tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post2330552497712344589..comments2024-02-07T15:31:14.706+00:00Comments on Lust Bites: Slash Fanfiction - not as gory as it soundsMadeline Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16485601071092171174noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-10342899248450888192007-07-12T19:18:00.000+01:002007-07-12T19:18:00.000+01:00I know how that feels. Whenever I think I'm out of...I know how that feels. Whenever I think I'm out of a fandom they release something new and I just HAVE to write about it. <BR/><BR/>But just think, after the last book you'll have all the fan fiction on what happens next. <BR/><BR/>As for the statistics of men in fan fiction. Yes it's very low, at least that we know of. Though in one fandom I knew at lest 3 guys writing in it. Yes it's pretty Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-52164500678634109082007-07-10T20:14:00.000+01:002007-07-10T20:14:00.000+01:00I can't get over the use of the word "wank" for "t...I can't get over the use of the word "wank" for "to argue".<BR/><BR/>Messy! But, you know, better than poking each other with pointy sticks.Janine Ashblesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00840188081214225153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-32153889737771722202007-07-10T18:33:00.000+01:002007-07-10T18:33:00.000+01:00Hi JulesThanks for dropping by. I am a huge fan of...Hi Jules<BR/><BR/>Thanks for dropping by. I am a huge fan of the slash pioneers. I only started in fandom in 2001, but one of my best friends tells me stories of riding her bike to her friends house to swap Blake's 7 'zines and I listen with awe.<BR/><BR/>I truly have so much respect for the women who started these things.<BR/><BR/>The question of earning money form fanworks is an interesting oneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-8749441492382097092007-07-10T18:03:00.000+01:002007-07-10T18:03:00.000+01:00Well, I don't want the really nice day I have to d...Well, I don't want the really nice day I have to descend into wank - as do so many fandom conversations, and I appreciate that most fandomers have been around for a lot longer than I have - Jules is understandly very angry with me, as her private email to me showed.<BR/><BR/>I'm sorry if I was flippant, or upset or insulted anyone - I was simply surprised that people sold fanfic. I have seen the Erasteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-20511780097594017272007-07-10T17:35:00.000+01:002007-07-10T17:35:00.000+01:00Can tell Erastes was late to slash, and missed out...Can tell Erastes was late to slash, and missed out on the era of dead tree zines....<BR/><BR/>Yes, they sold fic back in the Dark Ages, for a price that covered the production costs of the zines. It was very much frowned upon to make more than a token profit from selling zines, but zines were actually quite expensive because of the cost of producing them.<BR/><BR/>This is one of the main ways Jules Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16432742796166213191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-56033609732659326892007-07-10T16:35:00.000+01:002007-07-10T16:35:00.000+01:00Hi AnneYes - the nice thing is that NOTHING is per...Hi Anne<BR/><BR/>Yes - the nice thing is that NOTHING is permenant in fanfic land.<BR/><BR/>Sirius Black has had a more healthy sex life (spoiler alert)<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>since he died than before hand, writers have used a 1000 devices to bring him back. Being aggressively straight is no obstacle to ficcers either, and any redneck hetero male will soon succumb to a little male lovin' before you Erasteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-19077859650010490322007-07-10T13:58:00.000+01:002007-07-10T13:58:00.000+01:00I love the idea of stepping into another author's ...I love the idea of stepping into another author's fictional world and weaving your own threads through its tapestry (or leaving graffiti on its walls, depending on your mood :-)). It proves that nothing is permanently set in stone -- or print, or film -- in the created world. Creativity is always in flux. <BR/><BR/>Oh dear, why am I waxing all philosophical this morning? Heck, I just love to see Anne Tourneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01069906622556623080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-88476517794292508002007-07-10T12:19:00.000+01:002007-07-10T12:19:00.000+01:00Janine,Well, statistically I think that it's been ...Janine,<BR/><BR/>Well, statistically I think that it's been stated that its 95 women to men in fandom, possibly even higher - and the big communities are still very m/m orientated but the m/f communities are catching up, although they aren't my bag, they are getting bigger all the time.Erasteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-47074297833601219812007-07-10T12:14:00.000+01:002007-07-10T12:14:00.000+01:00Hi Helen, thank you!For sale!? I didn't know peopl...Hi Helen, thank you!