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{{trope}}
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{{quote|'''Dean''': There's Sam Girls and Dean Girls and... What's a slash fan?
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'''Dean''': Like ''[[Sibling Incest|together]]'', together? They do know we're brothers, right?
'''Sam''': Doesn't seem to matter.
'''Dean''': Oh, come on, that... [[Sick and Wrong|that's just sick!]]
|''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]''}}
The ''other'' reason you should use protection when reading [[Fanfic]] (see [[Fan Wank]]).
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If the author has much exposure to the Japanese [[Boys Love]] at all, expect characters to be [[Wimpification|noticeably shoehorned]] into dominant [[Seme]] and submissive [[Uke]] roles.
Most '''Slash Fic''' authors have historically been women. This could [[
The origin of the term predates the World Wide Web, going back to 1960s fanfic writers, specifically those interested in ''[[Star Trek]]'', who wrote "Kirk/Spock" fiction, pronounced "Kirk Slash Spock". In some communities, the ordering of the names is used to indicate a [[Seme|power]] [[Uke|relationship]].
See also [[Lemon]] and its tamer relative [[Lime]], [[Porn Without Plot]], [[Everyone Is Gay]], [[Yaoi Guys]], [[Yaoi Fangirl]] and [[Most Fanfic Writers Are Girls]]. See [[IKEA Erotica]] for what tends to happen when the girls in question are unfamiliar with having sex. Not to be confused with fics about the guitarist from Guns 'n' Roses (Although there could be some overlap. Axl/Slash probably has a fandom). Also, Slash Fic has absolutely nothing to do with [[Slasher
Incidentally, in Great Britain, "taking a slash" is a slightly coarse way of describing urination, so the innocent Brit who's never heard of the concept is likely to be even more squicked at the term...
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Ranma ½]]'' is unique in that since the title character has two forms - one of each gender - poor Ranma has been cast in Slash Fics with ''almost every single cast member''. Including his official heterosexual love interest. And him/herself.
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* Practically the entire realm of ''[[Death Note]]'' fanfic/art centres around this trope. With the whole L and Light {{spoiler|being chained to each other}} for months, they were practically begging for it.
** Not to mention that L's heavy surveillance of Light can also be interpreted as a case of Stalker With a Crush.
** This [https://web.archive.org/web/20160611044501/http://cantatedomino24.deviantart.com/art/Death-Note-Yaoi-Overload-257767815 comic] by [
** But remember when L and Misa first met? He was looking at her.
*** The fact that Misa, Light's girlfriend, does not have much of a personality outside of her love for Light also contributes. Light also makes it pretty clear to Ryuk that he has absolutely no romantic interest in her.
* ''[[Durarara!!]]'' slash fics are almost always any form of [[Foe Yay|Shizuo/Izaya]] and their alternate fanmade personas.
** It doesn't help either that Narita wrote [[Crack Fic|slash]] of the two even though it was meant to be an April Fool's joke.
* Pick any CLAMP series. Pick two characters. They have been Slashed. Current popular flavours are Kurogane and Fai of [[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]], Doumeki and Watanuki of [[
** To say nothing of the number of [[Code Geass|Suzaku/Lelouch]] Slash Fic's out there. And Lelouch/Rolo is not uncommon.
* At the rate [[Bishonen]] characters in ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'' is increasing, fanfic writers will soon run out of numbers and alphabet to denote the number of possible pairings availiable.
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** Ichigo/Renji orignated shortly after the infamous "take it off" scene shortly before the Bount Arc and has only intensified over the course of the anime, as fillers, sentences and even official artwork which did nothing to stop the fangirls or fanboys.
** Other pairings include Renji/Byakuya, Grimmjow/Ulquiorra, etc.
== Comic Books ==
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* [[Doctor Doom]] and [[Fantastic Four|Reed Richards]] have a lot of fandom speculation, although pretty much all their slashfic is either tragic stuff that posits that Reed and Doom were more than just classmates in college before the accident that turned them into arch enemies, or disturbing rapefics revolving around Doom's...er...[[Foe Yay|really, really,]] ''[[Squick|really]]'' obsessive hatred of Reed. [[Evil Former Friend|Or both.]]
