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I have a question for all of you lovely people (those of you who are slashers, at any rate, which is most of you). How and when did you first get interested in slash? A whole day completely devoid of human contact has made me curious about things not entirely my business.
I think I've been a slasher all my life, even before I new what homosexuality was. I can remember reading The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in third grade, and getting all hot and bothered over the bit where the boys run away to the island and then lark about in the water, naked. I hated Beckie Thatcher and thought Tom should be with Huck.
Eventually I began to apreciate rock n' roll. I discovered David Bowie, and, well, let's just say that I was the only one in my sixth grade class who understood what "The Width of a Circle" was all about.
After that the only place left to turn to was Buffy, and you all know how that turned out. I discovered and read my first slash story in the sixth grade -- a fairly well-written Angel/Doyle fic, I believe. Instead of being shocked, I was intrigued.
So now that you know my dirty secrets, would you be so kind as to share yours?