Yep, no problem -- I can understand why you said what you said & I wouldn't want any nuclear fallout over this. I'm sure you didn't mean to sound patronising either.
It seems to me that your entry was posted with the intention of sparking discussion and speculation about his current relationships, and that is what I see as being against the rules.
When I first saw what was on that website, I was 99% certain it was just a big mistake or a prank -- I found it amusing & thought others would. That was reinforced by returning to the site & noting that it can be updated by readers. That probably means that any fan could go along there & put their own name & photo up there, just for a lark! I thought it was amusing but perhaps some wouldn't? I didn't regard it as "serious speculation".
It does often seem, though, as if all the rules are geared towards protecting the idea of the Elijah/Pam relationship, and I'm just wondering what would happen if some reasonably reliable gossip website reported next week that they had broken up. Would that be a "banned topic" too? Would everyone who had seen that news item need to carry on as usual & pretend they hadn't seen it?
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Date: 2007-08-22 02:21 pm (UTC)It seems to me that your entry was posted with the intention of sparking discussion and speculation about his current relationships, and that is what I see as being against the rules.
When I first saw what was on that website, I was 99% certain it was just a big mistake or a prank -- I found it amusing & thought others would. That was reinforced by returning to the site & noting that it can be updated by readers. That probably means that any fan could go along there & put their own name & photo up there, just for a lark! I thought it was amusing but perhaps some wouldn't? I didn't regard it as "serious speculation".
It does often seem, though, as if all the rules are geared towards protecting the idea of the Elijah/Pam relationship, and I'm just wondering what would happen if some reasonably reliable gossip website reported next week that they had broken up. Would that be a "banned topic" too? Would everyone who had seen that news item need to carry on as usual & pretend they hadn't seen it?
~Lyra