powerslash

Slash fan fiction focusing on a romantic and/or sexual relationship between characters of unequal social status or rank.

Noun

  1. Slash fan fiction focusing on a romantic and/or sexual relationship between characters of unequal social status or rank.
    • The second most popular Potter slash pairing is Harry/Snape, which belongs to the powerslash category, and again defies findings of early fan fiction studies focusing on buddyslash. - 2010, Sigrid Sindhuber, "Slashing...
    • Order of the Phoenix featured Harry and Snape (a powerslash pairing par excellence) forced to become uncomfortably intimate with each other: Snape is teaching Harry how to prevent Voldemort from reading his thoughts...
    • Although the second most popular pairing in Potter slash fandom, Snape/Harry (or Snarry), could be categorized as enemyslash, it is also a prime example of powerslash. - 2013, Janidean Bruner, "I 'like' slash: the...

Origin

From power + slash.