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Fans sometimes refer to this perennial wondering as "why slash" or "[http://firefox.org/news/articles/1196/1/Why----A-Not-Remotely-Complete-Investigation-of-the-quotWhy-Slash--Why-Het--Why-Femslashquot-Debate/Page1.html The Why Slash Debate]" or simply "the why slash", and answers are as varied as [[fen]] <ref>[http://the-dark-twin.livejournal.com/2361.html Why I like slash. Tough question, plain answers.] the_dark_twin 2004-10-09, ''(Accessed 2008-11-03)''</ref>. | Fans sometimes refer to this perennial wondering as "why slash" or "[http://firefox.org/news/articles/1196/1/Why----A-Not-Remotely-Complete-Investigation-of-the-quotWhy-Slash--Why-Het--Why-Femslashquot-Debate/Page1.html The Why Slash Debate]" or simply "the why slash", and answers are as varied as [[fen]] <ref>[http://the-dark-twin.livejournal.com/2361.html Why I like slash. Tough question, plain answers.] the_dark_twin 2004-10-09, ''(Accessed 2008-11-03)''</ref>. | ||
The longer one is in [[fandom]], the shorter one's response to this question becomes, often shrinking from vast multipost entries to "Because two men = hot". | The longer one is in [[fandom]], the shorter one's response to this question becomes, often shrinking from vast multipost entries to the pithy and incomplete/inaccurate: "Because two men = hot". | ||
The persistence of the "why slash?" debate, while no equivalent existential soul-searching exists for "why [[het]]?" (rather than specific [[ship manifestos]] for favorite [[pairings]]), reflects the idea that being a [[slasher]] is a question of identity and self-definition for some slash readers, rather than just a reading and/or [[pairing]] preference in a fandom. | The persistence of the "why slash?" debate, while no equivalent existential soul-searching exists for "why [[het]]?" (rather than specific [[ship manifestos]] for favorite [[pairings]]), reflects the idea that being a [[slasher]] is a question of identity and self-definition for some slash readers, rather than just a reading and/or [[pairing]] preference in a fandom. | ||
So, good luck! As a fan in 1995 wrote: {{Quotation| Heh. Right. In 20-odd years of writing and reading and *active* discussion (the question was raised on more than one occasion, in fact, as to whether there was a correllation between the drive to analyse into the ground and the drive to read/write slash), there has been nothing even approaching consensus amongst the members of the 'slash community'. | So, good luck! As a fan in 1995 wrote: {{Quotation| Heh. Right. In 20-odd years of writing and reading and *active* discussion (the question was raised on more than one occasion, in fact, as to whether there was a correllation between the drive to analyse into the ground and the drive to read/write slash), there has been nothing even approaching consensus amongst the members of the 'slash community'. If you manage to achieve it here, I can only conclude that you're ignoring | ||
some major issues! <Ref> [[Agnes Tomorrow]], at [[Lysator]], V96 #172 (December 31, 1995) </ref>}} | some major issues! <Ref> [[Agnes Tomorrow]], at [[Lysator]], V96 #172 (December 31, 1995) </ref>}} | ||