enemyslash

English

Etymology

From enemy +‎ slash.

Noun

enemyslash (uncountable)

1. (fandom slang) Slash fan fiction focusing on a romantic and/or sexual relationship between adversaries.
   • 2010, Darlene Rose Hampton, "Beyond Resistance: Gender, Performance, and Fannish Practice in Digital Culture", dissertation submitted to the University of Oregon, page 102

     As an intimatopic 'enemyslash' fic, Harry Potter and the Bound Prince centers on the development of intimacy as expressed through sex and eroticized comfort between two characters that are enemies in the series canon […]

   • 2010, Sigrid Sindhuber, "Slashing Harry Potter: The phenomenon of border-transgression in fan fiction", thesis submitted to the University of Vienna, page 65:

     As a result, Harry Potter fandom again denies well-known theories of slash, as its most popular pairing – Harry/Draco – belongs to the enemyslash category.

   • 2013, Anne Jamison, Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World‎^[1], BenBella Books, →ISBN:

     Catherine Tosenberger suggests that the joy of an enemyslash pairing lies in watching the antagonists overcome their differences.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:enemyslash.

Antonyms

• buddyslash