<       > I Love Dick How might Fan Studies, a branch in the field of popular communications, contribute to our understanding of "high art practices" such as Dick Armey fanfics and Dick Cheney Electric Boogaloo? What subtext can be extracted from the stories where the Dicks spend inordinate amounts of time doing Facebook memes or comparing pros and cons of shampoo? It's simple, even for noobie literary critics. The subtext is: We love Dick in all forms. Some love Dick(s) a lot. Maybe psychological intervention is necessary. Or a careful slide into another subject... say, Quayle? One could do a lot of fun things with Quayle.