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[out_there]

Well, I wanted to play with a poll anyway, and this is a discussion I had with a friend a while ago. Basically, I'm following the Sam Seaborn method of convincing someone (getting lots of figures and seeing if they agree with me *g*).

I'm actually highly curious about how other slashers define slash. So, please fill it in and maybe even mention it to your friends. (We'll see how big a poll population we can muster!).


[Poll #187675]

Comments

[mecurtin.livejournal.com]

"how would you describe fiction for it" to me means "what kind of label would be useful". Although there *are* people for whom canonical vs. non-canonical is the most important distinction, in this culture (in the US at least) the distinction between "willing to accept same-sex relationships" and "not willing to accept them" is far more emotional and important for most people.

Basically, I don't get the same "feel" from canonical same-sex relationships as I do from traditional slash, but since more readers sort by the "same-sex" label than by the "canonical" label, calling such stories "slash" is far more useful than calling them "gen".

[out-there.livejournal.com]

*nods* Good points.

Basically, I had this discussion with a friend, and I firmly believe taht slash is slash, regardless of canon. Likewise, with a sexually explicit het story, even if it was a canonical couple, I'd still want the het warning.

I basically think of gen as friendship/adventure type fics without a main pairing. I think it's because of shifting value of canon. Anything that you see happen or mentioned on screen is definitely canon. However, there's other gen fics that are not strictly canonical. Certainly they don't *disagree* with canon, but they're not certainly canon either. Sorry, circular logic in use... *g*

For me, I consider sexual/romantic fics either het or slash (with the occasional threesome thrown in *winks*) and non-sexual/romantic fics either gen or AU. I'm a very simple gal at heart. *bg*