Your thoughts on yaoi

[schmevil]

Although I read (and sometimes write) slash, I've never really considered slash to be an important part of my fannish identity. I'm as likely to fall for a het ship, or femslash ship, as a slash ship, and it's even more likely for me to not ship much of anything at all. And although I have many friends in the slash community, I don't consider it to be my fannish home base.

So what makes a slasher? Are you a slasher? Why do you consider yourself to be (or not to be) a slasher?

[Poll #1347864]

Comments

[crimsonquills.livejournal.com]

I definitely identify as a slasher, in a very strong way. Most of what I read or write is slash. I occasionally read gen, but usually only if it's gen featuring characters I often slash together. Same with writing gen fic. And since I discovered slash, I think I've only gone for three het ships, period. (I think; I'm probably forgetting someone.) But I didn't read fic for those ships, I just cheered for them in canon.

On top of all of that, regardless of whether I get into the fandom for a show, I almost inevitably find a slash couple in it. It's hard for me even think of a fandom where I haven't done that; even the fandoms in which I have het ships also have slash ships.

Even my discussions in fandom slant strongly towards the slashy side of things.

I found a niche I really enjoy, and I pursue that with considerably focus. *g*

[schmevil.livejournal.com]

Slash goggles. :)

Does that mean you're not going to read my inevitable Avengers gen and het? ;)

[crimsonquills.livejournal.com]

Slash goggles. :)

Possibly surgically affixed ones. *g*

Does that mean you're not going to read my inevitable Avengers gen and het? ;)

:-) With gen and het, the answer is always "it depends".