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* {{Batman}}[=/=]{{Superman}} has its fandom. Possibly influenced by the DC title SupermanBatman, which "explores the camaraderie, antagonism, and friendship between its eponymous characters," to quote TheOtherWiki. Preceded by The Batman/Superman Hour in 1968, which merely aired episodes of either show back-to-back.

The most common definition has Slash as a FanFic that [[{{Shipping}} pairs]] two (or more) characters of the same sex (a manifestation of FanYay).

* ''BikerMiceFromMars'' Gets a bit of this. Given the series premise and its [[FanYay Fans]] It's rather a foregone conclusion.
* ''WesternAnimation/SWATKats'' Is Similar to ''BikerMiceFromMars'', Two macho, presumably HeterosexualLifePartners, explosions, and buckets of FanYay.

-->"These were beautifully written stories, I don't want to give you the wrong impression! It was not just base pornography! There was a lot of time and lyrical language spent in describing the romanticism of each situation. A story might begin: 'Softed fall, the snow outside a ski lodge in Vermont, mounting up inch upon snowy inch on the wooden window sill. Lit from within by the glow of the roaring fire. Around the fire did sit Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, flushed from a long day skiing, toasting the marshmallows on the dancing flames, that surely they would enjoy as s'mores later that night. In walked the butler...' (sarcastically) Oh, who could that be I wonder? '''That is basically racist!''' This is just ignorance, is what it is. It's just ignorance! (mockingly)"Can I 'elp you two with anything?" Said the butler ''exactly'' how they all speak. "Anything I can do for you? Pish-posh, hufflepuffle, flip-flop!" "No thank you Mr.butler," said Stephen Colbert "But you can help me with this":(makes unzipping fly motion) Zip! Thud! and I'm going to stop there, bcause you don't need to carry around in my head, what I carry around in mine! The point is who would have thought that technology had evolved to the point where I would find myself alone in my office at work, shouting out loud at my own computer screen screaming 'WHEN DO I HAVE A GO?!!'"

** British comedian and substitute host John Oliver talks about discovering TDS slash when he sent a link to from a friend:

-->These were beautifully written stories, I don't want to give you the wrong impression! It was not just base pornography! There was a lot of time and lyrical language spent in describing the romanticism of each situation. A story might begin: 'Softed fall, the snow outside a ski lodge in Vermont, mounting up inch upon snowy inch on the wooden window sill. Lit from within by the glow of the roaring fire. Around the fire did sit Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, flushed from a long day skiing, toasting the marshmallows on the dancing flames, that surely they would enjoy as s'mores later that night. In walked the butler...' (sarcastically) Oh, who could that be I wonder? '''That is basically racist!''' This is just ignorance, is what it is. It's just ignorance! (mockingly)"Can I 'elp you two with anything?" Said the butler ''exactly'' how they all speak. "Anything I can do for you? Pish-posh, hufflepuffle, flip-flop!" "No thank you Mr.butler," said Stephen Colbert "But you can help me with this":(makes unzipping fly motion) Zip! Thud! and I'm going to stop there, bcause you don't need to carry around in my head, what I carry around in mine! The point is who would have thought that technology had evolved to the point where I would find myself alone in my office at work, shouting out loud at my own computer screen screaming "WHEN DO I HAVE A GO?!!"

-->"These were beautifully written stories, I don't want to give you the wrong impression! It was not just base pornography! There was a lot of time and lyrical language spent in describing the romanticism of each situation. A story might begin: 'Softed fall, the snow outside a ski lodge in Vermont, mounting up inch upon snowy inch on the wooden window sill. Lit from within by the glow of the roaring fire. Around the fire did sit Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, flushed from a long day skiing, toasting the marshmallows on the dancing flames, that surely they would enjoy as s'mores later that night. In walked the butler...' (sarcastically) Oh, who could that be I wonder? '''That is basically racist!''' This is just ignorance, is what it is. It's just ignorance! (mockingly)"Can I 'elp you two with anything?" Said the butler ''exactly'' how they all speak. "Anything I can do for you? Pish-posh, hufflepuffle, flip-flop!" "No thank you Mr.butler," said Stephen Colbert "But you can help me with this":(makes unzipping fly motion) Zip! Thud! and I'm going to stop there, bcause you don't need to carry around in my head, what I carry around in mine! The point is who would have thought that technology had evolved to the point where I would find myself alone in my office at work, shouting out loud at my own computer screen screaming "WHEN DO I HAVE A GO?!!"

