Slash (term)
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Slash most frequently refers to stories featuring male/male homoerotic content.
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The following definition dates to April 1993 in the Star Trek fandom:
- It began long ago in a galazy far, far away....its history is shrouded but ba-
- sically it means two people getting together of the same sex from certain
- television shows (mainly all the Star Treks) that you would never see on TV.
- The original slash was Kirk/Spock "Captain, not in front of the Klingons!"
- (Spock to Kirk in ONE of the movies). ST:NG has many more opportunities for
- lucious ladies to lay together than the original Star Trek did. [1]
The following definition dates to April 1993 in the Star Trek fandom:
- "slash" fiction refers to the orthographic character "slash" ("/") as
- in kirk/spock. it may interest you to know that 90% of all male/male
- slash fiction is written by straight women. [2]
The following definition dates to December 1999 in the Sentinel fandom:
- In fic, a story which supposes that two characters who are the same sex are romantically involved. In Sentinel fandom, usually the two are Jim and Blair. Some people really like this idea and some people really don't; here on alt.tv.sentinel, we try not to argue about it. [3]
The following definition dates to January 2001 and the site Bad Fanfic! No Biscuit!:
- Depending on whom you ask, slash usually has one of the following two definitions:
- Fiction involving sexual/intimate relationships between same-sex (i.e. homosexual) couples
- or
- Fiction involving sexual/intimate relationships between two characters who don't have such a relationship on the show.
- A "slasher" is a person who reads and/or writes slash.[4]
The following definition dates to February 2003 in the Lord of the Rings fandom:
- Slash: The pairing of two characters together who are the same gender. It is generally written in the style of a 'slash' (/) in between the two character's names, for example, a "Legolas/Aragorn" slashfic would be about a romantic entanglement involved aforesaid characters. If you are offended by homosexuality, avoid reading slash. [5]
The following definition dates to August 2003 in the Sentinel fandom:
- "Slash" is the term for stories which contain a romantic relationship between two characters of the same gender; you must be 18 or older to access these stories. [6]
The following definition dates to May 2004 in the Harry Potter, Horatio Hornblower and Pirates of the Caribbean fandoms:
- a romantic pairing of two male canon characters. Likewise, Femmeslash is a romantic pairing of two female canon characters. Allegedly, the name of this subgenre comes from the way slash stories were originally denoted back in the Star Trek days—the two characters’ names with a “/” in between. While many slash pairings are still indicated that way, a lot of het pairings are also written that way; as well, many crossover writers indicate the fandoms they’re crossing over with a slash (I’ve written a Hornblower / Indiana Jones story…it just means I’ve crossed them over, not that I’ve got them shagging). So, really, it’s just confusing. But, it gets even better! Other slash stories are indicated with a “x” between the characters’ names; once again, the same applies to some het stories, as well. Other times, pairings of the slash and het varieties are indicated by writing the characters’ names right next to each-other without a space, or by doing so with their initials. Therefore, if I wanted to write a slash story about Horatio and Archie, I could indicate it using the following methods: Horatio/Archie (the “traditional” way), HoratioxArchie, HoratioArchie, HHAK, or HA. Likewise, if I wanted to write a het story about Ron and Hermione, I could show it the same exact ways: Ron/Hermione, RonxHermione, RonHermione, RWHG, or RH.[7]
The following definition is from cmshaw out of the X-Files, Sentinel, Highlander fandom. It dates from May 2005:
- slash, n. Fanfic featuring two (or more) people of the same gender romantically and/or sexually involved. Not to be confused with 'slasher', a type of horror film. Compare 'gayfic'. slash or slashy adj.
- slash, v.t. To pair [a character] in a story with another of the same gender. [8]
The following definition dates to September 2005 in the Stargate fandom:
- Homoerotic fiction. The term slash is derived from "/" in between names, such as Jack/Daniel, Jack/Teal'c. Not for everyone.[9]
The following definition dates to December 2005 in the Harry Potter fandom:
- slash - Fanfic including a homosexual relationship, either male or female. Slash fanfic doesn't necessarily include graphic sex or have homosexuality as the focus of the story.[10]
The following definition dates to December 5, 2005 in the Thunder Cats fandom:
- slash: This one is trickier - even I was fooled for a long time thinking it had to do more with horror (think 'slasher' film). It's actually a fan fiction depicting a homosexual relationship between two or more characters - male/male or female/female. Note the slashes in the notation I just wrote and you'll realize why this type of fic is called slash ;)[11]
The following definition dates to May 2006 in the anime fandom:
- The Western equivalent of shonen-ai, denoted Top / Bottom. The classic example would be Captain Kirk / Mr. Spock.[12]
The following definition is was written by Jane Leavell and updated in June 2006:
- SLASH: Originally taken from descriptions of Kirk and Spock as sexual partners; the stories were labeled "Kirk/Spock" and thereafter stories about homosexual pairings--whether male/male or female/female, and whether or not they involved graphic sex scenes--were referred to as "slash" stories. A few newbies (people new to fandom) have tried to stretch this, using "slash" to mean sex of any kind, but that isn't the generally accepted definition. See also: GEN and HET.[13]
The following definition dates to April 2007 in the comics fandom:
- Slash—Male homosexual combination of characters, goes by slash, Yaoi, or M/M. Slash is often simply romantic and sweeter, scarcely using sex, in this case it can be called Shonen Ai. Yaoi is a bit more graphic, and has a tendency of being anime specific.[14]
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