened before; made me think they really GOT it, you know?
To help belay my fears and reluctance they did let me see the trailer for the series, and I must say it was VERY impressive to me! The production looks great! The video and audio seem first-rate to me....
--but I can't help but to think back to comedian Mark Lundholm talking about drug addition:
"If you hit yourself in the head with a brick everyday.... every day... you know it hurts after the first one, maybe two times. WHY would you KEEP doin' it when you KNOW what it'll do to you?!"
......
Because of that, I wrote again....
I'm impressed! I was not expecting to hear back from you on this, never-mind so quickly.
I did look at your trailer - and I must say, I like the way it looks! There is an obvious level of professionalism in your production so far from what I've seen.
I asked some people (other furs, naturally) about this situation to get an outside perspective thinking that maybe I was being too critical and cynical. The vast majority though I was making a good choice considering past situations. A few suggested that they wouldn;t mind me being "The Face Of Fury", claiming I have a level head in most matters.... and one who backed up your claim about Condition Fur / working with them and filming et al.
Several folks went forward, extending themselves in the hopes of White Knighting the Furry Fandom - with disastrous results both personally and socially.
Because of that, past history and all from many groups, I'm still going to have to respectfully decline at this time.
PLEASE understand! I truly and DEEPLY hope that your production will be as you claim.... since The Fandom's been burned several times over, HARSHLY and unjustly, I think it's the only rational answer I can give you at this time.
However.... If there is a group that shows itself willing to be consistently even handed, fair, trustworthy and non-sensationalistic, there would be MANY more people willing to help and support that group....
...and I would be willing to be one of those people. Proudly.
Again, xxxxx, THANK you KINDLY for your time. I'm sorry to disappoint you and your production crew on this, but I can see you seem to understand my / many fur's position on this issue.
I wish you ALL well in your continued endeavors, and truly hope that one day I might be of assistance to you.(*)
I wish you the Peace I no longer know, I wish you the Strength that I've learned, I wish you Well.
-- Shujin
(* - I know this is likely going to be the one and only time we'll end up in contact for this kind of event. But, contrary to my normally cynical nature, I DO hope something fruitful will come of your project.)
...you know, I really, REALLY would have liked to have helped them if this project is going to be as stated....
But, you know, there's just this BRICK thing weighing on my head.....
Well, imagine my surprise that I got ANOTHER email from them... and it was quite impressive, really! They wrote about how they understood the reluctance of the Furry Fandom to take part in these production groups, considering all that's happened before; made me think they really GOT it, you know?
To help belay my fears and reluctance they did let me see the trailer for the series, and I must say it was VERY impressive to me! The production looks great! The video and audio seem first-rate to me....
--but I can't help but to think back to comedian Mark Lundholm talking about drug addition:
"If you hit yourself in the head with a brick everyday.... every day... you know it hurts after the first one, maybe two times. WHY would you KEEP doin' it when you KNOW what it'll do to you?!"
......
Because of that, I wrote again....
I'm impressed! I was not expecting to hear back from you on this, never-mind so quickly.
I did look at your trailer - and I must say, I like the way it looks! There is an obvious level of professionalism in your production so far from what I've seen.
I asked some people (other furs, naturally) about this situation to get an outside perspective thinking that maybe I was being too critical and cynical. The vast majority though I was making a good choice considering past situations. A few suggested that they wouldn;t mind me being "The Face Of Fury", claiming I have a level head in most matters.... and one who backed up your claim about Condition Fur / working with them and filming et al.
Several folks went forward, extending themselves in the hopes of White Knighting the Furry Fandom - with disastrous results both personally and socially.
Because of that, past history and all from many groups, I'm still going to have to respectfully decline at this time.
PLEASE understand! I truly and DEEPLY hope that your production will be as you claim.... since The Fandom's been burned several times over, HARSHLY and unjustly, I think it's the only rational answer I can give you at this time.
However.... If there is a group that shows itself willing to be consistently even handed, fair, trustworthy and non-sensationalistic, there would be MANY more people willing to help and support that group....
...and I would be willing to be one of those people. Proudly.
Again, xxxxx, THANK you KINDLY for your time. I'm sorry to disappoint you and your production crew on this, but I can see you seem to understand my / many fur's position on this issue.
I wish you ALL well in your continued endeavors, and truly hope that one day I might be of assistance to you.(*)
I wish you the Peace I no longer know, I wish you the Strength that I've learned, I wish you Well.
-- Shujin
(* - I know this is likely going to be the one and only time we'll end up in contact for this kind of event. But, contrary to my normally cynical nature, I DO hope something fruitful will come of your project.)
...you know, I really, REALLY would have liked to have helped them if this project is going to be as stated....
But, you know, there's just this BRICK thing weighing on my head.....
Have you thought about at least reccommanding someone to them?
The Internet is everywhere!
I don't think it hurts to reccommand someone, especially if it's in the hopes of bring out, to furries, in a better light.
Post-production,...... puhleeze!
But they don't seem to have done that.
they now have to prove their trustworthy
but i will say this you'd be one of my top choices to represent the fandom
I actually feel bad about turning them down.
Remember, they're trying to get you to do something they want. They're going to try an make themselves look reasonable whether they're actually reasonable or not.
Funny isn't it? We are in a fandom full of awesome people celebrating the culture within. Support from the fans goes directly to the artists and never approaches the mainstream out of fear.