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( Jun. 24th, 2009 10:24 am)
And what do I do on my day off? Why, compile a list of favourite due South fics and post it at ungodly hours of the morning, of course.

There is lots of really great due South fic in the world, and I have probably read at least a good 80% of what the internet has to offer. One of the great blessings of this fandom (besides the astonishing lack of wank, which is a wonderful breath of fresh air after Doctor Who fandom, and no, don't even try to tell me about the Ray Wars, I don't wanna know) is that, by and large, most of the fic is really good. Inevitably I have become pickier about the way I like my Fraser and Rays as I go along, but the number of times I actually hit the back button is negligible compared to the other fandoms I've been in.

In saying this, my basic point is that I couldn't possibly do a comprehensive reclist of the due South fic that I like. (Hell, if you want that, it's what delicious is for.) This is instead a rather smaller list of the fic that possibly made me shriek and flail and gnaw on my knuckles the first time through, or made me say "YES!" aloud, or just makes me feel really happy and comfortable each time through and bears up well under rereads. I try to stick to one story per author, but a lot of the time it can be taken as read that if I like one thing, I like most if not all of the other fic they've written also. This list is possibly for my own reference as much as anything, but maybe you'll discover something new here, or an old favourite.

15 fic recs: 9 F/K, 4 F/K/V, 1 F/V, and 1 genfic; here be genderswap, robots, werewolves, amnesia, porn, plot, a recipe guide, a picture book, various locations all over North America, and some really awesome stories. )
aria: ([due south] thirty-two down)
( Jun. 24th, 2009 04:04 pm)
Two bits of conversation:

[personal profile] aria: I am PANTS at writing fraser
[personal profile] oliviacirce: I bet you are not as pants at it as you think
[personal profile] oliviacirce: but it is sort of a trial by fire, yeah
[personal profile] oliviacirce: I mean, I've never tried, I am too scared to try
[personal profile] aria: well, see, he ... wants to say everything! he is bad at just implying things because he doesn't really pay that much attention to his internal state
[personal profile] aria: so if I make him do so, then he starts paragraphing it
[personal profile] aria: and I am sitting here going "oh my god, you incompetent man! MAYBE I SHOULD LET RAY DRIVE"
[personal profile] aria: it's not that he has a difficult voice, he just has a terrible time saying anything.

[personal profile] oliviacirce: how are you aside from fighting fraser tooth and claw?
[personal profile] oliviacirce: (that is a great image, btw)
[personal profile] oliviacirce: (I am really into it)
[personal profile] oliviacirce: (I am imagining you actually fighting fraser, now.)
[personal profile] aria: (ahaha oh my god you are cracking me the hell up)
[personal profile] aria: (FRASER WINS)

Re: conversational snippet #1: those of you who do write Fraser's POV, how in hell do you do it? It's not a matter of not having his voice; it's a matter of coaxing him into actually telling a story about himself, and then making him do it with subtlety.
One Cliche Bingo story down already! It is a due South story that is SHORT (as in under 1000 words) and is also just ... fluffy-kisses-in-Canada fic. I'm not sure what to do about that! I was insisting to [personal profile] china_shop yesterday that I am incapable of writing short happy due South fic, but I am now pleased to be incorrect on that count.

Forty-Five Years. Warning: written under the influence of Stan Rogers songs. Obviously.
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