[HPFGU-OTChatter] The last word on slash

[Sushi]

At 10:54 PM 1/13/03 +0000, you wrote:
>There is an item in The Leaky Cauldron which refers to an article in
>Scotsman.com which says that JKR's lawyers are taking steps to
>eliminate slash fanfic sites.  Are attorneys working for JKR, at her
>behest, considered canon?


         Given that the article comes from a rabidly right-wing paper known 
for a homophobic attitude (or so my friends in the UK tell me), I'm taking 
the whole situation with a grain of salt.  In any case, if they were coming 
down on all adult-oriented fanfic it wouldn't be so much of a problem.  If 
they're targeting slash and only slash, that's just discrimination.  If it 
means losing well-written, character-oriented, thoughtful, intelligent, 
decidedly non-pornographic (sexual situations can be anything from tasteful 
to terrifying) stories that simply feature two members of the same sex in a 
relationship, and leaving choppy, hack-fodder pr0n just because it's a man 
and a woman, then simply on the grounds of being a writer I shall be 
furious.  That's not protecting the children, that's biased censorship.

         Er, sorry.  Rant over.  This has been ALLLL over the slash lists 
of late, btw.

Sushi, who tends to think same-sex relationships just make more *sense* 
(especially from logistical and financial points of view), much to the 
consternation of her husband ;)

         PS, ignore that.  I can overanalyse *anything*.


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