Burnsmithers

"I love you, Smithers."

- Burns to Smithers in The Telltale Head

"As usual you've been the sober ying to my raging yang."

- Burns to Smithers in Blood Feud

Burnsmithers is the slash ship between Charles Montgomery Burns and Waylon Smithers from the The Simpsons fandom.

Canon
Smithers is the personal assistant of Mr. Burns (also his boss), who is secretly in love with him.

He has occasional fantasies about the older man. In one, Burns appears flying through Smithers' bedroom window, In second, Burns jumping out of a birthday cake and singing "Happy birthday, Mr. Smithers". In third, Smithers powers up his computer, the screensaver is clearly a seminude Mr. Burns saying "Hello Smithers. You're quite good at turning me on."

Smithers has declared his love for Burns on some occasions, such as kissing Mr. Burns on the lips after saying "Oh, what the hell!" believing the world was ending, later Smithers explaining it to Burns that kiss was for "merely a sign of my respect".

In Burns' case, he has been involved with several women, much to Smithers' frustration.

About the relationship between both, Smithers has been shown to be somewhat emotionally dependent with Burns, like when Burns orders Smithers to take a vacation and Homer is hired as a temporary replacement, he thinks that he could be replaced and as a result his relationship with his boss could be affected. Despite all his devotion to Burns, Smithers has been willing to challenge him on some occasions, like when he opposed his employer's various evil schemes and very few ocassions Burns fired him for refraining from his order.

Behind the Scenes
Al Jean thinks that Smithers is "Burns-sexual". David Silverman, a former supervising director has said "Smithers seems to be focused on one particular human, as opposed to anything beyond that. Rather than being gay, he's sort of 'Burns-sexual'".

Fanon
On AO3, Burnsmithers is the most written ship in the The Simpsons tag.

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