Slash poll

[mhalachai]

All right, kids: humour me. Another poll, this one thought up while reading another lj about slash. As before, please fill it out and pimp it in your own lj so I can get a good response. Also, please tell me about why you do/do not read/write slash in comments. Love to all.

[Poll #478509]

Comments

[anariel-di-gaia.livejournal.com]

hi, came here cuz of beren_writes.

actually, what my definition of slash (which is admittedly wrong, but still) just means coupling people, not necessarily gay. this is because when i was first introduced to slash by a friend and asked why it was called slash she told me because you add the / sign between the names of anyone involved. this didn't immediately scream 'gay!' in my mind, so a just associated slash with any releationship which is not typically canon.

i'm into hp fanfic mainly, though i'll read some others, i don't tend to like crossovers, unless they're very well written, i won't read fic where the author makes it blatantly clear that the people involved are children (eg in hp fic if they don't make it obvious i just assume that the people involved are over 16, even if it says it takes place in second year, if it isn't clear in their behaviour i just think of the characters as older).

as for writing i usually write boy/boy as the main relationship, and i typically don't write nc-17, just because i can't, i read it back and think it sounds terrible and it all gets deleted. anyway, ramble, ramble, ramble, sorry!