<BR/><BR/>For sale!? I didn't know people sold it, bad ficcers!<BR/><BR/>But yes, it has liberated women in many different ways I think, and it's becoming much more mainstream to read and write smut.<BR/><BR/>Happily!Erasteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-2928902918844669922007-07-10T12:09:00.000+01:002007-07-10T12:09:00.000+01:00Hi Cyn, thanks for popping by!Yes, Fanfiction will...Hi Cyn, thanks for popping by!<BR/><BR/>Yes, Fanfiction will - like you - always hold a nice place in my heart, and Lucius, particularly will never leave me - and costs me a fortune in Sunsilk...<BR/><BR/>I may have a small dabble back in fandom after having read the last book - but I fear that I may have to wear black for the rest of my life. *sniff*Erasteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-52213443599630328752007-07-10T11:50:00.000+01:002007-07-10T11:50:00.000+01:00Hi Jules!Heh - yes, it can all get very complicate...Hi Jules!<BR/><BR/>Heh - yes, it can all get very complicated can't it!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the comment, hun<BR/><BR/>xxxErasteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-37307613234219766282007-07-10T08:47:00.000+01:002007-07-10T08:47:00.000+01:00Fascinating. Are *more* women interested in writin...Fascinating. Are *more* women interested in writing about m/m relationships between favourite characters than about m/f ones? <BR/><BR/>I have a friend who wrote m/f sex about, er, I think it was CSI characters. Is there a lot of het stuff out there? Because when I first heard about fanfic erotica it was always Kirk/Spock etc, never featuring female characters at all.Janine Ashblesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00840188081214225153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-77052262001635415382007-07-10T03:15:00.000+01:002007-07-10T03:15:00.000+01:00Great article! I've been in fandom for years, and...Great article! I've been in fandom for years, and can remember going to cons seeing tables upon tables of fan fic up for sale. I didn't know what it was the first time I saw it, and I recall pointing out a cover to my best friend and saying, "Um, why is Spock french-kissing Kirk?"<BR/><BR/>Yaoi, slash, and m/m erotica/romance are all over the place these days. Makes me happy to be a woman. A Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10832774182683343435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-51560382630166277332007-07-10T02:05:00.000+01:002007-07-10T02:05:00.000+01:00Sorry, I posted the last comment but clicked the w...Sorry, I posted the last comment but clicked the wrong option.<BR/><BR/>Signed- Cyn S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-76772917209486057962007-07-10T01:59:00.000+01:002007-07-10T01:59:00.000+01:00It's funny how I came across slash. I had actually...It's funny how I came across slash. I had actually been creating slash stories in my head and was so pleased when I found that there were more people like me. I've moved from fandom to fandom, and though I do write more original fiction now, fan fiction holds a special place in my heart, and I still write a little bit here and there. <BR/><BR/>I know a lot of authors/actors/people don't like fan Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-24660092580846323232007-07-10T01:37:00.000+01:002007-07-10T01:37:00.000+01:00You may get this twice, Blogger is being its usual...You may get this twice, Blogger is being its usual annoying self...<BR/><BR/>G and PG-rated slash focusing on the relationship rather than the sex has been around for years, dating back to at least early K/S (and I'm told also in the underground Holmes/Watson material that nowadays we'd call slash, though I've never personally read examples of early H/W).