I don't read fanfic.

[conuly]

I don't write fanfic. I don't write at all, in fact, not fiction, anyway. But a lot of my friends read/write fanfic. Nothing wrong with that, really, though after a few disturbing incidents (including a Sinfest li'l devil/godfanboy slash suggestion) I need to ask...

What's the point of slash? Why write it? And is it slash if the characters are supposed to be gay in whatever you're basing this off of?

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[rainbow-goddess.livejournal.com]

I write slash for many reasons. For me, writing fanfic is easier than writing original fic because the characters and their personalities are already established. Sometimes I write a character having a problem I've had as a way to work out what I think or feel about the problem. I write slash because, to my 'queer eyes', there are some characters on some shows who I think are obviously madly in love with each other even if they never say anything about it. :) Starsky & Hutch is a good example of this. It's also a way of fighting heterosexism, the assumption that everyone is heterosexual. I'm also a romantic, and I like to write mushy romance stories that aren't m/f, because you find those anywhere.