[HPFGU-OTChatter] Fanfics with slash & sex...I don't get it

[Saitaina]

I would like to state, for the record and at
the beginning so that no one accuses me of
anything, I respect your opinion and you have
every right to have it.  That said...

Diana wrote:

<I like the
characters too much as they are written to go
changing
their sexual preference on them! .>

No one's changing their sexual preference.
A lot of kids explore in their teenage years
and that's one of the things slash writers
pick up on.  Just because Neville's kissing
Percy in one story doesn't mean he's going to
be gay (bi/what have you) forever.   Added to
that we just don't KNOW for sure their sexual
preference.   Even with those dating/married.
Stories are told countless times of a couple
married 20+ years and suddenly one of them
figures out that they're not all as attracted
to the opposite sex as they thought they
were.  And for some, denial is a way of life.
We can never be sure but it's fun to play
with.

<Besides, I can't see 11 to
14-year-old children [the age span of Harry,
Ron and
Hermione from PS/SS through GoF] being
written as
having sex at all.>

Hate to burst the bubble but nine year olds
have consensual sex nowadays.   Not saying
they should but it happens.  But most stories
that are written do take place fifth year and
up, the time when most are going farther then
making out in empty classrooms.

<I know I sound like a prude or some
religious fanatic,
but I swear I'm not.  I just can't fathom the
appeal
of those kinds of fanfics at all and am
admitting it. >

I used to say that as well, until I actually
tried a well written one.  Now I'm a constant
slash writer (Yes I do write het but not
often and usually my het is within a slash
story).   My advice, as it always is, is try
one, just one and if you don't like it after,
hey, your choice but at least try it before
you say ewww.  You never know, you might be a
secret slasher.

Saitaina
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