-->"These were beautifully written stories, I don't want to give you the wrong impression! It was not just base pornography! There was a lot of time and lyrical language spent in describing the romanticism of each situation. A story might begin: "'Softed fall, the snow outside a ski lodge in Vermont, mounting up inch upon snowy inch on the wooden window sill. Lit from within by the glow of the roaring fire. Around the fire did sit Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, flushed from a long day skiing, toasting the marshmallows on the dancing flames, that surely they would enjoy as s'mores later that night. In walked the butler...'" (sarcastically) Oh, who could that be I wonder? '''That is basically racist!''' This is just ignorance, is what it is. It's just ignorance! (mockingly)"Can I 'elp you two with anything?" Said the butler ''exactly'' how they all speak. "Anything I can do for you? Pish-posh, hufflepuffle, flip-flop!" "No thank you Mr.butler," said Stephen Colbert "But you can help me with this":(makes unzipping fly motion) Zip! Thud! and I'm going to stop there, bcause you don't need to carry around in my head, what I carry around in mine! The point is who would have thought that technology had evolved to the point where I would find myself alone in my office at work, shouting out loud at my own computer screen screaming "WHEN DO I HAVE A GO?!!"

-->"These were beautifully written stories, I don't want to give you the wrong impression! It was not just base pornography! There was a lot of time and lyrical language spent in describing the romanticism of each situation. A story might begin: "'Softed fall, the snow outside a ski lodge in Vermont, mounting up inch upon snowy inch on the wooden window sill. Lit from within by the glow of the roaring fire. Around the fire did sit Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, flushed from a long day skiing, toasting the marshmallows on the dancing flames, that surely they would enjoy as s'mores later that night. In walked the butler...'" (sarcastically) Oh, who could that be I wonder? '''That is basically racist!''' This is just ignorance, is what it is. It's just ignorance! (mockingly)"Can I 'elp you two with anything?" Said the butler ''exactly'' how they all speak. "Anything I can do for you? Pish-posh, hufflepuffle, flip-flop!" No thank you Mr.butler, said Stephen Colbert but you can help me with this: Zip! Thud! and I'm going to stop there, bcause you don't need to carry around in my head, what I carry around in mine! The point is who would have thought that technology had evolved to the point where I would find myself alone in my office at work, shouting out loud at my own computer screen screaming "WHEN DO I HAVE A GO?!!"

* ''MassEffect'' has Female Shepard/Liara and Female Shepard/Kelly. Ashley, Thane and Tali were originally romance options for both genders, but this was DummiedOut. Male Shepard/Kaidan was DummiedOut in the first game, then brought back for the third game due to fan demand. And those are just the ones that are actually ''in game'': pretty much everyone has been shipped with everyone else by this point. The [[FanficRecs/MassEffect fanfiction]] page has Shepard/Mordin, Shepard/Joker, and Miranda/Jack, just as an example.

Most SlashFic authors have historically been women. (Indeed, [[MostFanficWritersAreGirls most fanfic authors are women]].) This could [[SitchSexuality stem from the fact]] that the traditional Slash subjects are overwhelmingly male-dominated: if you want to write FanFic in the style of a romance novel, and you don't want to use a ditzy GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe, you're pretty much going to have to pair two men, or invent a MarySue. Then again, some slashers say that they just find [[GuyOnGuyIsHot two men together to be hot]], just like how [[GirlOnGirlIsHot many straight/bi men like watching lesbian porn.]]. That said, male slash authors do exist, so assuming that anyone who writes slash is a YaoiFangirl may invoke UnfortunateImplications.

** It seems that Ritchie realised what a great audience slash fans were, and turned the HoYay UptoEleven for the second movie.

The main reason for Slash writing is that [[GuyOnGuyIsHot two men together is hot]].
Traditionally, the more lopsided the male-to-female ratio, the easier and more common is to have slash pairings rather than straight pairings. One example is the game ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' with eighteen male characters (''Maybe'' sixteen. Jury's still out on the [[ViewerGenderConfusion Pyro]]) and one female voice who's about sixty years old and is also a chainsmoker. It's basically slash, or gender-bending. Another is ''{{Transformers}}'', a fandom which consists of 400+ male robots and about 3 female ones.

Most SlashFic authors have historically been women. (Indeed, [[MostFanficWritersAreGirls most fanfic authors are women]]). That said, male slash authors do exist, so assuming that anyone who writes slash is a YaoiFangirl may invoke UnfortunateImplications.

Traditionally, the more lopsided the male-to-female ratio, the easier and more justifiable it is to have slash pairings rather than straight pairings. One example is the game ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' with eighteen male characters (''Maybe'' sixteen. Jury's still out on the [[ViewerGenderConfusion Pyro]]) and one female voice who's about sixty years old and is also a chainsmoker. It's basically slash, or gender-bending. Another is ''{{Transformers}}'', a fandom which consists of 400+ male robots and about 3 female ones.

