[ SECRET POST #2097 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2097 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[fscom]

16. http://i.imgur.com/5bicC.png

[(Anonymous)]

Or they're familiar with sites that don't allow the /. Or they want an easier search term (seriously, / in google is not a fun experience. "X" must be much easier to find.) Or they're not into getting that top/bottom feeling that the beloved forward slash invokes.

I don't use X because I've never seen it really done, but I'm starting to think people who do are better at fandom and the internet than I am. :/

[visp]

I don't get it. Is the 'x' somehow more Japanese?

[(Anonymous)]

This seems so random! I kind of love you for it.

[(Anonymous)]

Someone once told me that in slash pairings, the '/' is to signify a top an bottom. So, for example, if you slash Bill and Jack, Bill/Jack will say Bill is top and Jack is bottom, while Jack/Bill is the other way around.

I don't know how many people see it that way, too, but when I ship a couple who I see as equals or interchanging (which is most of my pairings, really) I'd rather not use '/'.

[(Anonymous)]

I've always seen '/' as sexual or romantic pairing and 'x' or '&' as friendship pairing. I guess we must read in different circles.

[(Anonymous)]

x is still better than 90% of name smushes. I'd take CloudxTifa over Cloti anyday.

[(Anonymous)]

I usually use a slash, but tags on tumblr don't work with a /, so I started typing character x character over there. I kind of hate it, but it's still better than using silly shipnames.

[diet_poison]

...yeah, that is pretty dumb.

I prefer "x" because I think it's more visually clean and aesthetically appealing. I always put a space in between the names and the "x" though, otherwise it looks messy and confusing. So, for example (to take one of my OTPs off the top of my head):

Bleh: JohnxVriska
Better: John/Vriska
Best: John x Vriska

The whole "top/bottom" thing makes sense, but I'd never heard of it before reading these comments. I tend to ship pairings as couples and not just for the porn, so it feels a little weird to use it that way for me, but whatever works, I guess. If I'm listing pairings I tend to alphabetize the names so as not to be giving an indication as to who I think is "better" or "in charge" but perhaps one of the reasons I do this is that the majority of my ships are het.

[(Anonymous)]

As it were, I only use x in Gundam Wing fandom, where the character shorthand is numbers and letters anyway. Ships tend to look like algebraic expressions, but hey, it's efficient.

[nyxelestia]

Depends on the website for me. If it's something like AO3 or LJ where a '/' is fine, then I tend to look down on anyone who uses 'x'. But if it's some place like Tumblr or anywhere that doesn't really allow for '/', then as much as I still dislike it I understand it better. These days, if I see an 'x' on a /-friendly site, I'll still give that fic a chance on the assumption the author comes from a not-/-friendly site, but I tend to be much more critical of those fics as in my experience the not-/-friendly sites are...not known for the quality of their fics.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm just too used to "/" being used in an either-or context in language.

[(Anonymous)]

Back when I posted my fanfiction on FFN (woe) the common practice always seemed to be blah/blah when there was nothing explicitly sexual, and blahxblah when there was something explicitly sexual in the fic.

I assumed this still applied. Obviously not.

[(Anonymous)]

Some people frequent sites that don't like the / marking. For me it's just habit to use NamexName than to try and keep straight which site lets me do / and which requires X.

[(Anonymous)]

Wait... so what does it mean if I just write NameName? No / or x? I didn't realize that how you write a name 'coupling' had anything to do with anything...

[(Anonymous)]

I can only imagine how you feel about XavierMagneto.

[(Anonymous)]

I always thought x was for het parings, and that / was for slash pairings (hence the name).

[citrinesunset]

It could be, but I wasn't even aware that NamexName was more common in Japanese fandoms for a long time, and I'm familiar with the convention from Tumblr, where having slashes in your tags can be a problem. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of younger fans who get into online fandom via Tumblr aren't as familiar with the Name/Name convention.

[cimikat.livejournal.com]

Really? My thought has always been the opposite. Personally I like to write out my ship names as "Person x Person" because, to me, it makes the relationship in the pairing feel more balanced. I guess I think of it in math terms. With multiplication (ie x), the order doesn't really matter, so both individuals are equal. With division (ie /), order definately matters, implying somehow that one partner is stronger or more important than the other. And myself, I prefer my ships to be on a fairly equal power standing with each other. (also of note, I've always believed x or / to indicate sex or romance, while + means friendship)

Now this is definately subjective reasoning on my part. Obviously ship naming conventions vary by fandom, and nowhere have I found a definate guide on how to write out a ship name. I guess I should mention that I'm in my mid-twenties, and that I've been in a variety of fandoms, from anime to American comics, and for the most part haven't changed my ship naming preference.

CONSENSUS FOR THIS THREAD

[(Anonymous)]

Nobody knows what the fuck the difference is between AxB and A/B.

[iggy]

....what's the difference? I pretty much freely and unthinkingly alternate between the two.

[omens]

Maaaan, would so much prefer the x for sites like tumblr so as to avoid the name smushes.

[helishdreams]

The only real place I've seen (and use it) is tumblr, because the tagging system just breaks when you try and add a '/' to things.

Apart from that... I'm glad you recognise that your prejudice is stupid?

[(Anonymous)]

I seem to remember AxB being more common than A/B like around 2000, maybe.
Of course, since I'm old, my memory might be lagging.