Which reminds me of how I heard slash fic described for the very first time: on TV, by a Kirk/Spock shipper who said that what slash authors do is take, for example, the scene from STII where Kirk watches Spock die, and remove the wall. I still adore that description - it's a lovely way to explain the concept of slash without being at all judgmental about it.
I have to ask, since you seem interested in the theories behind all of it--have you read Henry Jenkins "Textual Poachers" or Camille Bacon-Smith's "Enterprising Women"? They're a little out of date now (as in, pre-Internet), but have some interesting discussions of fandom. Jenkins has an insiders POV as a fan himself, Bacon-Smith is more academic and I don't always agree with her assertions (ironically, I remember I disagreed with what she claimed about h/c but I can't remember WHAT she said) but is still a fascinating read... I actually found fandom through them instead of finding it on my own. :) Yay for graduate classes in audience theory!
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Date: 2009-10-07 05:33 am (UTC)I have to ask, since you seem interested in the theories behind all of it--have you read Henry Jenkins "Textual Poachers" or Camille Bacon-Smith's "Enterprising Women"? They're a little out of date now (as in, pre-Internet), but have some interesting discussions of fandom. Jenkins has an insiders POV as a fan himself, Bacon-Smith is more academic and I don't always agree with her assertions (ironically, I remember I disagreed with what she claimed about h/c but I can't remember WHAT she said) but is still a fascinating read... I actually found fandom through them instead of finding it on my own. :) Yay for graduate classes in audience theory!