Tonto and the Lone Ranger

[James Harbeck]

>and the reading that sees the story as an instance of the=
>  topos of=20
>the two male companions, one of whom is subserviant (Prince Hal and=20
>Fallstaff; Don Quixote and his sidekick; Batman and Robin; Gene Autry and [I=
>  forget his=20
>name]; Red Rider and Little Beaver [!]; Hopalong Cassidy and somebody [I=20
>forget HIS name] (these all get a special twist in gay subculture readings a=
>nd=20
Freudian readings)

Ah, yes, "slash fiction" -- fan fiction depicting romantic relations
between two male characters (e.g., Kirk/Spock "Kirk slash Spock").

James Harbeck.

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