Most SlashFic authors have historically been women. (Indeed, [[MostFanficWritersAreGirls most fanfic authors are women]].) This could [[SitchSexuality stem from the fact]] that the traditional Slash subjects are overwhelmingly male-dominated: if you want to write FanFic in the style of a romance novel, and you don't want to use a ditzy GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe, you're pretty much going to have to pair two men, or invent a MarySue. Then again, some slashers say that they just find [[GuyOnGuyIsHot two men together to be hot]], just like how [[GirlOnGirlIsHot many straight/bi men like watching lesbian porn.]]. That said, male slash authors do exist, so assuming that anyone who writes slash is a YaoiFangirl may invoke UnfortunateImplications.

Incidentally, in Great Britain, "taking a slash" is a [[DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch slightly coarse]] way of describing (male) urination, so the innocent Brit who's never heard of the concept is likely to be even more squicked at the term...

The ''other'' reason you should use protection when reading FanFic (see FanWank).

* Post-''Film/CasinoRoyale'', there is a ''lot'' of JamesBond/Le Chiffre out there, and about as much Bond/Villiers (say it with me now... [[IncrediblyLamePun Mannypenny]].) Not as much as, say, ''HarryPotter'' or something, but probably more than your average Bond film. Maybe it's the [[FanDisservice knotted rope scene]]. Wince.

* The most popular ''HarryPotter'' slash pairings are Harry/Draco Malfoy, Remus Lupin/Sirius Black (puppy love, slashers often call themselves puppyshippers, thus confusing members of an [[Franchise/YuGiOh entirely different fandom]]), Snape/Harry (talk about SlapSlapKiss) and Snape/Remus Lupin. The {{Squick}}iest ones are such as Harry/Voldemort, James/Harry, Draco/Lucius Malfoy, the infamous Fred/George "twincest", Dumbledore/Harry...

** [[CloudCuckoolander Luna]] / [[FieryRedhead Ginny]] is -- or was -- probably the most popular LesYay ship (it was only popular for a short time, as [[HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince book six]] made it clear that Ginny would end up with Harry).

** The early stage of GO fandom (before 2005) apparently contained less smut than new {{Yaoi Fangirl}}s expected, to the point that some complained (though it may have been because they anticipated ''HarryPotter''-esque amounts of slash in a fandom that's just a blip on the radar compared to ''that'' one). It wasn't until the GO Exchange and Switchythings [=LiveJournal=] communities were created that the porn reached "acceptable" levels.

Most SlashFic authors have historically been women. (Indeed, [[MostFanficWritersAreGirls most fanfic authors are women]].) This could [[SitchSexuality stem from the fact]] that the traditional Slash subjects are overwhelmingly male-dominated: if you want to write FanFic in the style of a romance novel, and you don't want to use a ditzy GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe, you're pretty much going to have to pair two men, or invent a MarySue. Then again, some slashers say that they just find [[GuyOnGuyIsHot two men together to be hot]], just like how [[GirlOnGirlIsHot many straight/bi men like watching lesbian porn.]]. That said, bisexual and gay male slash authors do exist, so assuming that anyone who writes slash is a YaoiFangirl may invoke UnfortunateImplications.

** [[FoeYay Envy/Ed]] used to be fairly popular with fans of the [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist first anime]], though it's far less common among manga/''Brotherhood'' fans. HeiEd - Ed and Alfons Heiderich - is also really common in the FMA1 fanbase.

** There's also quite a bit of [[SharingABody Greed/Ling]] slash.

** [[FoeYay Envy/Ed]] was fairly popular with fans of the [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist first anime]], though it's far less common among manga/''Brotherhood'' fans.

* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' fandom is full of this. Mostly [[UnequalPairing Roy/Ed]]. And [[FoeYay Envy/Ed]].

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': 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 LauncherOfAThousandShips (with Katara as the female), he naturally gets paired up with ''every'' character with whom he has any screen time, male or female.

* ThatGuyWithTheGlasses. 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.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' Princess Bubblegum and Marceline are one of the most popular pairings in the fandom, and it doesn't stop their it extends to their gender flip counter parts Prince Bubblegum and Marshal Lee.

** Don't forget that [[FoeYay Itachi/Sasuke and Neji/Hinata]] are ''really'' popular, in spite of the fact that Itachi and Sasuke are [[BrotherSisterIncest brothers]] and Neji and Hinata are [[KissingCousins half-siblings]]...

** Fuel is added to this fire by Watson referring to Sherlock Holmes as a [[HaveAGayOldTime 'confirmed bachelor']], which became shortly, was it not already, a euphemism. Odds are Watson - I mean, Conan Doyle - wasn't aware of the connotations the phrase had.