# The Greatest Slash Pairings of All Time **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 13, 2009, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870 "2009-09-13T00:51:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870/1 "2009-09-13T00:51:12Z")
Most men are slashed because they’re pretty. Many are slashed because, hell, they’re there. But, IMO, the best slash pairings come from characters who could not, and should not, live without the other. The men who treat one another like soulmates, and it’s supposedly totally platonic. My vote goes to Jeeves and Wooster from PG Wodehouse’s books. Sure, there’s Bertie going on about Jeeves’ “finely chiseled features,” and the fact that Jeeves belonged to a super-exclusive club called The Ganymede, but the real slash is found in quotes like this: > [@](#): > > “For I may hope, may I not, sir, that you will allow me to remain permanently in your service?” > “ You may, indeed, Jeeves. It often beats me, though, why with your superlative gifts you should want to.” > “There is a tie that binds, sir.” > “A what that what?” > “A tie that binds, sir.” > “Then heaven bless it, and may it continue to bind indefinitely. Fate’s happenstance may oft win more than toil, as the fellow said.” > “What fellow would that be, sir? Thoreau?” > “No, me.” > “Sir?” > “A little thing of my own. I don’t know what it means, but you can take it as coming straight from the heart.” > “Very good, sir.” So, fellow Doper/slashers, who makes the best couple? Femslash is always welcome, btw. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870/2 "2009-09-13T00:55:39Z")
Is slash the classy term for fiction based rule 34? ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870/3 "2009-09-13T01:11:30Z")
> [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](#): > > Is slash the classy term for fiction based rule 34? Slash is a phenomenon in which fans project a romantic involvement between two same sex characters. Often the fans are women, and the two characters are men who have strong screen chemistry. Or, they’re very, very hot and the female fan would like to see them make out. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870/4 "2009-09-13T01:14:40Z")
Eric and Godric. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870/5 "2009-09-13T01:52:57Z")
The one, the only, the _original_ slash pairing. The term and concept didn’t even exist before this couple. The first and still the greatest! Jim Kirk/Spock ---
**Author:** ![wunderkammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed8c4c/32.png) [@wunderkammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wunderkammer)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870/6 "2009-09-13T01:53:10Z")
I would be very sad for Crowley and Aziraphale (Good Omens) if they _didn’t_ ever get around to exploring their slashy side. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870/7 "2009-09-13T02:02:26Z")
> [@pepperlandgirl](#): > > The one, the only, the _original_ slash pairing. The term and concept didn’t even exist before this couple. The first and still the greatest! > > Jim Kirk/Spock My second choice, but as it’s my new favorite fandom, I didn’t want the OP to look like a “Why I love Star Trek” essay. Also, I think McCoy was secretly into Spock. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870/8 "2009-09-13T02:05:09Z")
Oh, McCoy was totally crushing on Spock. He would have jumped Spock’s bones in a second, but Jim was always in the way. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870/9 "2009-09-13T02:10:03Z")
Starsky and Hutch. StG ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870/10 "2009-09-13T02:22:25Z")
Kirk/Spock is practically canon, I swear. Their relationship, whatever its nature, is essentially the emotional center of the show. I’d vote, among recent shows, for House/Wilson. Are there more co-dependent people on earth? ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870/11 "2009-09-13T02:25:12Z")
One of my other favorites is Angel/Spike. Which _is_ canon (God bless Joss Whedon). I think Kirk/Spock became canon in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock when Kirk explained that when he lost Spock, he lost the “most noble part of my soul” (aka his better half). ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870/12 "2009-09-13T02:29:57Z")
> [@pepperlandgirl](#): > > One of my other favorites is Angel/Spike. Which _is_ canon (God bless Joss Whedon). > > I think Kirk/Spock became canon in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock when Kirk explained that when he lost Spock, he lost the “most noble part of my soul” (aka his better half). “If Spock _has_ an imortal soul, then it is my responsibility. As surely as if it were my own.” ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870/13 "2009-09-13T02:32:12Z")
And Sarek was so _surprised_ that Spock hadn’t entrusted Kirk with his katra. Like there literally could be no other option in the Universe if not Jim Kirk. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870/14 "2009-09-13T02:44:42Z")
Aragon and Legolas. I once read a LOTR slash with Gilmi & Gandalf. That one made me throw up in my mouth a little bit. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870/15 "2009-09-13T02:45:48Z")
Question: Do slash pairings have to be from the same show? I would find Spock/House very hot. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2009, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870/16 "2009-09-13T02:52:25Z")
Holmes/Watson. Totally looking forward to the upcoming movie, I am. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870/17 "2009-09-13T02:53:09Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Holmes/Watson. > > Totally looking forward to the upcoming movie, I am. The upcoming movie is going to be so hot it’ll burn a hole right through the screen. ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870/18 "2009-09-13T02:53:24Z")
I always just think it’s amazing when the slash ACTUALLY HAPPENED. For instance, Boy George and Jon Moss. Questionably David Bowie and Mick Jagger. I thought Dave Davies and Mick Avory of the Kinks but perhaps not. I’m sure there are plenty of non-rock music examples, that’s just what’s on my mind at the moment. Edited to add that I 100% agree with the above post. ---
**Author:** ![Sodalite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870/19 "2009-09-13T03:02:01Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Holmes/Watson. > > Totally looking forward to the upcoming movie, I am. As am I, thank you very much. I’d like to add that the only reason I stuck with Star Trek: Enterprise as long as I did were the “Trip”/Reed moments. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870/20 "2009-09-13T03:06:15Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Holmes/Watson. > > Totally looking forward to the upcoming movie, I am. Oh, it is SO there in the Jeremy Brett movies. They’re totally like an old married couple. (So House/Wilson is no surprise, of course.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870.md?page=2)