A show on the Fox Family channel (weekdays at 4:30, weekends at 11:30 ;-) featuring a football player who turns into a werewolf causing lots of mad-cap, zany, monster-fighting antics! Add into the mix his geeky goth best friend and poor production values and you've got a show, baby!

What is slash fanfic?

Slash is a genre of fan fiction (as in, ficitons written by fans), that focuses on male/male and/or female/female relationships. The slash comes from the habit of putting a slash inbetween the names of two people who are engaging in an erotic or romantic relaitonship in said fic, i.e. Kirk/Spock or Tommy/Merton.

Who is being slashed here?

Tommy Dawkins (werewolf) and Merton Dingle (goth)

What makes a relationship "slashy" and why is Tommy and Merton's considered as such?

There are two major aspects of the slashy relationship, in this author's opinion:

1. Animosity and competeion: such as with Kreycek and Mulder from the X-files; hatred is a passion that is easily refiltered into sexual energy
2. Sidekick/hero relationship or partnership of anysort: like batman and robin or the guys from sports night. The intimacy of a relationship where two guys are taking care of each other, protecting each other and finishing each other sentences equals sex, almost instantly, for the slash fan.

Of course, Merton and Tommy fall into the second category. Tommy Saves Merton from a monster, Merton gives Tommy the nessecary information to overcome various supernatural enemies, they trust, they protect, they sleep together. It all makes sense when you are deep in the midst of slash insanity.