This totally makes sense. I used to not read RPS/RPF at all. I used to be entirely and quite actively against it, actually. Because I thought it was invasive and sort of wrong to make assumptions about people I didn't know, especially when I was getting a lot of joy through their hard work at making characters I loved. But I think it's true that fandom is very much a part of the common consciousness (so to speak) of actors right now. Everybody knows it. The term bromance comes up IRL way more than I ever thought it would. Being gay is more "in" than it ever had been, and I doubt any actor is going to bitch about getting popularity. And yeah, they show themselves in a way they want to be perceived, so I especially think that the more slashable actors are the ones who are playing fandom for their own purposes. Which is totally cool with me, BTW.

Now, though, I do think that there's evidence of RPS with the three pairings I mentioned, but that's only because I've watched interviews and stuff with them. If you don't watch interviews, you're not going to get the chemistry, so it amkes sense why you don't do RPS.

But if you ever do start watching interviews, you might see RPS. I mean, IRL I was just relating RPS to tabloids and gossip columns and the like. It's liek, you see the chemistry and how two people interact, and your mind goes there. I don't see much of a difference between RPS and non-fandom people wondering if Brad Pitt's got a thing for Cameron Diaz, or whatever. :P