| Teh Big Slash meme |
| Read and/or write? | Both |
| Since when? | Read since about 1997, written since 1999 or so |
| How did you stumble into slash? | I was reading the X-File ftp archive and just happened to find it. |
| Your first fandom and pairing: | First proper one for slash - New Professionals |
| The first person you told about your new hobby: | My twin sister :) |
| The fandoms you read: | Harry Potter, Supernatural, Tokio Hotel, Panik, Stargate, Star Wars, Blood Ties, Weiss Kreuz, Anita Blake, jrock and many more |
| The fandoms you write: | All of the above |
| Your favourite pairings: | Harry/Draco, Bill/Tom, Nathaniel/Anyone, Henry/Mike, Sam/Dean, Hyde/Gackt |
| Favourite genres: | Fluff, romance, paranormal |
| Least favourite pairings: | Don't really have any, apart from squicky ones |
| Least favourite genres: | character death, angst without resolution |
| What makes a story good? | Plot, good characterisation, decent spelling (but doesn't have to be perfect) |
| What makes a story bad? | bad characterisation, bad grammar, too much haste in the plot |
| The best author: | I couldn't name one |
| Why? | it depends on genre and fandom and everything like that |
| The best story you've ever read: | I really couldn't tell you |
| The worst author: | I don't tend to take notice of the names of authors I think are terrible |
| Why? | n/a |
| The worst story you've ever read: | There have been some real doozies over time, but none stand out as the worst |
| The best story you have written: | Umm ... I have no idea ... |
| The worst story you have written: | That's easy, it's a trek fic with a Mary Sue from hell and never appeared anywhere except in my desk drawer |
| Do you leave feedback? | Yes, but I'm scatterbrained about it. |
| Do you get feedback? | Yep |
| Do you have a favorite kink? | Light bondage, threesomes and toys |
| Does something squick you? | scat, water sports and rape |
| Is slash simply sex? | Oh hell no! It's about the relationship and the reasoning and the characters |
| Is slash a way of life? | I should think so :) |
| How much time do you spend reading/writing? | Lots ... hour a day |
| Do you have RL friends who slash? | Yep |
| Have you made online friends through slash? | Yep |
| Do you think slash is just a phase? | It's been going on rather a long time to be a phase |
| Could you simply stop slashing? | Nope - it's in my head now |
| What do you think about... |
| Ratings G to PG-13 | Can be fun to read - since it's about the characters not the sex any rating is fine |
| Ratings R to NC-17 | Always fun, but sometimes not what I want to read, especially if it's just sex and nothing else |
| AUs | I prefer AUs that start with some part or canon and then break away |
| ARs | Can be fun, but takes a lot of work for the characters to remain true |
| Crackfics | They are sometimes a giggle, but some just miss |
| Porn | Yes please |
| Angst | With resolution, I'm so there |
| Mush | Love it :) |
| Love | Definitely a must for me |
| Romance | Love it to pieces |
| BDSM | If both parties agree then yes, it can be fun to read and write |
| Darkfics | Not overly fond of them, but there are some I will read |
| Deathfics | I tend to dislike them almost all the time |
| Non consensual/rape | It has to be handled with care |
| Rape recovery | As long as if doesn't wallow, then yes |
| FPS | Brilliant |
| RPS | Can be superb |
| RPG | Not my cup of tea |
| First times | Ooh yeah - especially when one of the partners is somewhat innocent |
| Established relationships | Also great, especially if the relationship is lovely and comfortable |
| Threesomes | One of my fav kinks :) - boy/boy/girl is my fav |
| m/m slash | Love it |
| femmeslash | Read it, but don't always love it - depends on the fic |
| Slashing a children's book/movie | Do it and love to read it |
| Chanslash | Not overly fond of chan |
| Explicit sex | Ooh yeah, but not if it is the bed all and end all of the fic. Sex should be based on something. |
| The importance of charactarization | Very important in a fic, if you can't tell who someone is and could just swap the names then there's not a lot of point in reading it. |
| OOCness | Only if there is a good reason, at which point it's not really OOC |
| Canon | I like canon, but like to bend it sometimes too. |
| Fanon | Can be fun, as long as people know where the fanon is |
| Cliches | Love them and love to write them |
| Supernatural | Gimmie, gimmie |
| MPREG | Depends how well it is written - can be very good, but it's difficult |
| Wingfics | Love them |
| Genderfuck | Again depends on the fic, some are well done, some aren't |
| Crossovers | Love them to pieces |
| Group Slut Fics | Can be a huge amount of fun |
| Incest | Yep, down that path in at least two fandoms, don't tend to like cross generational incest though |
| May/December | Huh? Thank you to all who explained what this meant. I'm not overly into cross-generation fics, but I don't avoid them. I do read Snape/Harry and Jost/Bill quite a lot :). |
| Het pairings in a slash fic | Can work, just as in any other fic |
| Plot | The most important bit next to characterisation - love plotty fics |
| PWPs | Fun for a light read |
| WIPs | Tend to try not to read them, but fail sometimes |
| LJ fics and communities | Love them and there are too many to name |
| Mailing lists | Am on a few, but use them very little |
| Big Name Fans | The ones that use their BNFism to lord it over others really piss me off. The ones who just are BNFs are often there for a reason and are good for the fandom. |
| Politics in a slash story | Can work in some fics; as long as the fic is not being used simply as a soap box it can be okay. |
| Religion in a slash story | Same as above - religion has to be handled carefully as with any other subjects |
| Wake up Gay | If they want to wake up gay, so be it ;) |
| And finally.... |
| Your pet peeve: | Lack of characterisation |
| Your advice to new slashers: | Find a good beta reader and know your fandom before you start writing in it. |
| Your slash wish list: | Lots more good TH fic and lots more good Harry/Draco fic please :) |
| The best slash archive: | Depends what type of fic you want to read |
| The worst slash archive: | For noise/signal ratio has to be fanfiction.net - it's also not NC17 friendly |
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lirren