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nor as an act for the game specifically, but more as a living out of fandom
(and slash-fandom in particular when a slashy tone is used), and a way to
connect, not necessary as character to character, and only on a very specific
level as player to player, but more so as “Harry!mun” to “Ron!mun.” Though
I have roleplayed occasionally in the past, I do not have experience with
LiveJournal games, beyond reading them, and this is the first time I came
across the term “mun.” Essentially, it is an abbreviation for “mundane,” so
“Harry!mun” is “Harry-mundane” or the person behind the character Harry. It
is a way for the players and HP fans to connect beyond a simple game, but
with their “masks” on. As it should be: the “mary-sue,” or the fan who inserts
herself into the story for self-gratuitous reasons, is considered one of the most
shunned things in all fandoms, be they general or slash/yaoi. It would be out
of line if Yuri was openly flirting with the character Ron in a way that would
be obviously “mary-sueish.” And as a heterosexual woman, she has no
interest in flirting with the female player of another character; it is, as she
explained very aptly, “friendship.” The connections formed in this way are, as
will crystallize slowly throughout the reading of this text, very complex and
layered: In some aspects they are very frank and supportive – as deep as
offline friendships – and in other aspects guarded and superficial. These
connections and relationships will appear more often throughout the text.
In terms of fan-language, one will run across such terms as Slut!Harry
or Angst!Harry frequently while searching through fanfiction or reading
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