COME As You Are

TLW第一季的宣傳照，女王那時就有呆頭鵝表情了

我找到傳說中的TiBetters請願書，也就是網路TiBette運動的重要歷史文獻，可能大家都看過了，為了保存珍貴的「紙莎草書」，我全文轉載(過年有空把它翻成中文)，按內文判斷(第三季快播完的時候)應該是2006年三月前後寫的，傷感的是署名的tibette.com現在已經變成JBC了，只能說「莫忘初衷」！

原始網頁：http://www.petitiononline.com/TiBette/petition.html

To:  Ilene Chaiken c/o The LWord

We, your viewers, do respectfully request that the characters of Bette Porter and Tina Kennard, be reunited as the loving, long term relationship couple that you so skillfully had us all fall in love with. This document represents the passion and love for this couple, as well as The L Word.

First, it needs to be said that we appreciate The L Word. You have shown the world a life that has only before been whispered about. You have given that world a glimpse into the lives of a group of lesbians who love, live, work, and play together. You have touched on subject matter no one else has dared to. Homosexuals and heterosexuals alike have been glued to their TV to see what happens in our little gay world. You have directly affected a great many of us on personal levels. Never have we seen so much passion revolve around a show.

That being said, you must know how much a loving, passionate, committed couple like Bette and Tina have come to mean to all of us. We fell in love from the pilot episode and still, at this point in time, want them to return as a couple, no matter what has been put in their paths. Those of us who are in long term relationships feel shortchanged and hurt. What you choose to show when moving forward with this couple was cheating, lying, lack of communication and backstabbing. We feel a lack of respect for our relationships that have endured a great amount of drama? Those of us who are not in that relationship yet, feel disillusioned. We found something to look forward to, a goal to work with in building our relationships and now are horrified at what we see. Then there are those of us who are not lesbians at all, but we fell in love with the idea that two people could emit so much chemistry and show so much love. We too feel deceived. Was this just TV? Yes it is. But, to your credit, we connected with it. You are telling our stories. We are telling you, we're unhappy. We saw hope for an era where people can love unconditionally across the lines of sex, race, religion, and stereotypes because of what this show started to tell the world. You have veered off the course we believed you were taking us on.

You and your writers did a fantastic job with this couple. You have so many of your viewers wrapped around every episode waiting to see what was coming next. However, nearer to the end of season 3, we are just waiting for it to be over and praying that next season will see our couple return to love, life and yes, lust together. You put this love in our hearts, and we feel as though you have ripped it from us. We are sadly disappointed. We are angry. We are sad. We are hoping you will see fit to return to us that which you gave and then took away: our favorite couple Bette & Tina.

Thank you for reading and listening to us, your viewers.

Sincerely,

(請自填)

The Bette and Tina - Together Forever Petition to Ilene Chaiken c/o The LWord was created by the tibetters and written by Dawn Engler (babybagolight@yahoo.com).  This petition is hosted here at www.PetitionOnline.com as a public service. There is no endorsement of this petition, express or implied, by Artifice, Inc. or our sponsors. For technical support please use our simple Petition Help form.

女王始作俑者的自拍照，詳情請看此篇：http://gofish2010.pixnet.net/blog/post/20537878

2007.02.14 - Valentine's Day PodCast By booca13, 2008/04/08

這個PodCast算是對請願書的非正式回應，在第四季上映前，IC一開場就說TiBette在她心中已經不會在一起了(原文我再找找)，女王是表情有點猶豫傷感的說TiBette要在一起要經過很多Processes(這是我的破英文程度聽到的大概，歡迎補充)，我覺得到第四季拍完，IC態度還是很強硬，等收視率出來，她才來個大轉彎，反正第四季後面已經放了很多伏筆，但不表示第五季會是我們現在看到的那樣，所以感謝那些TiBetters前輩的努力，我們才有圓滿的傳說中TiBette神話。