Two more slash questions

[thrihyrne]

I'm going to be revising my slash article and would like people's thoughts on a couple of things: One is the very definition of slash. Is it still slash if the characters canonically are already gay or bi? Say writing Queer As Folk fanfic. Is it slash or just fic about canonically gay characters?

The other is chan. Perhaps even more than incest, chan is controversial in the slash world. Thoughts?

Spread the word! I'd also like to put together a side bar of 'top slash pairings' in some large fandoms. The ones for HP are pretty obvious, but I'd also like to include Tolkien, Star Trek reboot, Merlin (though that's pretty much a one-hit wonder as far as I know)... Would people concur that the top three HP pairings are Harry/Draco, Harry/Snape and Remus/Sirius, as far as sheer fanfic volume over the past several years? What other fandoms are buzzing these days that have a high slash content?

Comments

You're not late at all!

[thrihyrne.livejournal.com]

I just posted this today, goodness! :)
I think I will address the evolution of slash from its original genesis to how it's perceived now, as that's relevant to the article.

As for incest, I was thinking that between the two warnings/elements of incest or chan, chan seems to be more controversial, but that may not be the case. So much of this depends on the fandom that writing such a general sweeping article that I am can get a bit challenging.

And what on earth is ASOIAF? I may be woefully out of touch in some regards, lol.

I think the wall of comments confused me. XD

[tomboy-typist.livejournal.com]

*g* and I haven't been online for a few days, also.

ASOIAF stands for A Song of Ice and Fire, by George R. R. Martin. If you haven't had a chance to read, as you're already into Tolkien, I'd suggest you get the books - GRRM is, well, very epic. ^^

Re: I think the wall of comments confused me. XD

[thrihyrne.livejournal.com]

Somebody else in my world has mentioned that book before… I think that's the universe's way of telling me to go read them! :D

Re: I think the wall of comments confused me. XD

[tomboy-typist.livejournal.com]

GO READ THEM. No, seriously, it's worth it. Anti-manichean, epic, pleasant to read, funny, tragic, and... yeah, there's something for everyone in ASOIAF.

(Also, ASOIAF/Silmarillion cross overs are awesome. Just as awesome as Silmarillion/Arthuriana. *g*)