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On a more positive note
Do you ever think about how incredible it is, all of us slashers finding each other here? That so many of us love the same things, albeit in different ways - and that we find each other here and share and fight and happyhappy-joyjoy each other?
I still remember that first flash of wonder when I realised I wasn't alone. Long before the internet, when slash was typed out by intrepid heroes and photocopied by generous souls and bound into zines or sometimes just stapled together and posted.
The first time someone else put into words a desire that was barely half-formed in my mind and I was like "Yeah. Yeah, that's it." The first zine put in my hands, the first time I actually sat down and wrote something and gingerly proffered it to someone who snatched it up and printed it.
God, that we all found each other like survivors of a shipwreck clinging to little bits of driftwood. And now here we are, all buoyed up in this warm, fertile sea, telling stories and creating communities and all of us coming together because of slash, because we all like the idea of two guys in love with each other.
I think it's pretty incredible. Yay us!
*raises hand*
I think it's incredible. Not only that there people writing about 2 guys in a relationship but that so many of them are damned good writers^_^ There's also a sense of community among the fans, no matter how loosely I use that word, that makes one feel better.