Dana wrote:
Horizon is by definition a genzine. The first story in Horizon 22, Josie
McCall's "Immolation," has a lot of violence. Although there is no explicit description, Avon's sexual involvement with an OFC and with Soolin are plot points. I think that a story with a similar violence level and that is no more explicit than "Tarrant took Avon in his arms, happy to assuage their loneliness" has equal claims to be considered gen.<
That depends how you define slash. I thought the word was used to describe all stories that depict some of the main characters as homosexual or lesbian, whether those stories contain explicit sex or not.
(I may be wrong of course. In my innocence I also thought that a submission to someone asking for them can hardly be called unsolicited, but I seem to have got that wrong :-) )
Seriously, is there a standard definition of slash?
Marian
Marian asked:
That depends how you define slash. I thought the word was used to
describe
all stories that depict some of the main characters as homosexual or lesbian, whether those stories contain explicit sex or not.
But the story I cited is not considered het adult because it deals with other-sex sexual involvement. I agree with Tavia that it's unfair ghettoization to say a story is non-gen merely because the pairing is two males or two females, if the story itself is U-rated (G-rated).
Seriously, is there a standard definition of slash?
Around here, we can't agree on anything. But the STIFfie awards for slash material appearing in print fanzines use the criterion of written works that "deal with the premise of same sex physical relationships, although not necessarily explicitly."
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