<BR/><BR/>Slash is quite specifically Jules Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16432742796166213191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-30537608215312869782007-07-10T01:22:00.000+01:002007-07-10T01:22:00.000+01:00Thanx Erastes for the link... very interesting and...Thanx Erastes for the link... very interesting and stimulating! Hmm Malfoy and Harry, I'll never watch the movie in the same light again, now that was hot.Allyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17322315643492339741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-58969124102635931272007-07-09T22:08:00.000+01:002007-07-09T22:08:00.000+01:00Hi Alana,No - I haven't heard of that book it soun...Hi Alana,<BR/><BR/>No - I haven't heard of that book it sounds very intersting, and I guess I wish I had had a Fanfiction 101 before I'd got started, because there are lot of things to learn and you can step on a lot of toes and insult a lot of people (as I did) because I didn't know what I was doing.<BR/><BR/>There is a terrible amount of terrible stuff, that's very true - I was lucky, so lucky.Erasteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-76755844761033303542007-07-09T22:02:00.000+01:002007-07-09T22:02:00.000+01:00Hi Kate,Yes - you've hit the nail on the head - th...Hi Kate,<BR/><BR/>Yes - you've hit the nail on the head - there are so many thousand of people writing it, and they all read it, and even more who don't write it are reading it, I think eventually some NY publisher is going to do her homework and realise what a captive market they've got and market this stuff AT the people who are readingit - the way it's done in Japan for example.<BR/><BR/>I Erasteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-90895381806611778762007-07-09T22:00:00.000+01:002007-07-09T22:00:00.000+01:00Hi Madeline!Thank you! I always enjoy being on LB...Hi Madeline!<BR/><BR/>Thank you! I always enjoy being on LB's everyone's so nice.<BR/><BR/>Glad I could be informative, I could go on and on and on and on but I won't.<BR/><BR/>Promise!<BR/><BR/>*G*Erasteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-44456608739070196482007-07-09T21:59:00.000+01:002007-07-09T21:59:00.000+01:00Hi Tilly,I'm quite looking forward to the last POt...Hi Tilly,<BR/><BR/>I'm quite looking forward to the last POtter book to see just how wrong I got it.<BR/><BR/>I guess that Lucius ISN'T going to take over the world?<BR/><BR/>*wibbles*<BR/><BR/>xxxErasteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-39636593114745172432007-07-09T21:56:00.000+01:002007-07-09T21:56:00.000+01:00Hi Ally!I sadly couldn't see the you tube vids, bu...Hi Ally!<BR/><BR/>I sadly couldn't see the you tube vids, but I have seen a couple - I even have a Lucius/Severus one that someone made for me, and it's just brilliant - she asked me "What music do you want with it, and there was no question - Poison by Alice Cooper - and I cannot find it. *cries*<BR/><BR/>Well I guess I should fess up to where my fanfiction is:<BR/><BR/>Erasteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-33215471817420900732007-07-09T21:43:00.000+01:002007-07-09T21:43:00.000+01:00Hi Erastes, Sorry, I'm late to the party. Today ki...Hi Erastes, <BR/><BR/>Sorry, I'm late to the party. Today kind of sucks. <BR/><BR/>Nevermind that. Thank you for postingyour thoughts and experiences regarding Slash Fiction. Enjoyed the post. <BR/><BR/>Are you familiar with a book called Warrior Lovers? It's a pretty heavy academic analysis of slash in regards to female sexuality. Very Darwin. A friend of mine, now an Episcopalian Chaplain, gaveAlana Noel Vothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15678764751722565458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-63638594913182449312007-07-09T21:38:00.000+01:002007-07-09T21:38:00.000+01:00I suppose I've always written fan/slash fiction in...I suppose I've always written fan/slash fiction in my head but never penned any-its kind of my own secret dirty movie (g)<BR/>One of the things I think that is really interesting is that fan fiction quite often leads trends into the wider world of publishing-for example the whole m/m thing and that some women are totally into it/fascinated by it, came from slash fiction and is now being warily Kate Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079485861541059016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-76475464888755919832007-07-09T21:33:00.000+01:002007-07-09T21:33:00.000+01:00Another fascinating and informative post from Eras...Another fascinating and informative post from Erastes. Thank you. Now I know what the hell people are talking about when slash fiction comes up, which will annoy my stepdaughter to no end (she likes to be the one who explains the world to us) but makes me happy. I've never seen the point, at all, to this sort of stuff...until now...now I GET IT.<BR/>Thank you.Madeline Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16485601071092171174noreply@blogger.com