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heidiI was researching a post for the C&R list, and in so doing, I found a number of fascinating posts, which I'm going to post fragments from here...
When I first dropped in at FFN late July,
some of the first stories I found were slash. I did not feel they
were appropriate material ... There is nothing
wrong with slash per se ...
I do not usually read it myself, but
the few that I have found have generally been very well written
(Rhysenn's especially)... lastly, Cassie, I'd be
disappointed if slash got into DS or sequels, but it wouldn't stop me
reading. If the author is good enough, slash will detract nothing
from the story. Trust me ... you could get away with it.
- Alex at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HP_FanFiction/message/610, December, 2000
I think the fics with an adult party involved (eg, Snape/Draco) are in the minority.
- Rhysenn at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HP_FanFiction/message/615, December, 2000
the HP slash fandom is really flourishing, it's only been around for about half a year and there are over 400 members already.
- Rhysenn, again. Same post as above.
The hpslash egroup (of which I am a
member) has over four hundred and twenty five readers on it. That's a
huge egroup, as big as the HP4grownups one, far bigger than this one,
and that doesn't even count the character-specific slash groups. And
many of those people won't read DS at this point because it *doesn't*
have slash in it.
- Cassie, December, 2000 - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HP_FanFiction/message/579
Therefore I found it semi-disturbing when I didn't
run screaming from slash and hide in the hills with a shotgun ...
there is no question of me getting any enjoyment from slash beyond
reading what can be a damn good fic. Therefore my opinions differ
slightly from the majority ... as long as you give adequate warning,
rate properly, and know that there are multitudes of kids hanging
around @ FFN, then that's fine by me...
- ickle woobie alex, again. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HP_FanFiction/message/617
Aren't they just soooooo cute?
Alex? Cassie's going to get you a drink on me when you get to NY, to make up for this...
When I first dropped in at FFN late July,
some of the first stories I found were slash. I did not feel they
were appropriate material ... There is nothing
wrong with slash per se ...
I do not usually read it myself, but
the few that I have found have generally been very well written
(Rhysenn's especially)... lastly, Cassie, I'd be
disappointed if slash got into DS or sequels, but it wouldn't stop me
reading. If the author is good enough, slash will detract nothing
from the story. Trust me ... you could get away with it.
- Alex at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HP_FanFiction/message/610, December, 2000
I think the fics with an adult party involved (eg, Snape/Draco) are in the minority.
- Rhysenn at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HP_FanFiction/message/615, December, 2000
the HP slash fandom is really flourishing, it's only been around for about half a year and there are over 400 members already.
- Rhysenn, again. Same post as above.
The hpslash egroup (of which I am a
member) has over four hundred and twenty five readers on it. That's a
huge egroup, as big as the HP4grownups one, far bigger than this one,
and that doesn't even count the character-specific slash groups. And
many of those people won't read DS at this point because it *doesn't*
have slash in it.
- Cassie, December, 2000 - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HP_FanFiction/message/579
Therefore I found it semi-disturbing when I didn't
run screaming from slash and hide in the hills with a shotgun ...
there is no question of me getting any enjoyment from slash beyond
reading what can be a damn good fic. Therefore my opinions differ
slightly from the majority ... as long as you give adequate warning,
rate properly, and know that there are multitudes of kids hanging
around @ FFN, then that's fine by me...
- ickle woobie alex, again. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HP_FanFiction/message/617
Aren't they just soooooo cute?
Alex? Cassie's going to get you a drink on me when you get to NY, to make up for this...
