A project with three parts, the first being an objective third person, the second being one of the characters involved and the third being more of an introspection. Warning: Slash
Is "slash" a regional term for gay fiction? I live in San Francisco and have never heard the term before. On the other hand, I'm usually out of touch with most changes in cultural preferences, so that may be a reflection of my own ignorance
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Slash was a term that originated with fanfiction, which is why a lot of people here don't seem to know what it is. It's mostly internet slang to the best of my knowledge...
Slash as a term comes, as deadsong pointed out, from the phrasing of a pairing -- the first, most notable example being Kirk/Spock.
However, there's another level to the term that hasn't been mentioned here -- namely, that it's about subverting the original work. Thus anime like Gravitation can't be "slashed" because the pairings are already male/male; in that case, "slashing" would almost be having the main character fall in love with a girl instead.
As such, if this is your original work, it really can't be slash, because the canon of the work is itself not being subverted by the pairing: the canonical pairing is already male/male.
That said, regarding the writing itself: I agree one-hundred-percent with chibibluebird; these characters are ridiculously feminine, to the point that even as women they'd seem overly dramatic. This is a common mistake for those writing male/male relationships, however, and it really comes down to why you're writing this story in the first place. I wrote in fandoms throughout my
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Slash was a term that originated with fanfiction, which is why a lot of people here don't seem to know what it is. It's mostly internet slang to the best of my knowledge...
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Slash as a term comes, as deadsong pointed out, from the phrasing of a pairing -- the first, most notable example being Kirk/Spock.
However, there's another level to the term that hasn't been mentioned here -- namely, that it's about subverting the original work. Thus anime like Gravitation can't be "slashed" because the pairings are already male/male; in that case, "slashing" would almost be having the main character fall in love with a girl instead.
As such, if this is your original work, it really can't be slash, because the canon of the work is itself not being subverted by the pairing: the canonical pairing is already male/male.
That said, regarding the writing itself: I agree one-hundred-percent with chibibluebird; these characters are ridiculously feminine, to the point that even as women they'd seem overly dramatic. This is a common mistake for those writing male/male relationships, however, and it really comes down to why you're writing this story in the first place. I wrote in fandoms throughout my ( ... )
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