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In dramatics, subtext does not necessarily have to be deliberate on the part of the author. There have been many debates over whether certain subtext exists in canon whether or not the [[authorial intent|writer intended to put it there]].
In dramatics, subtext does not necessarily have to be deliberate on the part of the author. There have been many debates over whether certain subtext exists in canon whether or not the [[authorial intent|writer intended to put it there]].
These concepts are extremely subjective, and not all fans will agree on their validity or application to a particular relationship in a show or film.
{{Quotation2|For my part, I never have been able to "slash for slash's sake." I don't and can't "[[Slash goggles|see slashy]] [[subtext]]" everywhere I look. Evidence of emotional and/or physical intimacy (same gender or opposite) demonstrates only that characters are emotionally and/or physically intimate. Emotional/physical intimacy exists between people who are friends and among family members and is, by itself, insufficient to suggest, much less prove, that there is or should be sexual relationship.
I remember one of the original "[[incest]] slash" fandoms, from the early-to-mid-80s--"[[Simon and Simon]]" fandom. My friends and I were *so* bewildered by that and, when it was explained to us by proponents that "of course they're having sex, look at how much they love each other," it was (in modern 'net vernacular) a real *headdesk* moment for us.
It's the Vulcan in me--I need to see a logical extrapolation from the media source product to the suggested extra-textual relationship (slash or het). Connect all the dots for me--explain what is in canon (the characterizations, backgrounds, history, specific relationships, physical setting, time period, larger culture and worldview, etc.) that makes it possible (or even likely) and also rationally explain away whatever there is in [[canon]] that mitigates against it. <ref> comment from [[klangley56]] in [http://goodnightsong.livejournal.com/235854.html the subject of slash], dated June 1, 2008, accessed Feb. 11, 2011; [http://www.webcitation.org/5wNOTl2kY WebCite]. </ref>}}
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