| abstract | - Bad slash is defined as "improbable or poorly written romantic encounters between characters of the same sex." Bad slash is a separate badfic category because many of its traits are less likely to afflict non-slash. It is handled by the Department of Bad Slash. Those who write bad slash are known as badslashers, not to be confused with the Bad Slashers who spork it. It is worth noting that we in the PPC fully believe in and acknowledge the existence of good slash, hence "Department of Bad Slash" rather than simply "Department of Slash." Bad Slashers in the DBS are typically well-versed in the traits of good slash. Most are slash fans or slash writers themselves, or were recruited from slash fics. This is a good thing when the agents' background knowledge allows them to more easily track down slashwraiths. It's a bad thing when they become too annoyed by the fic turning their favorite pairing into a badly written mess to do the Duty and still keep their sanity. Since there is not always a Mary Sue in bad slash, slash demons possessing the canon characters are exorcised by way of banging the characters on the head with a copy of canon, usually accompanied by a lot of shouting of things like "avaunt!" and "begone, foul slash dwimmerlaik!"
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