Editing Slash fiction (section)

==Subgenres==

===Femslash===
{{Main|Femslash}}
Femslash or femmeslash is a subgenre of slash fiction which focuses on romantic and/or sexual relationships between female fictional characters.<ref>{{cite web|editor-last=Lo|editor-first=Malinda|date=4 January 2006|url= http://www.afterellen.com/Print/2006/1/fanfiction.html|title=Fan Fiction Comes Out of the Closet|page=1|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080117044113/http://www.afterellen.com/Print/2006/1/fanfiction.html|archive-date=17 January 2008|url-status=dead|website=[[AfterEllen.com]]|access-date=19 July 2007}}</ref> Typically, characters featured in femslash are [[heterosexual]] in the canonical universe; however, similar fan fiction about lesbian characters are commonly labeled as femslash for convenience.<ref>Herzing, Melissa. (April 2005) [http://etd.vcu.edu/theses/submitted/etd-05092005-125907/unrestricted/herzingmj_thesis.pdf The Internet World of Fan Fiction]{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} [[Virginia Commonwealth University]]. Retrieved 12 August 2007.</ref> The term is generally applied only to fanworks based on Western [[fandom]]s; the nearest anime/manga equivalents are more often called [[Yuri (genre)|yuri and shōjo-ai]] fanfiction.<ref>[http://dictionary.lunaescence.com/index.php?cat=9 Dictionary of Anime Fandom] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704015723/http://dictionary.lunaescence.com/index.php?cat=9 |date=2007-07-04 }} Lunaescence. Retrieved 19 July 2007.</ref> Femslash is also known as "f/f slash", "femmeslash", and "saffic",<ref>Lawrence, K. F.; schraefel, m. c. (2006) [http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/11800/01/wbc2006KFLawrence.pdf Web Based Semantic Communities – Who, How and Why We Might Want Them in the First Place] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824192253/http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/11800/01/wbc2006KFLawrence.pdf |date=2007-08-24 }} [[University of Southampton]]. Retrieved 12 August 2007.</ref> the last term blending the words ''[[Sapphic love|Sapphic]]'' and ''fiction''.<ref name="Tosenberger"/>

There is less femslash than there is slash based on male couples – it has been suggested that heterosexual female slash authors generally do not write femslash,<ref name="Bitch">{{cite web |last=Thrupkaew |first=Noy |url=http://bitchmagazine.org/article/fan-tastic-voyage |title=Fan/tastic Voyage |work=Bitch Magazine |access-date=6 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215150953/http://bitchmagazine.org/article/fan-tastic-voyage |archive-date=2009-02-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and that it is rare to find a fandom with two sufficiently engaging female characters.<ref>{{cite web|editor-last=Lo|editor-first=Malinda|url= http://www.afterellen.com/Print/2006/1/fanfiction.html?page=0%2C1|title=Fan Fiction Comes Out of the Closet|page=2|website=[[AfterEllen.com]]|date=4 January 2006|access-date=6 March 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080516121400/http://www.afterellen.com/Print/2006/1/fanfiction.html?page=0%2C1|archive-date=16 May 2008}}</ref> Janeway/Seven is the main ''Star Trek'' femslash pairing, as only they have "an on-screen relationship fraught with deep emotional connection and conflict".<ref>[http://j-l-r.org/asmic/fanfic/print/jlr-cyborgsex.pdf NEW VOY "cyborg sex" J/7 (NC-17) 1/1* new methodologies, new fantasies], Russo, Julie Levin, August 2002</ref>  Although it is debated whether fanfiction about [[Canon (fiction)|canonical]] lesbians such as [[Willow Rosenberg|Willow]] and [[Tara Maclay|Tara]] of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' counts as "slash", their relationship storylines are more coy than heterosexual ones, which entices Willow/Tara femslash authors to fill in the gaps in the known relationship storyline.<ref>{{cite web|editor-last=Lo|editor-first=Malinda|url= http://www.afterellen.com/Print/2006/1/fanfiction.html?page=0%2C2|title=Fan Fiction Comes Out of the Closet|page=3|website=[[AfterEllen.com]]|date=4 January 2006|access-date=6 March 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080516121405/http://www.afterellen.com/Print/2006/1/fanfiction.html?page=0%2C2|archive-date=16 May 2008}}</ref> It is "relatively recently" that male writers have begun writing femslash.<ref>{{cite web|editor-first=David |editor-last=Lavery |editor-first2=Rhonda V. |editor-last2=Wilcox |title=Volume 4|work=Slayage: The Online International Journal of Buffy Studies|url= http://slayageonline.com/Volumes/Slayage_Volume_4.pdf|access-date=2010-11-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110716091719/http://slayageonline.com/Volumes/Slayage_Volume_4.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-16}}</ref>

