And then ... things got complicated because there were suddenly [[fanfiction]] fandoms like [[QaF]] that were chock full of canonically gay characters. Is it still slash when you write [[Brian/Justin]]? By the old definition, no. But a lot of those writers (and [[Oz]] writers and [[Velvet Goldmine]] writers, etc) had written slash that was "old-definition" slash and the name stuck until now the definition of slash has become a lot more fluid. | And then ... things got complicated because there were suddenly [[fanfiction]] fandoms like [[QaF]] that were chock full of canonically gay characters. Is it still slash when you write [[Brian/Justin]]? By the old definition, no. But a lot of those writers (and [[Oz]] writers and [[Velvet Goldmine]] writers, etc) had written slash that was "old-definition" slash and the name stuck until now the definition of slash has become a lot more fluid. |