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Forum Name: Undocumented Features General
Topic ID: 119
Message ID: 35
#35, RE: Sure, I'll make the first comment...
Posted by Laudre on Sep-24-01 at 09:27 PM
In response to message #34
>>So, I'm not looking for J/S in UF. I do think the authors are
>>handling Juri wonderfully, BTW. ^_^
>
>Is it slashfic if the two parties are both female? or does slashfic by
>definition have to be male/male?

Typically, slash is m/m; the original slash stories (Kirk/Spock, etc.) were all male/male couples. f/f slash is sometimes referred to as "alternative" slash, but it's still slash. Just that the vast majority of slash is written by heterosexual women, and they prefer to write about male/male couples. (Sort of like how yaoi seems to be much easier to find and more common than yuri.)

I've also heard the term used to describe any non-canonical romantic relationship, including m/f relationships, but I don't consider that proper usage of the term, and wouldn't do so myself. To me, slashfic is about a romantic relationship between two characters of the same gender, generally canon characters, even the relationship is canon or quasi-canon (see Xena/Gabrielle stories, for instance).

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