Guest lightgoddess Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 Recently, I posted this story on one of the slash sites that I'm on and the webmistress informed me that it was not slash (or pre-slash), so I needed to take it down. Now, while I had no problem removing it, I'm confused. And, to make things clear, I did remove it as soon as I received the email, and harbor no ill feelings toward the site (it's one of my faves), but I'm still confused. I purposely left it open-ended to write a companion piece regarding the characters healing, which I had planned on posting in the next few days until my computer decided to eat the story. Now, to my question, can a story be slash without being slashy enough?? Isn't slash a m/m relationship? Are there certain characteristics that it must have to be considered slash? Sorry, I've never been told that my slash stories weren't and I'm confused... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanaea Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 I'd call it slash. Not sure what her problem with it would be unless it's the fact that there's no sex in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SisterWicked Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 yeah, i dont understand it either, cause i consider all but one of my fics to be slash, but this one got rejected from an archive, but they accepted this..., i don't get why one and not the other, neither has sex, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mourningstar Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 I think you have every right to be confused. I personally believe that there's been a bit of misinformation somewhere because I could clearly see a m/m relationship in that story and, the last time I checked, that's what slash is all about in its various and colourful forms. If this still bothers you, you could always try to send the webmistress in question a polite e-mail and inquire why she chose to make that particular judgment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lightgoddess Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 Well, it's not so much that it bothers me as that it confuses me. I've got several stories up in that particular archive that are similar with the way the pairing is represented, meaning that it's brought up at the very, very end because the story predominantly deals with one character in the pairing. Mostly, I was just curious if maybe I was seeing something in my stories that no one else was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squallfan Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 I read it, and it looks like slash to me. I wouldn't think it would need sex to be if the relationship is insinuated. Maybe she thought it needed , who knows. Cool one shot by the way. I don't usually read Harry Potter fan fics. Don't know why. I love the books and like the movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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