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Fans sometimes refer to this perennial wondering as "why slash" or "the why slash debate" and answers are as varied as [[fen]]. | Fans sometimes refer to this perennial wondering as "why slash" or "the why slash debate" and answers are as varied as [[fen]]. | ||
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. | ||
==Some Fan Comments== | |||
===1995=== | |||
{{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>}} | ||
===1997=== | |||
{{Quotation| | |||
… I got tired of the many stories that | |||
distort the characters beyond recognition: The sweet, sensitive [[Kerr Avon|Avons]]; the | |||
genius [[Vila Restal|Vilas]]; the stupid, naïve Blakes; the evil, devious Blakes; the | |||
omniscient Avons; the homicidally jealous Jennas. Needless to say, these | |||
show up with equal frequency in gen and slash. An intense relationship | |||
between [[Roj Blake|Blake]] and Avon is a given: it's there on screen. IMODO, | |||
extrapolating from the operatic emotions on screen to the erotic, whether | |||
it's [[explicit]] or implicit in a story, is not as fundamental a violation of | |||
the series universe as, say, stories where Avon and Orac bring about | |||
sudden bloodless change by undermining the Federation banking system (or | |||
many of the equally ludicrous gen plots that hang on some bizarre wishful | |||
thinking about Avon's character and the way the world works). I don't | |||
think the slash concept, especially in stories that are not explicit, is | |||
any less canonical than PGP stories where everyone survives. | |||
What I really like sometimes is a story where it's obvious that the emotions are incredibly intense and clearly encompass, without being limited to, the erotic, but neither of the boys notices. Just like in the series. 8-) What want is stories about that relationship, in any form, and since slash is the only easily identified fan fic that can be relied on to explore that relationship, then that's where I'm going. I don't mind the sex, usually, either, although the novelty wore off a while ago. 8-) <ref> comment by Sue C at [[Lystator]] Volume 97 : Issue 290 (23 Dec 1997) </ref>}} | |||
==Example [[Meta]] Essays== | ==Example [[Meta]] Essays== | ||
Also, see [[Timeline of Slash Meta]]. | |||
===1990=== | ===1990=== | ||
* [[Why Slash? (1990 essay)]] by [C A] | * [[Why Slash? (1990 essay)]] by [C A] | ||