These are all really good points, especially about how the attraction can be one-sided but still qualify as slash. Do you think gen fic becomes slash if the main storyline about the main character is not about the attraction to someone of the same sex, but it is a side plot? Labeling is so interesting, I think, and can be so strange at the same time.
Do you think ratings should come with more detail? For example, NC-17 for violence or NC-17 for graphic sex or R for language and violence. Would that help stop the label problem? Also, do you think some slash stories are labeled higher than they deserve because slash is a more "taboo" topic like graphic sex or violence? (Obviously, I don't think it is and wouldn't label like that, but it makes me wonder if that's part of the thought process behind labeling it higher.) Or do you think it's literally just a wrong label?
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Date: 2006-02-21 01:42 am (UTC)Do you think ratings should come with more detail? For example, NC-17 for violence or NC-17 for graphic sex or R for language and violence. Would that help stop the label problem? Also, do you think some slash stories are labeled higher than they deserve because slash is a more "taboo" topic like graphic sex or violence? (Obviously, I don't think it is and wouldn't label like that, but it makes me wonder if that's part of the thought process behind labeling it higher.) Or do you think it's literally just a wrong label?