Zoë Washburne/Hoban Washburne

Pairing
Pairing:	Zoë Alleyne Washburne/Hoban "Wash" Washburne
Alternative name(s):	Zoe/Wash
Gender category:	het
Fandom:	Firefly, Serenity
Canonical?:	Canon Married Couple
Prevalence:	Popular
Archives:	zoe-wash.livejournal.com
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Zoë/Hoban Washburne is the canon pairing Zoë Alleyne Washburne and Hoban "Wash" Washburne from the Firefly and Serenity fandoms.

Canon

Hoban "Wash" Washburne and Zoe Alleyne Washburne are quite possibly the Jossverse’s least dysfunctional couple. While they had their problems, they always understood each other. Whether settling arguments on Serenity through jokes or with fists, they were always fun to watch. And they were vital parts of the crew. [...] Together they were a good pairing. And they will more than likely continue to thrive in fan fiction.

Shippers Manifesto

Fandom

Common Tropes and Storylines

• How they got together - In a flashback, Zoë appears less than enamoured with Serenity's new pilot. Many works look at their early courtship and the development of their relationship.

Following the tragic death in the Serenity film, more fanworks pairing these two began to appear.

• Everybody Lives - Following Serenity, many AUs saved Wash from his canon death.
• Angst - Many works examined Zoë's grief following her husbands death, and her struggles following his death. Some works show Zoe discovering she is pregnant following Wash's death. In canon, they had previously discussed the possibility of having children, and pregnancy fics were common before the release of Serenity.

Fanworks

Fanfiction

• Accidents Do Happen by Miss Whip, When an accident leaves the crew with another member, Mal is less than happy. I figured I'd better write one of these stories before the show writers kill off one of these characters. (2002, Pre Serenity Pregnancy fic)
• Virtuoso by agilebrit, How did Zoe go from "He bothers me, sir" to "love, honor, and cherish"? (2005)
• Four Times Zoe Saved Wash, ^{Archived version} by Tassos (2011)

Fanvids

• True Love by wolfpup serenade (2006)
• *SPOILERS* Zoe and Wash by fzyflwrchld (2014)

Meta

• Hoban "Wash" Washburne/Zoe Alleyne Washburne, ^{Archived version} at the Shippers Manifesto
• "Have You Ever Been with a Warrior Woman"? Varieties of Dominance and Submission in the Zoë/Wash/Mal Triad a chapter of the published book Sexualities in the Works of Joss Whedon (2020) by Lewis Call

Archives & Fannish Links

• Wash Washburne/Zoë Washburne works on Ao3
• Hoban "Wash" Washburne/Zoe Alleyne Washburne (Firefly) at the Shippers Manifesto
• Zoe_Wash OTP, a Livejournal community