Another suggestion in which there is less femslash is its lack of strong female characters in media. TV shows are heavily skewed toward the portrayal of men, with only two notable predominant female TV shows: ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'' and ''[[Orange is the New Black]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Toastystats: Fandom Stats and Data|url=http://destinationtoast.tumblr.com/post/127453611589/toastystats-gender-bias-in-television-how-biased|website=Destination: Toast!|access-date=28 Feb 2017}}</ref> In these two cases, because there is an overwhelming number of strong female characters, femslash is much more popular. Otherwise, shows with a skew towards men are more popular, as women portrayed in these shows are weaker supporting characters.

===Chanslash===
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Chanslash is the portrayal of underage characters in sexual situations in slash fiction. The prefix [[Japanese titles|chan]] most likely comes from the Japanese name suffix used as a term of endearment toward children or women.<ref>{{cite journal
| last1        = McLelland
| first1       = Mark
| last2        = Yoo
| first2       = Seunghyun
|date= March 2007
| title       = The International Yaoi Boys' Love Fandom and the Regulation of Virtual Child Pornography: The Implications of Current Legislation
| journal     = Sexuality Research & Social Policy
| volume      = 4
| issue       = 1
| pages       = 93–104
| url = http://ro.uow.edu.au/artspapers/192/
| doi        = 10.1525/srsp.2007.4.1.93
| s2cid = 142674472
}}</ref> It may be a nod towards [[yaoi]] fandoms, in which underage pairings are more commonplace.{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}} Owners of the [[intellectual property rights]] to characters in this type of slash are often unhappy with chanslash because of the potential legal ramifications and concern over negatively affecting the popularity of the character.{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}} Some studios owning the rights to slashed characters have issued [[cease and desist]] orders in the past as a result of this type of slash.{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}} Chanslash is also called [[shotacon]] (abbreviated as "shouta" or "shota") when dealing with anime fanfiction.

===Real person slash===
Real person slash (RPS), also a subgenre of [[real person fiction]], involves taking a celebrity's public image and creating slash stories with them. Real person slash gained popularity with the 1990s rise of boy bands in the pop music industry.<ref>{{cite news |title=Slashing through the undercult |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/02/12/bocovers.xml&sSheet=/arts/2006/02/12/bomain.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015081859/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=%2Farts%2F2006%2F02%2F12%2Fbocovers.xml&sSheet=%2Farts%2F2006%2F02%2F12%2Fbomain.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 October 2007 |newspaper=Daily Telegraph |date=14 February 2006 |access-date=24 August 2007 |location=London |first=John |last=Sutherland }}</ref> In the ''Supernatural'' fandom, slash fans who were uncomfortable with shipping the two main brother characters moved into writing and reading Jsquared/J2 fic (slash involving the lead actors [[Jared Padalecki]] and [[Jensen Ackles]]).<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Flegel|first1=Monica|last2=Roth|first2=Jenny|title=Annihilating love and heterosexuality without women: Romance, generic difference, and queer politics in ''Supernatural'' fan fiction|journal=[[Transformative Works and Cultures]]|volume=4|date=2010|issue=4|doi=10.3983/twc.2010.0133|doi-access=free}}</ref> This led to the phrase "Supernatural fandom – where RPS is the moral high ground".{{Citation needed|date=November 2011}} Though increasingly common, RPS is considered a potential "squick" for slash readers. In addition, the use of celebrities in fictional, sexual stories remains controversial. Journals including RPS often include disclaimers that explain their true fictional nature. Henry Jenkins says that RPS may be "troubling" to the old guard of slash.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Leander |last=Kahney |url=https://www.wired.com/gadgets/mac/commentary/cultofmac/2002/06/53071?currentPage=2 |title=Bill/Steve's Sexcellent Adventure |magazine=Wired |date=1975-03-05 |access-date=2009-03-06}}</ref>  Fans of real person slash state that the personas presented by the common figures of RPS such as boy bands, celebrities, athletes and pro wrestlers are "largely manufactured" for the pleasure of female fans, "so why not just run with them?"<ref name="Bitch"/>

