A formal Apologia!
It's official - I'm an idiot!
I had a long talk last night with the gentleman who got me started in Prop making & told him this story.
He read all the Posts ( I made & kept copies of Every Single One) & PMs & Emails, then he reminded me of exactly why I do this - passion.
He then knocked me over when he said that I was into this Dexter Trophy Box thing - for the Wrong reason!
Allow me refresh the tell:
I first got involved in this drama because I love the show & when I saw the posts about Dexter -
I thought I might be able to help out with some of the prop searches because my friend works for the show.
I asked my friend if he might be able to get me info & images of some of the shows key props. He said the show was on hiatus but when the next season rolled around he would do all he could, so long as the show was in no-way compromised.
I then posted on RPF about my potential access to the show & asked openly what would people want to see more of & know about the show's props. At this time I also mentioned that I was interested in making Dexter's Trophy Case.
I got a number of replies & received several PMs asking if I would make them a Trophy Box too.
Somewhere between - me wanting to help the fans & simply make props - I got emotionally invested in a debate over semantics & I lost sight of why I'm in this game in the first place - Passion.
My friend also reminded me that the internet has all-seeing eyes & that I could be inadvertently compromising my friend's job - if word of this drama somehow got back to the producers of the show.
Anyway, to wrap this up... my passion for the Trophy case has been compromised & I want to publicly apologize to the Dexter fans for not doing the right thing when things got sticky in the 1st place & that is -
To withdraw from this situation all together.
(in plain English - stick a fork in silly ol' me - cause I'm done! )
Enjoy the Show & Prop Collecting!