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'''Slash fiction''' is a form of [[fanfic]], [[fan]]-written [[fiction]] about characters from [[professional]] fiction (typically [[media]]), featuring a same-sex pair of [[fiction]]al characters in a romantic or sexual relationship not in the original. ''Slash'', in this context, refers to a virgule.  
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'''Slash fiction''' is a form of [[fanfic]] ([[fan]]-written [[fiction]] about characters from [[professional]] fiction, typically [[media]]) featuring a same-sex pair of characters in a romantic or sexual relationship not in the original. ''Slash'', in this context, refers to a virgule sign.  
 
   
 
   
 
It started with ''[[Star Trek]]'' “Kirk/Spock” stories at a time when such relationships were very much closeted, and may have been meant to be derogatory toward gays.  
 
It started with ''[[Star Trek]]'' “Kirk/Spock” stories at a time when such relationships were very much closeted, and may have been meant to be derogatory toward gays.  
  
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* [[wikipedia:Slash fiction]]
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* https://fanlore.org/wiki/Slash at [[Fanlore]], with detailed history and many sub-articles
  
 
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Revision as of 13:22, 23 August 2022

Slash fiction is a form of fanfic (fan-written fiction about characters from professional fiction, typically media) featuring a same-sex pair of characters in a romantic or sexual relationship not in the original. Slash, in this context, refers to a virgule sign.

It started with Star Trek “Kirk/Spock” stories at a time when such relationships were very much closeted, and may have been meant to be derogatory toward gays.


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