Oh, Harry Potter fandom....

[tzikeh]

I was going to title the post "Oh, Harry Potter fandom, never change." But really, I want to title it "Oh, Harry Potter fandom, STFU and go away, you're fucking stupid."

Oh my God.

"YEARS AGO." Ladies and gentlemen, Snape/Hermione fanfiction her friend wrote - YEARS AGO. In fandom. YEARS. And that's called SLASH. And you're stupid if you think otherwise.

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[st-crispins.livejournal.com]

This is the first that I’ve heard that “slash” must be between characters of the same sex. When my friend was writing much Snape/Hermoine pr0n years ago, everyone referred to it as “slash”.

Oh my God indeed.

There should be an entrance exam for fandom, with follow-up annual testing.

Question#2: Define slash.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

I would not be averse to an entrance exam.

[devohoneybee.livejournal.com]

okay, I'll bite. What's Question #1?

I want a list nao.

proposals:

"Women writing about men having sex is misogynistic" True or false?
"It's important to figure out the correct OTP in a fandom. Everything else is wrong." True or False?
"Slash stories never have plot." True or false?

Also, and this is based on a similar discussion at Escapade a few years ago:

"Define PWP" (which someone was arguing could be a story without sex, because that's how they chose to define the term)

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

Bwaaaaaa ha ha ha. We really need this test. It could be like the SATs -- there could be a vocabulary section of fanfic cliches, and a spatial awareness part involving who can put what part where.

[ellen-fremedon.livejournal.com]

Ooh, ooh, and an analogies section!

Q.) _______ : rape :: fanfic : wombats

a.) plagiarism
b.) copyright violation
c.) unauthorized remix
d.) all of the above

A.) (d), all of the above. None of these have anything whatsoever to do with rape.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

OMG CAN I PUT THIS ON METAQUOTES PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE?

[ellen-fremedon.livejournal.com]

Absolutely!