I make no secret of my fascination with slash; I have a serious jones for Hotch/Rossi slash, with Reid/Rossi not far behind.

And now, I’ve developed a thing for Shassie (Shawn Spencer/Carlton Lassiter) slash. That, after getting hooked on psych.

I honestly thought I’d gravitate more to Shawn/Gus—but there’s something about the love/hate relationship between these two, and that hint of a Different Kind of Tension (apologies to the Buzzcocks and their fans).

One of the reasons I like slash pairings for crime shows, I think, is that it opens a world of possibilities (emotional, romantic, sexual) that you don’t always see. Crime drama is, after all, pretty straitlaced, not to mention pretty straight. And in the absence of actual LGBTQ characters that aren’t victims or villains (or, as they call them on Criminal Minds, UnSubs), it’s as close as I can get. (I don’t have LOGO, and odds are, if PBS were to opt a Beeb police show with gay principals, it would air after midnight. Sigh.)

Slash lovers (and haters): care to weigh in?