Things I still don't get ...

[bluecanary]

Radiohead, and how anyone can listen to that god-awful wailing without wanting to do violence to whatever is outputting the sound.

[Leiko]

@GuanoLad

Slash fiction is gay fan fiction erotica, as in male character/other male character <–see the slash?
Het is heterosexual erotica.
Ship, or Shipping, is imagining two characters in an established show, book, or film as being in a relationship, even if that was not the author’s planned intention.

For example, there is a lot of fan fiction based around Harry Potter, Snape, Malfoy, etc in various homosexual escapades.

Nitpick: neither slash nor het need to be erotic. It’s just a matter of whether it’s homosexual or heterosexual. (At least in my fandoms.)