[HPFGU-OTChatter] Slash fiction

[Morgan D.]

>    From: illyana delorean <illyana at mindspring.com>
> 
> Also, how were you all introduced to slash fiction? The first I ever 
> heard of it was when I was about 16 (in 1996) - I was on an egroup
> for 
> The A-Team (American TV show, for those of you who don't know), and 
> many of the women on the group wrote slash stories about the
> characters.

Well, I've been writing what can be considered slash fanfiction since
long before internet became popular -- therefore, long before ever
hearing the words "fanfiction", "slash" and, to be honest, "prostate".
^__^ 

That was nineteen years ago, dear me, and I was eleven. I wrote about
"Star Wars" and romantic encounters between Han Solo and Luke
Skywalker, and even made attempts at writing (rather anatomically
inaccurate) sex scenes. I kept my stories absolutely hidden from
everybody, and I did believe I was the only crazy kid that thought of
such things. Only when I was introduced to internet, about seven years
ago, I learned that there are millions of equally crazy people around
the world -- and that some of them were also people I've known in Real
Life and had kept their stories just as firmly hidden as I had mine
^__^  So I guess that makes me a proof that slash fanfiction isn't
simply a trendy fashion or whatever.

I've read a bunch of essays trying to explain the phenomenon of slash
fanfiction and particularly why in blazes straight women keep writing
about gay men. Some (male) essayists just love to bring up concepts
like "envy of the penis", etc.  *shrugs*  I admit I've never found an
essay or theory that managed to go deep into the subject without
forgetting some important segments of the phenomenon (such as the
influence of Japanese manga/anime/doujinshi, or the considerable number
of young ficwriters that *do* write slash only because all their
friends are doing it).

One of my favourite essays about it can be found at
http://www.bitchmagazine.com/archives/04_03slash/slash.html
But definitely the subject deserves more (bigotry-free) studies. 

(As you can see, Captain Cindy, I've followed your advice. *waves*)


Morgan D.
Hogwarts Letters - http://www.hogwartsletters.hpg.com.br

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