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Slash defined
Wednesday, February 15, 2006

This is for all the newbies to fanfic out there. I'm not going to go into a big long history of slash fanfiction and why it's called slash. If you want to know that, you can find it lots of places on the 'net--just google it. What I do want to say is this--you know when you see a story with Mal/Inara or Jayne/Kaylee or Zoe/Wash in the description that it's a story with those characters presented as a couple. Well, the same thing goes when the description says Mal/Simon or Simon/Jayne or Mal/Jayne--or even River/Kaylee, Kaylee/Inara, etc. The story is going to be about these characters, most likely paired romantically.

Those of us who write slash understand that it's not everyone's cup of tea. That's why we label it with a slash warning. If you read the story anyway, without knowing what that means, and don't like what you read, please don't rant at us. We did warn you. Rational, adult comments are always appreciated, but ranting will more than likely be ignored.

I have to say that I have been fortunate enough to not have anyone rant at me for my stories, for which I am sincerely grateful, but I have seen such comments on other author's stories.

Thank you to everyone who has read and/or commented on my stories--even if slash isn't your thing. Your comments are greatly appreciated!

Hope this clarifies the terminology for the uninitiated, and that my fellow slash writers don't feel I've stepped on anyone's toes. *g*

Long live slash!

COMMENTS

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 11:30 AM

COPILOT


Thanks for the tutorial. I'll make sure to properly lable my first fan fic. That is if I ever finish it.

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 9:21 AM

FIAREYNNE


AMEN TO THAT! I'm not currently 'shipping any Firefly-verse slash pairings, but all my Red Dwarf fic was slash, just about, and most of my Buffy/Angel-verse 'ships are slash - Warren/Andrew, Angel/Wes, etc.

It's like anything else out there - no one's making people read it, so if they don't like it, they can lump it.


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