Hey Jon!

At 01:20 AM 5/15/97 -0400, Jon wrote:

I feel it important to note that there is a difference between yaoifics and
slashfics.

In the yaoific, the sex is hinted at, but never actually written.  A very
good example of this is Monica's 'Forever Friends' part one.  It has Ryu and
Ken (From Street Fighter II V) expressing love for one another, but never
culminating that love.  

/sweatdrop... not true. 
Yaoi DEFINITELY has sex- trust me... that's why I call FFriends yaoi, b/c of
part two more than part one...
*giggle* Usually (in manga, neways) a few panels with head thrown back in
ecstacy type of thing b/c of the law about not showing actual stuff, but
there is definitely lots and lots of sex. *grin*

In the slashfic, there is actual sex.  I much prefer

yaoi to slash, because yaoi tends to be more romantic, although there are
some very romantic slashfics out there(Ranma no...Hentai??? is one).

BTW, I think that yaoi stands for 'No Climax, No Punchline, No Point'.  If
you know for sure, let me know.

That's one of many acronyms floating around. There are more, but that one is
supposedly the one used by Matt Thorn, so... The no point part refers to the
pointless sex, actually... 

The difference b/w yaoi and slash (and this is debated - oh my, how this is
debated) is that yaoi is more to the physical relationship, while slash is
very brainy angsty. Two different approaches to a situation, both female
wish fufillment. However, this does not hold true in all cases (at all) but
is usually reflecting the culture it is born of- ie, the Japanese women
doujinshi artist/novelists will look at the relationship in one way (w/lots
of sex and physical contact) while the Western woman writer/comic artist
will look at it another way (more angst and confessional stuff)

Monica
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