In the 1980s, more fandoms joined the slash scene, including [[Starsky & Hutch]], [[The Professionals]], and [[Blake's 7]]. As more [[m/m|male/male]] pairs were slashed, fans started to conceptualize slash as a genre unto itself rather than individual phenomena unique to particular characters or shows. A fan in March 1980 wrote: {{Quotation| | In the 1980s, more fandoms joined the slash scene, including [[Starsky & Hutch]], [[The Professionals]], and [[Blake's 7]]. As more [[m/m|male/male]] pairs were slashed, fans started to conceptualize slash as a genre unto itself rather than individual phenomena unique to particular characters or shows. A fan in March 1980 wrote: {{Quotation| |