find it enormously flattering that something about my work speaks strongly enough to some people that they are compelled to write about those elements. I adore my characters -- pretty much all of them -- and I don't, umm, write a lot of sex, and much of the relationship stuff is subtle enough that even my mother missed it.
...This bothers me. You seem to be working off the misconception that all, or even most, fanfic is about sex.
I understand why it would bother you. I should have made it clearer in context: There's very little open space in my universe. My understanding of fanfic is that it's written in the wide open cracks between canonical episodes or in story-structure and events.
The only obvious open space in my West novels -- as has been pointed out by an author who can out themself if they want -- is in the sexual relationships, because there aren't any. Which isn't true, but it isn't textual; it's implied.
So in my case, at the moment, I can't think of what would be wide open enough that others would try to fill in the cracks except that.
I'm aware that not all fanfic is slash. I see a lot more references to slash than I do to non-slash, fwiw, but I'm aware that they're not synonymous.
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Date: 2004-10-20 12:17 pm (UTC)...This bothers me. You seem to be working off the misconception that all, or even most, fanfic is about sex.
I understand why it would bother you. I should have made it clearer in context: There's very little open space in my universe. My understanding of fanfic is that it's written in the wide open cracks between canonical episodes or in story-structure and events.
The only obvious open space in my West novels -- as has been pointed out by an author who can out themself if they want -- is in the sexual relationships, because there aren't any. Which isn't true, but it isn't textual; it's implied.
So in my case, at the moment, I can't think of what would be wide open enough that others would try to fill in the cracks except that.
I'm aware that not all fanfic is slash. I see a lot more references to slash than I do to non-slash, fwiw, but I'm aware that they're not synonymous.