* spider-man/human torch have their own [[LiveJournal]] community.
== Film ==
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*** On the other hand, there's a fic where Utivich and Aldo have sex in the forest after the end while Landa is tied to a tree and [[Forced to Watch]].
** In an amusing twist, the actors and Tarantino found out about the slash fic. Rather than [[Why Fandom Can't Have Nice Things|getting mad]], however, they took it in stride. [[Eli Roth]]'s only objection was that "there's no fuckin' way Donny's [[The Twink|a catcher]]!" And he has a point.
* ''[[Hot Fuzz]]''. Considering that the writers and actors acknowledged the [[Ho Yay]] themselves (including fake makeouts in the bloopers!), and that some of Danny's lines in the movie were originally written for a love interest for Nicholas, who was then cut - but the lines stayed the same - it's not surprising that the fandom, though small, pretty much universally ships Nicholas/Danny. And then there was that time the writers [https://web.archive.org/web/20100428113705/http://www.edgarwrighthere.com/2009/10/the-steamy-hot-fuzz-slash-fiction-tweets-october-19th-2009/ gave it their] [[Word of God]] approval, and actually called the movie itself "Nicholas Angel and Danny Butterman slash fiction."
* Arthur/Eames is one of the more popular pairings in the ''[[Inception]]'' fandom. [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|Then again, Arthur gets paired with everyone.]] There's also Arthur/Cobb and even some Mal/Ariadne.
* ''[[The Social Network]]'' has Mark/Eduardo.
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* Ryan/Chad is pretty popular in the [[High School Musical]] fandom, mostly due to the sexy musical baseball scene in the second movie, which included lyrics such as, "I'll show you how I swing" from Chad. After the game we see them eating [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|hotdogs]] with each other. To top it all off, they have switched clothes.
* After ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men First Class]]'' got released, the entire internet exploded with Magneto/Professor X fics. It doesn't help that the actors, [[James McAvoy]] and Michael Fassbender, got on board as well and teased about it in interviews.
== Literature ==
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*** You think that's bad? "Whomped" is a Draco/Whomping Willow fic! [[Epileptic Trees|That tree wasn't having seizures...]]
*** And I'd certainly avoid googling the term "Dobby stretches, sir" if you are easily sickened - the Dobby/Hagrid pairing is worse than it sounds.
** [[Cloudcuckoolander|Luna]]/[[Fiery Redhead|Ginny]] is—or was—probably the most popular [[Les Yay]] ship (it was only popular for a short time, as [[Harry Potter and
** Nowadays Ginny/Hermione is very popular, particularly with both Ginny
** Also ever popular is Bellatrix/Narcissa or either or both of the two with Andromeda, sometimes even "punishing her" for becoming a blood traitor.
*** Lily seems to be shipped with some female characters such as Alice, Bellatrix, Narcissa, and even Ginny.
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* ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' has a few popular slash pairings, like the canonical Renly/Loras or more subtextual pairings like Theon/Robb, Robb/Jon, or Stannis/Davos. ''A Dance With Dragons'' has also opened the floodgates for Jon Connington/Rhaegar Targaryen. Margaery/Sansa is fairly popular on the lady front.
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* The "classic" - some might say definitive—Slash pairing is Kirk/Spock (from ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]''). It has been suggested that the term "slash" came from the slash (the "/") between Kirk and Spock. According to [[The Other Wiki]], there was a time in the
** So would their [[Portmanteau Couple Name]] be "Spirk" or...
*** There are some that call it "Spork".
*** Shouldn't it be Jock? None of the real-life portmanteaus use one person's surname.
** ''[[Star Trek]]'' was the first fandom to write stories detailing an explicitly romantic relationship between two same-sex characters. (As ''[[The
*** TV Guide's September 15, 1967 summarization of the Star Trek episode "Amok Time" with the double-entendre "''Mr. Spock succumbs to a powerful mating urge and nearly kills Captain Kirk.''" may very well have been the original inspiration for this entire, particular, fanfic genre.
