So, slash (same-sex pairings) isn't everyone's cup of tea. That's understandable. But about 60% of my fics include it at some point even as just a subplot or background, so what can you expect from me?
For a start, I don't do lemons or smut. Nuh-uh. If my fic is rated M then it's normally for something like abuse or another not-meant-for-kids topic. The highest rating for sex would be a T. That goes for all ships, not just slash. I have a rather picky taste when it comes to romance and you can trust me to write it tastefully. Of course, the opinion on what "tasteful" means varies, but as I said above I don't go for graphic or even non-graphic sex scenes. I admit I have included rape in plots before but always have it off-screen and never in detail. Although sex does happen in my fics, more in some than others (depending on the plot), I don't normally have the actual scene - if I do then it's more implied than detailed - normally it would just be the scene after or leading up to it. I also usually have sex as a plot device rather than just for the sake of it. I will never write incest closer than cousins, though a couple of planned fics include characters who are siblings in canon turning out to be adopted or something and in a relationship ... but those two fics are more of an experiment for me to see if I could write the pairing, because I like to experiment with different ships.
Back to the actual slash. The vast majority of the time it would be Harry/Ron but the other ships that have appeared are Severus/Sirius and Hermione/Susan Bones. Some others (off the top of my head) that will creep in over time posting will include Sirius/Remus, Harry/Draco, Pomona Sprout/Stella Sinistra and Albus/Alastor. I normally keep to the ships where the characters are at least friends in canon but not always. When I write something like Harry/Draco I build up the relationship slowly and realistically rather than just throwing them together suddenly like some authors. The Albus/Alastor ship is for the most part one-sided and not a huge plot point of the fic in question.
As my OTP is Albus/Minerva then I almost never write a ship that contradicts it unless it's a past or one-sided ship, so if a fic has only one ship then it tends to be that one. However, I do many multi-ship fics and Harry/Ron is my second favourite ship, so slash will often come into my fics at some point (I estimate about 60% of them). As Harry tends to be under 16 in most of my fics then obviously the slash will be pretty mild anyway because of that. I do however have a slight obsession with mpreg so I like to use that in sequels quite a bit.
“Couldn’t you sleep?”
She shook her head in response and lay down next to her. “I keep worrying about my friends.”
Both girls sighed. Susan’s hand twitched above her head, winding a strand of Hermione’s hair around her finger.
“Try not to worry, Mynee,” she said softly.
Hermione turned and laid her head on Susan’s shoulder. “It’s hard.”
“I know.”
For a few moments both girls were silent. They simply lay on the only slightly damp grass, watching the sky, enjoying each other’s company.
Hermione pointed. “A shooting star.”
Susan smiled. “Make a wish.” She watched as Hermione closed her eyes, a dreamy expression spreading over her face. “What did you wish for?”
“If I told you that, Su, it wouldn’t come true,” Hermione said playfully, not opening her eyes. Instead she snuggled further into the girl next to her, who wrapped her arms around her, and closed her own eyes.
From: About a Kitten: Prelude
Malachi grabbed me by the shoulders and shook me vigorously. “Don’t you ever speak to me like that again, do you hear? Never!”
I nodded, shaking like mad. He was still for a minute, and then he suddenly hit me across the face, throwing me backwards into the table. I yelled as I hit my head hard, and when I fell to the floor I landed in the shattered glass.
“Get this cleared up,” he whispered. “I don’t care how long it takes, just get it all off the floor. Now.” With that, he stormed out of the kitchen, locking me in. I crouched on the floor, my arms over my face, sobbing madly into them ... For the next week or so, we kept stepping in tiny fragments, too small for me to see in that light. Every time my father found one he pinched my arm, digging his nails into the skin.
Again, this is a sensitive subject, but unlike abuse, the awareness is pitiful. It's much more common than some people would think but the vast majority of people have no idea of the truth behind it. It's not a sign of madness, nor suicide. In fact, for most it's a way of coping with life rather than wanting to end it. It's a subject I feel very strongly about, having some experience in the area, and I always try to approach the matter in a careful way.
The examples I have in fanfiction are more extreme than in my experience, but the emotions and concept is the same. Normally I would use the other characters to show just how wrongly people interpret the subject. Although I haven't got that far yet, in Foundations of Glass I intend to have Harry think of it in all the wrong ways before a professional psychologist explains the matter to him.
If I have self-injury in a fic I always, always rate it M.
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