COCO CHANNEL Interview with Minotaur
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| Title: | COCO CHANNEL Interview with Minotaur |
| Interviewer: | Karmen Ghia |
| Interviewee: | Minotaur |
| Date(s): | February 2000 |
| Medium: | online |
| Fandom(s): | slash, fandom |
| External Links: | An Interview with Minotaur - February 2000, Archived version |
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COCO CHANNEL Interview with Minotaur is archived at The Society for Slash Diversity and The Committee of Chekov Obsessives Comparing Historical and New Narratives in Ensign Literature.
Content
Some topics covered:
- Sex Tips for Slash Writers
- his fannish beginnings
- why write slash
- some recommendations
Excerpts
Karmen Ghia: Do you have any thoughts or feelings about K/S?
Minotaur: Anh.. doesn't really do anything for me. I know it was the original, the one that started it all, and I was a terrible Spock fan when I was younger, but the combination doesn't really appeal to me.
KG: I've burned out on them as a couple but still slash them with Chekov or McCoy. Lately, I've been slashing Chekov WITH McCoy; I'm sure it's the autobahn into hell but what do I care? Do you have any thoughts on the future of Slash on the Web?
M: More, more, more. Slash is a wonderful example of the true power of the 'Web. Anyone with access to a computer can now reach out and potentially touch millions of lives. Slash used to be much more sub-rosa, you had to know someone who was in the know, or come across it at a con. Now it's *everywhere*. You don't have to half look for it anymore. With the power of the Web, people have unleashed their inner desires, put forth the fruits of their imaginations, and connected with other like minded souls.
Karmen Ghia: How did you become the slash gay sex guru?
Minotaur: I'm a guru? Don't you need to be transcendent or something like that before you can be a guru? Anyway, when I went to my first slashcon a couple of years ago, I was shocked and dismayed to discover that I was the only guy there. I'm still amazed that there are so few guys into this stuff. So there I was, sitting innocently minding my own business, with all these insane (in a good way, mind you) women wandering around talking about queer sex.... the next thing I knew, I was being shoved up against a wall and peppered with "Can two guys..." questions. Well, ok, it wasn't a wall, but you get the idea. So when I got home, I sat down at my computer and started building the Tips site.
KG: And an invaluable and educational, not to mention entertaining, resource it is. Are you enjoying it?
M: Loving every second of it. The really cool thing is that I'm starting to get questions about sex from non-slashers. I have no idea how they find my site, but nearly every week I get a couple of questions from obvious 'danes.
Karmen Ghia: What is the motivation to write slash? One can't sell it; one can't even eat it.
Minotaur: Perhaps because the original writers of these shows and characters aren't giving us what we really want to see. So we take control of the stories and make them happen to please us. Or perhaps it's about women taking control of erotica - which has traditionally been produced by males for males. All I know is that it's fun, and I've met some really groovy people through it, and I'm not about to stop anytime soon.
Karmen Ghia: What five stories would you recommend as an introduction to slash to someone just starting to read it?
Minotaur: Torch's M/K stuff above all, both "Ghosts" and "Lovers". "Solitary Creatures" (Sentinel) by Aristide, "A Little Touch of Harry in the Night" (P/K) by CKC, The "Playboy of the Delta Quadrant" series, (P/K), the author of which escapes me at the moment, and finally, my own "Three Proofs", a Superman/Jimmy.