Demoman/Soldier

Pairing
Pairing:	Demoman/Soldier (Team Fortress 2)
Alternative name(s):	DemoSolly
Gender category:	Slash
Fandom:	Team Fortress 2
Canonical?:	No
Prevalence:	Popular
Archives:	n/a
Other:	n/a
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Demoman/Soldier, known mostly as Boots 'n' Bombs, is a popular pairing within Team Fortress 2 fandom. The ship is between The Demoman and The Soldier, two of the game's nine playable mercenaries and main characters.

Common Tropes

• Crossfaction: The pairing is often crossfaction, with RED Demoman and BLU Soldier. This is based on comics canon, where the two had a friendship but was driven to rivalry by the Administrator.

Demoman/Soldier Fandom

TF2 BNF hanktalkin has made many fanworks for the pairing.

Example/Notable Fanac

Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples.

Fan Communities/Fan Events

• Boots N Bombs Week 2019, ^{Archived version}, a fanweek held on Tumblr from February 14th to the 20th.
• Boots n Bombs, ^{Archived version}, a popular fan-run Discord server for the pairing.

Fan Art

• I am still on the “I want that the red demoman made the scarf for blu soldier” war path by latexkaktus, ^{Archived version} (2023)
• God bless america and God bless Boots n’ Bombs by asmoteeth, ^{Archived version} (2024)
• : Р by nitnitnit, ^{Archived version} (2024)
• changed it a bit I hope nobody minds by kolkash, ^{Archived version} (2023)

Fan Blogs

• Fuck Yeah! Boots n Bombs, ^{Archived version}, a Fuck yeah blog on Tumblr.

Fan Fic

• Hank’s Boots ‘n Bombs Rec List by hanktalkin (2018), a rec list.
• Hopeless Dummy Says What by hanktalkin (2018), 7 times Soldier said something kinda gay and 1 time he said something really gay.
• Red by CosmicMind (2019), Explicit, Soldier wants to make Demoman happy for once and let Demoman fulfill his desires. Written for Boots & Bombs Week 2019.