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|valign="top"|"It's only slash if it's about a same-sex couple."
|valign="top"|"It's only slash if it's about a same-sex couple."
|valign="top"|In the [[X-Files]], stories of romance between [[Mulder/Scully]] would occasionally be labelled as slash; in this sense, slash was being used to mean any [[non-canon]] relationship (there were indications that certain fans wanted it to be known as ''het slash''<ref name=helenraven>[http://helenraven.livejournal.com/79618.html 'Must. Not. Comment.'], retrieved October 4, 2008.</ref>). The focus of the definition slipped, and the heterosexual aspect of the relationship was irrelevant to it being slash. However, in nearly every modern fandom, the definition of slash has settled down to mean same-sex pairings only.
|valign="top"|In the [[X-Files]], stories of romance between [[Mulder/Scully]] would occasionally be labelled as slash; in this sense, slash was being used to mean any [[non-canon]] relationship (there were indications that certain fans wanted it to be known as ''het slash''<ref name=helenraven>[http://helenraven.livejournal.com/79618.html 'Must. Not. Comment.'], retrieved October 4, 2008.</ref>). The focus of the definition slipped, and the heterosexual aspect of the relationship was irrelevant to it being slash. However, in nearly every modern fandom, the definition of slash has settled down to mean same-sex pairings only.
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|valign="top"|"It's only slash if it contains physical and/or explicit sex."
|valign="top"| <ref> "Slash ("/": Sexually explicit fan fiction extrapolating homosexual relationships between characters." -- from the editorial of [[Gambit (Blake's 7 anthology published in the US)|Gambit]] #1</ref>
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|valign="top"|"It's only slash if it's about a non-canon (or '[[Unconventional Pairing|unconventional]]') relationship."
|valign="top"|"It's only slash if it's about a non-canon (or '[[Unconventional Pairing|unconventional]]') relationship."