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

[haldoor.livejournal.com]

I think you may be right about the producers of TB. Certainly, the dream sequence featuring Bill/Sam seemed to serve no plot purpose, but it certainly fulfilled a few wishes in the audience! ;-)

[thrihyrne.livejournal.com]

Ooooh! A dream sequence that was probably related to the producers knowing about their fan base? Do you think I'd find that on youtube? I'd love to mention that in particular. I'm just now getting the beginning of True Blood via netflix.

[haldoor.livejournal.com]

Oh yes! Here tis:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqTqhet3ZuU

It's completely awesome, although they stop before it gets really good, if you know what I mean. And it certainly didn't have any relevance to the plot at this point, nor has it been referred to again!

[haldoor.livejournal.com]

There's also a pretty hot scene between Eric/Talbot, just before... well, that would be giving away the plot. ;-P But in case it furthers your article, here is the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnbE89jWXbc

And the character Lafayette (as per my icon) gets a boyfriend, Jesus, and they get some nice scenes - more loving perhaps than just sexual - too.