Date: 2009-08-08 12:25 pm (UTC)
spikedluv: (primeval: nick&stephen - hearts by laila)
From: [personal profile] spikedluv
Slash: fic that includes a romantic relationship between two same sex partners (either male or female), whether that relationship is canon or not.

I've never understood the need to differentiate between a canon gay/lesbian pairing and a non-canon one. And if you're writing a canon gay pairing and you can't call it slash, what do you call it? Since the term originated from the '/' between the names, it seems like it would cover all same sex pairings equally. Of course it came about because people were writing non-canon gay pairings -- there are bloody few canon gay pairings even now -- so I find that to be a less than compelling reason for the term to be limited.

Het: fic that includes a romantic relationship between a man and a woman, whether that relationship is canon or not.

Caveat: Romantic relationship does not mean that they have to have down and dirty sex in the fic (thought it's a bonus *g*), but merely that they have to be in a relationship. PG slash is still slash, as PG het is still het.

Gen: fic that does not focus on any romantic pairing, though it may (very briefly and very generally) be alluded to in the fic.

I didn't know what bob or gron meant until reading the comments here and I don't think I'll be using those terms or suggesting them to others.
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