#slash cons

[dcslash]

This year, DC-Slash Con will be held: July 25-27

You can register now at bit.ly/DCS_Reg2025!

Want to suggest a panel? Or maybe you just want to see what's been suggested so far? You can now do both at www.dcslash.org/dc-slash-con/programming

[employee052]

[cw eyestrain] countdown

"this is not a challenge, its a tragedy."

[fansplaining]

Our first piece of the year is live—and it's a big one! With the recent release of the classic BBC sci-fi show Blake's 7 on Blu-ray, Lena Barkin looks back at the infamous 1980s clash between fans and creators that became known as the Slash Wars:

The Slash Wars happened in the late 80s and early 90s, but their central fandom questions are still being explored today. How much interaction should there be between fans and artists? How does capitalism interact with fandom’s gift-based economy? How public should fanfiction about characters portrayed by real people be? How do we ethically engage with the media properties we love when it involves so many conflicting people, stories, and viewpoints?

For fans of fandom history—or anyone grappling with these questions in fandom today—this is a must-read. You can also listen to a full audio version via the link above. 🚀

[b1mbodoll]

gooner stepbro jake. that is all. carry on

[landfall-games]

Impatiently waiting for Haste to get a tag on AO3

[pocchi-poket]

Reigen is, like, the definition of "Never let them know your next move"

[kintsugiris]

i think that agatha harkness would love kaz brekker. the two of them should meet and plan a con. it will definitely not result in the destruction of the world as we know it

[magnesiumxp]

i made a spamton mask who like spamton

bonus look at the indidebtheres an among

[devilart2199-aibi]

Your new Swindle is so handsome!!!

Thank you!!! Hehe :3c It's another weapon for him to use when Swindling people! lol

[bunny-bopper]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Stargate Atlantis Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Laura Cadman & Rodney McKay, Rodney McKay/John Sheppard Characters: Laura Cadman, Rodney McKay Additional Tags: Pre-Slash, Huddling For Warmth, Reconciliation, Matchmaking, Episode: s02e04 Duet (Stargate Atlantis), Anxiety Summary:

In order to survive, Laura and Rodney need to get very close. Again.

[dcslash]

This year, DC-Slash Con will be held: July 25-27

You can register now at bit.ly/DCS_Reg2025!

The early registration rate of $5 is available until May 10th!

Want to suggest a panel? Or maybe you just want to see what's been suggested so far? You can now do both at www.dcslash.org/dc-slash-con/programming

[slashmommy]

I'd been trying to think of a good pairing for Fairytale and decided on Spock/McCoy. I did this as one of my premiering vids at DC-Slash Con 2024.

[sinpozium]

Sinpozium 2025

Belated announcement here that Sinpozium 2025 is happening THIS EASTER WEEKEND (19th and 20th April 2025)! There's still time to register if you'd like to attend - we're also organising dinner for both nights :D

More info at our Dreamwidth!

[fansplaining]

Our June piece is live! 😎 Jay Castello reports on the Starsky & Hutch Fiction Archive—which has been archiving S&H fic for decades—and how the show's onscreen relationship has inspired relationships within the fandom, too:

The Starsky & Hutch Fiction Archive continues to grow, preserving stories about love 50 years after the pilot first introduced this special relationship to viewers. New Starsky & Hutch fics appear both there and on AO3 at least every few days. At SHareCon, fans in their 20s meet fans in their 80s; the former often tell Lisa that they were introduced to the show by their grandmothers. “I’m so inspired,” she says. “I would like to think it could be around for another 50 years.”

Read the piece or listen to a full audio version via the link above!

[weirdfishy]

im on ep 8 of The Worst of Evil and like feel so baaadddd for gicheul rn bc nevermind gicheul home-wrecking junmo/euijung-- the couple is straight up home/sanity/life wrecking gicheul ???????? gaslight gatekeep girlbyeeeeee-ass couple bro 😭😭 this guy can't catch a break from double team of the manipulation manwhore mansplaining from seungho and the 'maybe we were fated to meet again, and i don't care if you're a criminal' euijung

absolutely diabolical couple, get your man (?) i guess ????? rip gicheul's sanity bc imagine being that smart of a mf and being blindsided by not one person close to you but TWO-- AND THEY'RE MARRIED

[roguewhimsy]

"Cupid's Arrow"

By RogueWhimsy

This story was submitted as part of the Clementine Discord Server's Valentine’s Masquerade of '25. You can read it on ao3 here. Content warnings in the tags.

