I feel almost the opposite of you, but I think it could be a function of my fandom (Harry Potter).
Het relationships in fanfic really don't interest me, whether they're canon or not. I just don't get much out of reading a fanfic where Draco and Hermione (or whoever) save the world (or have a baby or play quidditch or do magic or whatever).
I think this could be coming from the simple fact that there are very few likeable female characters in HP, at least in my opinion. Ginny is annoying and seriously mary-sued in fanfic, Hermione is okay, but a bit flat as a character, Bellatrix leStrange is fabulous and evil (she's one of the few female characters I'm willing to read in fanfic). Whereas all my favorite characters in canon are all male. So, it seems only natural to want to put your favorite characters together, and exclude your least favorite characters, hence you end up with slash.
I think it's easier to slash in certain fandoms because you don't have an established sexuality for a character. Everything is implied, or not mentioned at all in Harry Potter. Sirius and Remus might be gay, or they might be straight because it's all subtext. Sure, Harry might have liked a girl, but that doesn't mean he couldn't end up liking boys later. Most of the married characters have very little backstory, so you can make it up (and add slash) if you wish.
It's a lot more difficult in fandoms like Buffy because characters have a lot of established relationships and their sexuality is much more clear in canon. Maybe if I was a Buffy fan, I might be less of a slasher. hard to say, really.
There was actually a point when all I read was het, while I was in the X Files fandom, because Scully appealed to me as a female character and canon was too specific to point relationships any other way.
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Het relationships in fanfic really don't interest me, whether they're canon or not. I just don't get much out of reading a fanfic where Draco and Hermione (or whoever) save the world (or have a baby or play quidditch or do magic or whatever).
I think this could be coming from the simple fact that there are very few likeable female characters in HP, at least in my opinion. Ginny is annoying and seriously mary-sued in fanfic, Hermione is okay, but a bit flat as a character, Bellatrix leStrange is fabulous and evil (she's one of the few female characters I'm willing to read in fanfic). Whereas all my favorite characters in canon are all male. So, it seems only natural to want to put your favorite characters together, and exclude your least favorite characters, hence you end up with slash.
I think it's easier to slash in certain fandoms because you don't have an established sexuality for a character. Everything is implied, or not mentioned at all in Harry Potter. Sirius and Remus might be gay, or they might be straight because it's all subtext. Sure, Harry might have liked a girl, but that doesn't mean he couldn't end up liking boys later. Most of the married characters have very little backstory, so you can make it up (and add slash) if you wish.
It's a lot more difficult in fandoms like Buffy because characters have a lot of established relationships and their sexuality is much more clear in canon. Maybe if I was a Buffy fan, I might be less of a slasher. hard to say, really.
There was actually a point when all I read was het, while I was in the X Files fandom, because Scully appealed to me as a female character and canon was too specific to point relationships any other way.