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Post by Star on May 3, 2003 16:35:30 GMT -5
I'm sorry you feel the way you do Stahelight but you do not know the entire back story and I am not going to air it here.
DAR will not tolerate newbies coming here just to start trouble. Period. If that seems harsh so be it.
Other boards do not even allow people to register unless they "prove" themselves as being part of the mentality there. DAR has never done that and as a result we periodically get trolls coming in to make trouble.
This is a MaX Logan shipper board - it always has been and always will be. That's the bottom line.
If regular members had chosen to start that thread it would have been a different story. But those members were not regular members. They came here only to do that. This is not the place for them. It's that simple.
This is not a White or alec admiration board and never will be. There are other places on the net for those fans.
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Post by Nutmeg on May 3, 2003 19:07:33 GMT -5
I guess I'm different - too set in my ways.
I knew what I wanted from Pilot and have never changed my mind. I tried to go where other true M/L shippers were and have been content with that. I don't care what arguments other fans tried, I watched Dark Angel and there was never any other ship. That loyalty seems to ring true with most members here.
I've never really posted here but I have read EVERY SINGLE post since April 1, 2002. The fans here seem to be true to their belief and aren't interested in minding other people business.
When school and work and no sleep interferred with my life - I knew I could come here for help. Just by reading what true fans have posted helped me a lot. I am grateful.
When the DVD's come out I hope there will be some good discussions of each episode and the wonderful season one characters.
Thanks to Star24 and the wonderful mods and fans at DAR. Please don't ever change.
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Post by Star on May 3, 2003 19:36:11 GMT -5
The characters rules post and the board rules have been changed to clarify the White issue.
One of the reasons that White was not initially included as not allowed here was that frankly he was a non-entity character that no one here paid any real attention to or cared about. He was certainly never admired though - when he was mentioned it was with complete distaste.
However, in the last year there have unfortunately been a proliferation of sick rape and torture fanfics in the DA fandom involving White and Max. That has given many DAR members a distaste for the character. That is why there has been such a reaction - not the character created on the show but the character created by a few irresponsible individuals.
As far as the rest - DAR does not encourage their members to go to other boards that believe differently and try to annoy or irritate their members. DAR members are here for ML and mostly for Season 1. What other boards do is their business - I wouldn't know since I don't go there. I don't care what they do and have no interest in annoying them or fighting with their members.
That is all that DAR expects of their members and posters.
We do not condone "Kill this character" threads or "War between shipper" threads or "Bash the character or actors" threads here. All we ask of members is that they respect the board and what it was started for.
Anyone who does not feel comfortable with that viewpoint probably does need to go elsewhere.
DAR will not compromise the basis on which this board was started for the bogus cries of "freedom of expression" which are just a code for "let me be as nasty as I want to and annoy whoever I want to." We aren't about that. With freedom of expression comes a responsibility to respect others. Freedom of expression ends when posters infringe on others rights to come here and enjoy this board and what it was founded for.
And Thank you to Nutmeg and others who have PM'd me to let me know their thougts on this issue.
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