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Fifteen minutes before Ronald Weasley was due to arrive at Presque L’amour for the most important Valentine’s Day dinner of his life, his floo erupted with an emerald flame.

“Ron? Where—oh, there you are.” 

He froze, clad in only a dress shirt and pants, clutching an iron above his wrinkled trousers. 

“Hermione, I’m not decent!” Ron squawked, but she batted away his trouserless outcry. “Now’s not a great time—.” 

“Conmenticius Amorem!”

Ron blinked. “Er, who’s what?”

Hermione huffed, “A curse, Ron. Draco Malfoy’s not in love with you. He’s cursed.”

Ron straightened, put the iron down, and assessed her. Shadows wreathed Hermione’s eyes. 

“It's known as 'Cupid's Arrow,'” she continued. “It pierces a target and causes them to instantly fall in love with the next person they see.”

“Herm,” Ron groaned, “I know you don’t believe Draco's changed—.”

“He hasn’t changed, Ron. Your Draco doesn’t exist .” Her words stabbed deeper than a dagger to the heart. “Didn’t you ever find it strange? How quickly everything changed? How quickly he changed—falling for Ronald Weasley, of all people?”

“Thanks.” 

“It never made sense,” Hermione insisted, rifling through her handbag. “And, deep down, you knew it too.” 

She sighed. “Remember when he collapsed? At our reunion?”

Ron needed to sit down. How could he forget? That bizarre evening changed his life.

He went from making small talk at the bar one second to dashing, as fast as his long legs allowed, to catch a crumpling Draco Malfoy the next. 

Malfoy showed his gratitude for Ron’s heroism by generously luring him to the nearest hotel for a night of “Interhouse Bonding.”

Afterwards, Malfoy started making random appearances to whisk Ron away: dinners, holidays, quidditch matches. A few months later, Ron gave up the pretense of keeping Draco at arm’s length. 

Eventually, he let himself fall for the absurd man. 

Hermione pulled out her mobile. “I got the tape from that night. Look.” 

He did. Ron witnessed the moment a flash of light hit Draco square in the back. He watched his past self leap into action to catch the man before he hit the ground. He saw the shadow pass over Draco’s face: a disgusted sneer melting into something softer, something magical. Ron put down the mobile. 

“You see, Ron? He is cursed. He doesn’t—.”

“Love me,” Ron murmured, “Yeah, I see it, now.” 

Hermione’s thrill at being validated quickly cooled. “Oh, Ron.”  

Ron shook his head. “Is there a cure?” Hermione, uncharacteristically quiet, nodded. He mimicked her nod and tugged at the hem of his dress shirt. 

Hermione noticed. “You look nice,” her voice soft, careful. “Plans tonight?” 

“Yeah,” Ron cleared his throat. “Er, just after I put my trousers on.” 

Hermione spoke gently. “Ron, don’t go to him.”

Ron couldn’t look at her. “Why?” 

“Because it isn’t real.” Her words sank in his chest like a stone.

Ron slumped back against the wall behind him. 

“Then,” his voice trembled, “Herm, what do I do?” 

She put a hand on his shoulder. “Let me tell him.”

It was hard for him to breathe. “I should do it.” 

“Maybe,” Hermione admitted. “But, I’m offering.” 

She only needed a reluctant nod before she disappeared in a verdant flash. Ron staggered over to his sports coat hanging on the coat rack and reached into the inside pocket. 

The velvet box in his palm made his hand look gigantic, his grandad’s wedding band nestled inside. Stubborn pieces of lint from Ron’s sock drawer clung to the box from months of waiting for the right moment to emerge.

Ella Fitzgerald crooned “Funny Valentine” from Ron’s wireless into the quiet flat. He unplugged the iron.