Slash survey
Oct. 4th, 2006 07:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jedusorHere's the slash survey. It's for my Sex Roles and Sexuality individual presentation, the topic of which is "slash fan fiction." You can respond in a comment, or you can e-mail it to me at my username @sbcglobal.net.
You don't have to be a typical slasher to fill this out (are any of us typical?) but I would like to get responses from people who write and read slash on a regular basis. I'm looking for quotes here, not statistics, so please be as wordy as you like, and if you go off on a tangent that's not related to the question, that's completely fine. Anonymous responses are also perfectly okay. And if there are any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering, just leave them blank.
If you want to point other slashers you know in the direction of this survey, I would very much appreciate it.
Why do you read/write slash?
What is your personal definition of the word "slash"?
Have you ever used the term "original slash"? What does it mean to you?
Do you think fanfic counts as slash if the canonical characters are gay?
What are your fandoms?
What is your sexual orientation, and how do you think it affects your appreciation of slash?
What's your OTP and why?
How long have you been involved in slash?
Do you read or write femmeslash? Why or why not?
How much time do you spend reading/writing slash?
Do your friends and family know that you're a slasher? If so, how did they react when they found out?
What are your squicks?
What similarities have you noticed between yourself and other slashers? Do you think there are any common traits among most slashers?
Do you know any other slashers in person?
Have you met anyone online through slash that you then met in person?
What are your views on RPS?
What slash buzzwords do you find yourself using on a regular basis?
What do you think of copyright issues involving slash?
Is there anything else about your experiences with slash that you'd like to say?
EDIT: It has been pointed out that some clarification of terms may be helpful.
Canon: the original story on which a fanfic is based. When you say something is "canon," that means it happened in the original book/movie/whatever.
Fandom: a fanfic universe (examples: Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean).
Femmeslash: slash fiction involving a lesbian relationship.
RPS: Real Person Slash; fanfic about actual people, usually celebrities.
Squick: something you refuse to read or write because it disgusts you or makes you uncomfortable.
OTP: One True Pairing; the pair of characters you write most often or prefer over other pairings.
You don't have to be a typical slasher to fill this out (are any of us typical?) but I would like to get responses from people who write and read slash on a regular basis. I'm looking for quotes here, not statistics, so please be as wordy as you like, and if you go off on a tangent that's not related to the question, that's completely fine. Anonymous responses are also perfectly okay. And if there are any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering, just leave them blank.
If you want to point other slashers you know in the direction of this survey, I would very much appreciate it.
Why do you read/write slash?
What is your personal definition of the word "slash"?
Have you ever used the term "original slash"? What does it mean to you?
Do you think fanfic counts as slash if the canonical characters are gay?
What are your fandoms?
What is your sexual orientation, and how do you think it affects your appreciation of slash?
What's your OTP and why?
How long have you been involved in slash?
Do you read or write femmeslash? Why or why not?
How much time do you spend reading/writing slash?
Do your friends and family know that you're a slasher? If so, how did they react when they found out?
What are your squicks?
What similarities have you noticed between yourself and other slashers? Do you think there are any common traits among most slashers?
Do you know any other slashers in person?
Have you met anyone online through slash that you then met in person?
What are your views on RPS?
What slash buzzwords do you find yourself using on a regular basis?
What do you think of copyright issues involving slash?
Is there anything else about your experiences with slash that you'd like to say?
EDIT: It has been pointed out that some clarification of terms may be helpful.
Canon: the original story on which a fanfic is based. When you say something is "canon," that means it happened in the original book/movie/whatever.
Fandom: a fanfic universe (examples: Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean).
Femmeslash: slash fiction involving a lesbian relationship.
RPS: Real Person Slash; fanfic about actual people, usually celebrities.
Squick: something you refuse to read or write because it disgusts you or makes you uncomfortable.
OTP: One True Pairing; the pair of characters you write most often or prefer over other pairings.
