Slash fics.. Blah..
POSTED BY: thekidflash
UPDATED: Saturday, September 23, 2006 11:20
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Why don't we have a 
icon, 'cause I think I need a couple round about now.
Did I once, anywhere, say Simon was blatantly coming on to anyone? Did I even show Simon's actions at all?
What I did was demonstrate an example of what Joss would have to put forward to demonstrate that Mal is absolutetly, without doubt, straight, using an example of what I think Mal would say if he percieved that Simon was making passes at him.
So...yah...total misinterpret. Which means either that my writing was too subtle, or that you missed the total lack of subcontext. 
Heck! We DOOO have a icon!
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I stand corrected then. Humblest apologies for making a wrongful assumption. ;)
Anyway, I was really only trying to illustrate my point about what I dislike in fanfic, while underlining my view that slash is not necessarily bad.
Though, while I'm on the subject, I'll add something else that I forgot to mention before: I wish there was more slash out there that didn't rapidly devolve into pornography. I've found graphic depictions of sex in fanfic to be rarely, rarely interesting myself. 
Maybe I'm just crazy though.
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We all love our BDH. Why have this thread at all? We know Mal wants Inara....Last time I checked she was a girl...My friends you have Will..let us have Mal. HE HE HE
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I've run across a couple slash fics. I wasn't necessarily expecting it and it raised an eyebrow in a "OK, I certainly wouldn't have expected *THAT* one" manner. At least it usually sticks to the original cast of characters and is therefore closer to cannon than anything I've written.
I really liked the one about Nandi and Inara. It was titled something like "last warm day of spring" or the like. It was a well written work full of nice imagery.
I do appreciate a heads up in case I'm not in the mood, because I'm less likely to approach it with an open mind an appreciate it as it deserves.
I have a little trouble with straight smut sometimes, when it comes to that.
I am a nurse in a women's health clinic. I talk sex all day, in many different forms. It takes a bit to shock me.
On another fiber in this thread, I immediately figured that Mal was probably raised on a planet where everybody wore dresses until they were about 3-5 and got their first pair of knee pants. This is a tradition in many places, which has fallen out of use once people got hyper sensitive about "maleness". I have a grandparent who immediately took off his britches and hid them in the rain barrel because they were too restricting (or so the story goes). Maybe they wore kilts. Who knows?
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Good slash can be funny (although anything involving Jayne, other than whores, gives me shivers); well-written slash can be... well, shash-y; bad slash (Mal/Jayne/Simon, anyone?) is just...
I understand that there's a fanbase for it, and I don't have a problem with those who read it. But... I agree, there needs to be better labeling. When I first started exploring fanfic, I stumbled onto some pretty... well ::clears throat:: yeah...
But, if a writer's gonna write it, than there's a reader to read it. I got no problem with it, myself, 'cept that it's not up my avenue most of the time. It's not that I'm against homosexual pairings; I prefer cannon relationships (and have this new desire to see Jayne marry his favorite whore from HoG).
Oh, and as a sidenote - I haven't really seen any slash exploring pairings with Zoe, or Wash (or, not as many). Just thought that was interesting...
Oh, and my apologies for not reading through the whole thread, and if I repeated something.
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This is the beauty of fan fiction - it can be anything you want it to be because you're not confined to a formula. It doesn't have to be canon; it can be any pairing you want; any adventure, crossover, whatever. Some people hate slash/smut/non-canon pairings/Mary Sueism/(add your pet peeve here), whatever. Just don't read it if you don't like it. Move on to the next one, 'cause there's plenty to choose from! When you write, somebody out there is gonna love it, somebody's gonna hate it, and somebody's not gonna give a 
. I can honestly say I've run across a few where I thought...eeeww!But I'm glad I read 'em, because it gave me a little peek into someone else's imagination, even if it was different from mine. And some I thought I might not like because of content, whatever, have bowled me over with how great they ended up being.
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The 3 rules of aging:
1. Never bypass a bathroom
2. Never waste an erection
3. Never trust a fart
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What about the stuff I write? Or meimei42? We write slash and (hopefully) it's not crap. BTW, I updated Better Times on fanfiction.net. Just for you ;)
I love the Castro, because if somebody grabs my ass, I know they're picking my pocket.
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I totally agree. I mean, it's just fic. That's the point of it isn't it? To let your mind run wild yeah? To make all silly dreams come true. It's not like you're hurting anyone with fanciful ideas. *shrugs*
I love the Castro, because if somebody grabs my ass, I know they're picking my pocket.
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then we could just write in the movie-verse until P.J. and gang jump on us for THAT...>>>>>>>>>> but some of the company have already stated that they've read some of the slash and "enjoyed" it.
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