#ykinmk

Ewan McGregor is Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Obi-Wan Kenobi is not Ewan McGregor.

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I mean… ‘depraved’ is subjective, isn’t it? Consider this…

Two people meet Taker at a meet and greet. Both smile, shake his hand, quick chat, picture and everyone’s happy. One of those people then goes home and writes an entirely fictional scenario (that they never claim is anything other than fiction) featuring some kink stuff between two consenting adults. The other goes home and beats up their partner and kids.

I know which of the two I find ‘depraved’.

Would he take offence at people writing kink fics? Personally, I don’t think so - I think he’s well aware of the way some people think in regard to that, particularly if a story I’ve heard him tell (twice) about a gift a fan gave him is anything to go by.

Would he be weirded out by the content of kink fics? Possibly, I suppose he might, when you consider the YKINMK adage. There’s stuff that weirds me out, so I don’t read it.

I do see the point you’re driving at. I think it goes for any of us that if we could peer into the brains / thoughts of people we interact with then it would often give us pause.

As I say, I don’t think he’s under any illusions - he might perhaps be surprised that people are writing the kind of things that I write at this point in proceedings (ie. his in-ring career is over and he’s approaching 60 years of age).

However, given that I’m not about to copy out any of my fics by hand using quill and ink on to finest parchment, sacrifice a human or animal and use their skin to bind it all into a book and present it to him (that would definitely be weird), I’m not going to lose sleep over anything.

The younger People aren’t as afraid of OCs, SIs and being accused of being a Mary-Sue now and since a lot of them may be dipping their toe into the Top Gun fandom for the first time, that may account for the new surge you’re seeing.

That all sounds completely logical, although I'm not thrilled that you juxtaposed me with, "the younger People" (though I suppose I started it.) I know x Reader fic has become a thing in recent years—I have a number of friends who write a lot of it for fandoms in which I do not participate—it's just that it is, as you mentioned, Something That Wasn't Done for many years in fandom. Additionally, and this is just me and not a value judgment at all, but it's never appealed to me. (It could have something to do with my place on the ace spectrum or the fact that I don't want to interact with the characters; I want to explore them interacting with each other. In all honesty, I never had the desire to write any kind of self-insert, etc., even when I started in fandom as "a younger Person;" it just did not interest me. I do occasionally write about myself, and did, in fact, publish a memoir, but that's all nonfiction. Reading and writing about a fictional version of myself just does not do anything for me.)