7 Mar
2001
7 Mar
'01
10:20 p.m.
Mistral wrote:
When I stumbled across the existence of slash and was trying to puzzle out the attraction - particularly the 'by women, for women' aspect of it
- I postulated to myself that it might have something to do with having
one's two favourite male characters all to oneself (as opposed to having to share them with another female, even a female character).
I think you've hit the nail right on the head there, Mistral, which explains also why the depictions in slash do not so much resemble actual gay relationships, as a straight relationship with one chararacter cross-gendered.
Shane
"Avon, you were my only friend..."--Blake