Starsky & Hutch RPF

RPF Fandom
Name(s):	Starsky & Hutch RPF
Scope/Focus:	RPF fandom from Starsky & Hutch
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There has been very little RPF in the Starsky & Hutch fandom.

RPF

• Off-Stage Action by Randy Kaempen is a 1978 story in the gen zine Zebra Three #3 (A fan wrote: "Off-Stage Action", by Randy Kaempen, is one of those items that always crop up sooner or later—Paul Glaser chokes on a burrito while filming, passes out and is translated, Uncle Tom Cobleigh, co-star and all, into S&H's "real" LA. If you like this sort of thing, it's not half bad" )
• God's Gift to the World by Aunt Mary, (early 2000s) (includes two real life characters, actors Ted Neeley and Carl Anderson. In addition to starring in both screen and stage versions of Jesus Christ Superstar, they also appeared on Starsky and Hutch. Carl appeared in "Class in Crime" and "Strange Justice" and Ted was Lionel Rigger in "The Snitch." This story also includes the characters of Starsky & Hutch.)
• Trouble in Paradise by Mary Kay Hanus (early 2000s, Paul and David, gen, but very slashy)
• Twisted Reality Or ARE YOU SURE THIS IS HOW PAUL MUNI GOT STARTED? by Kaye (around 2008)
• Nexus by Vedette Ciel (2012)

RPS

• Purple Pages, 1975-to about 1982, is a collection of over 20 Starsky & Hutch RPS stories written in the mid to late 1970s and early 1980s and privately circulated among fans. The name comes from the fact that the stories were typed onto purple paper. The Purple Pages may be the first known and confirmed examples of RPS fan fiction in media fandom.
• A fan in 1996 rants about some Starsky & Hutch RPS she has heard of. See the essay GARBAGE LIKE THAT HAS NO PLACE IN FANDOM.
• The Finale - You just knew Paulie would have something to say . . ., ^{Archived version} by Peg22 (May 2008), also see much more RPS by this author dated 2008-2012
• The 2011 Starsky & Hutch Big Bang allowed: "Any pairing, any rating, any genre. Older boys, RPS, AU, PWP, kink, whatever floats your boat is what you write."
• There are a handful of stories at Archive of Our Own, one of them is a Ben Stiller/Owen Wilson fic from the film. See Starsky & Hutch RPF and Paul Michael Glaser/David Soul

Fan Comments

2005

There's something different when a fanfic story plays with the actors/fans or actor's/show in a humorous way. "Visit to a Weird Planet" type of story, where the author is making fun of the show and teasing about the actors being confused with their characters. IIRC, the first one I read was in "Star Trek" and professionally published. But even that can go too far, and in one zine there was a story that came off as too much "David and Paul" to me, and made me uncomfortable enough that I really didn't want to finish it. I felt the writer had crossed a line, no matter what her disclaimer said.

When the author actually starts to write about the actor, a real person, to me that's crossing a very definite line that should *not* be crossed. The actors are *real people*, and no one should write fiction about them any more than anyone should write fiction about any other real life person. It seems rude and intrusive, and the thought that someone may be including family members sounds creepy. Stalker like.

If I were an actor, I don't think I'd mind people writing fanfic over a character I played. That character wouldn't be *me*. But I'd be pissed as hell, and frightened, to find that someone wrote fiction about *me*, personally, and heaven forbid, included my family. I'd probably be calling a lawyer, real quick.