No, it's not fanfic slash, which has for the history of the term been synonymous with slash, but what it is is a new form of literature, rising out of the roots of slash.
Hmmm. I find this interesting-- if anything, because I have seen so many people using 'slash' to mean both the 'original' & 'fanfic' variety-- in their answers, a lot of people just said, 'it's all slash', which was the root of my problem. I just want a differentiation between the two kinds, because I think it's a rather significant/deep one in terms of both origins and practice. At this point. It may become more meshed later, but... I guess I haven't seen enough people see 'slash' in a new way for me to justify changing basic terminology of 'slash'. So in this way I suppose I was responding to others as well as you in a fashion, for which I'm sorry-- but no offense meant, as I was (and generally am) being explorative rather than definitive, no matter my awkward phrasing.
Slash has as its focus homoerotic relationships, and it's written for an audience who enjoys those relationships, but may not participate in those relationships themselves.
This differentiation of audience is also interesting and new to me. That is to say, it makes sense, but I haven't seen it generally used. I mean, I definitely think the audience something is intended for is important, and my main issue was saying that the act (or content) of slashing was equivalent, rather than the audience. I think I wasn't being precise or specific in my responses to you-- and taking into consideration various things others who also use 'slash' to include 'original slash' have said. Since I'm just rarely precise or specific-- and I'm sorry if that cause some negative misunderstanding.
Because for me, the very act of 'slashing' is different in 'original' and 'fanfic' variety slash. But the unity of audience adds a new axis, definitely. Basically, I can see your point-- and this whole time I wasn't arguing with you, really, just trying to clarify.
The concept of a fannish act that transcends fandom is an interesting one, also, and I believe there is something to that, though what precisely that would be outside of a particular fandom seems hard to pin down.
Re: Part 2
Hmmm. I find this interesting-- if anything, because I have seen so many people using 'slash' to mean both the 'original' & 'fanfic' variety-- in their answers, a lot of people just said, 'it's all slash', which was the root of my problem. I just want a differentiation between the two kinds, because I think it's a rather significant/deep one in terms of both origins and practice. At this point. It may become more meshed later, but... I guess I haven't seen enough people see 'slash' in a new way for me to justify changing basic terminology of 'slash'. So in this way I suppose I was responding to others as well as you in a fashion, for which I'm sorry-- but no offense meant, as I was (and generally am) being explorative rather than definitive, no matter my awkward phrasing.
Slash has as its focus homoerotic relationships, and it's written for an audience who enjoys those relationships, but may not participate in those relationships themselves.
This differentiation of audience is also interesting and new to me. That is to say, it makes sense, but I haven't seen it generally used. I mean, I definitely think the audience something is intended for is important, and my main issue was saying that the act (or content) of slashing was equivalent, rather than the audience. I think I wasn't being precise or specific in my responses to you-- and taking into consideration various things others who also use 'slash' to include 'original slash' have said. Since I'm just rarely precise or specific-- and I'm sorry if that cause some negative misunderstanding.
Because for me, the very act of 'slashing' is different in 'original' and 'fanfic' variety slash. But the unity of audience adds a new axis, definitely. Basically, I can see your point-- and this whole time I wasn't arguing with you, really, just trying to clarify.
The concept of a fannish act that transcends fandom is an interesting one, also, and I believe there is something to that, though what precisely that would be outside of a particular fandom seems hard to pin down.