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

[scottyquick.livejournal.com]

You never know with PAD. He invented Andrea Martinez, a lesbian who crushed on Supergirl and was occasionally Comet the Super Horse.

[scottyquick.livejournal.com]

Also another reason to love FabNic!

[schmevil.livejournal.com]

I forgot about Andrea! God, that series was delicious, crack. But strangely intelligent crack.

Also another reason to love FabNic!

Too true. I'm always happy to see his name attached to projects that interest me.

[scottyquick.livejournal.com]

I feel about him similar to how I do about Gail Simone, no matter how bad a story it is, he'll always treat all of the characters and fans with respect, and a bad story is horrifically rare.

[schmevil.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I completely agree. I don't feel the kind of... devotion to Simone that a lot of people in comics fandom do, but I usually feel pretty secure in her hands. You know you're going to get a solid story with great character moments.