Editing Slash fiction (section)

==Slash fandom==

===Conventions===

Several slash conventions run throughout the year and across the globe, mostly in the United States, including Escapade in California,<ref>[http://www.escapadecon.net/index.php Escapade 2012] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724003352/http://www.escapadecon.net/index.php |date=2015-07-24 }}. Escapadecon.net. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref> REVELcon in Texas,<ref>[http://www.severalunlimited.com/revelcon/ RevelCon Web Page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100417082839/http://www.severalunlimited.com/revelcon/ |date=2010-04-17 }}. Severalunlimited.com (15 September 2011). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref> Connexions in Maryland,<ref>{{cite conference|conference=ConneXions 2005: the Pajama Party|url= http://connexionscon.home.mindspring.com/connexions.html|title=Welcome|conference-url= http://connexionscon.home.mindspring.com/connexions.html|date=April 1–3, 2005|location=Baltimore, MD|access-date=2010-06-18|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080713044201/http://connexionscon.home.mindspring.com/connexions.html|archive-date=2008-07-13}}</ref> MediaWest*Con in Michigan,<ref>[http://www.mediawestcon.org/ MediaWest*Con Hub Page]. Mediawestcon.org (08 June 2011). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref> CON.TXT in Washington, D.C.,<ref>[http://www.con-txt.net/ CON.TXT home]. Con-txt.net. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref> Con*Strict in Nevada,<ref>[http://www.randomadventures.com/constrict/index.htm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070105003007/http://www.randomadventures.com/constrict/index.htm|date=January 5, 2007}}</ref> Connotations in England,<ref>[http://www.connotations.org.uk/ Connotations 2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100606043402/http://www.connotations.org.uk/ |date=2010-06-06 }}. Connotations.org.uk. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref> Zebracon in Illinois,<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.zebracon.net/ | title=ZEBRACON - We'll give you the best tech tips and tricks you can have | access-date=2010-06-18 | archive-date=2007-09-11 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911135916/http://www.zebracon.net/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> Yaoi-Con in California,<ref>[http://www.yaoicon.com/ Updates – Yaoi-Con 2011 | A Celebration of Male Beauty and Passion in Anime and Manga] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516203740/http://www.yaoicon.com/cgi-sys/defaultwebpage.cgi |date=2020-05-16 }}. Yaoicon.com. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref> Bascon in California,<ref>[http://www.bascon.org/ Bay Area Slash Convention] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831104635/http://www.bascon.org/ |date=2009-08-31 }}. BASCON. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref> and others.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120701002141/http://community.livejournal.com/slash_con/profile slash_con – Community Profile]. Community.livejournal.com. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref>

===Terminology {{anchor|Squick}}===
Slash fiction has created and appropriated words to denote peculiarities found within the fandom. "Gayfic" is sometimes used to refer to stories focusing on gay male relationships,{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}} and "femslash" or "f/f" used to indicate that a work features female characters in slash relationships.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}

Slash fiction, like other fan fiction, sometimes borrows the [[MPAA film rating system]] to indicate the amount of sexual content in the story.{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}} Not all slash fiction has explicit sexual content – the interaction between two characters can be as innocent as holding hands or a chaste kiss, or even contain nothing but unfulfilled yearning; stories may be labeled "UST" for "unresolved sexual tension". Some sites require all stories to be rated and have warnings attached, often by using a [[beta reader]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}

The term ''no lemon'' is sometimes used to indicate fan fiction stories without explicit sexual content. Anything with explicit content, especially with erotic scenes without accompanying romantic scenes, may be labeled "lemon". The term ''lemon'' arose from the [[anime]]/[[yaoi]] fandoms, referring to a [[hentai]] anime series, ''[[Cream Lemon]]''.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}  The term ''[[squick]]'' is most often used as a warning to refer to a reader's possible negative reaction to scenes in the text (often sexual) that some might find offensive or distressing, such as those including [[incest]], [[BDSM]], [[rape]], "[[mpreg]]" (male pregnancy), gender swapping, and [[torture]]. The term originated in the [[Usenet newsgroup]] [[alt.sex.bondage]] in 1991.<ref>[http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/squick/ "squick" definition from Double-Tongued Dictionary]. Doubletongued.org (12 March 2005). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref>{{Failed verification|date=October 2021|reason=Source only gives a definition of the term. Neither its usage in slash fiction nor its etymology are present}} Squicks are often listed as a warning in the header of a fanfiction story.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}

The term "slasher" is used for someone who creates slash fiction, and the term "slashy" is used to mean "homoerotic".  "Slashy moments" are those events in the canonical storyline which slashers interpret as homoerotic, which in turn form the slashers' depiction of the characters in slash fiction.<ref name="Allington">{{cite journal
| last        = Allington
| first       = Daniel
|date= March 2007
| title       = "How Come Most People Don't See It?": Slashing the Lord of the Rings
| journal     = Social Semiotics
| volume      = 17
| issue       = 1
| pages       = 43–62
| doi         = 10.1080/10350330601124650
| s2cid = 143324395
}}</ref>