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In the 1980s, more fandoms joined the slash scene, including [[Starsky & Hutch]], [[The Professionals]], and [[Blake's 7]]. As more m/m pairs were slashed, fans started to conceptualize slash as a genre unto itself rather than individual phenomena unique to particular characters.

In the 1980s, more fandoms joined the slash scene, including [[Starsky & Hutch]], [[The Professionals]], and [[Blake's 7]]. As more m/m pairs were slashed, fans started to conceptualize slash as a genre unto itself rather than individual phenomena unique to particular characters.

The [[History of Slash Fandom#Creators.27 Views on Slash: Chilling Effects|absence of slash]] in [[Robin of Sherwood]] 1980s fandom provides a case study of how insecure slash fandom was about itself and its legitimacy, but in the [[History of Slash Fandom#Slash and the Arrival of the Internet|internet age]], slash has become increasingly normalized.

The [[History of Slash Fandom#Creators.27 Views on Slash: Chilling Effects|absence of slash]] in [[Robin of Sherwood]] 1980s fandom provides a case study of how insecure slash fandom was about itself and its legitimacy<ref>Fans respected a polite request from the show's creator Richard Carpenter and refrained from publishing slash stories based on this show's main characters.</ref>, but in the [[History of Slash Fandom#Slash and the Arrival of the Internet|internet age]], slash has become increasingly normalized.

Today, [[Rule 34]] illustrates the wide variety of slash pairings and combinations, that any conceivable [[FPF|fictional]] or [[RPF|real people]] [[pairing]], [[Anthropomorfic|inanimate object anthropomorphic]], or [[crossover]], has probably been written (and if not, there's always Rule 35).

Today, [[Rule 34]] illustrates the wide variety of slash pairings and combinations, that any conceivable [[FPF|fictional]] or [[RPF|real people]] [[pairing]], [[Anthropomorfic|inanimate object anthropomorphic]], or [[crossover]], has probably been written (and if not, there's always Rule 35).