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simpleslash (9265675)

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Keep it simple, keep it light, keep it slashy.
If the pants come off, you've gone too far.

Name:

Simple Slash

Location:

United States

E-mail:

rykaine

yahoo.com

About:

A community for writers who do not want the obligation to write sex and readers who do not want the obligation to read it.

It cannot escape your notice that the majority of slash or yaoi fiction is comprised of sex. I don’t particularly have a problem with sex in a story. I read it and enjoy as much as the next person. But I don’t write it. Nor do a number of other writers of slash fiction. And as a result, I think a lot of us tend to be brushed aside and lose our credibility as slash writers.

More than a few of us have received a comment or review for one story or another that suggested it might have been better had there been sex in it. As though a good plot and characters alone cannot sustain a story. Or perhaps even more so, that sex is the only thing worth reading in a slash story. I, for one, am inclined to disagree with this latter perception.

As far as reading slash fiction goes, I know I cannot be the only one who sometimes just wants a good, truly character- and/or plot-driven story. Who does not want to have to wade through lengthy, sometimes endless, scenes of sex to develop that character or advance that plot. Again, I stress, I am not opposed to sex in a story, but sometimes, I just want a simple read. Something modest and PG, just as enjoyable, but without all that explicit detail.

I can only hope that by your joining this community, you agree with at least some of these points. So welcome to

simpleslash. Keep it simple, keep it light, keep it slashy.

General Rules:

Keep all long posts behind and LJ-cut
I'm not overly particular about tags. Name them as you will; there's no standard.
No flaming. If you don't like something, find a civil way to say it.
rec-ing is always good. If there's a particular story or site you think is worth linking here, by all means. Just so long as the owner does not mind, and it fits the standards of simpleslash
You can advertise here, but try keep it short and simple and in accordance with the standards of simpleslash .
The maintainer reserves the right to delete all posts she feels to be in violation. The poster will be contacted with an explanation before hand.

Guidelines for Stories:

Open to original slash and femmeslash, fanfiction--whatever. So long as it's slash in some capacity, we're good.
May be drabbles, one shots, chaptered--there's no minimum or maximum here
Keep the sexual content under PG-13*. Anything up to and including making out is acceptable. Sex may be implied. No explicit detail.
When posting, include:
Title
Author
Fandom/Original
Rating & Warnings (threesome, incest, shota, whatever)
Summary