# Creepiest possibly slash pairings **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 18, 2008, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-possibly-slash-pairings/468577 "2008-10-18T23:37:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-possibly-slash-pairings/468577/1 "2008-10-18T23:37:00Z")
Suggested by my initial misreading of [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10331863&postcount=29). I’m using “slash” in the broadest sense of any romantic pairings between characters not romatnically involved in canon; in other words, whether it’s gay or straight doesn’t matter. I misread the linked post as suggesting a romantic relationship between Buffy & Giles, which would be wrong in at least four different ways. But I’m sure you guys can think of far, far wronger. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-possibly-slash-pairings/468577/2 "2008-10-19T00:19:37Z")
Barbara Gordon & Joker - comics continuity. I doubt anyone can beat that. (I actually inspired someone to write that. It’s dubious consent though.) The only possible worse one would be Jason Todd & the Joker (which I _so_ want someone to write. Seriously. Pre & Post Death in the Family) ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-possibly-slash-pairings/468577/3 "2008-10-19T00:22:45Z")
> [@Silver Tyger Girl](#): > > Barbara Gordon & Joker - comics continuity. I doubt anyone can beat that. (I actually inspired someone to write that. It’s dubious consent though.) > > The only possible worse one would be Jason Todd & the Joker (which I _so_ want someone to write. Seriously. Pre & Post Death in the Family) Some of us would say that the former pairing actually did occur in continuity, just not on panel. Had that story been created in the past few years…well…Sue Dibney. ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-possibly-slash-pairings/468577/4 "2008-10-19T00:48:40Z")
There’s all kinds of Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert stuff out there (or so I heard). ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-possibly-slash-pairings/468577/5 "2008-10-19T00:57:17Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Some of us would say that the former pairing actually did occur in continuity, just not on panel. Had that story been created in the past few years…well…Sue Dibney. Alan Moore says it didn’t, not that that’s 100% proof. Oh, and Snarf / Slythe might be creepier. Or at least more disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-possibly-slash-pairings/468577/6 "2008-10-19T00:59:45Z")
> [@Silver Tyger Girl](#): > > Alan Moore says it didn’t, not that that’s 100% proof. > > Oh, and Snarf / Slythe might be creepier. Or at least more disgusting. Alan Moore is a delusional psychopath with delusions of grandeur; he lies so frequently that his need to do so is doubtlessly pathological; and he has been plotting to conquer destroy New Zealand, conquer Earth, and enslave all of humanity for years… Wait, that’s me. Never midnd. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-possibly-slash-pairings/468577/7 "2008-10-19T01:00:15Z")
The Swedish Chef/Lou Zealand ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-possibly-slash-pairings/468577/8 "2008-10-19T01:08:27Z")
Sauron/Saruman. ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-possibly-slash-pairings/468577/9 "2008-10-19T01:08:50Z")
Snape/Hermione. I had a coworker who was obsessed with that pairing and read every fic involving it that she could get her hands on. Making it even creepier, this all took place in 2002. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-possibly-slash-pairings/468577/10 "2008-10-19T01:09:39Z")
> [@CaerieD](#): > > Snape/Hermione. > > I had a coworker who was obsessed with that pairing and read every fic involving it that she could get her hands on. Making it even creepier, this all took place in 2002. Why is that creepier? ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-possibly-slash-pairings/468577/11 "2008-10-19T01:16:51Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Why is that creepier? Presumably because in the books that were out by 2002, Hermione was only 14 or 15 at most. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-possibly-slash-pairings/468577/12 "2008-10-19T01:17:15Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Why is that creepier? I mean what’s so creepy about 2002, in this context, by the by. ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-possibly-slash-pairings/468577/13 "2008-10-19T01:18:59Z")
As of 2002, _Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire_ was the most recent book published, in which Hermione is 14. The film version of _Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone_ had come out the year before, in which she is 11. I don’t know what age Hermione was supposed to be in the fic, but at the time she was very firmly envisioned as a child in my mind. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-possibly-slash-pairings/468577/14 "2008-10-19T01:35:01Z")
Once while I was surfing the internet (never you mind about what) I found a webpage with a collection of links for every possible pairing they could think of in Lord of the Rings. The most distressing I found was either Boromir/Faramir (not at all surprising, considering slashficcers) or Gandalf/Beorn. You know. The guy in The Hobbit who turns into a bear. There may have been honey involved. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-possibly-slash-pairings/468577/15 "2008-10-19T01:36:17Z")
> [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](#): > > Once while I was surfing the internet (never you mind about what) I found a webpage with a collection of links for every possible pairing they could think of in Lord of the Rings. > > The most distressing I found was either Boromir/Faramir (not at all surprising, considering slashficcers) or Gandalf/Beorn. You know. The guy in The Hobbit who turns into a bear. > > There may have been honey involved. “May”? I know of an even worse Narnia pairing, but I’ll keep it to myself. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-possibly-slash-pairings/468577/16 "2008-10-19T01:49:15Z")
By 2002 in the books, Hermione would have been in her mid-20s. The books are set in the 90s (though Rowling has made a few mistakes and inserted anachronisms because the books were being written in the 2000s). Being involved in the fandom for [Powerpuff Girls Z](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerpuff_Girls_Z) (the anime reimagining of Powerpuff Girls) has lead to encountering some odd pairings from the original series. I 'ship Miyako Gotokuji and Kaoru Matsubara - the PPGZ equivalents to Bubbles and Buttercup. Unexpected result of that…discovering Original PPG Bubbles/Buttercup 'shippers. :eek: Preschool incest is not something I’d expected to encounter in PPG fandom. :eek: I probably shouldn’t speak…I’ve done the inevitable drug-use fic with the OPPG… ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-possibly-slash-pairings/468577/17 "2008-10-19T01:50:29Z")
Dobby/Dumbledore And no, it never leaves your nightmares. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-possibly-slash-pairings/468577/18 "2008-10-19T01:53:08Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Suggested by my initial misreading of [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10331863&postcount=29). > > I’m using “slash” in the broadest sense of any romantic pairings between characters not romatnically involved in canon; in other words, whether it’s gay or straight doesn’t matter. > > I misread the linked post as suggesting a romantic relationship between Buffy & Giles, which would be wrong in at least four different ways. But I’m sure you guys can think of far, far wronger. Tara/Warren is about the wrongest I can imagine in the Buffyverse (note that the actress who plays Tara did/does date the actor who played Warren!), but that’s only because Connor/Cordelia is in canon. Bleah! ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-possibly-slash-pairings/468577/19 "2008-10-19T01:56:08Z")
> [@CaerieD](#): > > As of 2002, _Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire_ was the most recent book published, in which Hermione is 14. [obsessive fan]15. Hermione turns 15 early in September of fourth year.[/obsessive fan] Anyway, I can easily top Hermione/Snape. Hermione/Lockhart or Ginny/Tom Riddle are both way, way creepier. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-possibly-slash-pairings/468577/20 "2008-10-19T01:58:01Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > Tara/Warren is about the wrongest I can imagine in the Buffyverse (note that the actress who plays Tara did/does date the actor who played Warren!), but that’s only because Connor/Cordelia is in canon. Bleah! Repeat after me. That was not Cordelia. That was not Cordelia. THAT WAS NOT CORDELIA! Cordelia’s primary value to Angel, above even the visions, is that she was the sane member of the group. Fucking her almost-son tain’t sane. That was the verifiably-nutjobbish Jasmine. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-possibly-slash-pairings/468577.md?page=2)