Personally, I still think of gay characters as slash, although I suppose technically they're not. It's just this is the place to read about them and it's easier to group 'slash reading' and 'original fic' reading or 'novel reading' under those three headings, and that seems like enough for me!
Chan, I didn't even know what it was so had to look it up! I'm definitely not interested in underage sex if it gets too graphic. Really, I think it's probably just that so many people are so easily influenced and no one should be getting sexual before they need to IMO, although obviously some kids are ready for it before others. I don't object to writing characters who are underage so in theory shouldn't mind reading them, but I prefer them not to be overtly sexual. I tend not to read slash with characters that are too young as slash to me is all about the men, not the boys!
Incest I have no issues with at all because my understanding of it being squick is due to the issues with offspring... and in slash: no women, no babies, therefore incest seems fair game in my little world!
Top slash pairings? I don't know HP, so will give you what I would consider the more popular ones from the places I frequent. I used to be more into LOTR and definitely the major one was Aragorn/Legolas (and the RPS Viggo/Orlando) although who knows now? Personally, I'm a follower of Lost wherein the main pairing with the biggest following was Jack/Sawyer (my own favourites would be Sawyer/Sayid and Jack/Boone), although for some reason (not my thing at all) in the most recent series, Jacob/Man in Black (or Esau or Samuel or Smoke Monster, varying since no one ever seems to agree on his name). I'd agree on House (House/Wilson) and Torchwood (Jack/Ianto) and add True Blood to the mix, where Eric/Bill may find it's way near the top of the pile, though there are certainly plenty of nice-looking choices (personally I'm a Bill/Sam girl). I can't think of any others with major happenings, though these are probably not huge in the grand scheme of things!
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Chan, I didn't even know what it was so had to look it up! I'm definitely not interested in underage sex if it gets too graphic. Really, I think it's probably just that so many people are so easily influenced and no one should be getting sexual before they need to IMO, although obviously some kids are ready for it before others. I don't object to writing characters who are underage so in theory shouldn't mind reading them, but I prefer them not to be overtly sexual. I tend not to read slash with characters that are too young as slash to me is all about the men, not the boys!
Incest I have no issues with at all because my understanding of it being squick is due to the issues with offspring... and in slash: no women, no babies, therefore incest seems fair game in my little world!
Top slash pairings? I don't know HP, so will give you what I would consider the more popular ones from the places I frequent. I used to be more into LOTR and definitely the major one was Aragorn/Legolas (and the RPS Viggo/Orlando) although who knows now? Personally, I'm a follower of Lost wherein the main pairing with the biggest following was Jack/Sawyer (my own favourites would be Sawyer/Sayid and Jack/Boone), although for some reason (not my thing at all) in the most recent series, Jacob/Man in Black (or Esau or Samuel or Smoke Monster, varying since no one ever seems to agree on his name). I'd agree on House (House/Wilson) and Torchwood (Jack/Ianto) and add True Blood to the mix, where Eric/Bill may find it's way near the top of the pile, though there are certainly plenty of nice-looking choices (personally I'm a Bill/Sam girl). I can't think of any others with major happenings, though these are probably not huge in the grand scheme of things!