Whether or not the use of the word "fetish" to describe slash is offensive.

Well, actually, most people have stopped arguing at this point, but the person who made the initial post is apparently on a crusade to exonerate herself. Or just piss off everyone in listening distance.

How, exactly, does the word "fetish" describe slash? The fic itself? Or the general concept of slash?

It's only June! Isn't it too early in the summer to be running through The Meta Of Fandom?

The general concept. As in, "someone tell me if there's het content along with the slash. Not that there's anything wrong with slash, but it's not my fetish."

(I am paraphrasing.)

How, exactly, does the word "fetish" describe slash?

We're pervs if we like to read the boy-on-boy. You know, the usual.

Isn't it too early in the summer to be running through The Meta Of Fandom?

Remember, this is BBF. Now that both BtVS and AtS are over, there's nothing but the meta from here on out. t /sarca... oh, hell, y'all know that one doesn't close

Or just piss off everyone in listening distance.

It's really a wonderful example of how not to defend yourself when you think you've been wronged. "I'm going to post in an aggressive and snotty manner, using strong, strident language and diminutives to address everyone who does not agree with me! And then I shall cap it all off by demanding that someone give me the Spuffy porn, already!"

Riiight.

Yay! Pervs!

As in, "someone tell me if there's het content along with the slash. Not that there's anything wrong with slash, but it's not my fetish."

I see. Inapt choice of words, though if it was deliberate, I get what she was trying to imply. (Basically, what amych said. Pervs. WhatEV.)

Remember, this is BBF. Now that both BtVS and AtS are over, there's nothing but the meta from here on out.

Well, that's true. But there's the Why Are You All So Passive-Aggressive discussion going on, too. I expect Just Write Some Fic Rather Than Whining, Dammit! to come around any day now.