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==The Future of Slash==
==The Future of Slash==
===1993===
{{Quotation|
Maybe (and this is a *big* maybe, so anybody feel free to slap me down for
Maybe (and this is a *big* maybe, so anybody feel free to slap me down for
it) slash is becoming diluted, altered so radically from its origins that
it) slash is becoming diluted, altered so radically from its origins that
People are inserting their own opinions here on this [mailing] list because there's no Slash Bible that says, "here's how it started, and here's where. <ref> from [[Virgule-L]], by [[Michelle Christian]], [[Slash Origins: YOU'RE ALL WRONG!]] (Nov 18, 1993) </ref>}}
People are inserting their own opinions here on this [mailing] list because there's no Slash Bible that says, "here's how it started, and here's where. <ref> from [[Virgule-L]], by [[Michelle Christian]], [[Slash Origins: YOU'RE ALL WRONG!]] (Nov 18, 1993) </ref>}}
===1994===
{{Quotation2| ...that real on-screen equality for women might eliminate slash as nothing else could? I think it's a definite possibility, but not one that we need to worry about seriously for some time to come (rueful smile). On the other hand, when I discussed this idea with a friend, she was of the opinion that although better female characters and a better attitude toward women generally would eliminate much of the implicitly misogynistic buddy-pair stuff that is the breeding ground of slash, still there would always be certain male couples who just happened to have that magic chemistry. [[K/S]], for example, was inevitable, she thought. Actually, this reminds me a bit of [J's] ideas about magic couples, though her particular magic couples are often not the same ones that other people notice. I agree that what's needed for "real" slash with female characters is to elevate the women to heroic status. A big part of what makes slash what it is for me is the fact that the men are not ordinary guys but heroes, in a setting that is romantic in the broad sense. <ref> from [[Strange Bedfellows (APA)]] #7 </ref>}}
===1995===
{{Quotation|
I'm curious what people will think about slash 200 years from now. Will
I'm curious what people will think about slash 200 years from now. Will