Pre-slash

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Definition

Pre-slash is a subgenre of slash fiction in which a same-gender relationship between two characters has not yet developed or is only implied.

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TermPre-slash

What does pre-slash mean?

Pre-slash describes fan fiction focused on a potential or not-yet-developed same-gender relationship between two characters. The relationship may be implied without becoming explicit in the story.

Some pre-slash works remain pre-slash throughout, while others serve as an earlier chapter or standalone story before a later work develops the relationship into slash.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Pre-slash definition