# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870/61 "2009-09-14T05:10:22Z")
Better Eric and Godric than Eric and Bill! Jason and Andy? No? Lafayette and Eric. Lafayette and Jason? Lafayette and Eggs? Well, I got a whole year to work on some kind of arrangement… ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Baldy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Gary\_Baldy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870/62 "2009-09-14T05:50:32Z")
Surprised no one has mentioned the obvious: Bert and Ernie! Along the same line, there’s Carole and Paula. They were friends forever in that Magic Garden. ---
**Author:** ![Petrobey\_Mavromihalis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@Petrobey\_Mavromihalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petrobey_Mavromihalis)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870/63 "2009-09-14T07:29:33Z")
> [@pepperlandgirl](#): > > I don’t remember the episode number, but in S5, Spike says “Angel and I never! Well, except for that one…” (night? month? year? decade?) And then he was interrupted. In the commentary, Joss confirmed that the two of them absolutely had sex. Fair enough. I own the series and must have watched it at least twice and have completely missed this. I’ll look out for it next time - thanks. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870/64 "2009-09-14T07:51:10Z")
> [@Petrobey\_Mavromihalis](#): > > Fair enough. I own the series and must have watched it at least twice and have completely missed this. I’ll look out for it next time - thanks. I found the quote. It’s an episode 5.21, **Power Play** > [@](#): > > ILLYRIA > You’ll have proof soon enough. A corrupted ruler on such a path sees treachery and betrayal all around him. He cannot suffer intimates and will eventually turn against them. > > SPIKE > Guess I don’t have to worry about that, 'cause Angel and me have never been intimate. Except that one… ---
**Author:** ![Petrobey\_Mavromihalis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@Petrobey\_Mavromihalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petrobey_Mavromihalis)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870/65 "2009-09-14T07:56:05Z")
> [@pepperlandgirl](#): > > I found the quote. It’s an episode 5.21, **Power Play** Aha! You meant _Angel_ series 5. Not got that far yet, and hadn’t realised there would be more of Spike. That’s good to hear, but I will now attempt to forget it! ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870/66 "2009-09-14T08:25:16Z")
> [@Petrobey\_Mavromihalis](#): > > Aha! You meant _Angel_ series 5. Not got that far yet, and hadn’t realised there would be more of Spike. That’s good to hear, but I will now attempt to forget it! Oh! I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to spoil you. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870/67 "2009-09-14T13:14:39Z")
Just for completeness I have to add, > [@](#): > > Sam will kill him if he tries anything ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870/68 "2009-09-14T14:13:45Z")
> [@pepperlandgirl](#): > > The upcoming movie is going to be so hot it’ll burn a hole right through the screen. Srsly. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870/69 "2009-09-14T15:28:41Z")
> [@Miss\_Mapp](#): > > I’ve never been into Kirk/Spock myself, since Shatner looks too much like my dad, but I have to honor the original K/S ladies for encouraging and popularizing this line of fanfiction back in the pre-internet days, and for giving us the “/”. > > Frodo/Sam is my pick, since that’s what I write these days. > > I also have to mention my other favorites, Garak/Bashir, and O’Brien/Bashir. Nothing to add, except I had initially misread your name as **Mr. Moto** , which just totally made my head explode. ---
**Author:** ![Gesturing\_Mildly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/65b543/32.png) [@Gesturing\_Mildly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gesturing_Mildly)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870/70 "2009-09-14T16:59:56Z")
> [@The\_Weird\_One](#): > > [This](http://basement.ditb.org/archive/6/ethannelsodennyscycl074301.shtml) was the first slash story I ever read Wow, me too. Weird, **Weird.** ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870/71 "2009-09-14T17:45:51Z")
Oh, I forgot about Denny Crane/Alan Shore! (And to continue the theme of slashing Shatner, if I woke up tomorrow morning and learned that Shatner and Nimoy officially got married, I wouldn’t be surprised. They act and talk like they already have.) ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870/72 "2009-09-14T19:07:29Z")
Waitwaitwait. Page 2 and no mention of the gayest non-gay relationship on TV? Clark and Lex (Smallville) have ridiculous amounts of hoyay, at least they did when I stopped watching 62 years ago or however long it’s been since season 3. Seriously, I always thought there was much more chemistry between the boys than with the supposed love interest Lana. ---
**Author:** ![Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d9b06d/32.png) [@Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichini_Sanshigo)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870/73 "2009-09-14T19:40:12Z")
Holmes/Watson is the greatest, of course. And the true original (I’m sure there was DL slash of them long before Kirk/Spock popularized the genre). My personal faves are Benton Fraser/either Ray from _Due South_, and Jim Ellison/Blair Sandburg from _The Sentinel_. Oh yeah, baby! ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870/74 "2009-09-14T20:27:16Z")
It was cool when Slash played with Michael Jackson. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870/75 "2009-09-14T20:46:16Z")
> [@choie](#): > > Edited to add: Oh! Forgot Picard/Q. I mean, come _on_. Picard and Data. ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870/76 "2009-09-14T21:00:12Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Picard and Data. Hm, I don’t see that one. How about _Lore_ and Data? I know, I know, incest. But hey, they’re androids. For more hatesex (what can I say, it’s hot): Spike / Xander on _Buffy_. Oh, and Batman / Joker, especially since the latest movie. ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870/77 "2009-09-14T22:02:12Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Picard and Data. Geordi and Data. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870/78 "2009-09-14T22:15:19Z")
> [@pepperlandgirl](#): > > One of my other favorites is Angel/Spike. Which _is_ canon (God bless Joss Whedon). What? When did that happen? I think I missed that one. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870/79 "2009-09-14T22:45:21Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > Moe and Larry > Curly and Larry > > It was a vicious triangle. Nope, a ménage à trois. Like Kirk/Spock/McCoy. Huck/Tom/Jim? ---
**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:** [September 14, 2009, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870/80 "2009-09-14T22:46:06Z")
> [@ErinPuff](#): > > For a while around season 4, I became pretty convinced that not only were Julian and Miles sleeping together, but Keiko knew about it and didn’t mind. Then O’Brien started having all this weird sexual tension with Kira when she was carrying Keiko’s baby, and Keiko seemed fine with that too. And to further complicate things, Alexander Siddig was the father of Nana Visitor’s real-life baby. I think it was more than Keiko was fine with O’Brian and Kira hooking up. She CLEARLY wanted it to happen. She invites Kira to move into their quarters, and she leaves them alone in the apartment and positively smirks as she walks away. I’d not be a bit surprised to learn she had the 24th-century version of a camcorder hidden in the bedroom. O’Brian, like Jerry Seinfeld, was the kind of guy who would complain about buying a platinum mine by accident. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-slash-pairings-of-all-time/509870.md?page=5)