...thinking some more: when it comes to the use of "slash" about original stories, it reads a bit weird to me, not so much because of any issues of subversion, but because it's not the same culture at all, and won't make much sense. But it kind of depends on the where and how. If it's an "original fic", then the word "fic" in itself implies a fandom context to me, and "slash" makes sense. If it's a novel, not so much, except maybe ironically. OTOH, there's some stuff that "reads like fanfic" in that it's intertextually heavy... and damn it, I'm playing straight into the original poster's ideas of subversion again, aren't I?
Basically, I think the word "slash" works best in the fandom world where it lives (but hell, if it wants to migrate, I'm not going to oppose it on principle), while the word "slashy" is more aimed at source material, and that trying to impose some sort of line in the sand where "slashy" stops and "homoerotic" begins is bound to fail.
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Date: 2006-12-21 06:51 pm (UTC)Basically, I think the word "slash" works best in the fandom world where it lives (but hell, if it wants to migrate, I'm not going to oppose it on principle), while the word "slashy" is more aimed at source material, and that trying to impose some sort of line in the sand where "slashy" stops and "homoerotic" begins is bound to fail.