** There's also McCoy/Spock, probably the second most popular slash pairing in the ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' fandom.
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* [[Lost Girl]]s most dominant pairing is Bo/Lauren thought there is quite a bit of Kenzi/Dyson slashing.
* ''[[Once Upon a Time]]'' is full of Emma/Regina which is awkward considering Regina is Emma's step-grandmother. Oh, and they hate each others' guts.
* Apollo/Starbuck is the most popular pairing in
== Music ==
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* [[The Beatles]] have a disturbingly large slash community with Lennon/McCartney being the most popular for [[Yoko Oh No|certain reasons]].<ref>Hey, you've got to hide your love away.</ref>
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* That many fans of ''[[Wicked (theatre)|Wicked]]'' are also "Gelphie" supporters shouldn't surprise you, seeing as the musical (and the novel to a lesser extent) invests so much in Glinda and Elphaba's friendship and closeness. What may surprise you is that there's also a subgroup of fans who are huge "Chenzel" supporters - that is, fans who like to romantically pair Kristen Chenoweth and Idina Menzel, the ''actresses who originally portrayed those characters on Broadway''. Despite the fact that both women are heterosexual and Idina Menzel has been happily married to actor Taye Diggs since they met on ''[[Rent]]''.
* ''Cats''. It's usually Rum Tum Tugger/Mr Mistofelees, but Munkustrap usually falls in there somewhere. Never mind the fact that Tugger is shown flirting with half the girls in the show. Ah, what the heck, it's enjoyable anyway.
* Mark/Roger from ''[[Rent]]''. Collins/Benny and Angel/Mark as well, strangely enough. But the Mark/Roger practically dominates the fanfiction.
== Video Games ==
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* From ''[[Assassin's Creed (video game)|Assassin's Creed I]]'', Ezio Auditore and Leonardo da Vinci are frequently shipped. It is implied that Leo is gay anyway, so it only needs some [[Alternate Character Interpretation]] to make Ezio bisexual.
* ''Jak and Daxter'' fans like to ship Jak with Torn, Jinx, Razer (who is implied to be gay anyway), and Erol ([[Fan Wank|who some fans speculate]] actually [[Prison Rape|did rape Jak while he was in prison]]). [[Heterosexual Life Partners|Jak and Daxter are also shipped]], but some people find that squicky.
== Web Comics ==
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* ''[[Hark! A Vagrant]]'' parodies this with the robotic [[Inspector Javert|Javert]] being rather unaffected by Valjean.
* In ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'', Justin mentions Superman/Batman fan fiction [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2007-10-24 here].
* ''[[
* ''[[Homestuck]]'', thanks to its [[Loads and Loads of Characters]] and fourfold shipping system, has quite an abundance of these. It's another contender for the ''Heroes'' dartboard game.
== Web Original ==
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** [[Word of God]] has indicated that Grif/Simmons may actually be canon.
* [[That Guy With The Glasses]]. According to the archives, seven out of the ten most popular pairings are slash and there's almost twice as much slash stories than het.
== Western Animation ==
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* Disney's ''[[Gargoyles]]'' has a sizable slash fanbase. For those pairings that normally wouldn't happen because the characters involved are heterosexuals. a common trick is to [[A Wizard Did It|cast a spell on one or both]](Since magic is very clearly a part of this 'verse). Since the show also has [[Word of God|a lesbian police captain, and Lexington has been hinted outside the show as possibly gay]], this has only fueled the fire. Some paring include: [[Foe Yay|Elisa/Demona]], Elisa/Angela, Brooklyn/Other Male, etc.
* ''[[Happy Tree Friends]]''. ''Oh God''. [[Ho Yay|Flippy/Splendid]] is probably the most popular pairing after [[Fan-Preferred Couple|Flippy/Flaky]]. Note that Flippy and Splendid have ''never'' met.
** Fans apparently like to play with shipping in this fandom (particularly the anime version), as they draw numerous potential pairings. Some of the most liked and common ships are [[Foe Yay|Flippy/Splendid]] (as mentioned above), [[Twincest|Shifty/Lifty]], [[
* ''[[Transformers]]'' fandom has been rife with Megatron/Starscream (often portrayed as abusive or repressed) pretty much since the beginning. The [[Enemy Mine]] nature of Megatron and Optimus Prime's relationship also lends itself to slash.
