Slash: Fanfiction that contains a homosexual relationship that is not in the original material.
Aka: A story where Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy turn out to be gay and become lovers.
Or where Frodo and Sam do.
It's called slash because of the way pairings in stories are denoted: a story about Harry and Draco would be labeled Harry/Draco.
Slash was started in the Star Trek fandom, several decades ago, when fanfiction was still on memeographed newsletters. It's mostly written by women, often in their 20's. It varies from rather romantic stuff, to flat-out pornographic writing.
It sounds very odd, I suppose; but I love the stuff.
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Date: 2005-12-26 08:18 pm (UTC)Aka: A story where Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy turn out to be gay and become lovers.
Or where Frodo and Sam do.
It's called slash because of the way pairings in stories are denoted: a story about Harry and Draco would be labeled Harry/Draco.
Slash was started in the Star Trek fandom, several decades ago, when fanfiction was still on memeographed newsletters. It's mostly written by women, often in their 20's. It varies from rather romantic stuff, to flat-out pornographic writing.
It sounds very odd, I suppose; but I love the stuff.