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The [[Robin of Sherwood Fandom and Slash Fanworks|absence of slash]] in [[Robin of Sherwood]] 1980s fandom provides a case study of how insecure slash fandom was about itself and its legitimacy<ref>Fans respected a polite request from the show's creator Richard Carpenter and refrained from publishing slash stories based on this show's main characters.</ref>, but in the [[History of Slash Fandom#Slash and the Arrival of the Internet|internet age]], slash has become increasingly normalized.
The [[Robin of Sherwood Fandom and Slash Fanworks|absence of slash]] in [[Robin of Sherwood]] 1980s fandom provides a case study of how insecure slash fandom was about itself and its legitimacy<ref>Fans respected a polite request from the show's creator Richard Carpenter and refrained from publishing slash stories based on this show's main characters.</ref>, but in the [[History of Slash Fandom#Slash and the Arrival of the Internet|internet age]], slash has become increasingly normalized.
Today, [[Rule 34]] illustrates the wide variety of slash pairings and combinations, that any conceivable [[FPF|fictional]] or [[RPF|real people]] [[pairing]], [[Anthropomorfic|inanimate object anthropomorphic]], or [[crossover]], has probably been written (and if not, there's always Rule 35: if there is no porn of it, it will be made.
As fans moved online in the late 1990s, some used "slash" in their [[disclaimers]] as a warning in a derogatory way, assuring other fans that they were "safe" from slash on their site. An example: "All fics are rated at or below PG-13, and thar be no Slash here, so don't worry about running across something offensive. Make yourself at home!" <ref> [https://web.archive.org/web/20020224041307/www.geocities.com/honorh_macspam Hall of HonorH] (~2000) </ref>
Today, [[Rule 34]] illustrates the wide variety of slash pairings and combinations, that any conceivable [[FPF|fictional]] or [[RPF|real people]] [[pairing]], [[Anthropomorfic|inanimate object anthropomorphic]], or [[crossover]], has probably been written (and if not, there's always Rule 35: if there is no porn of it, it will be made).
== Defining Slash ==
== Defining Slash ==