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Jed/Leo
| Pairing | |
|---|---|
| Pairing: | Jed Bartlet/Leo McGarry |
| Alternative name(s): | |
| Gender category: | slash, m/m |
| Fandom: | The West Wing |
| Canonical?: | no |
| Prevalence: | common |
| Archives: | |
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Jed/Leo is a slash pairing from The West Wing, involving President Jed Bartlet and his Chief of Staff, Leo McGarry.
The Jed/Leo/Abbey threesome is also popular.
Canon Relationship
Fandom
Slash writers typically attend to the tender kiss Bartlet gives Leo in "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen," as well as on the parallels between Jed and Leo, and Sam and Josh (another big West Wing slash pairing.)
The one thing one must understand about Aaron Sorkin is that he's not afraid of showing affection, even the physical kind, between two same-gendered characters. This, of course, has turned the TWW fandom into something of a 'shipper's playground - these characters love each other and are fairly demonstrative of itJed Bartlet/Leo McGarry (The West Wing) by baked_goldfish on Livejournal
When it comes to Abbey Bartlet, Jed's wife, fans usually react in one of three ways:
The first being to just not write her. That she's away from the White House, which frequently happens on the show itself.
The second being an open marriage. This was popular when people were first writing the ship and didn't want to simply ignore her. This also opened up the Abbey and Leo friendship for fans to explore
The third is that fans will make it a threesome.
Example Fanworks
Fanfiction
Meta
- Sex In The White House? No Way!, essay by baked_goldfish at ship_manifesto (Sep 2004)
Links & Resources
- They Shall, From Time To Time..., a Jed/Leo archive and fansite (offline; Wayback Machine link)
- JedandLeo, Yahoo! Groups mailing list
- Jed Bartlet/Leo McGarry tag at Archive of Our Own
- Jed Bartlet/Leo McGarry tag at Squideworld
- Xanthe's Jed/Leo archive
References
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