Because everyone has to rant at some point.

Ok, the topic of today's rant is slash in fanfiction, particularly Harry Potter, since that's what I'm familiar with. I am, however, not gay so take this with a grain of salt and if you think I've gotten something wrong let me know so I can change it.

( Let the rant begin! )

Wow, that was snarky. I now feel the need to say that this rant is not directed at you or your fanfic. It's just a list of things that bother me, and if your fanfic happens to include them I'm not particulairly surprised, since these are elements common to pretty much every slashfic (and many hetfics) that I've read.

This rant was brought to you by Brokeback Mountain, which doesn't have most of this stuff. The real, raw, truthfullness of the movie threw into sharp relief the crap that goes on in fanfiction to the point that I felt a rant coming on.