Fandom of the Week is Rat Patrol (Thanks to Amedia)

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 Fandom of the Week: The Rat Patrol (in color!)

Rat Patrol was a half-hour action-adventure about Allied commandoes in WWII in North Africa. About half the episodes also featured their nemesis, the resourceful Captain Dietrich of the Afrika Korps.

 

How slashy is it? The Rats in general and their leader Troy in particular develop respect for their honorable opponent, Dietrich and vice-versa. Meanwhile, Troy has to learn to get along with Moffitt, a new Rat added to the team in the pilot. So it's really all about the relationships.

 

In place of a link to a ship_manifesto entry, I offer two brilliant tumblr posts by justastormie, whom I do not know but whose episode commentaries I hugely admire. She describes Troy and Dietrich as "rolling around in UST and testosterone" (Chain of Slash) and further observes that "no one ships [Troy/Dietrich] like the Rats ship it" (Cave of Slash).

https://justastormie.tumblr.com/post/34398423918/the-chain-of-death-raid-aka-the-chain-of-slash

https://justastormie.tumblr.com/post/94169545795/the-two-against-time-raid-or-the-cave-of-slash