"In grammar school they taught me that a frog turning into a prince was a fairy tale. In the university they taught me that a frog turning into a prince was a fact!" -Ron Carlson
I hope C doesn't mind, but I'm going to link to her site, because, though I don't think we've ever really talked about it, she seems to have the exact same opinion of slash fic that I do. And she articulates it much better than I've been able to when I've tried. So go read her 4/19 entry. Me too.