** Then ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' came along and now you'll be hard pressed to find a fic featuring both Prowl and Lockdown in the same scene that ''isn't'' slash.
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** Starscream is definitely the [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships]], though. You'd be hard pressed to find one mech, Autobot or Decepticon he hasn't been paired with at least once.
* Practically any two characters in ''[[Kim Possible]]'', even key villain Shego with Ron's [[Non-Human Sidekick|naked mole rat Rufus]], but most of all Kim/Shego, which has generated enough writing to develop its own cliches, parodied in [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3180075/1/In_the_Hands_of_a_Hack this fic].
** ''[[Kim Possible]]'' slash still generates enough activity to support [https://web.archive.org/web/20130926013825/http://www.kpslashhaven.net/ its own forum], even for a series that ended in 2007.
* ''[[South Park]]'' - there is ''some'' [[Gen Fic]], but [[Everyone Is Gay|most of the time...]]The most popular couples are [[Heterosexual Life Partners|Stan/Kyle]], [[Foe Yay|Cartman/Kyle]], [[Toy Ship|Kenny/Butters]], and [[Crack Pairing|Craig/Tweek.]]
** And the infamous [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness|angel]]/[[The Antichrist|devil]] fics, represented by [[Being Good Sucks|Pip]]/[[Draco in Leather Pants|Damien]].
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* [[Biker Mice From Mars]] Gets a bit of this. Given the series premise and its [[Fan Yay|Fans]] It's rather a foregone conclusion.
* ''[[Swat Kats]]'' Is Similar to ''[[Biker Mice From Mars]]'', Two macho, presumably [[Heterosexual Life Partners]], explosions, and buckets of [[Fan Yay]].
* ''[[Static Shock]]'' has lots of options for the slash, though Hotgear tends to be the most explicit, with Virgil/Richie being mostly fluff, and Frieda/Daisy being a vaguely-mentioned "tie up the loose ends" pairing.
** Helps that we have [[Word of Gay]] about Richie, and even before that his counterpart in the [[Static (comics)|original comics]], Rick, was canonically gay.
* Good luck finding a romance fic of Bender that doesn't involve Fry for the ''[[Futurama]]'' fandom. It's quite surprising, considering the [[The Casanova|Casanova]] that Bender is in the series. Bender/Calculon and Bender/Beelzebot are also quite popular, but in the minority compared to the [[Portmanteau Couple Name|Fender]] fics.
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': Chances are, if Zuko and Jet are listed as the main characters of a story, it's a slash fic. Sokka/Zuko and Zuko/Aang are also pretty popular. Zuko being the fandom's male [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships]] (with Katara as the female), he naturally gets paired up with ''every'' character with whom he has any screen time, male or female.
* In the ''[[Young Justice (animation)|Young Justice]]'' yj anon meme (found [http://yj-anon-meme.livejournal.com/ here]) contains a lot of Kid Flash/Robin and Kid Flash/Red Arrow fics. Dueling for popularity is Robin/Superboy and Superboy/Aqualad. Artemis and M'gann get shipped, too, though more often with Kid Flash and Superboy than with one another. Conversation threads have revealed that a disproportionate number of active Anons are gay, which [[Author Appeal|may]] or [[Most Fanfic Writers Are Girls|may not]] be significant contributing factor.
* ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'': ''Way'' too much, [[Ho Yay|Phineas/Ferb]] and [[Interspecies Romance|Perry/Doof]] among the most popular shippings. C'mon, people, this is a [[Disney]] show!
** That never stopped the [[Kim Possible]] fanbase.
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* ''[[Loonatics Unleashed]]'': [[Gadgeteer Genius|Tech E. Coyote]] and [[Motor Mouth|Rev Runner]] get a fair amount of this in several fan-fictions, considering the amount of [[Ho Yay]] they received in the show. [[Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner|Quite ironic, if you think about it]].
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