I hate to burst your bubble, but slash never went away. There's been a continuous, evolving community since the early 80s. (Checking out the sites for the major slash conventions would have revealed that.) Interest in Trek may have waned, but slash is about the people involved, who they are and where their community lies. Just as sci-fi geeks didn't all crawl into a hole when the Star Wars prequels were done and fantasy fans didn't die with Robert Jordan.
Also, fanfiction doesn't have to be smutty. In fact, a lot of writers and readers abhor explicit sex. With such a polarizing label, I would be much more cautious about painting with so wide a brush.
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I hate to burst your bubble, but slash never went away. There's been a continuous, evolving community since the early 80s. (Checking out the sites for the major slash conventions would have revealed that.) Interest in Trek may have waned, but slash is about the people involved, who they are and where their community lies. Just as sci-fi geeks didn't all crawl into a hole when the Star Wars prequels were done and fantasy fans didn't die with Robert Jordan.
Also, fanfiction doesn't have to be smutty. In fact, a lot of writers and readers abhor explicit sex. With such a polarizing label, I would be much more cautious about painting with so wide a brush.