Bwah hah.

[ashinae]

Something interesting I read --

Kids shouldn't be reading or writing slash. And they are probably only
writing it because they've read it from some adult site or zine. I doubt
that they would have come up with the idea on there [sic] own.

*raises hand* Ooh! Ooh! I was writing Legolas/Gimli when I was twelve. Xena/Gabrielle when I was thirteen or fourteen. Fraser/Vecchio when I was seventeen. Of these -- only the Fraser/Vecchio after my awareness of the existence of slash online. And I would have written it ANYWAY.

So c'mon, people on my flist. Anybody else out there writing slash when they were underage and/or unaware of the existence of it as an actual "thing"? Tell, tell.

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[ashinae.livejournal.com]

I think a study on this would be very, very interesting. The slash is as part of me as being bi or being a blonde *G* It was always there -- though it was all quite secret until I started posting my Due South slash when I was 18. I've also been very lucky to have two very open-minded friends -- one who is pretty much as into the slash as I am, the other who may not actively be a slasher, but certainly isn't squicked by it.