Kathryn mused thus:
No, I'm not assuming that at all. Of *course* slash writers don't think that it's wrong. That's why they're portraying it as right. Why would they portray it as right if they thought it was wrong?
(scratches head in puzzlement)
Same reason any writer might do so - for the purposes of the fiction they were writing at the time. I imagine this happens a huge amount in the mainstream markets, particularly amid screen and script writers.
(note: I'm not saying that that's what slash writers are doing - just saying that it could happen)
steve