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== Defining Slash ==

== Defining Slash ==

Because the early slash community kept such a low profile (as above), there weren't clearly written definitions of the term that people could refer to as they got on the net and came in contact with the existing community. So a term might experience [[Fannish Drift|fannish drift]] as newcomers used the term according to the way they interpreted it, rather than how the existing community used it. Slash was a term that experienced fannish drift in this manner. It has also evolved over the years in response to canonically gay characters and relationships becoming more common in mainstream television shows and movies.<ref>For examples, see ''[[Steven Universe]]'', ''[[Torchwood]]'', or ''[[Welcome to Night Vale]]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_television_programs_with_LGBT_characters There are many others\. The first canonically gay couple on television was Gordon and George in the 1975 sitcom ''Hot l Baltimore''.</ref>

Because the early slash community kept such a low profile (as above), there weren't clearly written definitions of the term that people could refer to as they got on the net and came in contact with the existing community. So a term might experience [[Fannish Drift|fannish drift]] as newcomers used the term according to the way they interpreted it, rather than how the existing community used it. Slash was a term that experienced fannish drift in this manner. It has also evolved over the years in response to canonically gay characters and relationships becoming more common in mainstream television shows and movies.<ref>For examples, see ''[[Steven Universe]]'', ''[[Torchwood]]'', or ''[[Welcome to Night Vale]]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_television_programs_with_LGBT_characters There are many others]. The first canonically gay couple on television was Gordon and George in the 1975 sitcom ''Hot l Baltimore''.</ref>

During the initial era of K/S and other early slash pairings, and issues of "slashy [[subtext]]" and "[[slash goggles]]"aside, no one suggested that K/S and other pairings were established deliberately, as a matter of [[canon]].<ref>Other than by [[Sondra Marshak]] and [[Myrna Culbreath]], that is. The story of [[Shatner: Where No Man#Gene Roddenberry on Shatner, & Kirk|how they maneuvered Gene Roddenberry]] into considering Kirk & Spock's friendship in terms of "the Greek ideal" has become legendary.</ref> Slash was defined as fanfic containing noncanonical same-sex media character pairings. As is easy to see on countless discussion forums these days, the definition of slash has become more elastic. Many fans consider slash to mean, simply, a same-sex pairing (thus, they refer to ''Queer as Folk'' fan fiction as slash, though the characters are gay in canon). Still others look at, say, ''Stargate: SG-1'' fan fiction pairings of Jack/Daniel and Jack/Samantha and consider them both to be slash relationships, because neither is canon and both are designated with a slash mark.

During the initial era of K/S and other early slash pairings, and issues of "slashy [[subtext]]" and "[[slash goggles]]"aside, no one suggested that K/S and other pairings were established deliberately, as a matter of [[canon]].<ref>Other than by [[Sondra Marshak]] and [[Myrna Culbreath]], that is. The story of [[Shatner: Where No Man#Gene Roddenberry on Shatner, & Kirk|how they maneuvered Gene Roddenberry]] into considering Kirk & Spock's friendship in terms of "the Greek ideal" has become legendary.</ref> Slash was defined as fanfic containing noncanonical same-sex media character pairings. As is easy to see on countless discussion forums these days, the definition of slash has become more elastic. Many fans consider slash to mean, simply, a same-sex pairing (thus, they refer to ''Queer as Folk'' fan fiction as slash, though the characters are gay in canon). Still others look at, say, ''Stargate: SG-1'' fan fiction pairings of Jack/Daniel and Jack/Samantha and consider them both to be slash relationships, because neither is canon and both are designated with a slash mark.