Hercules/Iolaus

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Pairing
Pairing: Hercules/Iolaus
Alternative name(s):
Gender category: Slash
Fandom: Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Canonical?: No
Prevalence: Popular
Archives: The Less Than Legendary Journeys
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Hercules/Iolaus is the slash pairing of Hercules and Iolaus from Hercules: The Legendary Journeys fandom.

from Wild Cards #5, artist is KOZ, some Big Guy, Little Guy, Height Difference usage

Fandom

Unlike in many other fandoms of its time, the sexual undercurrent between Hercules and Iolaus was quietly acknowledged by the actors and everyone involved, if only because in myth, Heracles had sex with everybody including Iolaus, who was his nephew and charioteer.

Common Tropes in Fanworks

  • Adventure or Quest: because of the nature of the series many stories focus on them going on a journey or needing to save someone
  • Episode Tag: written in response to a particular episode
  • Hurt/Comfort: usually with Hercules comforting and taking care of a hurt Iolaus; Iolaus being a popular target of whump in fanworks.
  • Humor: Hercules and Iolaus find themselves in comedic situations
  • Kidnapping: it was a common trope to have Iolaus kidnapped or captured by villains, these stories could include torture and other dark elements. Stories usually resolved with a big rescue from Hercules.
  • Side Pairing: occasionally a featured secondary pairing in stories focusing on Xena/Gabrielle

From a 2000 fan essay about epithets:

In "King of Thieves" Hercules is asking for Iolaus in a tavern and a guy with a wicked black eye and a head injury says "I just met your little friend -- he gave me this."

"Well if you called him 'little' you're lucky that's all he gave you," Hercules replies unsympathetically.

One thing in Hercules fanfiction that will cause me to hit the back button faster than almost anything else is Hercules calling Iolaus "little buddy. [1]

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