===Reverse slash===
Reverse slash is a term used for fanfic without any sexual content, or very little sexual content, compared to the [[canon (fiction)|canon]]. The term is believed to have originated when non-sexual fanfic based on the [[Anita Blake]] series began to circulate.{{Citation needed|date=March 2018}} Fanfic without sexual content can also be referred to as 'genfic', short for general fiction, non-romantic in nature.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Fan fiction and fan communities in the age of the Internet : new essays|last1=Hellekson|first1=Karen |author-link1=Karen Hellekson |last2=Busse|first2=Kristina |author-link2=Kristina Busse |publisher=McFarland & Co.|year=2006|isbn=9780786454969|location=Jefferson, NC|pages=10|chapter=Introduction : work in progress|quote=Gen denotes a general story that posits no imposed romantic relationships among the characters.}}</ref>

===Original slash===
Original slash stories are those that contain male/male content, based on perceived homoerotic subtext between fictitious characters.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet: New Essays|author1=Hellekson, Karen |author2=Busse, Kristina |publisher=McFarland|year=2006|location=Jefferson}}</ref> This can be sourced from a variety of media content, such as manga, TV shows, movies and books amongst others. These works are now generally published online<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Thomas|first=A|year=2006|title=Fan fiction online: engagement, critical response and affective play through writing|journal=Australian Journal of Language & Literacy|volume=29|pages=226–239}}</ref> and use the same forms of rating, warnings and terminology that is commonly used by slash writers.

Slash has a different sensibility to gay fiction, probably because most slash readers are female and in a closed community that shares their tastes, which makes most stories in the genre centered into emotional relationships, even as sex is very prominent.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

A different variety of homoerotic amateur fiction is original yaoi, from the [[manga]]/[[anime]] genre [[yaoi]] (boy-love), popularized in the West by subbers and [[scanlation]]s.

Both (original slash and original yaoi) are terms that are considered somewhat controversial by some slash fans since they feel that the term 'slash' can only refer to works of fan fiction and not original works.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

===Omegaverse===
{{main|Omegaverse}}
[[Omegaverse]] is a subgenre of [[speculative fiction|speculative]] [[erotic fiction]] that originated as a subgenre of slash fiction. In Omegaverse works, humans are either dominant "alphas", neutral "betas" or submissive "omegas", and they exhibit sexual traits and behaviors based on those of wolves or other wild animals.<ref>{{cite book |date=2013-11-26 |title=Fic: Why Fanfiction is Taking Over the World | first=Anne | last=Jamieson | contribution=Pon Farr, Mpreg, and the rise of the Omegaverse | contributor=Kristina Busse |location=United States |publisher=[[BenBella Books|Smart Pop]] | isbn=978-1939529190 }}</ref> The first Omegaverse slash fiction was written about the TV series ''[[Supernatural (American TV series)|Supernatural]]'' in the 2010s. The subgenre has become so popular that it evolved into a genre of original erotic fiction in its own right, independent from its roots in fan fiction.<ref name="NYT 23 May 2020">{{cite news |last1=Alter |first1=Alexandra |title=A Feud in Wolf-Kink Erotica Raises a Deep Legal Question |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/23/business/omegaverse-erotica-copyright.html |work=The New York Times |date=23 May 2020}}</ref> The earliest commercial publication using omegaverse tropes is ''With Caution'' by J.L. Langley.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://booklive.jp/bkmr/omegaverse-bl-comic | title=《2019年版》おすすめオメガバースBL漫画17選【初心者向けから上級者向けまで】 | trans-title=Top 17 Recommended BL Omegaverse Manga for 2019 | language=ja | work=BookLive! | date=2018-07-11 | access-date=2020-04-16}}</ref> The trope gained rapid popularity in Japan in the mid-2010s through fan ''[[dōjinshi]]'' and has become a subgenre of ''[[yaoi]]'' works.<ref name="natalie 2018-12-06">{{cite web | url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/311064 | title=傷心教師の赴任先は、妖し男子が集まる学園…羽純ハナの最新BL、ドラマCD化も決定 | language=ja | work=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie]] | date=2018-12-06 | access-date=2020-04-16}}</ref> In Japanese works, Omegaverse also introduces a [[caste]] system, where Alphas are depicted as the upper class elites while Omegas are at the bottom tier and face discrimination. Omegas can get pregnant in spite of being male.<ref name="natalie 2018-12-06"/>