Jo Polniaczek/Blair Warner
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| Pairing: | Jo Polniaczek/Blair Warner |
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| Gender category: | Femslash |
| Fandom: | The Facts of Life |
| Canonical?: | non canon |
| Prevalence: | popular |
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Jo/Blair is a femslash pairing of Jo Polniaczek and Blair Warner from the Facts of Life fandom.
Fandom
Jo/Blair was one of the most popular pairings in the Facts of Life fandom. In their weekly feature, "Femslash Friday", The Toast notes the appeal they had:
The 1980s were a strange and wonderful time. When else could you possibly turn on your television to find a series about an all-girl’s school featuring a butch-femme version of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn in Adam’s Rib? I can’t imagine that the writers realized what they were doing at the time — presumably trying to show two kids from different backgrounds overcoming their differences to become friends — but they ended up writing Some Kind of Wonderful meets The Princess Bride with teenage girls.Every one of Jo and Blair’s interactions falls into one of the following categories: Unhand Me You Brute You Awful Brute You’re Covered In Oil And You’ll Get My Hair Greasy, My God I Hate You Come Closer And Breathe Into My Mouth So I Can Tell You Just how Much I Hate You, and LEAVE HER ALONE SHE’S MINE. Blair’s not just from the right side of the track; her father owns most of the track. Jo’s not just a motorcycle-riding, jeans-wearing rebel without a cause, she’s the Artful Dodger in Jo March’s body in James Dean’s clothes.[1]
Fanworks
| Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples. |
Fanfiction
- Stealing from Steinbeck by harper_m
- Crash Into You by laykay
Meta
- Femslash Friday: The Facts of Life by Christy Admiraal at The Toast
- Proof That "The Facts Of Life" Is A Love Story Between Blair And Jo at Buzzfeed
Archives and Communities
- Jo Polniaczek/Blair Warner works at AO3
- Jo & Blair works at FFN
- Facts of Life works at Passion and Perfection
References
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