That’s basically my take except that I tend to take it with a salt mine. I’ve been in science fiction fandom for decades. Everyone I know who has actually met Fillion has said that he is a truly nice man. I know that I’ve always found it interesting how much of Nathan’s character has been incorporated into the character of Castle.

I wrote a post on this on my Facebook page. I have hundreds of friends associated with science fiction fandom so I thought it would be an interesting way to find out if people shared my doubts about the whole thing. Here is what a friend of mine that I’ve known for almost 40 years had to say.

“I have met Fillion on a few occasions at conventions. The first time really sticks out in my memory. I was still working with a vendor at the time and was on a break outside chatting with Gigi Edgely when Fillion came walking out with his manager heading to the airport. I walked up to him and told him how much I enjoyed Firefly. I told him I knew I couldn’t get an autograph because he was packed up and leaving; I just wanted to thank him. And I started to walk off. He called me back over and said “I can’t give you an autograph, but I can give you this.” and handed me his Dragon Con badge! That was in 2004 and I still have it.

BTW, I have gotten an autographed picture since then.”

The main thing I can say right now is to take the original source with a grain of salt. I’m not saying anything is right or wrong, but it would be wrong to assume that the report is 100% without named sources / statements backing it up.