Fanfics with slash & sex...I don't get it

[Simon Branford <simon.hp@virgin.net>]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Haggridd wrote:
> It is that 
> the fanfics should follow the spirit of the original story (Thank 
> you, ER!).  It is for this reason that slash should carry content 
> labels.  Having read the original stories, one has certain 
> expectation that deserve to be honored.  

So far in the story we have seen couples kissing (and only a few of 
those). This implies that any fic containing more than this should 
include a suitable warning, because it is not following 'the spirit 
of the original story'. Whether or not a rating of R or NC17 
constitutes such a warning is up for discussion, but not terribly 
important.

I get the impression, Haggridd, that you believe the original stories 
to contain nothing homosexual (whether same sex couples kissing, 
showing feelings towards each other or more). I also know that other 
feel similarly. However there is a significant group of people who 
would (and do) disagree with this view.

In GoF (Yule Ball chapter) we see Sinistra and Vector dancing 
together. Quite a few people believe that this shows a happily 
attached lesbian couple dancing the night away with their students.

Others believe that some of Harry's comments and actions point toward 
him showing homosexual feelings towards others, usually Draco or Ron.

Flourish has already given her view on teens sexual preferences. My 
only addition to that would be that the teenage years are seen by 
many as the time when an individual gets the chance to work out who 
they are. In essence the chance for the person to become an 
individual. For many a large part of this is the question of sexual 
orientation. Would it not be natural to see this?


So who is right on what the original series shows and what its spirit 
is?


Simon