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T J Hooker Slash Fun

 
 
Shortfatdyke
09:59 / 04.06.02
with apologies if this has been explored before.

this from the t j hooker official site. i'm no expert on slash, but the two partners (william shatner and young adrian zmed) seem to have a lotta tension going on. this rather proves it, to my eye:


"A young recent graduate of the Academy, officer Vince Romano enjoys the privilege of being the other half of 4Adam30. His South Philly upbringing always close to the front of his mind, Romano's occasional fish-out-of-water attitude towards life in L.A. provides plenty of fodder for lectures from his erstwhile elder partner.

But being the partner of T.J. Hooker isn't all glamour and games. Romano has to work hard to please his partner, especially on the days Hooker's calling roll at the station.

Whether he's chasing down thugs with a shotgun, going undercover as a male exotic dancer, or even picking fights with fellow officer Jim Corrigan in the Academy locker room, Vince Romano tries his hardest to be a good cop and a better partner to Hooker. He's taken bullets for Hooker--several, in fact. And even though one of them caused a mental defect in Romano that made him nervous on the job, Hooker was able to bring him back to his old self through the use of a sophisticated street-shooting simulation.

Romano's a perpetual ladies' man, although he even found true love once...unfortunately, she was killed by a car bomb that was planted for Hooker in the parking lot of Sherry's Bar.

No matter what, Vince will always be there to lend a hand to his partner, and their cohorts Stacy Sheridan and Jim Corrigan of 4Adam16...until the last season, that is."

neither hooker or romano seem to find love. not with the ladies, anyway......

is there any hooker/romano slash fiction around?
 
 
Spatula Clarke
18:59 / 22.06.02
Well, there's the Hooker & Romano fanfic group on Yahoo, but they don't appear to be particulalry active (no files, no messages, no nuffink).

I've become a bit hooked (sorry, pun not intended) on the show since Channel 5 started broadcasting it. It's truly abysmal and all the more entertaining for that. Racist, sexist, moralistic tripe. One of the guys tends to either end up with the woman in peril in each episode or have his current squeeze killed at the beginning. Despite this, there's plenty of material there for slash. I noticed in another thread that you've started penning your own take; I'd love to read it.
 
 
Spatula Clarke
19:00 / 22.06.02
By the way, the fanfic group say, "All types of fic are welcome, including slash, providing the basis is the Hooker/Romano relationship."
 
 
Shortfatdyke
05:56 / 23.06.02
wow, thanks for this. frustrating that there's nothing on the site. i am adding just a little more to my slash story, then i will post it in the 'creation' - since it's barbelith that got me into this, barbelith has to read it!

the show has some appalling 'morals'. most of the women in it are prostitutes, most of the black men are drug dealers. hooker drives around in his car, or should i say, rides through town on his unbelievably high horse, lording it over the lot of them. i think the 'crapness' of it is quite an attraction.
 
 
Spatula Clarke
19:27 / 23.06.02
.. most of the black men are drug dealers...

If not drug dealers then hired muscle. Memories of the first black face I saw on the programme come flooding back: Hooker & Romano are cruising the streets, trying to get a lead on a case. Hooker, noticing a black guy standing next to his own car while talking to some street girls, brakes, gets out, turns to Romano and says, "See if you can run a trace on that pimpmobile."

Astonishing. The main appeal of the show, other than seeing The Shat attempt to run or 'flying' (for flying, read: looking like he's dropped one of his crutches) through the air because of an explosion behind him, is waiting to see what horrendously narrow-minded point of view will issue forth from one of the cops' mouths and how it will be justified.

Vietnamese drug barons operate out of a dockside warehouse, employing some of their fellow countrymen to do the donkey work. Hooker catches one of the lackeys transporting goods and interogates him. Captive refuses to speak. An incredulous Jim (partners Stacy in the seasons after Romano leaves) reacts to Hooker's tale with the words, "They're even more afraid of their own kind than they are the police."

To be fair, they did once have a black detective in an episode, but that was when Hooker was sent to an East Coast precinct. They presumably have lower standards than the Californian police department.
 
 
that
20:10 / 23.06.02
Just to mention - sfd has posted her slash story in the Creation. Go forth and enjoy!
 
 
Tits win
20:10 / 24.06.02
you sick twats! how can you take something as wholesome as T J Hooker and put a gay porn fantasy spin on it? do you people like S + M or something. FUCK! where's my lesbian porn and shot gun? i need to feel clean again.
 
  
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