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__NOTOC__The term slash or slash fiction refers to fanfiction in which two characters of the same sex are written in a sexual relationship. Slash generally refers to male characters; female characters together is usually called [[Image:Metafic1.png|leftFem Slash]][[Image:Metafic3.png|left]]

The term slash refers Possibly due to stories its emphasis in which a gay relationship between two characters is portrayedcanon on emotions and relationships, whether the sexual part Supernatural became one of the relationship is explicitly described major slash TV or notmovie fandoms from 2006 onwards. It also has a very high proportion of [[Gen]] fic, although much less [[Het]]. Slash generally refers to male character; female characters together is usually called [[Fem Slash]]is rare.

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Based on an analysis of over 3539,000 stories fanfiction listed in the [[spnnewsletter|LJ Supernatural newsletter]]up until March 2010, approximately 58about 59% of Supernatural fan fiction is Slash. Pairings between characters [[File:Spnficmarch2010.png|thumb|300px|left]]<br clear="all" />As of March 2010, Supernatural fic - that is fic focussing on the show make up 36Show - 48% of the stories were slash pairings and 17% featured [[RPFHet|heterosexual]] pairings 21. The remaining 35% of were [[Gen]] stories - those stories writtenwhich don't focus on a romantic or sexual relationship.

For Out of all fic written up to late 2007, over 90% of slash was [[Wincest]]. By August However a snapshot of fic written in 2009, this had dropped to 82%. In the seven month snapshot shown above, showed that [[Wincest ]] made up around 46% of fic with [[Dean/Castiel]] stories now comprising 47% . The remaining 7% was other slash pairings. The increase in the number of new recurring characters, such as [[Gabriel]], [[Lucifer]] and [[Crowley]] added to the growth of "other slash" pairings. Poor [[Bobby]] rarely gets any sex.

While the proportions of the genres have shifted, absolute numbers of fics have increased as well – the growing popularity of [[Dean/Castiel ]] has been additive rather than substitutive. As the line graph above shows, the rate at which Wincest and Gen fics are written remains steady. The snapshot period here had nearly 30% more fic being written per month than in early 2008. In [[RPF]] over 95% of the stories are slash - and most of that is [[J2]].

{|align="center"|[[File:Dean-Castiel-dean-and-castiel-8338230-900-507.jpg|thumb|right|Dean & Castiel|200px]]|[[Image:Wincest.JPG|Sam and Dean in [[1.21 Salvation]]|thumb|right|200px]]|[[Image:Demonjohn.jpg|Dean and Demon!John from [[1.22 Devil's Trap]]|thumb|right|200px]]|}Slash fiction can cover any [[:Category:Fic Genres|genre]] of fiction. There The slash relationship may not be the focus of the story, in fact because of the intense relationship between characters like Sam and Dean on the show, these stories may be indistinguishable from [[Gen]] fic. In other cases the story may be all about the relationship. Some stories may contain no sex, or may have allusions to it, others are purely porn and are known as [[PWP]]s or porn without plots.

* [[Tin hatsHat]]* [[Ship WarsShipper]]<br>and you can search through the [[:Category:Pairings|Pairings category]] for other slash pairings

The episode [[4.18 The Monster At The at the End Of of This Book]] aired in which specific mention was made of Sam/Dean fanfic.

In Season Five, the character of [[Becky Rosen]] is introduced. ^{[[5.01 Sympathy For The for the Devil]]} She is a fan of the "supernatural" novels and runs a website called morethanbrothers.net. She is first seen writing a [[Wincest]] fic which can be read [[Becky Rosen|here]].

In [[5.09 The Real Ghostbusters]] at the Supernatural Convention, the MC announces that there will be a session on "The homoerotic subtext of Supernatural". The two fanboys featured in the epsiode episode [[Demian and Barnes]], who are role playing as Sam and Dean at the convention, are revealed at the end of the episode to be lovers.

In the mid-80s some scholars, most notably Henry Jenkins, introduced the idea of slash fiction as a possible reaction to traditional mainstream pornography; that it was a form of fiction liberating itself from gender hierarchy and genderized images. This form of transgression is also often cited as one of the joys of writing slash fiction. The transgression of gender in slash fanfiction has also raised question as to whether or not slashed characters should be considered gay, or rather have their own sexuality fluent between male and female characteristics.

Jenkins was the first academic to define slash not as merely concerned with representations of sexuality: "Slash is not so much a genre about sex as it is a genre about the limitations of traditional masculinity and about reconfiguring male identity."^{Jenkins, Henry (1992), S. 191} Furthermore, the emphasis of sex is identified in its emotional quality.

Over the last 15 years, with the emerging and widespread use of the internet, increased visibility of and participation in fandom, as well as social changes, fans have become bolder in describing their enjoyment of slash. While older generations of slash writers prided themselves on belonging to a sub-culture, inventing a new form of pornography and transgressing gender lines (and being generally very conscious about all this), a new generation of writers has joined slash fandom. This new generation finds itself in a more slash-friendly environment, and seems understandably a bit more confident about writing erotic fiction, often claiming that they write slash mainly because it's a turn-on to see two men fuck.

Transgression and recontextualization (see Jenkins, 1992) still seem to play a part, but this new confidence (fueled by generally more acceptance of both female sexuality and lesbian, gay, bi , queer and transgendered people in Western society) often reduces the feelings of shame authors and readers of slash fanfiction may have experienced in the past. Nowadays, slash seems to be is a very public, very well-known chapter of fan involvement.